Raymond and Busby: Cats by the Sea

Frootbat Friday

2012-02-09T23:20:00.001-05:00

Sometimes I like to wedge myself between the arm of the couch and the arm of my Mom. It's a nice cozy spot. Frootbats love a nice cozy spot!

Happy Friday friends! My moms say they are fried. I thought it smelled like chicken around here.

XO, Raymond

Thursday Dibs & Dabs

2012-02-09T00:59:00.001-05:00

Mom had a long day at work and then the commute home was very slow. We have a lot of traffic here due to some big golf tournament down in Pebble Beach this weekend. Extra cars on the road. So she didn't get our Thursday stroll post done. Duh. I think I will just lay here on the couch & stare at the back of Mom's head.

Happy Thursday Friends!

XO, Busby

Wordless Wednesday

2012-02-08T00:00:00.001-05:00

Your Tuesday Tonkinese

2012-02-06T00:00:00.003-05:00

Hello friends! I found a sunny spot on Monday, which is a good thing because today the sun is gone and it's raining. We really need the rain here in California, so we're happy that it's raining today!

Raymond seems to be doing well. We are both going to have blood and pee tests on Feb 17th. Ray's alkaline level is normal and he is no longer peeing anywhere except for our litter boxes. Yay!

This coming Sunday, Feb 12th, is the start of the Mango Minster competition. I am entered in the "Bad Sport" category, thanks to an incident that somehow was recorded on tape! I think Raymond is a tattle tail.

Happy Tuesday friends! xoxo, Busby

Our Mr Chewy Review!

2012-02-06T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hello friends! Happy Monday! Like several of our friends, we were contacted by the folks at Mr Chewy and asked if we would write a review of their website. They gave us a $50 gift code in exchange for our review.

We were skeptical at first...

We were a bit hesitant at first because we like to shop local. We tend to get our goods at small independent pet stores, grocery stores, etc. However, since Raymond recently had to go on a prescription diet, and our Vet charges 43.00 a case for Royal Canin SO, we jumped at the chance to give Mr Chewy a try.

We purchased a case of the small cans of Royal Canin SO, a bag of Dr Elsey's "Cat Attract" cat litter, and a small package of real lamb liver cat treats called Ziwi Peak. Purchases over 49.00 ship for free, which we like.

The website is very easy to use, and they have a lot of products that most of us cats like and are familiar with. Since Raymond's food is prescription, we had to put Mr Chewy in touch with our vet. This was handled very smoothly and professionally by Mr Chewy's customer service folks.

We had our items shipped to our Blog Mom's office and it arrived quickly and in good condition.

We would recommend Mr Chewy to any cats who are looking for an online place to purchase food, litter and treats, especially if they like to have things delivered to them.

Thank you to Mr Chewy for sending us the generous gift code and letting us try your website.

xoxo, Raymond and Busby

Frootbat Friday

2012-02-02T00:00:00.003-05:00

Hello friends! It is I, the mighty FROOTBAT! I am feeling much better! My Moms took a look at my labs and think that the fact is, my kidney stuff and my thyroid stuff is VERY borderline. Not terrible. My alkaline level is normal now, thanks to the special food. (that I LOVE, by the way.) Both Busby and I will be re-checked on Feb 17th.

My anemia, which was very minor, seems to be improving. Mom has been giving both Busby and me raw beef liver a couple nights a week as a snack. YUM!

I have not peed on the bed in a few days! I am using the box!

I am supposed to start on some thyroid medication this weekend. It's chicken flavored.

Anyway, thanks to everyone who has been purring and sending me links to read. My Moms did the hyperthyroid, kidney disease, high blood pressure & anemia dance with the two cats who came before us, Toot and Alex. The difference is, Toot was 18 years old when she developed CRF. And Alex was nearly 20. I'm YOUNG!

Happy weekend everyone! xoxo, Raymond

Thursday Stroll with Special Guest!

2012-02-02T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hello! My name is Rex and my Mom works with Raymond and Busby's Mom at Renee's Garden Seeds ! Renee's sells some of the best Heirloom & Gourmet Vegetable, Flower and Herb seeds that you can buy. I'm actually protecting a whole flock of seed packets in this photo!

Protecting the seeds is a very important job!

As you can see from this Crocus, SPRING is coming! That means it's time to buy seeds!

YOU can help the wonderful shelter where our friend Jonesie's Mom volunteers by using the code FR227A when you purchase seeds on Renee's website! 25% of the cost of each order will be added up and at the end of the year United Paws will get a nice donation check from Renee's Garden. Cool, huh?

So what are you waiting for? Orders some seeds! Help a great charity and grow a gorgeous garden this season!

Woofs! Rex-Dog!

Wordy Wednesday

2012-02-01T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hi friends! This is the blog-Mom typing. What is going on with Raymond? Our Vet called last night. She ran several tests on his blood and consulted with another Vet. It seems that Ray maybe showing signs of kidney disease. He may also be hyperthyroid. We are going to start treating the hyperthyroid to see if that improves his kidney numbers. Ray is only seven years old, so the Vet is a bit alarmed that he is showing signs of kidney disease this young.

More than one Vet (our own and the Vet at the ER) say that Ray has very small kidneys. His kidneys don't seem to be functioning the way that they should. He will start on a hyperthyroid drug tomorrow and then on Feb 17 he will have some follow up blood work. He has lost a bit of weight, but we aren't sure if that is due to his diet change (Royal Canin canned SO) or what.

There has been talk of an ultrasound, but currently that is on hold until the next round of blood work.

Meanwhile, his energy level has been less than normal (he is usually VERY energetic) and he continues to pee inappropriately unless we are home to re-direct him. We have resigned ourselves to plastic covered furniture for the time being.

Thanks for all the purrs and words of support. He is our Raymond, and we will continue to try to find a way to make him feel better again.

xoxo, Raymond and Busby's Blog-Mom

Your Tuesday Tonkinese

2012-01-31T00:00:00.002-05:00

Hello friends! Things have been crazy around here. Raymond's bloods are getting tested for all kinds of stuff. Everyone is all stressed out.

See how stressed I look?

Happy Tuesday friends! xoxo, Busby

Mancat Monday

2012-01-30T00:00:00.002-05:00

Hi friends! Well I went to the Vet on Friday and she took blood and I gave her some of my pee. The results were interesting. My alkaline level dropped from 8.5 (which is high) to 5.5 (which is the lowest range of normal) in two weeks. Guess the new food has worked. However, my blood work showed I am anemic. So now there is talk of other things, and they decided to run a few more tests on my blood to see if I am hyperthyroid, or a kidney cat, or why I am anemic.

I will say my peeing inappropriately has stopped, so that's good. My energy level is still not great, but Mom bought me some raw liver and will give me some as a treat. Meanwhile, I am happy to say that the plastic cover has been taken off my favorite recliner and Busby and I are snuggling as I speak.

Thanks for all the purrs, xoxo, Raymond

Thursday Dibs and Dabs

2012-01-26T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hi friends! Well, I haven't been myself this week. I am going to see my Vet on Friday and get x-rays and/or maybe an ultrasound to see if I have stones.

My Moms are exhausted from cleaning up the pee every night when they get home from work, plus doing laundry night after night. They are also very worried about me as you can imagine.

We're taking Friday off from blogging. We'll update you as soon as we get some answers from the vet.

xoxo, Raymond

Wordless Wednesday

2012-01-25T00:00:00.001-05:00

Your Tuesday Tonkinese

2012-01-24T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hi friends! Things have been a bit wacky here lately with Raymond having some PEE problems and our Moms working a lot. Then there was some football stuff over the weekend that Mom got all in a twist about. Ugh.

They really need to learn to relax, like us cats, don't you think?

Thanks to everyone for the diet suggestions for Ray (and ME, since they are making me eat the same stuff Raymond is eating!) Our Vet wants us to stay on the Royal Canin SO for at least four weeks, until she checks our numbers again. We are having our Moms check on all of your suggestions and links though, so really, thank you very much!

xoxo, Busby

Mancat Monday

2012-01-23T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hello friends! Happy Monday! This is how I spent my Sunday, wedged on the couch between my Blog-Mom and the arm of the couch. Watching football. Lots and lots of football. Mom was bummed because the SF Forty Niners lost. Then she remembered that she is really more of a Chicago Bears fan, so she didn't feel too bad anymore.

As for me, I am on some weird pink antibiotic and some "anti spasmodic" capsule. And some delicious canned food that my Moms don't like because it makes my poop smell like the cat food. They didn't realize just how much they LOVED feeding Busby and I the homemade raw food until now. We don't know what they are griping about, because Busby and I love the new food. In about three more weeks it should have brought my alkaline level down a bit (a pee test will be given to both Busby and I, we are studying hard!) and then some decisions will be made about our food.

We can't find a raw food recipe that can be eaten daily that doesn't contain some grain. Our Moms would love to switch us to a high quality grain free food that isn't Royal Canin. They will listen to the vet and make a decision after my next lab results are in.

Jeez, I'm wordy lately. Did I mention all our furniture is covered with plastic now? I guess when you pee on the couch and the footstool and the bed they just don't trust you for awhile.

xoxo, Raymond

2012-01-20T00:00:00.002-05:00

Hello friends! Happy HAPPY Friday! It's been a long week. I am doing pretty well. The new food is okay, but I am hungry all the time now. I used to eat a half a cup of raw food every day and now I eat about a cup of the prescription food and it doesn't fill me up. I was hungry at 3am and tried to get my Moms to feed me. They would not. I gave them the look you see in this photo.

FEED ME!

Anyway, hopefully no more trips to the vet, emergency or otherwise for awhile. I will get my pee retested in four weeks. My Moms are busy looking for the least expensive place to buy Royal Canin canned SO. They think the "SO" stands for "Sort of OUTRAGEOUSLY expensive".

Thanks for all the purrs and the advise and stuff. We read everything and really appreciate it!

Happy Weekend and Mom says GO NINERS!

xoxo, Raymond

Wordy Thursday

2012-01-19T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hi friends! Wow, what a week it's been so far! I had to go to the emergency vet. I am having some issues with my bladder. My labs all came back, my creatine was a bit high but my bun was good. My alkaline was 8.5, which is way too high. Mom just got off the phone with our regular vet, who wants us both to go on the canned Royal Canin SO. Our vet knows that we eat a raw diet, and our Moms don't really want that to change, but right now there doesn't seem to be an alternative.

It's the grain in the food that causes the alkaline issues. The carbs. Our raw food has two pounds of raw meat and a cup of cooked polenta. We have so many questions for our friends: Are any of you on this prescription Royal Canin SO? Have you gained weight?

Have any of you been on this diet and gotten better and then switched over to a high quality grain-free cat food? Neither of us, Busby or me, has ever had a full blockage, just irritation caused by the high alkaline in our urine.

We are open to any suggestions. In the meantime, we have both started our new diet and we like it. Plus I am on antibiotics and sub Q fluids. I am getting a LOT of attention, which is nice. I sure hope I never have to go back to that emergency vet. That place was very scary!

xoxo, Raymond

We're on strike today!

2012-01-18T00:00:00.000-05:00

We are protesting censorship today!

On Jan 24th, Congress will vote to pass internet censorship in the Senate, even though the vast majority of Americans are opposed. We need to kill the bill - PIPA in the Senate and SOPA in the House - to protect our rights to free speech, privacy, and prosperity.

Emergency Vet!

2012-01-17T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hi friends! Well, I had to make a trip to the Emergency Vet yesterday afternoon. My Non-blog Mom (who was luckily off work for the Martin Luther King holiday) noticed I was visiting the cat box a lot but not peeing.

My pee results from Saturday had come back (our regular vet called earlier in the day) and my alkaline was high, 8.5. She said I need to go on prescription food. No UTI was apparent in the lab results. Mom brought those with her to the ER Vet. They took my temp (normal) and took some blood. They gave me some sub Q fluids so my Mom's could see if I was peeing okay tonight. They gave me an anti-spasmodic to help my bladder feel better.

They offered to keep me overnight (NO THANKS!) but they noticed I was pretty nervous and figured I would be better off at home.

I have been on a homemade raw food diet for seven years now (from Dr Pitcairn's book) and my Moms are not very excited about feeding me canned food. They don't really trust the manufacturers. They plan to have Busby's pee tested to see if he has high alkaline too. His was normal when it was tested in 2010.

So my blood work should be available tomorrow and I will keep you all posted. In the meantime, if you can spare some purrs I would appreciate it.

xoxo, Raymond

Mancats on Monday

2012-01-16T00:00:00.002-05:00

Hi friends! Well, Raymond was feeling pretty "blah" on Friday. Our Vet saw him on Friday afternoon but he couldn't give her a pee sample. Our Moms collected one on Saturday and took it to the lab drop off box (no, not a Lab like Dexter !) Our Vet told us (like many of our blogosphere friends did) that UTI's can be brought on by stress. She told us about a homeopathic stress remedy called 'Love My Pet" which Mom picked up. She also gave our Moms some antibiotics, but they aren't giving those to Ray until they hear what the pee test results are. We hope Ray gets an "A"!

Thanks for all your purrs and good wishes. Our Moms really think that Ray is stressed because of the change in our Blog Mom's work schedule. Hopefully he will get used to it and get back to his usual pesky self!

xoxo, Busby and Raymond

Frootbat Friday

2012-01-13T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hi friends! Here is the mighty frootbat playing nurse for my Mom post-op. I wasn't sitting there just because of that nice blue heating pad she was using. No, I was being an attentive caregiver!

Well now it's Mom's turn to take care of me. I peed on the couch Wednesday night. Our Moms got up to get ready to work and OOOPS! Sat in my pee. And they know it was me and not Busby because I have been caught in the act before. So now rumor has it that I am going to see the VET on Saturday morning to make sure I don't have a UTI. What can I say? I get a little stressed out by change, and my Moms both returning to work (and my Blog Mom working til way past our normal dinner time) is stressful!

So wish me luck, and I will fill you in on Monday! Happy weekend! xo, Raymond

Thursday Stroll-less

2012-01-12T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hello friends! We're not doing our regular stroll or garden post today. Mom is back to work, and they have increased her hours, so no time for stroll photos this week. While Mom is at work, I have been enjoying some primo Cosmic Catnip that we got for Christmas! Mom put some on our turbo scratcher and it's great!

Mmmmm, nip.

Our little second cousin is almost a month old now. We think she has fabulous taste in clothes, don't you? She looks very cat-like in her outfit. Plus she is very good at napping, just like a cat!

Lenora likes her puss-print onesie.

Have a great Thursday friends! xoxo, Raymond

Wordless Wednesday

2012-01-11T00:00:00.001-05:00

Your Tuesday Tonkinese

2012-01-10T00:00:00.002-05:00

Hello friends! Did you see yesterday's post by Raymond? He entered me in the Mango Minster 2012 in the BAD SPORT category! I don't think that's very nice.

I will admit, however, that about two seconds ago Raymond was sitting here in our swinging triangle. Hey, it looked comfortable and I thought he had sat in it long enough!

Happy Tuesday friends! xoxo, Busby (a better sport than Raymond!)

Our Mango Minster 2012 entry: BAD SPORTS

2012-01-09T00:00:00.003-05:00

Hello friends, it's me, Raymond. I am entering my brother Busby in the BAD SPORTS category of the Mango Minster 2012 competition. Busby is a very BAD sport. He likes to get all of the attention. If I am playing with something, he always comes and spoils my fun.

I present to you (and to the esteemed Mango Minster judges) this very short silent movie. (well, not completely silent, there is a soundtrack, so please turn up your speakers.)

We think seeing is believing. Could there BE a worse sport out there than Busby? We don't think so. Judges, if you have any doubt in your mind, we suggest you watch the movie again.

Thank you for your consideration, the long suffering Raymond

Frootbat Friday

2012-01-06T00:00:00.001-05:00

Behold the MIGHTY FROOTBAT! I am all stealthy in my lair! Okay, to be honest, I am under the fleecy blanket on top of my BlogMom while she is trying to nap.

Check out my extra GINORMOUS eyeballs! It was kinda dark under that blanket.

Our BlogMom heads back to work on Monday after two weeks off to recover from her weird surgery stuff. We're going to miss her around here, especially at nap time.

Happy weekend friends! xoxo, Raymond

Thursday stroll

2012-01-05T00:00:00.008-05:00

Hello friends! Our blog Mom has been home recovering from her surgery. We've been teaching her about naps. However, she has also been out walking everyday, so we have some stroll shots from our neighborhood to share. Enjoy!

Mom, you need to learn to relax completely...

We have been having a very warm and dry Winter here in Capitola. The flowers are very confused!

Confused daffodils

In this part of California we grow a LOT of artichokes. Did you know artichokes are members of the Thistle family? You can really tell they are thistles when you them blooming.

This Crocus seems to think that it is March and NOT January! We have been enjoying the warm sun but we really need rain. Last year at this time we had 13" of rain. This year we have 3/4 of an inch so far.

We hope you enjoyed this stroll around our neighborhood. Our garden has mustard and fava beans growing as a cover crop. Mom actually had to water it yesterday because it's so warm and dry outside.

Have a pawsome Thursday! Raymond and Busby

Wordless Wednesday

2012-01-04T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy New Year! Tuesday Tonkinese

2012-01-03T00:00:00.004-05:00

Hello friends and Happy New Year! We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, or Hanukah or whichever holiday you celebrate. We had a pretty LOW KEY holiday, thanks to Mom having her Bilateral Salpingo Oopherectomy on December 23rd. (Google it. It sounds to us like she got fixed!) She is feeling better each day and in about a week she will return to work.

We're ready to have the house to ourselves again!

Even though we didn't have a TREE or many decorations, we did get a few nice gifts. It helps that our Gotcha Day is Christmas Eve. One of my favorite gifts was this cool organic catnip snake from Purrfectplay ! I love this thing! I can bunny kick it, or lick it, or lay my head on it. It's like a body pillow for cats!

Mmmmm, organic cat nip!

It's good to be back blogging! Mom's work has decided to increase her hours when she goes back on Jan 9th. That means we may be blogging a bit less frequently. However, the good news is that we are going to keep blogging! Yay!

Have a great Tuesday friends! xoxo, Busby

Our 7th Gotcha day!

2011-12-24T00:00:00.003-05:00

Happy Christmas Eve friends! Yep, today is our seventh Gotcha Day! Here is a little slide show (complete with schmaltzy music) to celebrate this most excellent day. Enjoy!

We want to wish all of our friends a very Merry Christmas! We are looking forward to a happy and healthy New Year here at our house and we wish the same for all of you! We're taking a week off from blogging, but we will see you again in the New Year! xoxo, Raymond and Busby

**update on our Blogmom**The surgery went well & Our blogMom is recovering nicely at home. She is minus both ovaries but she wasn't using them anyway! Merry Christmas everyone!

Frootbat Friday and an Early Christmas Gift!

2011-12-23T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hey there friends! Happy Friday before Christmas! Mom couldn't resist giving us a couple early gifts. Here I am with a Wooly Dust Bunny from Purrfectplay. I ran all around the house chasing this thing, and then I put it on the couch where I could keep an eye on it while I caught my breath!

In other news, our Blog-Mom is having her surgery today. She is both nervous and eager to get it over with. We'll be doing a post on Saturday and we'll let you know how things went.

Happy Friday! xoxo, Raymond

Thursday Dibs and Dabs

2011-12-22T00:00:00.000-05:00

It's an odd week here (well, MORE odd than usual) because our Blog Mom is having surgery on Friday so she is busy tying up odds and ends at work. She'll be off work for one or two weeks post-op, depending on what the doctor does. No new photos of US today, but here is our new human second cousin Lenora and one of her three cat sisters. This is Estelle saying hello!

We suspect that our blogging will be sporadic after the 23rd, but we are going to try to do some visiting at least. Again, not sure how Mom is going to feel post op. Hopefully she will at least help us visit a bit for Christmas.

Happy Thursday friends! xoxo, Raymond and Busby

Wordless Wednesday

2011-12-21T00:00:00.000-05:00

Your Tuesday Calico!?!?

2011-12-20T00:00:00.002-05:00

Hello friends! Well our little cousin Lenora came home from the hospital on Sunday and got to meet her sister cats. She has FOUR of them, which is WAY too many GIRL cats if you ask us!

Lenora and Lily-cat

Here she is with Lily, who (as you can see) is a Calico girl who has a LOT of catitude (like all Calico girls do). Miss Lily is not afraid to get right up and sniff on her new human sister.

We hope to ~~sniff~~ meet Lenora someday too. She'll have to come out here to California because we sure don't plan to travel to Illinois any time soon. We may Skype with her tomorrow, depending on her schedule.

Happy Tuesday! xoxo, Raymond and Busby

Mancat Monday

2011-12-19T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hello friends! This is how I intend to spend next week, because our Non-blog Mom has a one week furlough between Christmas and New Year's. She works for the County of Santa Cruz, and the county doesn't have much money. To save money they close down one day a month and the workers have an unpaid day off. To save MORE money they close for a whole week this time of year and the employees have a whole week without pay.

It works out pretty good because our Non-blog Mom will be able to stay home and take care of our Blog-Mom next week, because our Blog-Mom has surgery this Friday. (and I will be able to flop in her lap all week long!) See! Everybody wins! (well, especially ME!)

Happy Monday friends! xoxo, Raymond

Frootbat Friday

2011-12-16T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hello friends! Sometimes you just have to share your Frootbat lair with your brother who is not as frootbatty as you are. Just sayin'.

Have a terrific weekend! We are excited because our Human Niece had a baby on Thursday. She is HUGE, 9 lbs, 12 oz. Which is surprising because our Niece is not so big. She all ready has FOUR cat sisters at her house, so we know she will have plenty of big sisters to look after her. Her name is Lenora Nelson Donohue. Welcome Lenora!

xoxo, 2nd Cousin Raymond

Thursday stroll

2011-12-15T00:00:00.002-05:00

Hello friends! Happy Thursday! Do you like the way this rug highlights my eyes? There is a heat vent under this rug, so when the furnace is on, I like to lay here. Too bad it's right in front of the kitchen sink and our Moms complain we are in the way. Not our fault!

Last weekend our Moms went to a local park, Henry Cowell State Park. It's located in Felton, CA where our BlogMom works. There are coast redwood trees there!

Our NonBlog Mom on a Thursday stroll.

Can you believe these trees are over 100 years old? They are even older than our Moms! (MOL!) Seriously, these trees date back to the 1600's. They are truly ancient redwoods.

This tree below is called the "Fremont Tree" and is one of the tallest trees in the park. It is 280 feet tall and 16 feet around. We'd like to climb these trees!

Thanks for strolling through the coastal redwoods with us! Have a great day! xoxo, Busby

Wordless Wednesday

2011-12-14T00:00:00.001-05:00

Your Tuesday Tonkinese

2011-12-13T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hi friends! I know Santa Paws will be making a visit to our house. I wonder if he knows that all I really want for Christmas is a pair of Mom's shoes to cuddle?

Happy Tuesday! xoxo, Busby

Mancat(s) Monday

2011-12-12T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hi Friends! We get a fresh pot of cat grass every Saturday and lately we have been getting a new one mid-week too. Mom gets two at the farmers market and lets one grow out on our porch and replaces our nommed-out cat grass with it.

Are we lucky or what? YUM!

In other news, our Blog-Mom is having some surgery on Dec 23rd. Nothing serious. However, pre-op appointments and post op aches and pains and the holidays may keep us from blogging regularly in the next few weeks. Just giving you a head's up. You can always check us out on Facebook, we go there sometimes.

Happy Monday! xoxo, Raymond and Busby

Frootbat Friday

2011-12-09T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hello friends, happy Friday! Does your Mom ever do that thing where she will either bring out of hiding a toy that you forgot you had and then you think you have a NEW toy? Well, in my case, our Mom moved our old blue cat tree from one spot in the house to another and now I totally LOVE it again! (I was kind of ignoring it before.)

I forgot how much I LOVE this cat tree! It's my frootbat cave!

Happy Friday and have a fab weekend! xoxo, Raymond

Thursday stroll

2011-12-08T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hello friends! I am practicing my frootbats for Friday. Since our garden is pretty boring this time of year, would you like to go on a short stroll around our town instead of our garden?

We have had very odd weather. Cold, warm, windy, no rain. It's odd. These Irises are confused!

We had a very bad windstorm last week. It knocked down a LOT of trees. Over 100 homes were damaged. (luckily, not ours) The leaves in this photo probably blew about a zillion miles away due to the wind!

Our town gets very quiet this time of year because the tourists don't visit very much in the Winter. Our Moms LOVE it! This is a photo of our beach and the Capitola wharf. Not many people!

Happy Thursday friends, or as Mom has started calling it "Friday eve". (she only started calling it that after she got a JOB!)

xo, Raymond

Wordy Wednesday

2011-12-07T00:00:00.002-05:00

ACTION SHOT!!! (you can totally see my fierce teeth in this photo!)

Friends, our Moms got us some toys from Purrfect Play , which is this very cool cat and dog toy company. They make great stuff, without plastic or dye or toxic yucky-ness. (have you noticed almost all the toys in the stores come from China?) Our BlogMom especially likes Purrfect Play because they are in her home state of Indiana, not far from the town she grew up in.

We read on Facebook that they are selling out of a lot of their toys right now, so tell your humans to hurry up and order you some great stuff for Christmas. (or Chanukah or Kwanzaa or just because they want to get you a treat.)

Mom got us more than one toy but we get the feeling we won't see the others til Christmas.

Purrfect Play didn't give us any freebies or even know we were going to tell you about them. This is completely unsolicited!

Have a great Wednesday! xoxo, Busby

Tuesday Tonkinese

2011-12-06T00:00:00.000-05:00

Friends, do you think it's fair when your Mom posts a photo that makes your butt look ginormous???

Jeez!

Have a great Tuesday friends! xoxo, Busby

Mancat Monday

2011-12-05T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hello friends! Our Non-blog Mom really appreciated having my beautiful long tail in her face last night. MOL!

I caught Raymond's cooties and was kind of sicky on Saturday, but I feel better now. I didn't vomit or anything, I was just not my normal self for about 24 hours. We're both fine now.

Our Mac is fine too! Our Moms took it to the Apple store in Monterey (just south of here) and they said it had a little software problem and they fixed it for FREE. Our Moms were delighted.

Happy Monday! xoxo, Busby

Feeling Better Friday

2011-12-01T20:08:00.001-05:00

Hi friends! Well your purrs and good wishes helped! I am feeling much better. I think the chicken broth our non-blog Mom made helped too. Thank you everyone!

Unfortunately, our big computer is not so good. Our Moms will take it to the Apple store tomorrow. Fingers crossed that it can be repaired. Meanwhile we are blogging on the iPad. Not great.

The weather here has been crazy! We've had a windstorm for the past two days and there are trees down everywhere. We hope things are okay where you are!

XO, Raymond

Thursday

2011-11-30T23:09:00.001-05:00

Hi friends! We have some issues today! Raymond has an upset tummy and hasn't wanted to eat since Wednesday morning. Mom made him some boiled chicken and broth, and he perked up a bit. He may need a visit from the vet. We'll keep you posted.

In other news, we had a power outage just as Mom was turning on our computer and now the computer won't start at all. Mom will take it to the Apple store on Saturday. She is NOT happy.

Please keep a good thought for my brother Raymond. XO, Busby

Semi wordless Wednesday

2011-11-30T00:00:00.001-05:00

Good news! Mom trapped the tuxie kitten Monday night along with a gray one that she was also having trouble catching! They both went for their spay/neuter on Tuesday. Hurray! Now she just needs to trap the Mom cat and the Tom cat. Sounds like a trip to Kentucky Fried Chicken may be in Mom's future, as that was the suggestion we got on our bloggie yesterday. Thanks cats! xoxo, Busby

Tuxie Tuesday

2011-11-29T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hello friends! We have a guest on our blog today. This tuxie girl (or mancat?) is a feral cat that lives by our Grandma's house. There was a litter of kittens born in the alley behind Grandma's a few months ago. Our Non-blog Mom has been trapping the kittens and having them spayed and neutered. They are not very social but some of them are less feral than others. This saucy tuxie is staring into Grandma's front door waiting for our Non-blog Mom to feed them some stinky goodness.

The Momcat has not been trapped yet, she is pretty smart. Mom is working hard to trap her (and the Tomcat too). This tuxie hasn't been trapped yet either. Do any of you other cat bloggers have any suggestions for delicious foods (other than stinky goodness canned food) to bait the live trap with?

We sure don't understand why people don't spay and neuter their pets. Duh.

Have a great Tuxie Tuesday, xoxo, Raymond and Busby

Mancats on Monday

2011-11-28T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hello friends! What a great weekend! Both of our Moms had extra days off for the holiday, so we had a lot of lap time this weekend. Our human Niece came to visit too. It was quite a weekend!

We're taking it easy today, while our Moms both had to go back to work. Hope you are enjoying your Monday too!

xoxo, Raymond and Busby

Happy Thanksgiving!

2011-11-24T00:00:00.001-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving friends! We have so much to be thankful for. We're thankful for our fun toys! (this is bacon stuffed with organic catnip from Oh Boy Cat Toy!)

We're thankful for the beautiful place we live here on the Central Coast of California.

We're thankful we have a forever home and Moms who love us very much!

And we are thankful that our Mom was rescued by Pacific Siamese Rescue and we were born in a great foster home and adopted together!

We're also thankful for all of our friends on the catblogosphere. You are wonderful friends! We love the cat blogger community.

xoxo, Raymond and Busby

Wordless Wednesday

2011-11-23T00:00:00.001-05:00

Your Tuesday Tonkinese

2011-11-22T00:00:00.001-05:00

Okay, now what did Raymond do with that tv remote? I want to watch "Top Chef".

Hello friends! Ray isn't the only one who likes to share the recliner with our Non-blog Mom.

Have a happy Tuesday friends! xoxo, Busby

Mancat Monday

2011-11-21T00:00:00.003-05:00

Now if only they would give me the remote control so I could turn on Animal Planet...

Hope you are all having a manly Monday at your house. Our Moms both have short work weeks due to the Thanksgiving holiday. That means more lap time (or is it leg time?) here in the puss-print recliner. YAY!

Have a good Monday friends! xoxo, Raymond

Frootbat Friday

2011-11-18T00:00:00.001-05:00

Sometimes you just have to chill with your brother, even if his ears aren't the least little bit frootbatty.

Have a great weekend friends! xoxo, Raymond and Busby

Thursday stroll

2011-11-17T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hello friends! Happy Thursday! Busby has been hogging the blog (and the pillows and nap spots around here) all week! Not much garden to show off but a short tour of our neighborhood for you today.

The trees are in all their fine Fall foliage this time of year. This is a Ginko tree, not far from our house. See how blue the sky is? The weather has been very nice, although we are supposed to have a cold rain this weekend.

Our Bird TV is great this time of year! Our feeders are hopping with all different birdies. This guy seems to be taking a break. Maybe he is resting before flying south for the Winter?

November is when we have our most beautiful sunsets here in Capitola. There is no fog this time of year and the sky is full of color at sundown. This is the view from our front porch.

Thanks for strolling with us today friends! Mom is crazy busy and we don't have a lot of time to comment lately, but we will keep pestering her about it.

xoxo, Raymond

One (Hyphenated) word Wednesday

2011-11-16T00:00:00.001-05:00

Pillow-Hog!

TWOS-day Tonkinese

2011-11-15T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hi friends! It was chilly here this morning, so it was nice to have Raymond to snuggle with. How's the weather at your house?

XO, Busby

Mancat Monday

2011-11-14T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hello friends! I thought you might enjoy a look at my floofy underside to start your week!

Our blog-mom is trying some weird Blogger app to post this, so we have no idea what it will look like.

Happy Monday friends! xoxo, Busby

Frootbat Friday

2011-11-10T00:00:00.004-05:00

Hello friends! Sometimes when conditions are just right, I like to relax on my Non-blog Mom's legs. Conditions are perfect when she is wearing her flannel pajamas!

Have a great weekend friends! I hope conditions are perfect at your house this weekend for some serious relaxation!

xoxo, Raymond

Thursday stroll

2011-11-10T00:00:00.002-05:00

Hello friends! I was just bunny-kicking Mom's leg. Can you see the look in my eyes? That's my bunny-kick look. No garden shots today, as the garden is pretty much done for the season. There are a few very hardy Zinnias left, and we also just planted some Fava beans. We'll see if any come up after Mr Squirrel went on a digging fest and ate a bunch of them.

Today's photos come from Felton, CA which is the small town our blog Mom works in. It's about 15 miles northeast of our house, up in the Santa Cruz Mountains. There was blue sky there yesterday. Now a storm is heading this way, so the sky is not so blue today.

We thought you might like to see how "Autumn-y" it looks here. Some people think we don't have seasons here in California but we do!

Have a pawsome Thursday friends! We hope you are having lovely Autumn weather where you are. (or Spring, if you are in the Southern Hemisphere!) xoxo, Busby

Wordless Wednesday

2011-11-09T00:00:00.000-05:00

Your Tuesday Tonkinese

2011-11-08T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hello friends! Happy Tuesday! I thought you might like this photo of me with particularly blue eyes. They don't call me Bluey Blueington for nothing! (one of my many nicknames!)

Hope you are all having a good week. We have been keeping an eye on our bird feeders lately. So many birds this time of year! We love it.

xoxo, Busby

Blog Blast for Peace 2011!

2011-11-04T00:00:00.000-04:00

We are so excited to participate in Blog Blast for Peace 2011! Our peace globe is a photo of Seabright State Beach here in Santa Cruz, CA. Someone had made a peace sign on the sand out of kelp. We love it!

Gandhi said: "Be the change you want to see in the world." We hope someday everyone will live in peace and harmony.

xoxo, Raymond and Busby

A Little Bit Wordy Wednesday

2011-11-02T00:00:00.002-04:00

Hello friends! Just wanted to give you an update about what's going on around here. Mom's surgery has been postponed because she has developed a nasty gut infection called C-Diff, which was caused by the antibiotics the doctor gave her back in July. It's a long (and GROSS) story. She has now had three bouts of this stuff. It's hard to get rid of.

We will be very sporadic with our posting for a while, maybe for a couple months. Surgery will be either in November or December, it all hinges on how soon Mom can finally get rid of the gut bug she has. Don't worry, we are taking good care of her (see how I am looking deeply and meaningfully into her eyes?).

Meanwhile, Happy November! xoxo, Busby

Halloween!

2011-10-31T10:40:00.000-04:00

BOO! No, we haven't turned into skeleton cats! This is a tile that we have on our Dia de Los Muertos altar. It actually represents Toot and Alex, our old ~~geezer~~ sister and brother cats who came before us.

Mom is supposed to have surgery this week, so we are going to be blogging sporadically. We know, spooky, right? We hope you all have a great Halloween and aren't too freaked out by the doorbell ringing like we are. We will likely spend the night under the bed.

xoxo, Raymond and Busby

Froot (and foot) bat Friday

2011-10-28T00:00:00.001-04:00

Hello friends! It's finally Friday and I am resting up for a nice weekend. My Moms have been way too busy lately, so I am hoping they take a tip from me and relax a little bit this weekend.

Hope you are going to have a good weekend too!
xoxo, Raymond

Thursday Garden Stroll

2011-10-27T00:00:00.001-04:00

Um, I don't think this really counts as a "stroll". These are some "Wings and Warts" Gourds grown with Renee's Garden Seeds. Kinda Halloweenie, right? They came from a garden, so I guess this is sort of a garden post...

Have a happy Thursday friends! xoxo, Busby

Wordless Wednesday

2011-10-26T00:00:00.000-04:00

Two on Tuesday

2011-10-25T00:00:00.001-04:00

Hullo friends! This is exactly what we looked like when our Moms came home from San Francisco on Sunday afternoon. Can you see the "Where are our gifts?" look in our eyes?

Hope you are enjoying a marvelous Tuesday. By the way, we still haven't seen any gifts from their trip!

xoxo, Raymond and Busby

Mancat Monday

2011-10-24T00:00:00.001-04:00

Hello friends! We were mad at our Mom's for not remembering our 2nd Blogoversary on Saturday, but we stopped being mad as soon as they got home from their weekend out of town.

Keep scratching that spot right there Mom. Nope. Not mad any more...

Happy Monday friends! xoxo, Raymond

Our Blogoversary!

2011-10-22T10:04:00.000-04:00

Hello friends! Yes, it's our Blogoversary today and not only did our Mom FORGET but she doesn't help us post on weekends so we have no post today!

Add to that she and our non-blog Mom are out of town & all she has with her is the dumb iPad from which no photos can be up-loaded to blogger and we have a PERFECT STORM of INEPTITUDE on our blog Mom's part. Sheesh!

Thanks to our friends all over the blogosphere for remembering our big day!

We love you all! xxoo, Raymond & Busby

Friday 'Tocks-with a special guest!

2011-10-21T00:00:00.001-04:00

We thought we would end the week with this 'tocks-in-motion shot of Mister Peabody. Mister Pea is the woofie who belongs to Renee Shepherd, our blog Mom's boss. He likes a good roll in the grass every now and then.

Have an excellent weekend friends! Our Moms are abandoning us to go to a fancy wedding in San Francisco. We will be spending the weekend ~~sleeping like we usually do~~ guarding the house against the introoder cat.

xoxo, Raymond and Busby

Teeth on Thursday (and a mini garden stroll)

2011-10-20T00:00:00.001-04:00

Hullo friends! I thought you might enjoy this shot of my shiny black lips and my pointy white teeths. I looking up at Mom wondering WHY she keeps giving our foodables to that stinking Introoder cat. He was waiting for her on OUR porch when she got home from work yesterday. Sheesh!

We'd better not run out of food on account of that introoder cat. That's all I'm sayin'.

In other, more cheery-er news, our Zinnias are still blooming! This one particularly caught our eye, we love the color. We'll definitely be planting more Zinnia seeds next Spring.

Thanks for stopping by friends! xoxo, Raymond

Wordless Wednesday

2011-10-19T00:00:00.000-04:00

Your Tuesday Tonkinese TWOFUR!

2011-10-18T00:00:00.003-04:00

Well we don't know whether it was our MOM, Blogger or the new iPad that caused us to NOT be able to publish photos yesterday. The good part is that today we are publishing TWO photos of ME to make up for our lapse.

Here I am, looking very Mancatly by our front door.

The Introoder cat has been around all weekend. Now he waits for my Mom to feed him in the morning. He waits on our FRONT PORCH! I have to keep an eye on him.

Introoder cat, why do you have to eat all of OUR foodables?

On a purrsonal note, Mom has to have some surgery the first week of November. Nothing major, but she will be out of commission for a bit. She's been a bit crazier than usual lately, she has to have a few tests run and doctor appointments before the surgery. So if we miss a day or two here or there, don't worry about us.

xoxo, Busby

Mancat Monday

2011-10-17T00:06:00.000-04:00

Hi friends! mom tried to write our post with her rinky dink computer and look, NO photos! Oh, she had a photo, a NEW one even, but couldn't get it uploaded. Ugh!

Hopefully she can get a REAL post up for us before Monday is over. We hope.

XXOO, Busby

Happy BELATED birthday to US!

2011-10-14T00:00:00.002-04:00

By now you may have heard that our MOMs (BOTH of them) FORGOT our birthday was yesterday! Yep, we turned seven yesterday and our BlogMom didn't realize it until she was on her way out the door to go to work. Then she was all "Oh, sorry boys! I'll give you extra treats when I get home this evening." Whatever Mom.

Anyway, we're posting photos of when we were little kitten boys with our Mom Nell and our brother (who lives in LA now) Leo.

Can you tell which one is Raymond?

Ray was the runt of the litter so he always got the last spot at the milk bar!

That's Busby in the middle, his eyes give him away.

How lucky are we that we get to spend our lives together? (even if we do live in a home where they forget your birthday...)

Have a great weekend friends! Our Moms are going to be spoiling us all weekend, hee hee! xoxo, Raymond and Busby

Tocks on Thursday

2011-10-13T00:00:00.002-04:00

It's Autumn and the garden isn't doing much. Since it's TOCKtober we thought we would start doing "Tocks on Thursday" for awhile. Here's a nice shot of my fine, manly tocks.

In other news, Mom feels pretty embarrassed that she hasn't helped us cruise the blogosphere lately. We won't list her excuses, but she has quite a few. Please know that we love you all and will try to be better friends when things calm down around here.

Happy Tock-Thursday! xoxo, Busby

One Word Wednesday

2011-10-12T00:00:00.001-04:00

GRASS!

Toes on Tuesday

2011-10-11T00:00:00.001-04:00

Raymond isn't the only one in the family who likes a nice pajama'd lap!

Happy Tuesday friends! It was drizzly here yesterday but today there are promises of sunny spots and warm weather.

xoxo, Busby

Mancat Monday - Special Guest edition!

2011-10-10T00:00:00.001-04:00

See this Mancat? He's the introoder cat who is always walking through our yard, sleeping in our carport, looking in our front screen door and basically BUGGING Busby and me. (well, mostly ME. Busby doesn't much care about introoder cats.) We noticed he has his manbits intact, and he keeps getting into fights in the neighborhood. He has a big scratch on his nose, you can't see it in this photo because he has his nose in the stinky goodness our MOMS are feeding him.

This guy is pretty skinny and nobody takes care of him so now (for some reason) our Moms have started to feed him and talk sweetly to him. He NAPPED on our FRONT PORCH all day today! I don't care for it one bit. I put on my Flatbat ears and stare at him. He bugs me. Mom says that eventually he will go to the SPCA where they can fix him (is he broken?) and where hopefully they will find a good home for him. Our local SPCA is a no-kill shelter, so Mom thinks it would be best to get this guy off the streets and into a shelter before the weather gets more Wintery.

Meanwhile I am going to try to stop worrying about this introoder cat moving in with Busby and Me. I guess I am lucky that my Mom-cat was rescued before I was born on the street and had to live outside like this guy does.

Have a good Monday friends! And wish us luck that this introoder cat finds a good forever home. xoxo, Raymond

Frootbat Friday

2011-10-07T00:00:00.001-04:00

Is there anything better than resting your head on your Mom's knee? Especially when she is wearing her pink pajamas.

Don't move your knee Mom, whatever you do!

Hope you all have a terrific weekend! It's still rainy here but the weatherman is promising sunny spots for the weekend. We hope he's accurate! xoxo, Raymond

Thursday Garden Stroll

2011-10-06T00:00:00.001-04:00

Hello friends! We know it's Thursday and we should be strolling, but it is chilly and rainy here and so we are snoozing and snuggling instead.

Okay, okay, we'll stroll a bit. Let's go!

See these palm trees? These are just up the street from us. We wanted you to see how cloudy and blah the weather is here today. Do you feel sorry for us? Probably not, since most of you will be having snow soon and we will be having no snow here by the beach...

These palm trees are how our Moms give directions to our house. "Turn left at the three palm trees..."

We have ONE actual garden photo this week. Mom took this shot of our Zinnias before she did some serious pruning pre-storm. There are still a lot of buds, so hopefully we will get some more pretty Zinnia blooms before the end of the year.

Pretty pink Zinnia

Thanks for strolling with us today friends! Don't forget to check out the other Feline Gardeners today all around the blogsphere! xoxo, Raymond and Busby

Wordless Wednesday

2011-10-05T00:00:00.001-04:00

Tuesday Tonkinese

2011-10-04T00:00:00.000-04:00

It's rainy and gloomy here, so I am posting a photo Mom took of me last week when I was snoozing in the sunny spot.

Hopefully our sun will return soon! xoxo, Busby

Mancat Monday

2011-10-03T00:00:00.001-04:00

The MANliest Mancat is the Mancat who gets into the POD first! (hee hee!)

Happy Monday friends! We had a great weekend here. An early season rainstorm is headed our way mid-week, so we are taking advantage of the sunny spots we have today.

xoxo, Busby

Frootbat Friday-Counter Surfing

2011-09-30T00:00:00.001-04:00

Hello friends! Happy Friday! Do any of you like to counter surf? It's one of my favorite things to do. Notice the slightly opened cabinet behind me? That's where Mom keeps the cat treats. I like to slide my slender little arms in there and try to pull the treat bag out onto the counter.

Foiled again!

Unfortunately, my Moms put "baby locks" on all the cabinets! One of these days I am going to figure out how to open those darn things!

Have a terrific weekend! xoxo, Raymond

Thursday Garden Stroll

2011-09-29T00:00:00.001-04:00

Oh HAI, friends! Are you ready for today's garden stroll? Today is really a stroll through time, because we are going to follow our eggplant as it grows up!

I'm waving "HAI"!

Back in April we started some seeds indoors for a container Eggplant variety called "Little Prince". Here it is a few weeks after it germinated.

Baby Eggplant. Do they call them hatchlings? On account of the whole egg thing...

We waited until the temperatures were consistently in the 50's overnight and then we transplanted our seedlings outdoors.

They have very big leaves. We wish they were catnip.

Soon our eggplants were thriving and they grew to be about 2 - 3 feet tall with pretty purple flowers.

They have prickly leaves with thorns on them. Very weird.

Then yesterday we discovered this! Our first little eggplants are forming! We are VERY excited! We've never grown eggplants before.

Our little purple eggplant!

Mom says we can't eat them, but they sure look like they might be fun to whap!

Thanks for visiting friends! Don't forget to check out the other Feline Gardners. xoxo, Raymond

Wordless Wednesday

2011-09-28T09:32:00.000-04:00

Tuesday Tonkinese

2011-09-27T00:00:00.000-04:00

I love my Non-blog Mom!

xoxo, Busby

Mancats on Monday

2011-09-26T00:00:00.001-04:00

Hello friends! Happy Monday! We spent quite a bit of time this past weekend relaxing in our puss-print recliner.

No Mom, you cannot sit here now. We are very comfy here.

For awhile, I sat in this reusable bag after our Moms came home from the grocery store. In fact, I squished a box of crackers that they didn't unpack fast enough. Oops. (hee hee)

To avoid future smooshed crackers, I suggest you unpack the bags a bit faster...

I sat on top the tv while Mom watched football on Sunday and pretended to be disinterested.

PS-I'm NOT pretending.

One of the highlights of the weekend was that we got some actual RAIN! Yep, it rained a bit on Saturday morning and then we had a nice shower on Sunday afternoon. It's great for the sweet pea seeds that Mom just planted, and for the Winter greens she planted too.

We hope you all had a great weekend and are having a wonderful Monday too.
xoxo, Raymond and Busby

Frootbat Friday!

2011-09-23T00:00:00.002-04:00

Hello Frootbat fans! Mom cut the tips of my frootbatty ears off in this photo, but I don't care, because I am NOMMING on delicious frootbat grass!

Happy Friday friends! I hope you have a terrific weekend!

xoxo, Raymond

Thursday Garden Stroll

2011-09-22T00:00:00.001-04:00

Hello friends! We have a pretty boring garden stroll today. Mom has been working a lot and the weather has been weird and there is no time to be in the garden and blah blah blah.

Getting pretty sick of your excuses MOM.

Anyway, here is a fairly recent shot of our garden and you can see the Cosmos have taken over the world and are crowding out the Zinnias and the Morning Glories. Mom plans to not plant so many Cosmos seeds next year. Or maybe plant them in a different bed.

It's like a jungle out there!

In the front of our house, our NON-blog Mom has planted a fig tree. She is very excited as we have all ready killed off one fig tree. This one looks like it just might survive. It even has tiny figs on it but our weather isn't very warm so they are not getting ripe. Yet.

Mmmm, figs.

You may recall that our human Uncle and Aunt were visiting. Here's our Blog-Mom and her brother playing golf in Half Moon Bay, CA. Yeah. Mom is too busy working to garden. Uh huh.

Nice glove, Mom.

Thanks for coming with us on our stroll today! Don't forget to visit the other (way more awesome) gardens today all over the blogosphere! xoxo, Raymond

Wordless Wednesday-flashback!

2011-09-21T00:00:00.001-04:00

Your Tuesday Tonkinese

2011-09-20T00:00:00.003-04:00

Hi friends! Is there anything better than a bag?

YES! A reusable bag!

Mom thinks I have a crazy face in this photo. I can't help it, I LOVE a good bag! xoxo, Busby

Talk Like a Pirate Day 2011

2011-09-18T23:54:00.000-04:00

ARRRRG! It Be Meow Like A Pirate Day!

Ahoy Buckos! It be MEOW LIKE A PIRATE DAY says I, Captain Raymond, to ye swabs!

ARG! Aren't I dashing? Says I to you...

Since we live on t'water, like most PIRATES do, I want t'show you some o' our neighbors.

Look at this scurvy vessel.

Here be some tasty little seabirds! They look good enough t'eat! Alas, they run too smartly and I won't go into t'water after them. My peg leg might warp!

ARG! Tender morsels!

Here be a scurvy creature we call a Sea Otter. He looks LAZY like my brother Busby does!

Fat and lazy like that scurvy Busby!

Avast ye swab Raymond! How dare ye compare me to a scurvy Sea Otter! Into t'BRIG with you!

Yikes! I be in the brig!

Happy Talk Like a Pirate day, says I, CAPTAIN BUSBY t'you! Yo Ho Ho and a bottle o' cream! Have a great Monday my fine buckos!

Flatbat Friday

2011-09-16T00:00:00.001-04:00

Hello friends! Yep, these are Flatbats. Airplane ears.

Mom is using the blender this morning and I don't like the noise one bit!

Jeez! Keep the noise down in there!

Happy Friday friends! I hope it's peaceful at YOUR house! xoxo, Busby

Thursday Garden Stroll

2011-09-15T00:00:00.001-04:00

Hello friends! Here I am, relaxing on my blog Mom's ~~ample~~ lap. Today we are strolling in Renee's Garden! Renee is my blog Mom's employer and the owner of Renee's Garden Seed company.

My eyes get slitty when I am relaxed.

Mom has a rough job. For example, one day she and her coworkers had to sample different varieties of cherry tomatoes to help determine which seeds Renee may add to her line for next season.

Here's a GINORMOUS pumpkin growing up at Renee's. Next month Mom and her co-workers get to go up and
carve jack o'lanterns.

Here's our Non-blog Mom harvesting basil at Renee's.
That's a LOT of pesto!

Thanks for strolling with me today! Don't forget to check out the other feline gardeners! xoxo, Raymond

Wordless Wednesday

2011-09-14T00:00:00.001-04:00

Tongue on Tuesday

2011-09-13T00:00:00.002-04:00

Hi friends! Mom insisted on taking photos of my bath time!

Busby touched me here.

Gotta get it clean.

Must use...

FULL tongue extension!

Happy Tuesday friends! Hope you are having a nice squeaky clean day! xoxo, Raymond