Rocking Boy Bloggers

Ernest and I are honored to be nominated as Rocking Boy Bloggers by Karl and Anastasia, Caesar and Princess, and Kimo and Sabi. Thank you! We would like to nominate all those boy cats out there for this award, because all you boy cat bloggers rock!

Normal (food) service has been Resumed!

The Feeders are home again! We were well cared for whilst they were away, but we slept a lot and waited, and it was hot here and we were jealous as they were in cooler climes (=England). Under such circumstances, Fritz and I can be quite good sleeping buddies.



Not often we're so close: only when the Feeders are so afar:



We don't have the full details of the trip yet, they appear a little tired at the moment . They say Jet Lag. We're patient kitties, but we can't help wondering if this was a contributing factor to thier slow recovery time.



When they are fully awake (5.00 am tomorrow if we have anything to do with it!), then no doubt we'll have more updates once more and news of the travels.

Fritz and I hope you have all been well (& well fed) during our hiatus.

Blimey, it was hot.

Here in Manhattan it was too hot last week for much posting. It peaked at about 92 (on the old-world temperature thingy), and it was really humid to boot. Luckily, the Feeders are in training for a trip to Engalnd, so they were prepared to turn the only air conditioner we have up to "Arctic" setting (11 on the Spinal Tap scale), so hopefully they will be fully prepared for the full force of this English summer!

Here I am, hogging the full force of the arctic blast (temporarily, as Fritz "of the Antarctic," relishes this perch too).



Without the air conditioning on in the bedroom, our fisking activities were limited. Not much else to do other than sit around as expansively and handsomely as possible: Here, together -



And here's Fritz looking very cool and distinguished in adversely humid conditions - cool as a cucumber!



Of course, I can do that too:



Well, as it's me posting, and if it's too hot to move, I'll happily oblige the photographers with some of my best poses:



But, the vanity backfires: just as I look left for my best profile shot (even though I say so myself) .....



Then, to my right, distracting my moment in the limelight, what do you think that ginger blur might be?



I'll tell you what it might be....jealous!

Mad Hatters

Sometime next week, the Feeders are off to England for a visit. They did go last year at about the same time, and we'll have our guest feeder to look after us, but we're not too happy about them leaving. Especially as last year, they went to an English Rowing regatta, and, according to the photographs that they took, it's de rigeur for the Ladies wear cat toys on thier heads.



The above example upset our English Feeder somewhat, as it appears these are real butterflies, but, dead ones. A painted Lady, a Red Admiral and (perhaps?) a Small Tortoiseshell, he thinks, based on his schoolboy butterfly identification skills (of which he's a bit proud).




Frankly though, however clever these hats may look at the big event, we can only assume that their wearers are returning home to a cat-free environment....




Because, well, I have an inkling we don't have to tell you, but Fritz and I would be ready to bring them down a peg or two...

Miss Peach's Meme

Our friends Anastasia and Karl have tagged us for Miss Peach's meme. We love learning more about our cat friends, so here's another chance to learn more about us!

1) Favorite season?
Fritz: Winter for sure! I love snuggling with the Feeders and catching snow flakes from inside the window!
Ernest: Springtime! That's when the birdies come out!

2) Favorite colors?
Fritz: Orange, of course!
Ernest: All the brightest colors! I embrace the rainbow!

3) Favorite room?
Fritz: The kitchen... that's where the Grammy's Pot Pie is!
Ernest: The living room... that's where the best windows are!

4) Do you like dogs?
Fritz: My best friend from kittenhood was a dog. Some of them are great fun!
Ernest: I've never met one.

5) Ever been in an airplane box?
Fritz: Yes. It was not fun. At least I got to ride in the cabin with a Feeder.
Ernest: Never.

6) Do you have the get bathed?
Fritz: Hell, no! I do not like getting wet.
Ernest: I fell in the tub once when a Feeder was taking a shower. It wasn't pretty.

7) Are you in love?
Fritz: I love my catnip cigars!
Ernest: I love all the ladies!

8) Where would you like to travel to?
Fritz: Hmmm... I'm not a fan of the cat carrier and I definitely did not enjoy my airport experience. I'm happy here!
Ernest: Any exotic locales!

9) What do you ignore?
Fritz: Ernest in the morning.
Ernest: Any time a Feeder says "ERNEST!"

10) How many lives have you used up?
Fritz: Luckily I have not had any close calls. I still have all my nine lives.
Ernest: It's hard to say how many lives I lost in that basement before the Feeders found me.

11) Do you have any dark secrets?
Fritz: Nope.
Ernest: Well, I do have a secret lair. That's where I hide the toys...

12) What is your favorite holiday?
Fritz: Thanksgiving! Turkey is a great treat!
Ernest: Isn't every day a holiday?

13) Water or milk?
Fritz: Milk makes me sick.
Ernest: I have never had milk before.

14) Why do you blog?
Fritz: I like to make new friends!
Ernest: Me too!

15) Are you into extremes?
Fritz: Well, I am a championship napper!
Ernest: I am into extreme playing!

16) Favorite TV shows?
Fritz: I really enjoyed the dinosaur series on the Discovery Channel.
Ernest: I don't watch TV.

17) Are you a pesty lap cat?
Fritz: I do like a good nap, but I wouldn't call myself pesty!
Ernest: Laps! Laps are for sleeping!

18) Inside or outside cat?
Fritz: Inside only... we live in New York City!
Ernest: Inside.

19) What makes you happy?
Fritz: A full tummy and a warm Feeder's lap.
Ernest: Climbing on the bike frames!

20) Your most embarrassing moment?
Fritz: I always act with the grace and poise one would expect from a cat.
Ernest: See answer to #6.

I hope you all enjoyed that! We tag all the cool cats out there who have not done this meme yet!

Half Moon over Manhattan

Here's a view from our window this evening. The thunderstorms came through yesterday and today has been a clear and less humid day; our kind of weather. This may be too small for you to see in this picture, but those are lions on the cornice of the top (12th) floor of the building accross the street.

We admire them often, and wonder how the air (and bird spotting) is up there.



Again, perhaps the picture may be too small, but if you can see a lattice like pattern imposed over it, well, that's our nemisis: the anti-pigeon netting. This was insatalled around the inner parts of our building about a year ago.

So, alas, no longer can we stalk the pigeons from behind our windows as they preen upon our fire escape.

Luckily, there are still plenty of birds to espy; but now they are just farther from our no-doubt terrifying posturing

Talking of which, here's Fritz from a year ago, pre-netting, looking through our window: he has him in his sights!

Regrettably the pigeon, for some reason, looks fairly defiant!

A New York pigeon knows a 6th floor apartment cat does not have open windows without screens, and hence, Fritz can only threaten in vain.

Dragon replaces monkey on dogs back.

We don't get out much, in fact we do not get out at all, and so another dragon sighting is just another anecdote to Fritz and I. However, the Feeders were excited: they saw the real thing at large in the wild, and reported back accordingly....



The sighting was from the : you may recall, they have bizarre window displays.
As well as the dragon, a cat appears to be eating a dog; a fine idea of course , but is this good for dog food sales?



The feeders tell us we're lucky: they've been to Wales once or twice, and never yet seen a dragon. Wales has many claims to fame of course, not least of which is that it's fine dragon spotting territory, as good as it gets we're told. Yet, the dragons are here in New York too, just around the corner at the pet store. So we'll just maintain our window-sill look-out, who knows what may fly on by?