As the weather warms up, Cousin Earl has found a new place to hang out on warm days.
Cousin Earl: Why does Cousin Shep keep calling me a sea lion?
Laugh. Learn. Love cats.
Pierre: Hey, what’s that sound?
Pierre: Mouses! That bird is nearly as tall as the head peep!
Pierre: I don’t think he likes when I do that.
Pierre: Newton! Come quick! You’ll never believe what’s out here!
Newton: What’s the big deal? Oh my COD! Look at that thing. Could someone please open the blinds so we can get a better view?
Pierre: I’m not so sure about this. If we can see him, he can see us, right?
Pierre: I just thought of something. If chickens taste like chicken, would a bigger bird taste even more like chicken?
Newton: We should find out!
Pierre: How are we going to do that?
Newton: The window latch is up here. I’ve seen the head peep use it to open the windows before.
Pierre: I’m not so sure that’s a good idea.
Newton: Sure it is! But this one is stuck. Hang on.
Newton: Maybe if I get up on top of the cat tree, I can get a better grip on the latch. This is no good. I need thumbs.
Pierre: Keep working on it! I’ll keep him occupied.
Pierre: Really, bird, you can stop with the flapping thing. I’m not impressed.
Ashton: What’s all the fuss about out here? You would have thought that the treat fairy — whoa! What’s that?
Ashton: Can it come inside to play?
Pierre: Newton already tried that. It won’t open for us.
* tap tap tap *
Ashton: Did you hear that?
Pierre: I don’t think the head peep is going to like him knocking on the window like that.
* tap tap tap *
Ashton: The head peep has the squirt gun. RUN!
Pierre: She isn’t going to squirt us. I think she’s just going outside to chase away our new friend.
The head peep did go outside to chase away our friend, armed only with a squirt gun. It worked, but she forgot to take a house key outside with her. You guessed it: the head peep locked herself out of the house with nothing but her squirt gun and her phone. At least she had the phone so that she could take one last photo of our friend before she chased him away.
Newton: The head peep got back from BlogPaws last Sunday, but it has taken all week for her to let us see all of the swag she brought back.
Pierre: That might have been because of the way you tried to unpack it on your own.
Newton: It wasn’t my fault. Cats like opportunities! I found an opportunity to check out the bag of freeze-dried food that Christine from Oh My Shih Tzu sent home for us. It was for us, after all, right?
Pierre: That looks like a little more than just checking it out.
Newton: *burp*
Pierre: *sigh*
Newton: Anyway, did you want me to tell everyone about the swag she did finally unpack from BlogPaws?
Pierre: Go right ahead.
Newton: There’s so much of it that the head peep insists we can’t eat all of it, and we have to share it with Cousins Shep and Earl and with some of our other friends here in town who aren’t as fortunate as we are.
Pierre: It’s good to share with others, especially those who aren’t as fortunate as you are.
Newton: I’m going to pick out the good toys before they are given away. If I drool on this feather, I can keep it, right?
Newton: In addition to the swag bags from BlogPaws, we got lots of wonderful things from my fan club.
Pierre: Those probably weren’t all for you.
Newton: Sure they were! So I personally wanted to thank them all.There were wonderful gifts from Sheebie at Katnip Lounge, my new friend Meg at Housecat Confidential, and Ms. Stella O’Houligan from On a More Personal Note. Oh, and a catbell from Waffles, not to mention soap from Priscilla the Goat.
Pierre: I’m just going to sit here and watch to see what you do with that soap.
Ashton: Don’t forget the homemade treats that Oui Oui at Twinkletoe Tails sent for me!
Pierre: Since the head peep finally met Ms. Stella O’Houligan‘s human, she was able to buy one of her famous catnip quilts. This one actually says BlogPaws 2014 right on it!
As a connoisseur of fine catnip, I give this dazed paws up!
Newton: Ms. Stella, your human does great work. It takes a lot to make a mancat like me this silly.
*whew* I’m worn out.
Pierre: Since Newton is laying down on the job, it’s up to me to say thank you to everyone who the head peep forgot to tell us to thank. Good help is so hard to find.
Newton: Yes, thank you to my whole fan club.
Pierre: Oh, Newton, they’re not your… you know, never mind. Let’s go see if we can have some of those new treats.
One of the highlights of the BlogPaws trip was the head peep’s visit to the famous Katnip Lounge catio. She knew the catio was nearby when she saw this sign.
A serene, blue cat overlooked the yard, too.
But the real stars of the show were inside the catio. Maui looked down on everyone from a catwalk just out of reach…
… until Sparkle’s human lured Maui down while she visited with Salem. Sparkle’s human is apparently made of catnip.
The Baby was ready to visit with everybody.
Johnson, on the other hand, was happy to keep to himself inside one of the hidey-hole boxes. He wasn’t too thrilled to have a smartphone camera stuck inside to snap his photo.
Sylester is a super-sweet boy and made a big show of rolling around on top of his cat tree.
Yes, it’s Maui again, showing off the best spots to chill out on the catio.
Sweet Pea came outside… then realized that visitors were there and made a bee line back inisde.
A great, big thank you to Sheebie for organizing the catio tours and to all of the kitties for patiently tolerating so many visitors waving cameras at them. You were all so kind to host our visits during BlogPaws!