Road Trip Is Comin' Here!!

Wow! Wow! WOWEEEE!!!

The road trip is comin' here. To San Francisco!

The whole gang; Dragonheart, MonteQ, Millie, Daisy, Mindy & Moe, Sammy & Miles, and Sammy's girl friend Abby, and maybe her brofurr Ping (I hope, I hope) Parker, Georgia & Tillie, KC, Sophie & DKM. Oh, and lots more!
(sorry if I forgot to add your name.)

And of course the precocious pugs who started the whole trip Lucky & Roxy.

After they stop to see Luxor, it's Lucky's crush on Lux that got the whole thing started, They are coming here.

Oh, I have so much work to do. I'm going to plan the best tour of the city.....
We'll go to Ocean Beach, Fisherman's Wharf, Coit Tower, Alcatraz, ride on a Cable Car.
And I'm gonna have a surprise for the bestest dinner ever!

Last year My own sweet Precious and her sisfurrs came for a visit, you can see it all here. Maybe they can join in for the fun too.

Dear Miss Peach

(Thanks to Adan)

(Thanks to Monty)

We all want to join together to send get well wishes and lots of love to Miss Peach and her family.
Here are the rules for the Cherish meme, as written by Adan:

Hey, everyone, this time, I decide to start this cherish meme, here are some ways (depends on which person you write), and bring our love to Miss Peach~! She always makes us know what love is!

1. Tell us what is the most sweetest warm thing you will do to your mommy (what is the sweetest thing that your kitty will do to you)

2. And, hug your mommy, tightly... (and, hug your kitty....tightly...)

3. Tag your good friend...

4. Leave your computer, and continuing hug each other..

Every night I sit in my mombean's lap and snuggle with her. I purr and purr. To show her how much I love her I lean my head back and give her the love eyes with lots of love blinks. I know how happy this makes her because she tells me in her special voice that I'm her special boy and that she loves me. She gives me my favorite chin rub that starts from the tip of my jaw and goes down my neck all the way to my chest. I can't begin to tell you how much I love this special rub. After a while I fall asleep, the happiest kitty in all the world.

I know that Miss Peach is happy to be with her beans and knows that she is loved.

Bug Out Practice

With all the 'mergancies going on in Southern Califorina I decided it was time to have a practice for what the mombean hasta do if there is a 'mergancy.
But first here is what I do. I gets in the escape pod. It has a nice fleece blankie in it so I'm comfortable.

Then the mombean gets the supplies. She has extra stinky goodness cans and a bag of litter in the closet that she can grab fast so we can go. I hope that she'll remember my Gizzy quilt, but it is on the chair that she'll see on the way out so I think she'll remember.

Also my good friend Mrs Sniffles (she's a bunny -- I like to have all kinds of friends. It shows that I'm a sophisticated gentleman kitty.) tagged me for the name game. So here goes:

YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (favorite stuffie + tail characteristic)
Mombean's Belly Straightup

YOUR GANGSTER NAME: (favorite toy-filler + favorite cookie)
Feather Boa Temptations

YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color + favorite animal species)
Gray Feline

YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name + first 2 letters of your first name)
Kelbe

SUPERHERO NAME: (“The” + 2nd favorite color + favorite drink)
Blue Tunajuice

NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers)
Nelson Norman (I borrowed mine from mine mombean for this answer)

STRIPPER NAME: (your favorite scent + favorite treat)
Tuna Temptations

WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names)
Elliott Luther (I borrowed mine mombean's 'rents names)

SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday + favorite flower)
Spring Daffy-dills

CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit + article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”)
Nofruit Furry

HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast + your favorite plant)
Crunchy Kittygrass

YOUR ROCK STAR TOUR NAME: (“The” + Your favorite hobby + favorite weather element + “Tour”)
The Sleeping Breeze Tour

I'm givin' her the laser eyes

I'm layin' here givin' mine mombean the laser - evil eye.
For a couple of reasons, first my dinner was small. I mean, I could eat twice as much, I'm a big boy! Second, she's sitting in the desk chair. See, I like to nap after dinner in the desk chair. And now she's sitting in it. I can yell my head off and she won't move. I can jump on the desk and put my paws up on her shoulder, oh, sure she'll scoop me up and give me a hug, but she'll put back on the floor.

*Sigh*

At least this picture of me is a little more flattering than the ones she usually takes of me. I think stretched out like this is sliming. Well, it looks like she might be about done. And that means its time for lap sit!

Wordless Wendsday

Shhhh .... Its naptime.

Desktop Meme

I have been tagged by my sweet girl Precious for the desktop Meme. So here it is:Its a picture, well really a composite of a few pics, is taken from the Hubble Telescope called NGC 7293: The Helix Nebula. Its some times referred to as the 'Eye of God' or 'God's Eye' nebula. It reminds mine mombean of a Sci-Fi book she really liked called The Mote in Gods Eye .
Mine mombean is a bit of a geek, can ya tell?

She likes to have her desktop kinda clean, and all of the stuff that she needs to access fast is kinda hidden in folders in the folders across the top. She likes to have things across the top rather than along the left edge 'cos that makes her feel lop-sided and leaning over. One of the folders is a e-book she is reading called "The Authoritarians" and its a Social Psychology book. The Radio Lab file are podcasts from a PBS radio station in New York. Like I said, a geek.

Here are the rules for the meme:

Upon receiving this tag, immediately perform a screen capture of your desktop.It is best that no icons be deleted before the screen capture so as to add to the element of fun.Here’s how you can do a screen capture:

1.Go to your desktop and press the Print Scrn key (located on the right side of the F12 key). note: On a laptop you use the Fn + prt sc keys then paste it into a graphics program.

2.Open a graphics program (like Picture Manager, Paint, or Photoshop) and doing a Paste (CTRL + V). If you wish, you can “edit” the image before saving it.

3.Post the picture on your blog. You can also give a short explanation on the look of your desktop if you want. You can explain why you prefer such a look or why it is full of icons. Things like that.

4.Tag five of your friends and ask them to give you a Free View of their desktops as well.

I think everyone has been tagged for this, so if you haven't joined in this is your tag!

Jasmine

Princess Jasmine

Rest at the Bridge

I've always liked this picture of her, on her Gizzy Quilt that her Mombean made especially for her. Its a little bigger than the rest, as befits a Princess.

Mine mombean and I never met her in person, but we could tell she was a good cat. Sometimes sweet like when she sat on the Mom's lap, sometimes hissygrouchy when there was something she didn't like. Always loved by her family. That is a good life for any good cat.

You can go a leave a message for her family, Millie and Mom at Millie's blog.

We are sending you our very best purrs on your way, and for your Mom & Millie who will miss you very much

We will miss you and meet you and Gizzy again at the Bridge.

I'm Starving!!

This is my placemat where I have my meals. Take a close look at the little dish. That is where my food is supposed to go. Look close ... closer ...
Its empty!
Not a single crunchy kibble.
Not a morsel of stinky goodness.
Zip. Zilch. Nadda. Null Set. None. Bupkiss.

I've been so hungry I've been eating grass.

I'm so hungry I feel faint. I have no energy to even visit my friends on the web or work on my blog. I may just die of hunger!
Someone call the ASPCA, PETA, or FOS or The Cat Blogosphere.

Beezer! What are you talking about? You've just been cut back a little. You need to slim down, its not healthy to be over weight, you are a senior cat now.

But I'm HUNGRY!!

Beezer, its for your own good.

I don't even remember when I last had a Temptation.

Well, if you are a good boy you may have 2 treats tonight. But no more! Just 2!

*Sigh*
If you don't hear from me ever again, well, you'll know what has happened.

*Sigh*
I hope I live through this. Really, I've just cut him back a little.

Out of the Dog-house

Thanks for all the support and good comments! You Puddins are the besterest friends a mancat could have.

I was a a little a-scared of the dog house after Roxy said it was outside. I've never really been outside. Just in the evil PTU to go to the v*t.

But I gave mine mombean the Love-eyes (pat.pend.) and put my front paws up on her shoulder and she started to laugh, swept me up in her arms and held me and kissed and hugged me like she always does.
"OK. You're forgiven," she said. "I can't stay mad at you. But, you really should be better about things."
HA! Like that's gonna happen!

A mancat's gotta do, want a mancat gottsta do! And that means 'vestigating everything to make sure that I know everything 'bout everything.

Roxy, maybe that'll work for you. You can borrow my Love-eyes (pat.pend.) if ya wanna.
You too Monty.

In the dog-house

This morning mine mombean left her coffee cup, with a little coffee still in it, on the table when she went to take her shower. She usually puts it up on the bookshelf. Where I can't get at it.

Well, as any self respecting kitty will tell you, we just *have* to know everything, and if we don't know what something is we *have* to go 'vestigating. I just wanted to know what was in there. So I knocked it over to get a good sniff, and it fell to the floor.

I guess she heard the sound and she yelled "Beezer!!". She jumped out of the shower, with some gunk in her hair, and all drippy and came running.
She saw the spilled coffee and said, in her very angry voice "What did you do? WHAT! Did you do??" Like she couldn't just see. She hadda get a sponge and wipe up most of it right then. Then she went and finished her shower. After she got out for the second and final time she got the sponge and wiped everything again.

She then told me I'm in the dog-house. I'm not sure what that means. I wonder if my friend Roxy 'The Devil Dog' knows what that means. She says I should hang my head in shame. So, that's what I'm doin'.

She says that I know better.
But, its not like I haven't done the same thing lots of times before.
Pppppffffttttt!
It wasn't really my fault, was it?

Talk Like A Pirate!

Arrrggggg, me hearties!!

Tis talk like a Pirate day. If any of you lilly-livered scally-wags refuse to talk like a Pirate you'll be walking the bubble wrap and I'll be burnin' yer feet with my laser eyes till all that's left is fit for the chum bucket.

He-he-he-he-he!

You Scream, I Scream,

We all scream for Ice Cream!!

You Are Cherry Garcia Ice Cream

You're the coolest cat around, but too laid back to let it get to your head

What Flavor Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Are You?

This makes sense. Jerry Garcia lived San Francisco; I live in San Francisco. He was a famous musician; mombean tells me I sing for my supper. Now if I just liked ice cream..... I'd really rather have a tuna-tini!!

How I got my name

My good pal Millie has started a meme on how we kitties got our names. My story goes back a long time......

You see, my real name is Butterball. No, its not coz I came to my forever home the day before Thanksgiving. No, its not coz I had a cute lil' belly when I was a kitten. It goes farther back than that.

When mine mombean was a little girl she used to spend a few weeks every summer on her Grandfather's farm in Rhode Island (click on the link to learn a little about the state), and there were 3 kinds of cats on the farm.

At the top was Smokey a gray pure breed Persian who lived in the house (mostly the living room). He was fat and spoiled and never went outside. He was cranky-hissy and did not like little girls. He would run and hide when he saw mine mombean or her sister.

At the bottom there were countless (every year mine mombean would try to count them, but she never could) feral and semi-feral "barn cats". This was a working horse farm and the barn cats were an essential part of the functioning of the farm. They kept the field mice and critters out of the horse's feed-grain, the tack room and hay loft. They had the run of the barn and fields and there was always a big bowl of water that was filled twice a day when the horse's water was filled, and kept where it wouldn't freeze in the winter. They also had crunchies to eat, but as Eric and Flynn will tell you fresh caught mouse is darn good to eat! They slept in the hay loft out of the rain, cold and snow. As hard as she tried she could never catch and pet and play with these kitties.

But, in the middle was Butterball "the kitchen cat", a big ginger and white man-cat. He would go outside and catch a mouse now and then, but mostly he napped on a chair in the kitchen (he wasn't allowed in the rest of the house) where he could see all that was going on and get choice tidbits like fresh caught Bass from the pond and fresh milk along with his crunchies. He was kind and gentle and liked to have mine mombean pet him, hold him in her lap and even carry him around. He would purr and purr and never got hissy or ever tried to scratch her. She would even play dress up with him and put hats and doll clothes on him but he never got upset; even though you could tell by the nicks on his ears and a scar on his nose that he wasn't the type to run from a fight. Oh, sometimes he would have enough with a little girl's play, and go out side to nap under a bush in the yard or some secret spot. Mine mombean and her sister made up lots of nick names and songs for him. the best was "B-ball, baby and I don't mean maybe!"

He was well loved by all and lived to be a very old cat before he went to the bridge.

When mine mombean first saw me she thought of her old friend from long ago when she was little. So, to honor a grand cat she named me Butterball after him.

Of course, I was just an 8-week old kitten and full of the kind of mischief a kitten is full of. I had a lot to learn about, well, everything! Like not to chew and play with electric cords, not to unroll all of the toilet tissue or knock over the trash can in her study or scratch on th Futon. I heard the word "NO!" a lot. First it was, "Butterball, NO!" but by the time she said all that I had run away. So, then she tried calling me "B-Ball", then "B-B" and "Bees" and finally she said "Beezer". We both knew right away that its was the perfect name for me, and I've been Beezer ever since.

I tag:

Eric and Flynn

Ping

Kellie

All gorgeous Gingers to tell the stories of their names.

Holiday Gizzy

Wow! Wow!! Woweee!!!!!!!!!!!

Look at this beautious Holiday Quilt.
(Its #4 for those who want to know)

I only got to lay on it for a few minutes then mine mombean picked it up and put it way. She said I was getting a little too happy with the great nip ravioli. Hummppfff!

We're sending it to my cousins in Mass-achoo-sits for their holiday gift. It won't be opened again until December. Do you know how long it is till then? I can't count that high for all the naps it will take.

It is soooo beautiful, I know that Spencer, Audrey, and Emily will love it. I hope that Spencer, the mancat of the tribe, gets to nap on it a lot. He's a silver tiger stripe fellow, and I know that he'll look really great sleeping on it. Audrey and Emily are Tuxies and they'll look good too, but they have princess pillows to sleep on.

During the winter they all like to nap in front of the franklin stove 'coz its the warmest place in the house. Now they will each have a special spot.

Thank you, Thank you Millie, Jasmine and Mom Lynne. This is gonna be the besterest Christmas ever!!

A Little R&R

Many friends have gone to the bridge. It is a sad and lonely time, but the memories are all the sweeter knowing we will be together again one day.

Sometimes a feller just needs a little shut eye.

Noses and Toes-is-es

I have been looking and looking but I haven't been able to find a nose twin.
That was until I saw a post from my fellow Gorgeous Ginger pal Eric of Eric and Flynn. You see, I have spots on my nose. So does he! Not only that, but he got an email from another grreat ginger puddin named Sunny who also has spots on his nose!!
Click on the link to see their noses.

Maybe we're nose triplets!!

On the other end ...
I'm not usually a shoe guy.
(I know that some kitties like to sniff and rub on the shoes of their favorite person)
But, mine mombean has these cheap (she sez) plastic and rubber sport sandals, and well as you can see I just can't resist. I sniff and rub all over them.
She's not sure if I want to get their smell on me, or if I want to get my smell on them.

I'm not tellin'!!

Tummy Tuesday

I call this pose my "Chair Monty".
Yes, after she took these pictures she stuck her nose in the middle of my fluffy white tum-tum and gave me a big kiss!!

I Purred as loud as I can. I *loves* my mombean!

Pirzes, Prizes, Prizes!!

What a lucky guy I am!!
I won the guessing contest at Diva Kitty and the Fluffies
Thank you all (and DKM 'specially) for this really great prize!

They sent me these great snugglies:
This one smells like Fiona!
This one smells like 'Lando!
And this one smells like the beautiful Sophia!!
Look at all the squiggles!!
Have you ever seen so many?
I'm gonna pick out a couple to play with right now:

Yes, those look like fun ......

But first an up close inspection ..... Then


Here's the swing ........


And its Oooooooutttttaaaa here!!
*he-he-he-he*

Thanks so much you guys are the greatest.

From the Big Piney Woods

Farmer Beezer here.My Sweet Precious Flower from The Big Piney Woods sent me a sample of the water she and her sisfurr Patches Lady are selling.
Here's a close up.

So, If you want great looking and Mmm Mmm good crops be sure to use good water, like Big Piney Woods Water,
Its Fresh! Its Clear! Its Cool!!Well, I gotta get back to work.

Good Ol' Summer Time

Its been a busy summer here on the farm. I'm just takin' a little rest in the middle of the harvest of my first crop of kitty grass. I have the second planted and its already comin' in stronger than ever!

The nip is taking a little longer to come in. (Umm... yeah, I sampled a few on the little nip sprouts. Mmmmmmm nip sprouts!) Mine mombean likes sprouts in salads and on her sam-i-wiches, she not gettin' any of mine. *humph*
Hey, is that the can opener?
Gotta run, no rest for a busy guy!


PeeEss.... Does anyone know if a friend-of-a-different- species be a plant?