HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012...
The cozy cottage wishes all of our dearest friends a most HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012.  May you slide into it safe and sound with loved ones close by.  Each year brings gifts of change...our tears fall for those we lost from our lives.  May the new year bring us all Peace and understanding, love and health...a portion enough for one day at a time.
We thank you for being with us on our journey in good and bad times...you will never really know just how precious we think each one of you are to our hearts.    We love you all so much....
Karla, Lapdaddy and all the cozy cottage kitties

SLEEPY COZY COTTAGE KITTIES...

 Hunny Bunny is having a bad fur day after being out in the rain...

Lena is having a warm skin day cuddled up in a soft fleecy...not a bad way to spend the last few days of the last week of the year 2011...

WE MUST WATCH OUR STEP!!!

Look close...can you see Lena?  She does blend into the carpet with her tortieness!  She also likes to play chase the red dot...  She is so sweet and comes when I call her name, but will not settle into our laps yet...she prefers the safety of her room (Lapdaddy's office) for now.  Cole and his daddy Oliver came over today and she was so friendly to them...they think she is beautiful!  Just don't ask Hunny Bunny about her yet...her feelings are a bit on edge.  I am giving her extra attention right now and she is enjoying that...

WAITING FOR SANDY CLAWS....

 to come down the chimney...nestled all snug on mommies lap, holding tight onto her arm...she will protect me from the grumpy furry white cat that lives here...

Mommy here:  So far so good with the introduction...they look at each other, then make some grumpy noises...then run in opposite directions.  I do think Hunny Bunny has her feelings a bit hurt that she once again has to share the cozy cottagers with a newcomer.  She is a sweet kind and big hearted kitty so I am hopeful she will forgive me....I am showering her with love and praise.

WE ARE HOME...MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

 Ten o'clock and all is well at the cozy cottage...we have returned safely from our trip to the ocean and collecting Lena.  She has had her first meal in her fancy cut glass bowls.

 Lapdaddy has showered her softness with kisses...she has been busy rearranging his desk top for him...

 Now it is time for me to put her to sleep on her sofa under her heated blanket...she has already deleted the blog post I put up by shutting down the computer with her curious paws....she like to constantly close to you, in your face on your lap over your shoulder under your arm pit.  I know there will be lots of misspelled words on our blog from now on...  I brought back quite a cold fron the ocean also, so I am feeling icky to say the least.  A good cuppa Constant Comment with a triple spoonfull of orange brandy took the edge off so I am off to bed now too...Cole will be here later this Christmas Eve so I need to rest up.  I still have so much to warp and I need to spend some time with Hunny Bunny alone.  We wish you all the most wonderfur Merry Christmas you have ever had...it will not be dull around here these next few days that is fur sure!

LENA AND BIG RED...

 Would you like to meet some of my housemates? 

 This is Lena's friend Big Red...he is the most friendly kitty boy and made Lapdaddy feel right welcome...

 some hugs and kisses...

WE COULD NOT WAIT ANY LONGER!!!!!!

 We could not wait any longer to meet Madame Lena Rosebud Von Dragonheart...so we stopped off in Portland and spent an hour at Diana's house...  Lena came right up to Lapdaddy and gave a tail's up salute!  YEAH I think she might like him!!  Then she climbed up in his lap and gave him a little kissy on the forehead!!!

More happy pictures tomorrow...today we are going shopping in Lincoln City...the antique stores will be quiet this time of year and I like that.  Oh the week is off to a wonderfurless start!!!!

PLEASE MEET MADAME LENA ROSEBUD VON DRAGONHEART

 We would like to introduce you to our Christmas kitty Lena...she will be coming home with us next weekend God willing.  You saw her baby picture earlier this week and in the picture below she is a few weeks old.  No longer a kitten at 18 months old...she is a beautiful grown up lady cat.  A retired show Champion and mother of a litter of sweet kitties....she had done much in her short months.

 Our laps have been so empty since our beloved Miss Peach flew over the rainbow bridge...it was then that Miss Diana (Peachy's former foster mommy and rescuer) contacted me with an amazing offer.  The gift of Lena...we were just so overwhelmed by this generous offer that we could hardly believe it!  These are Lena's siblings below...a fine curious bunch...she is on the far right.  You can visit their webpage by clicking http://www.sofskins.com/index.htm

Lapdaddy is taking me to the ocean for this coming week...we will be bringing Lena home with us.  A real Christmas kitty!  I must admit to being a nervous mommy because I hope Lena will be happy here at the cozy cottage.  I also hope she and Hunny Bunny will become friends.  There is no doubt in my mind that Lena is actually Miss Peach's gift to us...Peachy is still working her magic in our lives and she always will.  Please keep a small thought out for all of us until we return...we will miss you next week.  Wrapping you all in the love of the Christmas spirit...

LEFTOVERS...

 What do you do with leftover cats...take them in, give them a special place to rest  and love them!

 what do you do with leftover turkey feathers from Thansgiving dinner...cut off the tip and insert a pen...

what do you do with leftover sheet music from Church on Sunday...why make paper roses of course...alway try to keep a little bit of summer in the middle of winter!

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHDORABLE!

shhhhhhh don't tell anyone that I peeked at my Christmas gift...

FEEDING THE EAR TIPPED ONES IN THE GARDEN...

 Nom nom nom nom....warm turkey is so yummy on a chilly day.  This is Meme who is Scrappy Cats kitten from this spring.  She is as big as Scrappy now but thankfully does not have her witchy purrrrsonality.  She comes with her tail up when I go outside...

Her daddy Lion is such a fine gentleman...he always waits while she eats first.  They have both grown a fine thick fur coat to ward off the chill.  We have placed the heated water dish out for them and they have been sleeping in the fine straw of the kitty condo Lapdaddy built for them...they are happy and so are we.  Since Lion has been nutered, he is looking quite well and does not have those battle scars all over this head anymore.  Scrappy Cat is still witch slapping our sweet Hunny Bunny any chance she gets...I have to watch her so close when I let her in the garden.
I am feeling a bit better and thank you all for your nice wishes...happy third Advent Sunday to all....love form the cozy cottage

MOMMY GOT A LITTLE BIT OF THE SICKS RIGHT NOW...

 even when my mommy is sick, she still discovers new stuff...like the camera on her computer...smile mommy...

for now,  I am doing my best nursing duty by purr on her lap...

WHITE CAT WEDNESDAY...

 This is mommies birthday gift from her grandchildren that she got last year!  It is a Christmas cactus and once again in full glorious bloom!  Not easy to do because one must be very patient and not move the cactus from it's place in the window other than to wash the leaves or water it.  We love the hot pink color because it is so 50's retro!

 hmmmmmm do you notice anything in this picture that should not be there?

 nom nom nom....

hee hee I helped try out the decorations...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!!

 I will let you rub my tummy...how is that for a nice birthday gifty?

Mommy is getting old...another year has gone by...look at the pretty cards that have come from her cat card club....so beautiful!  Thank you momcat Shirley and Lorraine!  The week before Christmas Lapdaddy will take mommy to the ocean...that will be her birthday gift.  There will also be a very special Christmas gift this year at the cozy cottage...

WE LIGHT TWO CANDLES FOR ADVENT...

 Tonight we will light two candles on honor of advent...mommy will be very careful with them.

 we will be thinking real hard about our friends who are sick right now and those who are sad at the passing of their beloved furs...but we know there will be a glad reunion one fine day in heaven.

 our Christmas table is very humble this season...the nativity figures were bought in 1971 in Germany...the fabric tree mommy made in 1985 and it is still her favorite...the LOOK magazine is from December 1956 and the string of lights is newly crafted with tulle bows tied in bright Christmas shades of cranberry and pine.  The table cloth belonged to mommies Oma in Bavaria...we love that it has red candle wax stains on it from Weihnachten of long long ago...

We wish you a wonderful Sunday full of rest and peace...

OUR SPECIAL ANGELS...

IN MEMORY OF SEABORNE TAYLOR by augustavindelicorum on polyvore.com

MY SPECIAL ANGEL... by augustavindelicorum on polyvore.com
Art helps mommy express herself when words find no comfortable reason...
I know those kitties who have gone on to purrrrpare a place for us, watch over us from above.  They see all our needs and know our sadness...they will send us help.
This week we are sad for our dear friend Roberta who lost her precious tripod kitty Romeow...but she has a tiny furry bundle name Tiny to help heal her broken heart.

We are so sorry about the unexpected loss of Seaborne...the Taylor cats are all in our hearts.  I told Miss Hunny Bunny she will not become his bride...she is heartbroken...we all are.