Splish Splash

I was taking a bath.

The Tiger Sleeps Tonight

Miss Ramona killed a mouse this morning and growled over it like the tiger she is. I let her be figuring I'd go back and find the poor thing later but when I went to look it was gone.

This means we won't find it until it smells.

And Tiger Girl rests from her endeavours to protect the household from mighty rodents.

Caturday Morning Bath

A lazy Caturday morning starts off with the Tribe of Tigers all cuddled up together. Ramona still loves Brendan. Brendan loves Ramona. Harper loves everybpdy and vice versa. Then the action begins. We'll let Harper tell it.



I always have to clean her ears for her!



Hold still!



Can't forget my own belly.



And Sister's head. Lick lick.



And my own Paw.



Then I get my head done. Got to be clean for Caturday.

Autumn

Brendan still loves Ramona. Finally the photos went up.

I was having trouble getting photos up on Blogger and it took quite few tries to get the last four up for Bucky. He is persistent though so I finally got them to show up. If you just see missing links on these two, I'll try again later.

Our fall color show is past peak now and there is snow on the Mt. Washington. The weather has been just beautiful so we have been cleaning up the garden and the cats have been playing outside in the warm middle of the day. November will be brown and grey and muted orange but I like that season too. And then we start hoping for a good ski season.

Brendan has just headed out for patrol. We are going to the coast for the day for a beach walk and brunch.

Nights are at home for the most part with peaceful lap sitting. Summer is over but we can soaking up whatever warmth we can find as the days grow shorter. In the chilly dawn, it's a three cat cuddle.

Ramona Takes it in Stride

Autumn is here in the White Mountains and the days are already shorter. Cooler too. The kittens go out for a while and run around their garden and climb the apple tree if the weather is nice. Ramona is happy to be resting up after the Walk for the Animals. She is actually getting a little rotund and likes her chicken. But since she was so sick when she was little and so tiny, I figure it is fine for her to be a bit plump.

We look forward to snow up here. Last winter was a wash out so I hope this one will be better. You need the snow to get outside and play on. It is a peaceful time of year with a lot of editing to do in the studio.

Bucky and his gang have been posting a lot on their blog. He needs to do a blog roll too so I better help him with that.

Kitten Stack

These three are at the shelter. Aren't they too much? Wouldn't you want to take all three? Their names are Whimsey, Willow and Wisper.



This sweet kitten with a personality just as you see her, was found somewhere, hungry and scared. She is very happy to be at the shelter, cozy and safe and well fed. I'd take this one if I could.

We just finished the final touches to the shelter video. I will try to put it on the web at some point so you all can see it. Whew. Now I need to do the re-writes on my children's book and get it off to the editor who said I could send it to her when I met her last March.

Update on the Walk

No more dog photos because this is, after all, a cat blog. I added Tilly and Toby to the flag which will go on display at the shelter and I will add a photo of it with its purple ribbon given to all team members. I think our total for the team was 1750.00 which is pretty good if you ask me for a first time team. The Power Paws came in at 5.334.00 but they are experienced and well connected. Ramona wasn't at all disappointed at not winning, she likes the purple ribbon.

The whole even brought in more than 24,000. It was a lot of work but a lot of dogs had a lot of fun. It is funny to see that the dogs really enjoy all getting together. I only saw a couple of short disagreements.

Bruce, the blind pitbull from the shelter was there with his person who adopted him and it was wonderful to see how happy and relaxed he was. He couldn't see all the commotion around him but he was having a great time and Jean obviously loves him and he knows that.

I have added Tilly and Toby from MA to the flag and Gabby and Katie. I will soon be back in the photo blogging mode but I am really trying to finish up my shelter video. Olof is in Sweden and right now should be on his plane back, which he emailed to say was going to be two to three hours late. And my mom was here visiting for the last ten days or so (she actually came to see Harper, Ramona and Brendan, but I happen to be here too), so our days were full of just visiting, going out and watching movies at night. She put in a lot of hours taking on a big task that I am thrilled about, she took the huge pile of shelter news clippings and put them in the large books I had bought for that purpose.

Just in time for the Fryeburg Fair, where the shelter has a booth.

Brendan is sitting here purring, he knows his own person will be home soon. He always knows.

The little guys have a new toy. The cat door. It is open to the enclosed yard and they learned it quickly. Big excitement yesterday when a chipmunk was spied on the other side of the fence and Harper pushed his way under it. I have weighed it down and will pin it down but for now I am keeping an eye on their antics.

The Walk

Here are a few scenes from the Walk for the Animals. Hope shows off our flag, the first ever Cat Team. After the Walk the Barkin the Park took place with hundred of happy dogs playing games and in contests.

I'll find the fundraising total soon and let all know how it went!

Ramona and Her Flag

More additions
Copy Cat, Carmel, and Cinnamon
and BK

Note: I have just added to the flag
Boo ( my mom's cat)
The Divine Miss Marilyn
Bing ( from the Blog Pound)
Varuka and Violet

I will check my emails tonight and add anyone else

It’s Feline Friday at The Modulator

Here is Ramona with her flag with the names on it. Please let me know if I missed you or your cat! And if you want to be included there is still time. I see people on the list whose cat's names I don't know. Thank you for all your support!

Ramona, Harper, Brendan
Fat Eric
Sanjee
Bucky (from Conway Area Humane Society)
Beezer
Uncle Sid
Finnegan and Buddy
Mokie and Ozzie
The Meezers, Sammy and Milo
Aeriel, Allie, Buster, Dustin, Player and Lola,
The House of Mostly Black Cats
And of course,
Fiona Bun



This is Ramona's Bag. She will bring it down to the shelter and give it to the kitties there.

Thank you all!

Ramona's Online Page RamonaÂ’s Top Cats

Who Fell in the Pond?

Is that your flag sister?
It is, brother. Only a few more days!



Ramona likes her flag. I am going to add some fabric to it so I can write her team name and the names of all feline contributors that I can find. Hope will carry it in the Walk and I will shoot photos and video.

Oh yes, I was sitting in the sunroom yesterday keeping half an eye on the kittens in the yard when I heard a loud splash. I looked up and saw a drowned rat on the shore of the pond.

Yup, Miss Ramona went swimming.

I ran out and picked her up, she was soaked, and I brought her in and rubbed her down with a nice dry, fluffy towel. She gave me a big purr. I don't think she will try that maneuver again (slipping around the gate on the bridge when it is closed).

She is loving having her tree back.

In Which Ramona Gets Her Tree Back And..

She goes wading in the pond while Harper falls in.

The things we do for love. We spent yesterday reshaping the back yard for safe kitty fun. I dug up and replanted the day lilies while Olof ran the deer fencing from one side of the house to the pond and from the other side all the way to the original Secret Garden. I can put the board across the bridge and have just the house side garden open, including the well-loved apple tree. Both kittens spend most of yesterday outside and were wiped out by TV time. Next year we will expand the fencing to cover all of the back yard which will look much better. At the moment, the yard is split in half.

Yes, Ramona goes wading up to her belly and this photo is proof. And Harper did fall in, probably while reaching for a delectable frog.

The Walk for the Animals fundraising is going along quite well. I doubt we'll make five thousand but Ramona can't count (yet) so she is happy with our efforts. There are some other teams that are well connected and experienced and they will hit that number so if a lot of people turn out on Saturday, it will be a success.

Her page is RamonaÂ’s Top Cats and you can see our other team members pages or start one yourself if you want to join in. She does have a lovely flag that I will post a photo of and I am figuringg out a way to put the names on it. Hope will carry the flag on the walk and I will be shooting video and taking photos to show you all later. The Walk leaves from downtown North Conway and winds through Whittakerr Woods and then back to Schouler Park where the 9th Annual Bark in the Park will be held with games for dogs (who like that sort of thing).

She is My Sister and I Love Her

It is such a blessing that I got the idea to adopt Ramona along with Harper. He can't bear to be without her. We would have had a very unhappy boy cat on his own. When I take them out to the Secret Garden I carry them one at a time (we are going to dig up the day lilies and extend the garden so I can open the back door and let them run safely). Whatever side of it he is on without her he will start crying from and I have to run and get him. He can't handle being alone. He's a New Age Sensitive Boy Cat. Right now they are cuddled up together after a mutual face wash. Ramona can handle being alone, she's a cool little princess.

The fundraising is going along quite well I think. We may have set the bar too high thinking we could raise 5,000 but Ramona says that is fine. She is happy with what people can give. We know you all help your local shelters too. I have an idea for a flag so next week I will get materials and work on it and put every cat's (and Fiona Bun of course) name on it.

A short time after we adopted Ramona we decided that her motto was "I really care." Maybe it's those big green eyes or maybe the way she comes running to Brendan. One evening he sneezed from the bedroom and she hopped down from her perch in the living room and ran to his side to be sure he was allright. Last week, he came in one morning and she ran to him, gave him a kiss on the mouth and then laid her head against his cheek while closing her eyes. It was the sweetest gesture I have ever seen in a cat, so loving there is no way it could be anything but love. Then she gave him a couple of licks between the eyes. I swear he is doing so well at almost seventeen because of her.

To sponsor Ramona in the Walk for the Animal go to her page Ramona’s Top Cats

Ramona, Dragon Slayer

A lady in the house, a tiger in the Secret Garden.

We did not mean to be away from blogging so long! But the furious end of the 4th of Julabor Day Weekend came upon us with company from France and relations. So with music and sailing kayaking and dancing and rain and sun, the summer winds down. Now we try to finish up all the video shoots that should look like summer so there are plenty of projects to edit come winter.

A lovely morning with the young ones in the Garden. Harper was a bit stressed by our leaving for two nights and having the Kitty Sitter come by. He missed us, he is a New Age Sensitive Guy and he showed us his feelings by chomping on the fur on his belly and getting the runs. Ramona was cool, as she listened to Brendan who said that services were being provided and there was no cause for alarm. Harper was very very cuddly last night. Yesterday and today they got a good three hours of outdoor play time where both kittens waded in the pond (Miss R fell in yesterday but we won't talk about that), climbed trees, chased frogs and dug holes. I did not know that cats will dig holes like a dog but I guess that is the origin of the term "cat hole".

And Ramona caught a huge dragonfly which she was very proud of and then discovered a Big Fact.

Dragonflies Do Not Taste Good.

In other news, Arthur went home! Bucky will tell us that story later. And Ramona's Top Cats are working away. We have raised 1,050 as of this morning. We are not the top team since the Mutleys are at about 1500.00. But we're doing pretty good for a bunch of cats and a bunny. I am going to start on the flag this week and every cat's name will be on it that contributes. And if you can only contribute in spirit let us know and we will put your name on it too. Even if you are a dog.

A Peaceful Day

There is a bat living in a corner of our porch. It flew around the ceiling yesterday much to the amusement of two kittens.

"Did you see that brother?"
"You betch you sister! Let's get it!"

The bat escaped unharmed and wiggled itself into it's crevice.

The kittens then demanded loudly to go to the Secret Garden where a wonderful time was had by all.




Fundraising is going along well and Ramona is very excited about it all. We are not the top team at this time, since the Mutleys have a lot of off line donations which don't show up in the ratings but are there on their page. On line though, we are the Top Cats at 800.00 today!

Ramona is Really Hoppy

Ramona is getting her stitches out this morning! She will be hoppy about that and..

Ramona says she is really hoppy that Fiona Bun
has joined her Top Cat Team!

She says that makes her team mulicultural. I said Ramona, what if a D-O-G wants to join?

We'll let him! She answered. And if we win a dog prize he can have it!

BTW, Thanks to Sarah Johnson for her support, I don't know who you are but I bet you have a cat who blogs.

Fat Eric, You'll be happy to know that Arthur has a person who wants to take him at the end of August. She has had to travel a lot in the summer so even though she likes him and he her, she felt it wouldn't be good for him that she was away from home a few days a week. So let's hope that works out for him soon!

For you blogging cats who can't join us ( I know many of you support your local shelters) you can help Ramona by posting her story oin your blog.

To join my team and set up your own page (have your human help you put up a photo) go to First Giving

To sponsor me go to my page Ramona's Top Cats

In the Secret Garden

Here are some photos of the Secret Garden. We used a seven foot high deer betting to make a safe boundary with the edges being the pond and our summer gazebo. The fencing is a flexible black netting so you don't really see it in the photos. Harper and Ramona just love coming out here for an hour or two and they are exhausted when we bring them in. They don't like to be alone there so we sit with them. Last night we heard coyotes and Olof found a scat so it is not safe for them to be out on their own. I think they know this.

Many thanks to the cats so far on Ramona's Top Cat team,Beezer , Finnegan and Buddy and Bucky Bucky Thanks to Fat Eric for the donation!

To sponsor one of these hard working cats, just go to their page and help keep the Top Cats on top!

To join my team and set up your own page (have your human help you put up a photo) go to First Giving

To sponsor Ramona go to my page Ramona’s Top Cats

And here is more of the Secret Garden!

Ramona's Top Cats

It's just so exciting! I have four team members and we are the top team right now. We are starting early, we have until September 16th for the Walk for the Animals and new teams will start signing up soon and trying to catch up to us. Last year there were hundreds of woofers in the Walk. We are the first Cat Team.

Here is my team so far!



Beezer! California!



Finnegan and Buddy! North Carolina!



Bucky! The Canine Behavior Counselor at Conway Area Humane Society!

To join my team and set up your own page (have your human help you put up a photo) go to First Giving

Or just come and see our pages!

To sponsor me go to my page Ramona’s Top Cats

Thank you Beezer and Finnegan and Buddy and Bucky!

Ramona

Ramona's Big Dream

It’s Feline Friday at The Modulator

This is Ramona. It is a pretty day here and I want to go to my Secret Garden and play. But I am going to tell you about my Big Dream first.

When I was little I was very sick. I had a bad eye it was yellow in the middle and it hurt a lot. I didn't feel good and I didn't want to play. I also had Upper Respiratory Illness and I had some bad bugs. People took care of me and my brother Harper and now I am well and as soon as my belly fur grows back I will be beautiful again and as soon as I get those stitches out I can stop pulling on them. (Ramona, don't pull on those, please. Z)

I think of all the other little kids in shelter who need medical care and Zuleme told me how we could help them get the care they need. We started Ramona's Top Cats to raise money at the Walk for the Animals which will be September 16th in my town. I am going to have a flag with all my team members names on it and I want to win top prize and beat the woofers.

Beezer and Finnegan and Buddy are going to be on my team also. I hope more of you will join me. I would love to be International.

To join my team and set up your own page (have your human help you put up a photo) go to First Giving

You have to click on Teams and then Ramona's Top Cats and then set up your own page. Your human can help you.

To sponsor me go to my page Ramona’s Top Cats

And Bucky is going to be on my team too!

First prize is a year of Nutro food. If we win we will donate it to the shelter. Especially if it is dog food!

Can I go play now? Oh, we have to help Bucky set up his page? Ok, then can we go play?

Ramona

Hush! Brendan is sleeping

Yes, Harper and Ramona and Brendan are all doing fine. It's just that August thing. Summer weather, lots to do, not enough time to do it in. Once we're through with all the video shooting I will have more energy for writing.

Ramona is healing up just fine and she is her regular playful self. We took them out to the kitten garden yesterday for some play. Harper, of course was bouncing around like it was just a bad dream. Ramona will get her stitches out on the 15th. She appreciates all the emails and was glad to know the belly fur would grow back. I promised not to post any photos of her that show the empty spot. The scar is only about an inch and a half long.

I am thinking of getting together a cat team for the shelter's big fundraiser September 16th. It's called Walk for the Animals and we could have an on line pledge page.It is a Walk but of course, cats are not interested in going for a walk with a couple of hundred dogs, but we could have a flag with everycats name on it and someone would march for us. (I will have to take photos and video) It would be really exciting to have an international cat team, since the prize is called the Top Dog Challenge. First prize is, I think, a years worth of Nutro. We could donate it to the shelter if we won it. Wouldn't it be fun to beat the dogs? Would any of you join me in this? It would be so nice for the shelter since we have 110 cats right now. I bet Bucky from the shelter would be on our team. If any Caturday readers would join me in this please let me know. Email is Zuleme AT Caturday.com

Be sure to read Bucky's Blog The Secondhand Dog ! He has a nice story about his friend Gato today.

Update

Just a short update because I have been editing all day and my hands are aching. I am working on a fund raising dvd for our shelter.

The kids spent all day resting peacefully in their kitten room and are still feeling sleepy. Brendan gave both of them lots of kisses and assured Miss R that she is still the girl of his heart, so she is not as upset about her shaved belly. Last night they were so excited and happy to be home they were a bit too bouncy but then they calmed down and slept all night in our room under their favorite foot stool covered with fleece. During part of the night they were both on top of me as usual.

This morning Ramona said she would like to rest in the guest room, their baby room. So I put the favorite foot stool in there and closed the door and that was that. They are not ready to come out yet but that is fine.

Bucky has been blogging about the kitten shower we are having Saturday for Fancy and about 40 other kittens. It's the season!