THE CAT DAYS OF EARLY SUMMER...

 Welcome to our weekend...it is warming up and I like being on the patio...

 mommy scored this new chair at Goodwill and it fits me purrrrrfectly...

 All the cozy cottage garden cats accounted for dinner...

 Lapdaddies beautiful stunning water lily... a magical peachy yellow pink confection.

 Daylilies and our volunteer dogwood tree...

 Babies breath in full bloom...

 Beautiful Rainier cherries from our sweet neighbor...we are famous here in Washington for the wonderful variety of cherry...

IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT....

 It was midnight and I let Bunny come in from her walkabout in the front garden...can you see her on the porch rail...it is cold and rainy here because summer has had a system failure (ERROR 404)  in Washington this year...

 Mr. Moon was peeking through the leaves of the dogwood tree all bright and twinkly...almost feels like autumn already...fine with me because I love that season best!

 Now time for a well deserved cozy rest!  Yes, I love my blue pillow best now!

GONE!!!!!!!!!

 Here he is laying on MY rug.....

 Playing with MY feather!

LET me outside mom quick!!!!   At least he could not follow me outside!

Harley went home a day early..............I think I miss him?  NOT!!!!!!!!!

CAN YOU SEE WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE???

 We have a house PEST I mean house guest for the week!  This is my cousin Harley...remember when we came to live with the grandkid bean Ellie two years ago?

 Look at his scairty lazer eyes watching over me...he makes himself comfy on the sofa...

 Plays with the feathers in the basket...

 plops down on mommies computer desk...uses MY little girls room box...eats all of MY kibbles...

 and then sleeps on the fuzzy blanket

I think it will be a VERY long week!!!

INTERNATIONAL BOXING DAY

How wonderful it would be if I could open a box and find my beloved Miss Peach inside...this was many years ago when we were young.  How she loved boxes!

A NEW BLUE PILLOW??!

 Mommy I love my pink pillow...why did you give me this new blue one?

 well it is soft...but...

 maybe I can find a better one on my own...

 this one is Cole's when he watches TV...

 maybe I should not use it because my furs on it will make him sneeze...

 OK, I will give the blue one try for now...it is nice an scunchie.  Is blue a good color for my furs?  it matches my eyes...

THE WHOLE PICTURE....

 Come with me and I will show you the whole picture...as you can see, it is very big.  Lots of things have come and gone in the past 20 years at the cozy cottage...but the white cat picture will always be here!

DREAMS COME TRUE...IF YOU WAIT...

I bought the picture of the white cat resting under the rose bush in 1990 when I first moved here...I thought it was the most beautiful cat I had ever seen.  Twenty years later the picture came to life when my Hunny Bunny arrived in our garden.  Good things come to those who wait...what are you waiting for?

ANOTHER RAINY DAY...

 it is still cold and rainy here in southern Washington...very unusual for this area in the summer because we live in the desert!

 while mommy LOVES the cooler rainy days...Lapdaddy hates them because he is a summer nut...I hate them because I do not like to get my white furs wet...or my paws dirty on the wet rocks...so I sit on the front porch rail until mommy lets me in...

hi mommy!  is it dinner time now?  here I come!

WHAT TO DO IN THE RAIN...

 We looked outside today and the Eden roses were hanging their heads heavy with raindrops...

 The clematis is nodding it's petals...

 The front porch is all wet...

 We turned on the little light in the front window because it got very dark and we wanted it to be cozy in the cottage...

 Then mommy lay down on the sofa...I climbed up on her leg...

 turned around and made myself real comfy...then we did what all should do in the soft summer afternoon's rain...we took a nap!  Cole lay down for an hour after playing basketball in the gym all afternoon.....FOUR hours later...we all woke up!  Yes, it was a fine use of time during the rain...then we ate dinner...played Rummy (Cole won) and watched I LOVE LUCY until early in the morning!

MOMMY GAVE ME A PRECIOUS GIFT...

 Today mommy gave me a precious gift...

 at first I did not know what to do with it...you see...this is one of Miss Peach's orange blankets.  I squeezed my eyes shut and said a thank you meow to her...and mommy:)

 then I lay down, and took my first nap on it up on the sofa.  It was a very nice gift...

TWO ON TWOSDAY...

 These have always been two of my favorite photos...my precious Miss Peach on her Gizzy quilt she got from Junior...and my patio.

We have company for the whole summer!!!!  Cole is here!!!  He flew in from Cocoa Beach all by himself...he spent a week there visiting his other grandparent beans and playing in the ocean, at Universal Studio and riding the Harley Davidson.  Now he is at the boring cozy cottage where we are lazy but talented...

HUG YOUR CAT DAY!!!

 Today is National Hug Your Cat Day!!

 My beautiful grandbean Ellie hugging our beloved Miss Peach...

This was such a special day...it let to a love affair and Ellie getting a Devon Rex kitty of her own for Christmas!