Thursday, April 30, 2015

Z is for Zen Zone

Kitties love to sleep, but even more than that, they love to be calm and relaxed. They love to know that they have a safe place. They love quiet. As we learned yesterday, they also love yoga. They are the masters of ZEN. I'm not sure what happens when a kitty meditates, but they are clearly transcending into a higher plane of existence.

Of course, I'm kidding. Sort of. I mean, look at Cheetah in the gif below. She's definitely in some sort of zen zone. Right?


Here are a few tweets about #zen cats:
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Y is for Yoga

Cats love yoga, but without realizing it. They can do all sorts of amazing things with their bodies. They are amazingly flexible. Just take a look a Tippy in the gif below. Being the most slinky and refined-looking of all the cats, he shows us a perfect example of the Downward-Facing Cat:




Here are a few other #yoga cats:
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X is for Xenon (OK, I Cheated)

This is a bit of a cheat, because cats don't exactly love xenon. The thing they do love is a glowing red dot. Xenon can be used for glowing items. Laser toys are not made from xenon (although they used to be used in a similar manner). That is the cheat. Nevertheless, I hope you can appreciate my jump from something that glows to a glowing red dot from a laser toy.

Not much more needs to be said, because all cat owners know The Secret of the Red Dot. That is, you can get most cats to go almost anywhere you want to go using the red dot. Unless they are one of those cats who doesn't care about the red dot. I have three of those types, but thankfully, they are the well-behaved ones.

Cheetah, who is normally enthusiastic about The Great Red Dot, is only mildly interested in it when it's only lightly visible (the sun is still out on the patio). Bob, however, freaks out at even a glimmer of the dot. He'll chase it until he's out of breath. I actually worried the first time he chased the dot around because he started wheezing after a while. Needless to say, I no longer allow it to get to that point.


Here is a tweet about the #RedDot, and a couple about #xenon:
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Monday, April 27, 2015

W is for Wheel

OK, OK, kitties don't necessarily love exercise wheels, but I'm determined to get at least Bob to love it. When he first came to me, he was a bit on the chubby side. Since he was an indoor cat, he doesn't really like going out much. He'd rather run around and destroy things inside the house.

I've tried using toys to get him to use the wheel, but still no luck. I won't give up, however. I just got the wheel, so I'll keep working at it a little each day. For now, he loves the wheel for a whole different reason:


Here are a few tweets about the great exercise #wheel and cats:
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Sunday, April 26, 2015

V is for Voguing

Remember Madonna's "Vogue"? It was a song, but also a new style of "dance," sort of. Or, at least, you could vogue while dancing, and it looked pretty cool. It consisted of making all sorts of fun shapes with your arms and hands. The shapes were meant to emulate modeling poses, but you could link them together in a fluid movement, sort of like a vain version of Tai Chi.

Well, guess what? Cats like to vogue too! Well, mostly just with their tails, but once in awhile with other body parts as well. Below, Tippy is the perfect cat to demonstrate the Cat-Tail Vogue, because of his white tippy tail. You can really see him work it on that backyard dirt-runway.


Here's a whole other type of kitty #vogue:
And some other types of #vogue:
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U is for Underneath (Anything)

Kitties love to hide out during the day when it's time for bed. Where do they go? Well, all sorts of places. One of their favorite places is under the formal dining room table. Hence, the reason for chair covers. They also enjoy hiding in tall places so they feel safe from things on the ground, but closed in by the ceiling. Then there are the beds and chairs and tunnels. Oh, and the kitty tree, with all of its platforms and draped leaves, closing them in and providing safety.

Below is a gif of Bob sprawled out across several dining room chairs under the table. These chairs and the arm of the couch are his two favorite places to sleep. When it's hot, like today, he prefers the shade and coolness under the table.


Here are some other kitties #underneath things:
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Saturday, April 25, 2015

T is for Tunnels and Trees [3 Gifs!!]

 T day is very special because I have three whole gifs to represent it! That's because the tunnels I have installed under the eaves of the the house are one of their favorite things. But so are trees... both real and fake.

Gracie loves the tunnels more than any of the other kitties because they are her favorite place to sleep and play. The other kitties like to play in them, but mostly use them to get from one place to the other.

The next gif is of Cheetah in a custom kitty tree I bought from A Fantasy Forest. I saved up a long time to get this thing, and it was totally worth it. I put it on the enclosed patio, and the cats spend most of their day and night in there.

The final gif is of Miss Kitty climbing down her favorite real tree in the back yard. Bob is there at the bottom waiting for her. It's a magnificent tree, and the kitties agree.



Here are some other kitties in #tunnels and #trees:
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S is for Sill

Anyone who owns cats already knows exactly what this post is about. Kitties love window sills! Their favorite thing about a good window sill is the ability to look outside and survey their domain. The other thing they love is playing with whatever window blinds or curtains you have covering your window.

Luckily, I have thick vertical blinds throughout the house, and any disturbance can be easily fixed. Even more lucky is that the patio doesn't have anything at all in front of the windows, as you can see in the following gif. The funny thing is the fact that they like the patio sills at all, seeing as how small they are... but they all love them!


Here are some other cat on #windowsill photos:
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Thursday, April 23, 2015

R is for Reclining

Kitties love to recline in a nice comfy place. Tippy is the king of reclining. He's the most laid back cat of the pack. He's the cool kid of the bunch. When he's not climbing -- everything -- he's slinking along, or reclining in his favorite chair. Just look at that handsome boy! He loves reclining so much, he's got to knead the blanket... which is exactly why the chair is covered with a blanket. It's a brand new chair, and we wouldn't want it to be destroyed.



Here are a couple more #reclining cats, plus a #reclining dog:
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Monday, April 20, 2015

Q is for Quilts

Kitties love soft squishy surfaces. The way to make a surface as squishy as possible is to include some sort of quilted blanket, either by itself or in a layer. I today's gif, Cheetah is relaxing on a blanket that is on top of a blue and white striped quilted blanket. She's lovin' the squish!





Here are a few tweets involving cats with a #quilt:
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