Simon's Blog

February dreamin'

  Ahh, February. Here in the northwest it feels like spring. My companion said the pussywillows were in full bloom and she was going to bring some in for a bouquet. I always think it odd that she makes so much of the little soft catkins on the stems...here am I, huge and soft ...and, I purr as well; but she seems to get all googly over these sticks with tiny furry lumps on them . There is just no way to understand what these human beings think or why they think it.
  I did go out and sit on the deck and the air felt softly warm, and the witch hazel in bloom purfumes the air ever so delicately. It was all very charming till Jacquelyn decided she had to come out and put her two cents in. She is the noisiest cat you can imagine. My companion says we have to be nice to her because she never had a cat mom, only my companion as her mom, and so she is not really catlike in so many ways. She is like a chatty human child...chatty bratty I say. Of course, I rather think all the attention should be directed to me.
  My companion has been working on putting some new products on the webstore . She just had a booth at a gift show with the new vases and things and her rep/friend,Debbie, brought her dog to model the new aprons. Can you imagine? She showed me a picture of Barkley wearing the "Dogs Don't You luv'em " apron and a chef Hat. Chef Barkley. Pretty funny....what a good sport he was. I don't think I would do such a thing but then I am a cat.So, here is the picture of Chef Barkley...I do have to admit he looks pretty spiffy. Be sure to click on image to enlarge it so you can see him in all his splendor.
  When you speak of dogs , and I do try not to very often, one does have to speak of and print this very funny picture of Chief, my rottweillor friend. He sent me this very funny Valentine and here I will share it with you.Click on the image to enlarge it..It is really very funny and cute.

   Chief Has a great brother named  Mountain Dew, you probably have seen him in my" friends" area  or in the Cats Cards  area as he lives with her in  Tennessee and he is one of her best models. Well, Dew also sent me a Valentine which I will post here for your veiwing pleasure. Dew is such a ham and really knows how to make his meowm laugh.                                                                                                         
  I say farewell and happy February to you all....purrs, Simon

January is cold

  I tell my companion I want to go outside on the deck and she tells me I do not. I convince her I do, and she opens the door and I run out to my spot under the table where I like to sit and watch the birds. I sit down and immediately realize she was right. I hate that. I really hate that. She told me it was 26 degrees out but what do I know about degrees. Well, now I know. I know I want to be back in the warm kitchen. I just don't want her to know that I know she was right. So , I sit there freezing my furry behind trying to look nonchalant and like I am enjoying the birds. OK!!!!!!! LET ME IN!!!!!! I AM FREEZING!!!! She let me in and cuddled me till I was warm again and gave me a treat. I am a lucky guy.
  I have to share some new pictures with you.One is my friend Twist , who is a comedian extraordinaire.Here he is dressing up like a Hells angel in his Harley cap. Don't you just love it? He loves to dress up.  Twist is quite a guy. I also love the one of him in the bowtie, don't you?

 

Now I will put in the wonderful one of Twist dressed for Valentines. He went all out for this one.

 

    I could put in cool pictures of Twist all day and all night but I also have to show you my new frineds the "Geller Girls". They are  Munchie, Mazie, Tessie and Star. They are Bichons and they are , as you can well see, the most adorable family you can imagine. My companion just loves Bichons and when she opened this picture she absolutely screamed with delight.

Here they are "The Geller Girls". Click on the picture to enlarge it.

    So, there you have it. Fun pictures to brighten a cold wintery day.Isn't Twist just a laugh a minute. And, aren't these Bichon girls just cat's meow or should I say the dog' bark.

I am so lucky to have such wonderful friends. If you want to send me any pictures of yourselves then please do...hey , a guy can always use more friends.

Now I have one more picture, of my new family member. my companions grandson received a Bengal Kitten named Bangle Bonnie the Bengal after Christmas and my companion goes on and on about her all the time. She does have some amazing spots, I have to say, but I think stripes are just as wonderful. Bangle is quite special though and my companion says she is a very very busy girl.

I think I will go ask to be let out onto the front deck. maybe it isn't as cold out there. Here is wishing you all a Happy New Year , a full food dish, someone to cuddle with, a spot to sit in the sun and watch the birds, and many purrs. Simon

 

Holiday Time

  I am so remiss in keeping up on this blog. My companion and I have been so busy, then we had terrible storms and lost our power and phone for four days. My companions daughter is going into the second week with no power and she is not a happy cammper at all since she has a dressage farm with 36 horses. But we forge ahead. My companion is designing new things and has finally gotten the Rescue Me-ow kitties on the website. I am a little miffed there is not one who looks like me yet but she says it is coming.
  I want to post a picture here of a friend of mine named Mango. He is one of my companions friends kitties and he is a very special little man. My companion's friend runs Harbor Hope Cat Rescue in Gig Harbor , Wa. They specialize in really challenging cases. Mango was presented to her by another Rescue that could not care for him. He has cerebellar hypoplasia so is neurologically challenged. He has a very hard time walking but he gets where he is going in a roundabout way and he is so sweet and charming. Mango is a real inspiration, as is his Meowm, proving purr-serverance futhers and a great attitude will get you a long way in the world. My companion keeps his picture on her desk to remind her that , though the path may be roundabout, difficult to manuver, and you may fall a few times, you can still get where you want to go with purr-serverance. And, if you smile when you get there someone will pet you.

Rainy rainy days....

  Today it is raining. Yesterday it was raning. It will no doubt rain tomorrow. We have a record for rain ....oh goody. This means I sit in the house instead of on the deck. My companion is working on her website today putting some new mugs on there but she keeps fussing that she should be in her studio painting dogs. DOGS...why in the world would she paint dogs. It mystifies me.
  I heard her laughing and asked her what it was all about. Her partner , Cat, the photoghrapher, who lives in TN sent this picture of my friends Tybolt , Torque and Twist . They were playing dressup like the Red Hat society so she took their picture. Aren't they just wonderful. who but Cat could get three kittens to sit in feather boas and smile?(click on picture to make it bigger)
   My companion has her website hooked up to the google adwords and anylytics so she can see all the people in the world who are looking at her website. It is amazing . She tells me when two people in Athens are looking or four people in Cairo, Egypt. We have no idea who they are unless they write to us, which of course she wishes they would . She is so funny, she will sit here and just fuss "12 people or one person 12 times  from Vashon Island is looking...who are they? Why don't they write to me...it makes me crazy!" ( She says that a lot... about things making her crazy...mostly it is me who does it to her...well I have to keep her entertained don't I?) Anyway, you people in Egypt and France and Norway and Texas and Winnipeg and on Vashon Island...let's hear from you...tell us who you are...send us pictures of your pets. We love to hear from you.

  So, it is still raining. My companion went to visit her daughter in Duval , north of Seattle last week and she got stranded there because the Snohomish river rose so high it covered all the roads into this very populated area. She said it was very strange to be trapped in that way. Luckily they are on very high ground. Her daughter had ten evacuee horses come to her stable because the flooding had risen up to their bellies in their own barn. I guess it happened to many many horses and cows and people and cats too. She told me when she finally could drive out it was like driving across a moving lake. Sounds eerie to me.

Anyway, I hope you people and cats and dogs are busy getting your holiday shopping done here on the website. The sweatshirts with the holiday designs on are really wonderful, I have seen them but they don't fit me so I can't model. Cat has some fabulous new cards...have you checked those out. And the new dog mugs are great (if you like dogs) and she tells me Golden Retreivers and dachshunds are coming as well as bulldogs and french bulldogs and beagles and chihuahuas. gads...I just think she should do more cats myself. But nobody listens to me....sigh. Guess I will go take a nap. The rain on the roof is very soothing and the woodstove is very warm.

Autumm

  I go out everyday it isn't raining, right after breakfast, for just a couple hours. Actually, if it is raining I sometimes go out on the deck and sit under the table and watch the rain. I do love a warm day when I can spend a couple hours in the garden watching the birds eat fallen berries and seeds . They bathe in the big porcelain pedestal bowl my companion's companion made. He is an artist too  www.halfmoonstudio.com  and though he works with my companion he also makes these beautiful hand built porcelain things which they eat and drink out of, and sometimes I do too. We cats and dogs have a huge pedestal drinking bowl of our own in our in the house garden by the window. But, back outside in the garden, I try to only watch the birds. My companion tends to yell very loudly if I take her a bird but she does praise me if I take her a mouse or mole. She must like to eat those instead of birds. Myself, I would rather eat a bird but I do try to please her. My companion and her companion have three huge birds, bigger than I am , in a big  pen with a big big big tub of water (pond). They call the birds geese and they fuss over them like they were cats. I have no idea why. Their names are Milton, Millie and Billie but they are all lady geese. Their purpose eludes me but my companions seem to enjoy them and they do not eat them so I guess they pets.  I am not a pet , I am family.
  My housemate cat  ,Jacquelyn, is driving me crazy. Both she and Marybeth like to cuddle with my companion and I would much prefer to have her for myself. Sometimes I have to bite them  .
  My companion is very excited and busy with all her new products in her store. And, she is very busy in her studio painting dogs. Why dogs I do not know - but she says people want them.
  I am going to go pose elegantly in the morning sun. Perhaps she will paint me today. She tells me I am her mews , or did she mean muse?

Beginnings.....

  She is my companion. I am her companion, as well, and also her confidant. She says I amuse her. I also inspire her in her artistic endeavors. Myself, I am very creative....ahhhh ,but it is so much easier to stretch out in the sun and just inspire and channel my ideas to her. Here now, look at this flower - no no  - really look at this flower. Watch that butterfly on the lily; the way the light makes it glow. See with your eyes, with your emotion, the way the sun glistens on my coat. Feel the warmth. Do you like this pose? Shall I close my eyes a little? Get that pencil to the paper and get this down.
  We do  necessary things for each other. I wind around her feet first thing when she gets up - and for me there is a stroke, a smile. I accompany her on the early morning journey to awareness. I purr very loudly while she brushes her teeth - with the hum - above the hum of the toothbrush. Are not humans strange? Why they persist in using so much water to clean themselves is beyond me, but I won't dwell. She brushes and tells me I am handsome and strong , which is true.
  Sometimes she is larger than I am and sometimes I am larger than she is. Such is the way of cats. I am Simon. I am a Cat.

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