04/10/2024 – The Spring Tuxie

Tessa and the nip banana © Colehauscats.com
Tessa and the nip banana © Colehauscats.com

As with most of the cat toys around Colehaus, we too are ignored sometimes. Tessa spent most of the winter ignoring Mom and Dad completely. She wasn’t lovey, or snuggly, didn’t come when called (nothing unusual there), and wanted little to do with brushing, scritches, or petting.

One warm weekend later and she’s demanding attention, wants to snuggle, and is calling the very best toys hers alone.

Tessa Attention © Colehauscats.com
Tessa Attention © Colehauscats.com

When not climbing all over us and giving kisses (shh, don’t share that info!), she’s leaping from counter top to window sill, rubbing on corners and blinds and purring up a storm. Maybe the warmer weather brought out the best of tuxie behavior in her? We can understand that.


Back to her usual self © Colehauscats.com
Back to her usual self © Colehauscats.com

Once the cold, rainy weather returned, so did her usual mode – ignoring us and everything, except a favorite fleece blanket. We think if 12 year old Tessa were human, she’d be a snowbird and probably living it up in Florida or San Diego right about now, yelling at kids to get off her lawn.

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2023Mine, Not Mine
2022 – No post
2021 – No post
2020Friday Bloopers
2019Wednesday’s What?
2018 – No post
2017Sunny Monday
2016 – No post
2015And Then Suddenly…
2014 – No post
2013Wordless Wednesday – A Touch of Sun
2012 – No post

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04/08/2024 – They’re Back

Viola spies an ant © Colehauscats.com
Viola spies an ant © Colehauscats.com
Oh no, not again! © Colehauscats.com
Those things are back © Colehauscats.com
Those things are back © Colehauscats.com
Pia asks Mom © Colehauscats.com
Pia asks Mom © Colehauscats.com

Mom, can I eat these new ants?

Thank you for asking, Pia. The answer is Absolutely Not!

The ants returned over the weekend and Mom took that as a personal smack in the face, given she had de-ant-ed this house just a month ago. This batch, unfortunately, seemed to come in with the latest pet food shipment, which had sat outside on the porch after delivery for about an hour or in ant-time, all the time in the world to stake a claim.

We didn’t empty the delivery box until the following day and by then, the ants had already made themselves at home in multiple rooms. Why they hadn’t made popcorn and turned on the TV is baffling, since they found in so many places to wander about. But Mom used her trusty systematic method of rounding them up to a central location and then, lets them have it by way of juicy, fresh ant bait. Bye, bye ants. Have a lovely trip elsewhere!

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2023 – No post
2022 – No post
2021 – No post
2020Wash Day
2019 – No post
2018 – No post
2017 – No post
2016 – No post
2015Not-So-Wee-One Wednesday
2014 – No post
2013Kissing Wars – 2nd Battle
2012 – No post

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04/05/2024 – Grumpy Girl

Grumpy Pia © Colehauscats.com
Grumpy Pia © Colehauscats.com

What, Pia? Are you waiting for something?

I’m waiting to discuss something with Mom, specifically, my ants. I haven’t seen them lately. I miss them. Mom knows where they are, I’m certain.

Pia, you’re not getting any ants. No one wants ants here. Your belly didn’t like the ants, remember? Mom will not have ants in this house, not a single one. And they are most definitely not your ants.

Pia holding a grudge © Colehauscats.com
Pia holding a grudge © Colehauscats.com

You just wait, Dad. Sooner or later, my ants will be back and we’ll continue this conversation then.

Well, if we have anything to say about it, and WE DO, it might be a long while before the ants return. If they know you’re waiting here just to eat them, why would they want to visit? Think of it as them going on a spring break vacation far away from here, at some sunny locale soaking up the rays, checking out each other and ordering virgin ant drinks like Ants on the Beach or Ants in the Pants. Wouldn’t you rather have that kind of life for them instead of being pounced upon and eaten?

I’m not answering. You’re being silly now, Dad.

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2023Things on Cats, Spring 2023
2022 – No post
2021 – No post
2020 – No post
2019 – No post
2018 – No post
2017One Word Wednesday
2016 – No post
2015 – No post
2014 – No post
2013Lumpy
2012 – No post

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