Flashback Friday

This week is this week from 2009...

LC was still with us and she and Iza got along well.

LC was healthy and happy then.  

Ayla wasn't getting along with Iza though.  They tended to watch each other carefully.  Looking around corners was good.

 But you can sure see the difference between a Siamese and even a Siamese-like Tonkinese here...

Flashback Friday

 For today, we go back to 2009 this week...

LC was still with us.  She liked to sit on the bridge over the small waterflow that went to the 10' pond" (sadly, out of comission these days).

And she liked to just sit in the semi-wild back yard.

Ayla and Iza were exploring around the lawn for signs of any mousies.

They were better together outside than in those days.

Thankful Thursday

TBT:  Remembering past Mews... 

Young Skeeter (8 months)...  I need to see the old pictures to remember how much he was more "spotted" than "tabby".  And I picture more white.  Without seeing actual pictures, I think of him looking more like Marley.  But he was so different!

LC, old...  This was actually one of her last pictures.  The younger ones are "cute".  But this one is the memory I will always hold.  At peace with the world and showing her love of the outside world.  No indoor waterbowl for her; she loved the taste of pondwater best.  The ripples from her tongue are wonderful.  It may be the best picture I ever took.  Not that I had anything to do with composing it.  It just happened and I was lucky enough to have a camera at hand.

Young Ayla...  Maybe a year old.  As a Princess, posing "purrfectly" just came naturally to her.  I can't have just "one favorite cat", but she is "up there".  

Middle-age Iza...  Iza was a very strong-minded cat.  Fierce with mousies and intruders and fierce in the house.  But soft as a cotton candy when on my lap or under the covers in bed.

Young Laz...  Too short a life.  A year in a bad home, a calm year here with Lori and I, and then it all went back downhill suddenly in the memories his troubled mind finally couldn't escape.

[Rather much edited as I re-read my original post]

Tuxedo Cat Appreciation Day

Since today is for Tuxedo Cats, I went back and found some pictures of LC...

She was still lonely and depressed in January 2009, a month after Skeeter left.

She sat around a lot.

When Spring came though, she began to adjust and enjoy being outside,

Warmer weather was good for napping on the deck.   This may be the day she rolled over while nappin and fell right off the deck.  Eight feet down!  She was fine, but I bet she woke up REAL fast...

 

Flashback Friday

 This week in 2009:

LC loved sitting in the Cube.  

Tuxedo Cat Appreciation Day

It's Tuxedo Cat Appreciation Day.  LC was my only Tuxedo Cat, so this is also a Flashback...

She got along well with both Ayla and Iza.

She loved being outside.

She also got along with Iza, invidually.  She got along with Ayla, too, but I couldn't find a picture.

Pretty kitty next to pretty flowers...

Views:  

Side.  The small pond was one of her favorite places.  Frogs fascinated her.  

Back.

And front.

She could also do a very impressive tail poof!

Her OTB Day was 12 years, 2 weeks, and 2 days ago...

Flashback Friday

This week in 2009, LC was enjoying a thorough head-grooming session out on the deck...

 

Friday Flashback

Today we go WAY BACK to 2008...

LC and Ayla got along well.

A little chasing never hurt anyone.

Skeeter would sit on the deck after dark, but not wander.  His hunting days were past, but he still enjoyed the smell of the outdoors. 

Note the door was open, so he could come in anytime.  But he also came in when called.

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TBT:   I sometimes forget how completely orange he was but for the feet and chest. 

It is good to see such old pictures again...

Flashback Friday

It was this day in 2009.  It was just 3 months after Skeeter went OTB, and LC was probably trying to figure out why she got left with these 2 tan girlcats (they were still youngish) instead...

 Meanwhile, outside, we still had clumps of crocuses.  There are almost none left now.  The voles got almost all of them.  They WERE lovely.  There are a few major clumps in relatively hidden places where the moles don't dig tunnels for the voles to use.  Moles dont seem to like to tunnel under flagstones, for example (can't raise the soil up).

I think I will replant them in wire mesh cages like my tulips

Flashback Friday

IZA:  Today on this day in 2010, I went out exploring.  The weather was decent.

I wandered along the paths.

And remembered why I came out.

I wanted to visit Skeeter (The Cat Who Came Before) and LC (who I knew for a year).

I left a few chin rubs for both...

And then sat back to look at both memorials. 

I sure hope mine is long time from now, but it is good to know we are remembered.  I asked Dad if he had letters for me.  He said no, "It will be a long time.  And don't worry about it Sweet Girl, let's go in and I'll open the treat jar".

Yay, treats!

Dad is still fighting with the new computer...