01/24/2024 – Slipcover Biscuits

Viola's slipcover biscuits © Colehauscats.com
Viola’s slipcover biscuits © Colehauscats.com

A Master Biscuit maker at work.

Early on in life, Viola took to the dining room chairs as if they were factory-made just for her. While the other Colehaus Cats sleep at night upstairs in bed with us, Viola has always stayed downstairs on her chairs. Easier to keep an eye on things, we figure. Yes, occasionally, she sits in a box on the kitchen island but she doesn’t sleep there. The chairs are for serious sleeping, and before sleeping, comes loud purring and biscuit making. And she is a master.

A year or so ago, and since our chair cushions are falling apart and our budget doesn’t allow for recovering or replacement, we bought cheap, stretchy chair covers. If you thought Viola loved those falling-apart chairs before, it was nothing compared to now. Please note holes biscuit-ed into the chair cover closest in the photo. She makes biscuits to the point of creating holes. We don’t mind. The chair covers were like, three bucks a piece. Whatever makes the baby happy!

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2023 – No post
2022Monday Miscellaneous
2021 – No post
2020Around Colehaus
2019 – No post
2018Napping Newton
2017 – No post
2016 – No post
2015 – No post
2014Flashback Friday
2013 – No post
2012 – No post

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01/22/2024 – MultiCat Monday

Don't wake the cat, Quint © Colehauscats.com
Don’t wake the cat, Quint © Colehauscats.com

It’s a late morning for Tessa, and she looks a bit crabby. Quint, don’t bother your sister or it may be you she knocks over instead of a lamp on the downstairs buffet.

Pia and Viola ignoring each other © Colehauscats.com
Pia and Viola ignoring each other © Colehauscats.com

Downstairs, Pia and Viola, who generally avoid each other swear they are ignoring each other here, as well as the photographer. We’d believe them if we were you. These two have such potty mouths on them!

Neighborhood visitors Lloyd and Mr. Stubbs © Colehauscats.com
Neighborhood visitors Lloyd and Mr. Stubbs © Colehauscats.com

This certainly looks to be trouble on the immediate horizon but it turns out neighborhood visitor Lloyd and Mr. G’s brother Mr. Stubbs are such laid back cats, neither had a problem with the other. Isn’t that the way it should always be? Good boys!

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Small kitty prints © Colehauscats.com
Small kitty prints © Colehauscats.com

Neither Lloyd or Mr. Stubbs made these snow prints last week. We think it was one of the black and white twins who aren’t fully grown yet. They look to be just over a year old now. Maybe they will always have small dainty paws. So cute!

Many snow prints © Colehauscats.com

Last week, when we had a week of snow and freezing rain (ice), we mentioned one reason why we keep our backyard fountain running 24/7/365. Here’s proof with one day of visits to and from our running water source. Cats, raccoons, squirrels, birds, and maybe one opossum.

Icy fountain, Jan 18, 2024 © Colehauscats.com
Icy fountain, Jan 18, 2024 © Colehauscats.com

While those visitors were slurping away in “the lower pool” as we call it, here’s what the rest of the fountain looked like. And now, it’s almost ice-free.

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2023 – No post
2022 – No post
2021Friday Fun
2020Forbidden Things
2019 – No post
2018Miscellaneous Monday
2017 – No post
2016Friday Flashback
2015MultiCat Monday
2014Questions
2013Ruby Tuesday
2012 – No post

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01/19/2024 – Reason #23

Mousie Hat © Colehauscats.com
Mousie Hat © Colehauscats.com

. . . why Quint probably prefers residing under covers inside his blanket fort on days Mom is home.

Fish hat © Colehauscats.com
Fish hat © Colehauscats.com

And here’s reason #24. AND since this photo is out of focus, almost blooper-quality, let’s add a real blooper because we can!

Fort blooper with Quint © Colehauscats.com
Fort blooper with Quint © Colehauscats.com

Oh, Quint, you’re such a good sport.

Handsome Quint © Colehauscats.com
Handsome Quint © Colehauscats.com

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Today’s our 13th Colehaus Cats Blogoversary. Go us and you! Thank you for visiting us and including us in your day. It would seem we say thank you a lot but we mean it from our hearts every single time. Thank you for being here!

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We announced this information Wednesday but wanted to let everyone know again, we were notified last weekend that our Colehaus Cats Facebook page somehow violated their copyright rules and our Colehaus Cats Facebook page would be deleted. That notification could be spam or it could be real. We don’t know. Mom doesn’t have time to play email tag with the Facebook higher ups to find out the hows and whys. So if our minuscule presence on Facebook disappears, you’ll know why. All we can do is apologize.

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2023 – No post
2022Wordless Wednesday
2021 – No post
2020 – No post
2019 – No post
2018Friday Bleeps
201701/18/2017 Happy 5th Blogoversary, Us!
2016 – No post
2015 – No post
2014 – No post
2013 – No post
2012 – Our very first Colehaus Cats blog posts: Maxx, the Innocent, Seth, the Comfort Cat, Zooot & Cameron, the Love Birds

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