They fell for it!

Last week the English Feeder had to work late. The American Feeder was left to feed us dinner. She also gave us treats... she said something about feeling sorry for us. Well, when the Englsh Feeder got home, Ernest and I told him that we were very hungry and would love some treats! He fell for it and gave us some! Two rounds of treats in short succession! This never happens because the American Feeder is very stingy with the treats. She thinks we'll get fat if we eat too many. Doesn't she know that keeping this svelte figure takes calories?

Fritz announces limited "awake" availability.

I suppose he's older, but Fritz does spend a lot of time napping. Of course, I admire his philosophy, but I do still feel that there's plenty of potential mischief around that needs to be "acknowledged". For some reason, I always feel obliged to heed that call, even if I'm feling drowsy. This, necessarily, keeps me quite busy.

As Fritz is somewhat less highly strung,(i.e. asleep often), he posts here even less frequently than I do.
Nonetheless, if you're ever concerned about Fritz, please rest easy, (as indeed, he often does).

Here's Fritz is in all his sleepy glory ...



Mind you, when he's awake, apart from the time he spends "coaching" me in life's lessons, Fritz is a great cat. As well as keeping an eye open for me, he also manages to be rather good company for the Feeders, who never seem to fail in falling for his sleepy inclinations.

In his honour, here's a recent rare picture of him in his waking state, looking rather handsome and almost looking as smart as he really is, (when awake).



Fritz is available, for very short periods of time between naps, on a consultancy basis, to offer advice to younger cats, or humans if they know where the cat treats are hidden.

Occassional Guest Animal, 8

Super Happy Cat! One paw up, implies happiness; two paws,well, who can venture a guess? We saw the picture from We three Ginger Cats. , and the feeders remembered the ceramic cat that sits high up on display in thier local Japanese restaurant. He's sponsered by a Japanese beer company, and they don't have a photograph of him in his natural habitat, but they did find another picture that shows another, similar, super happy cat:



We say , one, or two paws up, either way, good luck to all readers, (and their owners)!

Update : Occassional Guest Animal, Number 2 revisited

You may recall the feeders "other" pet, Mr Flappie.

Well, Fritz and I don't really get it, but they persist in attempting to nuture this inedible bird. He survives, although he's not gaining points very quickly, and certainly hasn't evolved beyond his original primitive state (i.e. bird-brained).
Here's the latest picture as he basks in New York's currently overcast skies:

In the Blue chair

Here we are , one up, one down, as they might say. One of our favourite sitting chairs is this one. It has been in almost every abode of one of the feeders since childhood. Once upon a time, it sat alone in his childhood bedroom in England and told him stories from it's carvings. Now it's in New York, with us adding to it's fabric, in our own ways. At night, this chair has tales to tell: it still whispers.

Occasssional Guest Animal, 7.

It's happened in the past; feeding time has come and gone, and no sign of the necessary accessories to our satisfaction. It transpires that on these admittedly rare occassions, if we were allowed out to roam, we might find them at their "local".

Such was the case this evening.

Their excuse - the Beefeater Gin promotion evening, a G&T being a not unfavoutite tipple of at least one of the Feeders. A very strange event by the looks of the evidence:



Feeders descibe the whole event as , variously, "incongruous" and "bizarre".
Notwithstanding this ,our latest guest animal today is human, but , in true New York fashion, playing a role. Although, this further photographic evidence may suggest he's from the "fully immersed method " acting school? (probably just one of those unfair pictures).



You'll perhaps be happy to hear that the Feeders returned in better looking shape, and fulfilled their obligations to those who must be fed, admired, and generally adored (F & E, no G & T)!

They did so (they'll tell you) despite these terrible temptations, such as they never thought they'd encounter on their own street corner.

Looks like we're in for Stormy Weather...

Within the last three days we've had some mad weather here in New York. Hot and humid, followed by tropical-type thunderstorms with dramatic downpours. When Fritz senses the strorm clouds a- gathering, I think his instincts from childhood down on the farm in Ohio take over. "Tornado! Head for the shelter"! And indeed he does. We're all too polite to remind him that he's already inside inside a rather solid pre-war New York apartment building - it's in his blood. Here you may observe Fritz just the other day, before such a storm, keeping a weather eye out from his shelter for the coming tempest:

And after the rain, all that New York humidity dissipates, and Fritz naps, with no need to keep a look out:

When the coast was clear, I sneaked into Fritz's shelter. Should he awake, I'll be in touble, hence my slightly nervous appearance...

Wherever you may be, Fritz and I wish you good shelter from any storms heading your way.