Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!
Here's two Halloween Cards featuring my cats!
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It's China Cat's 12th Birthday today!

Today China Cat Sunflower is 12 years old. She is celebrating by napping out in the very warm screened-in porch. Later she will get lots of treats and of course Willow will too!

WCB: Filters and my Cats

I was playing with a picture of China Cat and Willow that I had set at the indoor incandescent setting. It wasn't supposed to be set there as I was taking their picture in the screened-in porch with natural daylight. But I had forgotten to check it before I took their picture. Pictures turn out very blue when that setting is used outdoors. So the first picture here is the original out of the camera with no changes. The program I have is Photoshop Elements 6 and I played around with the filters until I got the colors to look more realistic for a daytime outdoors picture. Since I was having fun so far, I decided to try making their picture black and white. I'm not sure that this was the best picture to try making black and white though. So I used the filter called Poster Edges and I kind of like it... Weekend Cat Blogging is being hosted this week
by Samantha, Mr. Tigger and Mom Chandra at As The Squillion World Spins.

Easy Like Sunday Morning

It's terribly humid out already this morning and expected to get up to about 95 degrees. Both cats generally go out in the screened-in porch after breakfast until the air conditioner turns on and we shut the porch door. While inside China Cat has been using my rocking chair in the living room as her favorite morning nap spot for the past week.
Willow usually naps under the dining room table every morning but this morning I found her on the foot stool by China Cat.It occurred to me that I probably had another picture of the two of them in that same spot.
When Willow was little she used to sleep in the chair with China Cat,
but I was surprised to find this picture of them in almost the same positions!
This was taken in August of 2004 when Willow was about 6 months old.
Since then China Cat's belly fur grew back and Willow just grew!And here is how they used to fit in the chair together. For all the other cat activities this weekend, check out the following:
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The 200th Friday Ark has boarded at The Modulator
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Weekend Cat Blogging is being hosted by Amar and Luna over at Catsynth
and July 19th was the 2nd Anniversary of Catsynth!
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Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos is being hosted by
Samantha & Mr. Tigger at Life From A Cat's Perspective
They have an optional theme of Christmas in July!
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Carnival of the Cats is being hosted by
Rocky, Fracas and all the rest at Artsy Catsy

PhotoHunt Theme: Emotion(s)

The theme this week is "emotion(s)"
and not surprisingly I have pictures of cats today!
Alice is my daughter's cat who is looking very curious. China Cat and Willow are being emotional in a bit of an angry sort of way. But of course they also love each other.
As always, you can find more Photohunters here!
photohunt

Porch Kitties found a Bunny!

I went out to the porch and found China Cat and Willow looking very intently at something on the other side of the screen. They didn't even notice me. I usually try to see whatever they are looking at and sometimes I don't see anything! But today they found a bunny under the bush right outside of the screened-in porch.That bunny had no idea that there were two cats watching it very intently. Willow actually could not see the bunny from this angle.
But she did see a squirrel that she became very interested in watching.China Cat turned around and continued watching the bunny... Here's the bunny who just continued eating grass,
never realizing he/she was being watched!

Here's the Weekend Cat Events:
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Weekend Cat Blogging #151 is being hosted by Katie & Puddy
at A Byootaful Life.
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Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos is at Pet's Garden Blog.
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Carnival of the Cats #215 is being hosted by Diamond Emerald-Eyes
at House Panthers.

Easy Like Sunday Morning in the Porch

Spring is here today!
It's already 65 degrees and
China Cat and Willow are enjoying the sunshine! Nothing like a nice nap in the sun with a friend! ~~~~~
For more Weekend Cat Events, check out the following:
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Weekend Cat Blogging is being hosted by Cece
at Mind of Mog
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The Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos is at the Cat Blogosphere.
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Carnival of the Cats #214 is being hosted by Aloyisius at Catymology.

Happy New Year's Eve from Willow & China Cat!

WCB Christmas Edition

China Cat and Willow participated in Secret Paws this year. The cats that were their Secret Paws live in Wisconsin and California. And the cats that sent presents to China Cat and Willow live in South Carolina and Texas. This was our first time participating and it was a lot of fun!
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Here are some of the gifts they received! China really liked laying on her hammock
while Willow just kept investigating everything! They received feather toys, catnip mice and a catnip banana,
among other toys! Willow also loves smelling the tree - so far she hasn't knocked any ornaments down! Merry Christmas! ~~~~~
Katie and Puddy are hosting Weekend Cat Blogging
at A Byootaful Life,
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Astrid, Kashim & Othello are hosting Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos
(with an optional theme of family or friends) at The Catboys Realm
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and the Carnival of the Cats will be hosted by Missy & KC
at The Cat Blogosphere (with an optional Christmas theme).

RAMS GAME DAY 9: Rams @ Saints

HUGE UPDATE:
We are Winless No More!!!!!
Rams - W37 Saints - L29

at Maybe today will be our first win of the year?????
As usual, I am ever so optimistic!
GO RAMS!!!!!
Thanks to Zoolatry NFL and their National Feline League
for the Cat's Rams Graphic!

RAMS NO GAME DAY: Rams have their BYE week

Rest up boys.
Next week we'll be down in New Orleans,
battling the Saints. Thanks to Zoolatry NFL and their National Feline League
for the Cat's Rams Graphic!

Wicked Halloween

I was having problems getting China Cat & Willow
dressed up for Halloween.
I wanted to enter them in Skeezix's Halloween Contest
but Willow was impossible
and China Cat was not really going for it either.
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So this became their entry for the contest.Happy Halloween!

Anniversary Dinner...

Having married in St. Louis quite a few years ago,
I decided that we should try an anniversary dinner
with a St. Louis Theme.Both China Cat and Willow were fascinated with the roses...There were a lot of smells from those flowers...And I guess, according to Willow,
they also tasted pretty darn good...Most weddings in St. Louis will have some sort of mostacioli
(spell and pronounce as you wish!) at the reception,
and ours was no exception.
We also have Pasta House in St. Louis with their famous Pasta House Salad.
Of course, with the pasta and salad, you must have cheese garlic bread! And dessert was another classic: Gooey Butter Cake.
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To another 24 years......
Weekend Cat Blogging is being held over at Belly Timber
Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos is at Pet's Garden Blog
(with an optional theme of flowers or butterflies)
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We especially want to send out major prayers
for Anastasia to come back home...
She has been missing since Tuesday
and there has been seen a bobcat in the area.

Two on Tummy Toesday

Here are the tummies and toes of China Cat and Willow.
OK, there is way more tummy than toes!
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Over to the left is a big 6' x 9' rug, which is quite comfortable.
One would think they would lay on that instead of the concrete!
I think that they were just cooling off as it's in the mid 80's now.

It's my dad's birthday today!

It's my dad's birthday!
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Mom and Dad live in a different state than us so we won't get to see them but we will call tonight. Whenever my parent's come to visit we always have pizza the first night.
So, for Dad's birthday RDG picked out two Trader Joe's Pizzas.
We are having Goat Cheese and Roasted Tomato Pizza
and Pizza Pomodoro.
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To surprise Dad, China Cat & Willow got ready for his birthday party.
They were a little disappointed that he couldn't really come to their party.
To ease their disappointment, they both received Temptations
and everyone was happy! Kashim and Othello are hosting
Weekend Cat Blogging #111 over at Paulchen's FoodBlog.
They already have quite a few cats listed so it's time to visit all those kitties!

Snuggling on Sunday...

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It's time for Weekend Cat Blogging!

Make sure to stop by and visit with Upsie,
who is keeping cool with an ice pack!
You can find all the cats at What Did You Eat?

Happy Father's Day Big Janitor

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And not only is it Father's Day
but it's time for Weekend Cat Blogging #106
over at A Byootaful Life.
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Check out all the weekend kitties and Puddy
who was very industriously cleaning off a camera strap.
What kitty doesn't like a camera strap?

Temptations, Please...

This has become a favorite place for the cats to congregate.
Behind the glass in the entertainment center
are two bags of Temptations.
They sit right there in front of the door looking at me...and looking at the Temptations... Starting to get a little vocal... "Come on - You know what we want
and we would like Temptations NOW!"
Meanwhile, the Lovely Luna is hosting Weekend Cat Blogging #104 at Catsynth.
And Justin's Random Thoughts is where you'll find the 166th Edition of Carnival of the Cats.