Tigger's blog

Toys

2008-06-28T08:08:00.000-07:00

ice water

2008-06-10T04:07:00.000-07:00

It's been hot, very hot, here at Tigger's house.
Tigger wants to be out on the deck but then she sort of collapses in a hot furry heap, so I am trying to get her to drink more water.
I gave her some ice cubes in her water to play with and fun was had by all.

out on the deck

2008-06-05T05:12:00.000-07:00

rainy day napping

2008-06-04T06:43:00.001-07:00

playing with mice

2008-05-29T19:39:00.000-07:00

peeking and hiding

2008-05-23T19:14:00.001-07:00

On a leash

2008-05-18T09:15:00.001-07:00

Although Tigger goes out on the deck (which is about 13 feet high), she does not have free roaming privileges in the yard. She's been watching me from above while I garden and it makes her crazy. Last year we tried the leash without much success, but this year she seems to get it. If she's on the leash, she can hang out while I try to control the weeds and plant some flowers.

alert for signs of bugs and squirrrels

2008-05-17T04:38:00.000-07:00

can I help find a bowl for the jello?

2008-05-04T17:59:00.000-07:00

loving the wet laundry...

2008-04-27T10:37:00.001-07:00

....just so long as you don't ask why I dropped the pile of wet laundry on the floor.

Tigger thinks she is hiding....

2008-04-26T20:12:00.001-07:00

napping

2008-04-14T14:32:00.000-07:00

box with tape

2008-04-04T07:06:00.001-07:00

tigger tower

2008-03-31T16:23:00.001-07:00

New scratching tower for tigger.....

notice how the beloved red straw made it to the new tower....

Tigger and the red straw

2008-03-27T04:54:00.000-07:00

Finding the red straw, Tigger retreats to her favorite chair....

Note the vicious look on the normally sweet face...
Going to town on the red straw, so much so, that red straw's survival is in question...

Maybe the straw will taste better down here...

Proceed to have two pleasures, watching birds outside while chewing on red straw...
Take a break to watch more birds....

Take straw outside for a walk, then bring it back in.

up close and personal

2008-03-16T14:58:00.001-07:00

around the house

2008-03-03T05:58:00.001-08:00

Snow cat

2008-02-23T10:48:00.001-08:00

baby picture

2008-02-21T09:27:00.000-08:00

I found this old picture, taken when Tigger was a bit less than three months old.
I forgot how little space she took up on that rug (especially compared to the picture taken last week).

random Tigger pics (taken with iphone)

2008-02-14T08:16:00.000-08:00

In the sleeping box

2008-02-04T18:02:00.001-08:00

lamp attack and decimated mice

2008-01-27T14:27:00.001-08:00

decimated mice villagers....

planning her next attack...

now that the mice have been decapitated, she finds the lamp enticing

Peeking

2008-01-19T05:21:00.001-08:00

Sitting pretty

2008-01-16T14:06:00.000-08:00

More Tigger on the mat

2008-01-13T06:45:00.001-08:00

Tigger loves yoga

2008-01-10T08:34:00.001-08:00

In the bag

2007-12-16T13:08:00.001-08:00

After yoga I tossed the empty bag on the floor at the top of the stairs, intending to throw it all the way down at some point before I needed it again. When I walked by later I gave the bag a pretty good kick, intending to pitch it off the balcony. Thank Heaven Tigger now weighs almost 8 pounds, if not more, because a few months ago she would have gone over the balcony in canvas bag! She did not seem at all irritated by the kick and stayed in the bag to pose for photos-

In the snow

2007-12-04T13:57:00.001-08:00

Lounging about (is the Tigger getting a little chubby??)

2007-11-30T14:25:00.000-08:00

More love of water bottles

2007-11-29T14:27:00.001-08:00

Tigger and KP- sitting nicely-a video

2007-11-24T12:50:00.000-08:00

Chasing lady bugs

2007-11-17T20:07:00.001-08:00

Spin cycle

2007-11-13T07:14:00.001-08:00

Mmm catnip

2007-11-08T16:59:00.001-08:00

Tigger suddenly loves catnip and adores her Trader Joe's Double Wide Cat Scratchers (she has a bunch!)

Tigger owns the bed

2007-11-07T12:53:00.000-08:00

Cat scan

2007-11-04T18:04:00.001-08:00

Tigger was mesmerized by my use of the fax machine to scan some photos.
At one point she tried to pull the paper out!
Then she inadvertently turned on the ipod with her paw.
She was pretty intent on finding out how the paper went in one end and came out the other-

Tigger and KP- a video

2007-10-29T18:52:00.000-07:00

Tigger has company- a video

2007-10-29T09:46:00.000-07:00

Sweetly sleeping

2007-10-21T11:19:00.001-07:00

Water bottles

2007-10-07T14:04:00.000-07:00

Cat on a mat (or I think my cat can read!)

2007-09-25T13:26:00.001-07:00

I couldn't resist this little floor mat and the minute I put it down, Tigger seemed to know it was all about her!

Can you spot the naughty kitten?

2007-09-16T19:15:00.001-07:00

Tigger fulfilled a lifelong dream of making it the highest point in the laundry room, and was not at all deterred by the multiple things that got knocked to the ground in the process!!

Shoe fetish

2007-09-09T18:50:00.000-07:00

Tigger loves sheet day

2007-09-08T20:00:00.001-07:00

Not much makes Tigger happier than the game of taking the sheets off the bed and putting them back on except for snuggling up in the remaining blanket, oblivious to the fact that the goal of frequent sheet changes (and blanket washings) is to keep the bed as a "shed free" zone (as much as possible!)

Cat on the grill and in a box

2007-09-01T11:31:00.000-07:00

Getting ready to pounce!

Boxes and bags

2007-08-27T18:37:00.001-07:00

Cat in the hat

2007-08-22T15:27:00.000-07:00

Snuggled in

2007-08-19T05:31:00.001-07:00

Tigger making good use of the cat cubes.

Little laundry helper

2007-08-14T10:32:00.001-07:00

Tigger has, in the past, enjoyed playing with the open washing machine, and was a little put out to find the cover closed.

Time to clean off the desk

2007-08-10T19:12:00.001-07:00

The bird might be gone...

2007-08-09T17:16:00.001-07:00

I swear I was unable to kill the bird with the powerwasher, and I have seen no evidence that Tigger got even one feather...however, it has been very peaceful on the deck today. I did hear what might have been the catbird we were hating, but it never came near the deck or the cat or the windows, so maybe we can put the powerwasher away, and live and let live.

Making the most of the lounge chair...

So it is a not a mockingbird we have to kill

2007-08-07T07:01:00.001-07:00

Joan has verified that the bird is a catbird, but no amount of research thus far has offered any means by which to get rid of said catbird. Powerwasher can be fun, but clearly ineffective. Tigger keeps watch so long as I am out there, but when the bird swoops, she runs inside. It is not even so much that I worry about the poor cat, it is the awful awful squawking the freaking bird makes (it never stops). I am going to try putting up mylar balloons around the deck to see if the bobbing shiny things will work (they do work for wood peckers). If they work it will surely be less upsetting than having bird guts all over the place.

To kill a mockingbird?

2007-08-06T16:36:00.001-07:00

It is hard to see it, but on the fence is a gray bird, either a mockingbird or a catbird (according to Joan who needs to clear this up when she sees this picture). Anyway, this bird has been taunting our Tigger and annoying the sh-t out of me. Yesterday, I spent some time outside working and holding the gun to the power washer, hoping to blow the bird to blithereens, but it didn't seem to work. So today Tigger spent the day inside with the air conditioning on, just to give us both a break from the freaking bird. I know I read the book (To Kill a Mockingbird) and saw the movie, but my memory being what it is, I have no recollection if there was an actual mockinbird murder, or if it was a metaphor.

Just lounging about.....

a typical tigger day

2007-08-05T10:22:00.001-07:00

climbing high and laying low

2007-08-02T13:39:00.001-07:00

All grown up...

2007-08-01T13:06:00.001-07:00

When all else fails a kitten in a basket can cheer you up

2006-11-16T16:09:00.000-08:00