How to be a Gargoyle by ~Miss Bella~

Hello brother and sister house panthers...today, I'm going to show you how to be the perfect gargoyle. A gargoyle? Yes, you heard me correctly. You know those ugly looking creatures that hang out in high places leering and grimacing down at everyone?

Well, acting like a gargoyle is perfect for panthers who love to stalk and scare their humans. Here, I'll demonstrate how I do it...

First, find the right place that's high enough to peer down..See my place on top of a bookshelf?

I pretend that I am the queen of the castle and ignore everything and everyone below me...

By now my mother starts screeching at me to "get down NOW, Miss Bella!" You know how humans can get, so I cooly look at her with disdain...

And what really frustrates her is when I start washing myself to show her, I'll come down when I'm good and ready..

But, then she throws up her paws in the air and walks away from me, muttering and saying impolite things that I won't repeat here, because I'm a lady...I start to worry a little and tell her; "O.k. mom, I'm ready to come down, can you please help?"

And with a sigh, she gets up on this thing called a "step-ladder" she grabs me in her arms and my playing "gargoyle" comes to an end. Well, I pounce up on a smaller table that's not so high so I can retain at least a little dignity as a kitty gargoyle...

I hope you've all enjoyed my lessons on how to be a gargoyle. Now go out there and scare your humans...

Purrs to all,
Miss Bella

Midnight Monday with Tillie

Hi, Tillie here. I am looking outside,because I want to see if the grass is ready yet!I love grass almost as much as Mickey did.The weather is warmer now.

What do you think Mom?? Is it ready???Soon Tillie. Pretty soon.Oh boy, I can hardly wait!!!!!

Miss Bella working on my tan...

Hi brothers and sisters,
Miss Bella here, and today I'd like to show you how I soak in the rays and work on my tan...

First, I make myself as comfortable as possible when lying on my lounge.

Then I make sure my paws are lined up perfectly for the maximum sun exposure..(and yes, my mom makes me wear sun screen but I told her it has to be invisible so that my fans don't catch me with white gunk all over me. Very unglamorous, if you know what I mean!)

Ahhh, the warmth of the sun, always makes me relax and I pretend that I'm in some exotic location listening to birds and dreaming of catnip filled days..you know, like that show "Paw styles of the Rich and Famous."

After a while, I want to fully stretch out, so I lay on the ground, just so...

Oh-oh, the pawparazzi have spotted me, it's time to go! So much for a star like me trying to get some privacy..sigh.

Thank you all so much for joining for another episode...Do you have any routines for sun bathing? I'd love to hear them.

Midnight Monday with Tillie

Do,de do do

da da da!!

What do you mean "naughty" ?

I was just doing my nails!!!

The one that got away...

Hello, brother and sister house panthers...It is I, Miss Bella again to share with you a story about the "one that got away" grrrrrrrr......

I was  perched upon my favorite cliff hangout, when I heard IT... one of those little twitter thingy's with wings that I always want to eat. It was right outside, taunting me...

I started clacking at it "keh keh, keh", letting it know that I was onto it, I was ready to pounce on him. Then my sister, Sele, heard the hunting call and she joined me on the ledge...

I don't like it when she tries to hone in on my prey, so I kicked  her off, even though mom doesn't like it when I do that. I mean, come on, what does she think she is? Cats hunt alone and we don't like to share our treasures, right?

So, back to planning on how I was going to capture this twitter nuisance.

It came closer unaware of my presence...My eyes focused on every detail of it, knowing that it was going to be mine soon...

And then blast it all, it saw me and flew away from me...this annoyed me to no end!

Oh well, what's a cat to do, other than plot one's revenge for the next time?

Until we talk again, brother's and sister's, stay sharp and be ready to pounce when the time is right....

Midnight Monday with Tillie

Hi. Tillie here. 

It has been a month since my 

big brother Mickey went to the Bridge.

I sure do  miss him.

Mom wants to say something too.

Purrs to you Mickey.

It has been one month since Mickey

went to the Bridge.

I miss him so much. He was a friendly,calm

easy going boy. Took things  in stride.

He was my calm when I was upset,

my silly boy when I needed a laugh.

He was a great friend and companion.

After 17  years,it is hard to let go.

You want them to live forever.

He is in a happy place.

It is those left behind that have to adjust.

Until we meet again sweet boy...

Love Mom and all the kitties.

RIP Archie

Archie, the beautiful young panther cat at Felted House, was killed by a car this morning. His mum, who is a wonderful craftsperson (felter) in the UK, is terribly distraught. She also recently lost her own mother, after various health issues. Purrs would be appreciated. Thank you. ~Fuzzy Tales

Midnight Monday with Tillie

Gee!!! It looks interesting outside!

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm! 

Looks interesting inside too!!

Outside...

inside.

 I don't know where to look!

I think I might have to nap and think about this.

It's too hard to make a decision on a Monday .

Heehee!!!

The importance of sleep...

Hello brother and sister house panthers...
I've had so much fun getting to know all of you and meeting other gorgeous panther cats like myself.  We are the most beautiful, are we not? And I know all of YOU know how important it is to get beauty sleep. So, today I'd like to share with you, how rudely I'm interrupted by my mom when I try to get refreshed.

First, when my mother wakes up, I climb back into MY bed and snuggle back down into the blankets.

I love the comfort of re-arranging of the blankets, just the way I want too. But then, my mother has the audacity to remove me from my blanket nest, so that she "makes the bed" (her words, not mine) and that upsets my whole sleeping routine, so I always shoot her a dirty look to see if she'll changer her mind, but it never works.

So, finally after much grumbling, I'm finally awake...

I show her how displeased I am that she makes me get out of my bed.

 After she apologizes me, I get back to the important matter of sleeping and prepare myself for a cat nap.

I start to tune out any annoyances from either my sister, Sele or my mother..I move around the bed a bit to find just the right spot to sleep, but I can feel my eyes closing...

And finally when everything is peaceful, I go back to sleep and forget the world...

So, the important lesson here, is don't let your humans distract you from the important things in life, like sleep. With enough determination, nothing can stop we cats from getting what we want, which is to sleep.

Purrs to all of you, Miss Bella

Sideways Saturday

Sometimes the world is on its sidebut you just have to stick with it!~ Little Isis