02/19/2024 – Miscellaneous Monday

What is this shiny spot? © Colehauscats.com
What is this shiny spot? © Colehauscats.com

We had some sun over the weekend. Funny since it was snowing where Mom works up on the big hill last Thursday and ice pellets pelleted her Friday morning. And then, sun!

Baffled by sunshine © Colehauscats.com
Baffled by sunshine © Colehauscats.com

We were just as baffled, as always over the last thirty-plus years, at how fast the weather can change here. Viola might have forgotten just how bright the sun can be. We don’t think she minded, though.

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Apparently, we’re STILL having problems with friends receiving email from us. All anyone will tell us is that Comcast and Gmail are conducting massive campaigns to cut down on spam/phishing email and unfortunately, that will affect normal email exchange between the two. We are beyond baffled that our ability to communicate with the world via email is so spotty and seemingly selective and not completely across the board. We’ve been trying to communicate with some of you through Outlook and other venues and have only heard back from one kind person. Again, we apologize if you haven’t heard from us in months via email. We’re still trying but this is completely out of our hands. * insert very angry face here *

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Pia's feeling under the weather © Colehauscats.com
Pia’s feeling under the weather © Colehauscats.com

It’s officially ant season, apparently, and the house bug-hunter Pia may have eaten some ants which always gives her an upset stomach. Since first finding ants inside eight years ago, try as we may and using all kinds of pet-safe methods, we’re unable to keep ants one hundred percent away from mid-February to November.

We can’t stay awake 24/7 to get them all and Pia takes that cue as being her overnight job. We’re also on the verge of switching her back to kibble (slowly) because she’s, once again, not eating much of her canned food and is starting to look thin. Little girl, creepy, crawly ants are not your food!

Tessa sees one © Colehauscats.com
Tessa sees one © Colehauscats.com

There’s an ant over there, Mom.

Don’t you start too, Tessa.

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2023 – No post
2022 – No post
2021Friday Fun
2020Things on Cats, The Fish Episode
2019 – No post
2018A Day Off
2017 – No post
2016Itty and her Special Features
2015 – No post
2014One Word Wednesday – Sun
2013Ruby Tuesdays
2012 – No post

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02/16/2024 – The Favorite Blanket

Quint's favorite blanket © Colehauscats.com
Quint’s favorite blanket © Colehauscats.com

This is my favorite blanket. It’s my fort making blanket. It’s not fleecy nor terribly soft. It’s one of those sturdy, thick, heavy blankets that seems made for a boy like me. I like the colors – green and white on one side, blue and pink on the other side. Personally, I like the green side down, opposite of what you see in Mom’s photo here. You know how well green goes with ginger fur. So I like the green side on me the best. Plus, the green side is darker and I like it dark when I’m in my fort.

Quint's fort making blanket © Colehauscats.com
Quint’s fort making blanket © Colehauscats.com

As the story goes, Mom bought this blanket on a side trip to Mexico many, many, many years ago and hauled it around through deserts and mountains, through sand storms and ice storms, through housing changes and furniture moving days, and never once did she think someday it would make the best fort making blanket in the whole world. It’s like she was thinking of me . . . before . . . me!

In his blanket fort © Colehauscats.com
In his blanket fort © Colehauscats.com

I’m sure there’s more story to this blanket I love, but it’s calling to me and who am I to deny my favorite spot? Thanks for listening to me talk about my favorite blanket. It’s just a blanket, I know, but it’s my most favorite thing.

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2023 – No post
2022Almost Wordless Wednesday
2021 – No post
2020 – No post
2019 – No post
2018Olivia and the Toys
2017 – No post
2016 – No post
2015 – No post
2014 – No post
2013 – No post
2012 – No post

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02/14/2024 – Looks of Love

Looks of Love? © Colehauscats.com
Looks of Love? © Colehauscats.com

We’d like to say Quint and Pia are touching noses, or kissing, or doing anything here but glaring at one another, and we guess we can go right on ahead and say yes, they are touching noses and kissing and definitely, certainly, absolutely not glaring at one another. We’d like that to be true but in all honesty, we think Viola’s showing the true look of love toward that Yeow-w-w nanner toy and is simply waiting for the ginger glare twins to move along.

Happy Valentine’s Day, Viola and Yeow-w-w nanner toy! You two gingers, go on, move along.

Quint's Kissing Booth © Colehauscats.com
Quint’s Kissing Booth © Colehauscats.com
Tessa's Kissing Booth © Colehauscats.com
Tessa’s Kissing Booth © Colehauscats.com

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2023 – No post
2022Valentine Purrs and Kisses
2021 – No post
2020 – No post
2019 – No post
2018For a Special Valentine
2017 – No post
2016 – No post
2015 – No post
2014Dreaming of D
2013 – No post
2012 – No post

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