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Daphne (that’s her little white foot at the center bottom of the picture) says “Ope I’m just gonna sneak past ya.”
Sleepy little pile. (That’s Zeus on the left, Cassandra on the right.)
Zephyr headed for the top of the pile.
Calliope came back from eating, and Zephyr was giving her all kinds of heck. “We was having a STARVATION, mama!”
Cassandra (kind of the middle of the picture) says “We was wasting away to NOTHIN’!”
Milk bar is ALWAYS packed in this establishment.
Zeus peeks out from between Calliope’s front legs. SO CUTE.
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Wonton did not appreciate having his behind sniffed by Uncle Magoo, and he didn’t hesitate to let him know.
Tortellini and the Precious Moments eyes.
Pierogi says “Rawr, I’m a llama.”
“Give us the Churu and no one gets hurt, lady.”
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Oleander (formerly Constance) and Rhus (Rochefort) are 6! (Seems impossible!)
Cat says:
i assure you its not a trick
oleander and rhus just hit six!
oleander and rhus are six today!
they have masterd many new jobs in the passed year, such as helping my parents move out, and packing things up, and somtimes pulling things back out, and climbing into boxes, and steeling bubblewrap, and rearanging things that stull need moved out of here.
its been a very buisy year. and the house is very dissorginized. but the muffins have not given up on their very importsnt muffinsjobs.
rhusy takes escorting me to the bathroom very seriusly. he also leads me down the steps evrymorning and takes me to the morning bellyrub station, to make sure i start my day properly. he has kept up his job as woodpecker spotter and alert system , and regardless of whst kind of woodpecker it is rhus will let me know its neer the porch. he has also come very far in his yodalinf and music making. he practices daily in the kitchen , filling the house with his rhusy songs. his midmorning zooms have become more acrobatic as he jumps over and onto boxes and such as things are being moved around. and in the evenings he has taken to sleeping on a mickymouse plushy on the back of the couch. he looks over my shoulder to make sure im browsing the internet saftely, and snoors in my ear. he also likes to watch marvel moves or buffy the vampire slayer. he patocularly likes it when thors hammer gets glowy. or when a vampire goes sailing across the screen during a fight. at bedtime i must pet him on evry step as we go up them, then he races me to the bathroom to sit in the toilet seat so thst i may pet him more. then i cary him to bed, he flops on my chest for a while, then goes off to find a drawr to sleep in.
oleander takes her muffinjobs just as seriusly. she lets me know if its time to get up or of i have slept passed 8.30. if i am in a deep sleep she wil get by my ear and make a highpitched sqeekytire sound to ensure i wake emedetly. she escorts me to the window in the morning to open the blinds after i rub rhusys belly. then they take me to the kitchen. where rhusy sort of snoops ariund and oleander watches me to make sure i get her plates and breakfast, then escorts me to the bathroom where the food is. she also is a master inspector at this point, investigating anything that comes into the house and making sure it is up to snuff, as well as supervisiing any packing going on. she has openions. she takes her job of tinybirrdalert system seriusly, and chitters and chats when there are tiny bitesides birdys in the feeder. she has also started to let me know when the feeder is empty, she does this by screeming at the front door, so that i may step out and fill the feeder on the porch. her zoomage has become more refined, she is less liky to go galoping around the entier house (unless its the fullmoon) and is more likly to have a highenergy,fastpassed, actionpacked frenzy in the livingroom or on the staircase. she has taken to sitting beside me on the couch while im doing things. and she also enjoys marvel movies. though she strongly prefers buffy the vampire slyer, i am unsure why, but she is often watching the screen when i have it on. at night she will follow me and rhusy uo the stairs, hop onto the bathroom counter for pets, then lead rhusy and i to my room, where she will lay down on a blanky ploof around my knees or on a warmybed at the end of my bed, ocasinaly she crawls under the blanket with me for abit.
its been a very stressful and buisy year here. but the muffins have handled evrything spectacularly. and added much laughter to what have been sevral stessful sotuations. they did many big muffin things in the past year. and who knows what new activies, skills, and important muffinjobs they will master as six yearolds.
but i know i cant wait to watch it all.
i love you babies, you fill my life with laughter and love and fur and cuddles, and i would be compleatly lost without you to help me. happy birthday my loves. i cant beleave you are six already. time has absolutly flown by.
(Thanks, Cat, and happy birthday Rhus and Oleander!)
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We had a break in the heat and humidity yesterday, and it was GLORIOUS outside. Charlie appreciated the cooler weather, even if it isn’t going to stick around.
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Posted on social media (Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Tumblr/ Bluesky/Threads) yesterday.
Calliope’s kittens’ are named! Say hello to torties Cassandra & Pandora (so many boxes in her future), tuxie girl Daphne, orange tabby Zephyr, and tuxie boy Zeus. (Zeus is going to get a tiny dab of paint on his ear in the next day or so, because he and Daphne look SO much alike.) (Hopefully I’ll get better pictures for their 5-day-old collage.) And as always – it’s okay if you don’t like their names, but they’re named and I’m not changing them. 🙃
This cat tree is loaded down and full of attitude.
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2 minutes of kittens at the milk bar. Looks like Zephyr’s gonna be the traveler of the bunch!
A kitten lineup (from left: Zeus, Daphne, Pandora, Cassandra & Zephyr), and Zephyr makes a comfy chin rest.
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It’s Churu time, and Wonton thinks the whole thing should be HIS. (Yes, they split one Churu between the three of them. It’s a TREAT, not a MEAL.)
Calliope is giving me this look because I had the nerve to stop petting her to take this picture. (I went back to petting her immediately!)
Good night innernets. (Wonton & Pierogi)
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Previously
2025: “Mine, mine, MINE, this is all MINE, and you can’t have it!” says Hazel.
2024: No entry.
2023: Rufous picked a fight with Starling and got a claw to the lip for his troubles.
2022: Lizzie’s all “You gonna sit down? It’s time to snuggle!” She’s the boss of me.
2021: Ollie and Rhus are 1!
2020: Benjamin’s laughing at his own joke again.
2019: As is integral to the Love & Hisses brand, we had a mis-sexing incident wherein we thought we had a girl, so named her Eloise.
2018: No entry.
2017: Always ruining my good picture opportunities, these kittens.
2016: Felix is all “What? Am hanging out with Uncle Archie!”
2015: Kitties from above.
2014: “What doon, lady?”
2013: No entry.
2012: No entry.
2011: Bale gardening with tomato plants.
2010: :NOMNOMNOM:
2009: No entry.
2008: “Bleh.”
2007: No entry.
2006: No entry.
2005: Porky and the laptop.