I am quite colourful today.  No, not my clothes, my legs and arms. They are
purple, blue, black and red.
I had the idea yesterday that I would clean out my wild bird nestboxes of
this years nests, ready for next spring.  I usually do it in October as

To start off, let me say that as of this writing, all cats in my
household are safe and accounted for, especially Nina, who caused the
trouble.
I was over in Santa Cruz yesterday and early today, and my Mom and I

  So I woke up to find two eyes looking at me interestedly.  Nothing
unusual there.
  Except they were not Siamese!!!!
  The last two or three days a kitten/cat from across the road has been

I was in the cupboard this afternoon and I found the old bottle of Catnip
Bubbles. These are just kids soap bubbles, supposedly Catnip flavoured.
Neither of the other girls paid much attention to these. Smokey is actually
afraid of them. I decided to see if I could get a reaction ...

We've completed the move (on 24 Sept, actually), got the internet
connection back up today - finally. After a long week at work we warmed
the sauna, had a pizza and I went to the computer. After some time DH
Janne comes and asks if I've seen Nico around lately. I say that I

For a long time, my lap was Buster's domain. When I sat down at the
computer, Buster and his sharp and pointy claws were in my lap. We
don't talk about the myriad scars in sensitive places (grin).
Then, for a long time, Buster stopped sitting in my lap, and started

I got back from helping the HSUS with the displaced animals at Lamar
Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, LA.  What an awesome experience!  I am
so glad I got the opportunity to help out.  I have written up my
experience and some of the stories I came away with in a word document.

I ran across these adorable brothers when I was looking over abpa.
Aren't they too cute and cuddly?  They really have the symmetrical,
synchronized thing down.  They are even wearing bowties in a couple of
shots. ;)

This is funny. You need windows media to view it.
http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/oa/*http://uk.downl.../lunchthief.wmv

Not as bad as Bubbles, but mildly addicting!
http://n.ethz.ch/student/mkos/pinguin.swf
Click on the screen to make Yeti swing, then click ok.
PatM

Hi Group!
I have lurked a little but am pretty new to these groups.
You are such a nice bunch I wanted to tell you a little
about myself.

Buoyed by my success with the Bubble Greeblings, I thought I'd drag out the
laser wand. Damn, maybe I didn't waste all my money on these all these cat
toys after all. It was pretty much a dud with the older children.
LOL, once Cleo spotted the red dot all I saw was an orange blur. ...

Finally. She *finally* got a home. I was beginning to think the little
doo-doo head was going to die from old age at that shelter.
It seems a good home, no small children. I hope, desperately hope, it's
a good one.

Here's a question:
I've always though that cats eyes always reflected light with a green
tint. Well my male cat's eyes reflect light with a red tint and always
has. My female cat's eyes reflect light in the green tint that I always