A Nice Day in the Neighborhood

Hi kitties and beans! I like to sit and look at my cat kingdom from my house and my back deck. The Food Dude and Food Lady let me sit on the deck and lounge with them sometimes. But that is as far as I get to go. Here is what I see on a nice day in my neighborhood: Bernalwood!

  Here I am enjoying the sun on my deck. And some purple toesies!

 When I sit on the deck, I am a fierce mancat and I protect my beans from anyone or any animal who might want to disturb them.

  If you take a look at Bernalwood, you will see that they have lots of dogs on the blog. They even have a dog correspondent or king or something. Don't you think Bernalwood needs a cat correspondent? I can report on all the animal and bird activity around my house. This is an important job and I am applying for it! Jackpot the Cat & Correspondent. That sounds good.

Meet Chester!

 Meet Chester. He's a cat. This is a nice side view of Chester as he walks down his sidewalk. Isn't he handsome? The beans tell me he is my new friend.

Here's another picture of Chester. He is a famous cat in his town. Chester lives in the beautiful state of Wisconsin. He sits outside and his admirers come to visit him. My beans made a special trip to Wisconsin just to admire Chester.  Chester does not want to be bothered by celebrity photographers so we are going to keep his hometown a secret. But if you ever go to Wisconsin, pay close attention, because you (or your beans) might get a chance to meet The Famous and Beloved Chester. Hi Chester - here's a paw across the continent!

I'm Baaacccckkk!!!!

  Hello everybody and every cat. Here I am in all my glorious mancatness. I am enjoying my life with my beans. I especially love the Food Dude. Sometimes I even give him a big hug with my mancat paws!

Here I am on my outside deck. I only get to go this far outside, but I love it. I am a lucky mancat! But one thing I do not understand: why don't the beans eat Purina One every day? Stupid beans. I won't touch the stuff they eat.

Santa Is A Cat Toy!

Look at the big green tree that the beans put inside the house for me to play with! I am checking it out. Hmmm.

The tree smells good! It passes the Jackpot smell test.

Oh, the Food Dude is doing something to the tree. If the Food Dude is involved with the tree, I approve!

The beans are staring at the tree and giving it a lot of attention. I better sit right in front of it.

There are packages under the tree now. The beans are excited about the packages. I will sit under the tree so they will be excited about me too. It is nice and warm under the tree.

Ah yes, this is a good place for a cat. The beans think I am just napping under the tree. Actually, I am checking out the hanging things to see which one I should whap. So many choices!

Now I am walking away from the tree so the beans think I don't care about all the whapping toys I have identified.

Hahaha! I found the best whap toy of all. The beans came home and found me whapping this toy around. This whap toy was hanging on the tree. They call him Santa. I got Santa off the tree all by myself and taught him a lesson. Nothing on the tree is safe from my paws!

Oops. Santa is dead on the floor now. I whapped him up, down, and all around. Santa is just a cat toy now. I like the green tree and all the hanging toys. Christmas is for cats! Merry Christmas to all the cats and beans!

House of Sads

Today I am having the Sads. The whole house has the Sads. The Food Dude has the Sads. The Food Lady has the Gigantic Sads. Her eyes have been leaking all day. It is a sads time.

We are all having The Sads because one of the most famous and best cats in the entire universe had to go to the Rainbow Bridge a few days ago - Rocky the Gutter Cat. I did not know Rocky personally but my beans did and they loved him very, very much. That is why they have the leaky eyes. They told me I wouldn't have a blog if not for Rocky. So I am feeling sad along with them.

The beans told me that Rocky was the very special friend of Halloween The Cat. This is a picture of Halloween. She lived in this house before me and she was here for many years. The beans loved her very, very much too. Sometimes I can smell her around the house. Halloween was one of Rocky's spicy vixens. Halloween went to the Bridge a while before I came to live here. Rocky and Halloween were so close, so the beans have the Sads thinking about Halloween too. But they told me Halloween was waiting right on the other side of the Bridge to welcome Rocky and take good care of him. Here is a picture of Halloween taken at Christmas last year. She was a very pretty cat. She talked alot. She is talking in this picture!

This is Halloween sleeping under last year's Christmas tree. The beans were going to use this picture for a Christmas card this year but the Food Lady said it would make her miss Halloween too much if she had to sign her name on lots and lots of cards and see her missing kitty under the tree. So instead we will have her on the blog and everyone can remember what a sweet cat she was. I am having the sads along with the beans, but tomorrow I will try to make them happy beans again. I hope you will stop by Rocky's blog if you haven't already and let his family know you share their sorrow.

Am I Part Jackrabbit?

See Jackrabbit. See Jackrabbit's giant hind paws! See Jackrabbit JUMP!

See Jackpot. See Jackpot's giant hind paws! See Jackpot dream of jumping on the Christmas tree..... The beans have been discussing this and they think I can't hear them. I'm taking lessons from my pal Jackrabbit, above. Hey, we even have the same name! Do you think we might be related?

My Thanksgiving

I am sitting on my couch, waiting for all of the Thanksigiving visitors to arrive and adore me. I am hoping they will play cat toy and cat feather with me. I'm also wondering if Augie the Yappy Dog is still coming. I may be too ferocious for him.

Well, Augie the Yappy Dog did not stay home. I just cannot believe my eyes. That is why they are closed. Just a few moments after this picture was taken, I flew off the couch and chased Augie all around the house. Yes, that's right. Augie ran away from me and cried like the little yappy dog he is! I rule this house. Then I got tired of him and went downstairs. I came up later on, after dinner and some beans played feather toy with me! That was fun. Then Augie hid from me. At least he stayed away from my end of the couch. Everyone agreed that in a battle between Augie and me, I would WIN!

Here's the turkey all the beans ate. The pig approves.

Here's the home made pumpkin pie the Food Lady made. She wants you to know she roasted the pumpkin herself. No canned pumpkin in this house. But she also said the bad words when she made the crust. On the night before Thanksgiving, you can bet you will hear her grumbling, "I will never be a crust maker! Arrgh!!!" But the beans loved the pie even if the crust doesn't look perfect.

Here's the pecan tart the Food Lady made. One of the beans told her that it was the best pecan tart he'd ever eaten. This made the Food Lady very happy.

You want to know what I had for Thanksgiving Dinner? A can of Purina Pro chicken cat food. Why the beans eat turkey instead of Purina Pro chicken out of a can is a mystery to me. I got the best dinner of all!!!

Thank you for all of your Thanksgiving wishes and visits. It has been cold and stormy here. I am very happy to have this warm and loving Forever Home with good beans who fulfill my every demand.