Thankful Thursday

Today we are thankful fer the scratching posts around out cat trees and platforms!  As you can see, we like ta use them a lot.  TBT says "better them than him".

This one is from the old platform stand he made hisself.  So. being the oldest one, it has gotten the most use.  Hardly anything to claw on there.

This is from the older of the 2 bought cat trees.  It is rather poofed and used up.  

Another bottom post is getting worn out...

We are working on a higher one now, but it takes a bit more effort to get at.

So, TBT bought a BIG roll of 3/8th" sisal rope and plans to renew them...  The top pic has sisal rope on a board TBT screwed onto the post.   He says he will take the board off and just wrap sisal around the post.  In the 2nd pic, he will remove the post and wrap in all new.  He thinks the posts in the 3rd and 4th pics can be "shaved" with scissors.  

So we are thankful for the pleasure the old ones gave us, but we cant wait to get at the new stuff!

 

Flashback Friday

Today, TBT wants to go back from before our time.  He found this picture and it reminded him of An Event...

Back 60 years...  TBT was like 10 or something, and was his own Dads caddy.  His Dad was an scratch golfer which TBT says meant like "no handicap" of hits or something.    His Dad could hit a golfer ball an it would go low at first  then rise up and settle down in the middle of the playing field.

But TBT had a joke ready.

One day, his Dad hit a ball wrong like way into the woods and asked TBT to toss him another.  That was the moment TBT had been waiting for.  He tossed his Dad a ball and his Dad was so upset, he dint look at it carefully.

When TBTs Dad hit the ball, it exploderated into a cloud of dust.  His Dad just stood there confused.  His golfer buddies looked at TBT and fell on the ground gasping (laughing).  Seriously, they couldnt even talk fer minutes!

It was a golf ball made of chalk.

TBT told us about that today seeing the golf ball picture, so we thought we should share it.

Chrissymouse Presents

We got some nice stuff from TBT.  New rattley mousies, some ham, some chicken, some soft treats.  We are loving them.

But we gotta say we are amazed at one prezzie. 

It was in a small box.  From Sandy Claws!  It was...  Lost toys!  He FOUND them for US...

We were amazed!  Clockwise from top left: 

1.  The oldest toy of the house.  It was Tinkerbelle's in 1986, and Skeeter's from 1999 to his passing over the Bridge.  It showed up a few times for us, but disappeared again for YEARS!  It is "softie mouse" nearly nothing but cloth, but oh so nice to hold mouthily.

2.  Fuzzy Shrew!  We remember it, barely.  It was gone for years.  Actually, only I (Ayla) remember it.  It vanished so long ago.

3.  Blue Rattley Mouse!  There is a red one and a green one, but Blue has been gone SO long!

4.  Rainbow Something!  We all remember that, but we sure havent seen it for a few years.  It was filled with Nip!

5.  The Nip Ball!  TBT can make it come apart and fill it with NIP!  It might be older than Softie Mouse.  TBT says that Tinkerbelle played with it as a kitten, and THAT would have been around 30 years ago!  He says it came in a box of Purina Catnip.  It got lost before.  TBT found it after some many years unner the basement stairs behind some ceiling tiles before Tinker went away and it was old then.  And it got lost again when Skeeter and LC played with it.  But it is back!

6.  Pinky Mouse!  No rattleys, no Nip, just soft bitable stuffed cloth.  We remember Pinky Mouse, but he was gone for SO long.

And the best thing?  They were all in a little container stuffed with NIP!  They all smell like Nip!

We were losing our minds all day playing with them.

Thank you Sandy Claws, that gift of gifts from the past was the BEST!  However did you find them in yer brief visit here?  We are so amazed and SO thankful. 

This is one of the best Chrissymouses EVER!