Beau Beau & Angie's Fur Days

Beau Beau the Vegetarian

2012-01-14T20:59:00.000-05:00

Ok I know da beans are eating like cave people and it's right up the alley of us obligate carnivore kittehs but I am a little off da beaten path. I am reely likin da looks of dis broccoli. And, I like my veggietables. Give me a asparagus stick and I am in kitteh heaven. So - please let me haf some of dese green broccoli heads - K?

~Beau Beau

Happy 2012 Everyone!

2011-12-31T20:54:00.000-05:00

Oh yeah - dis is gonna be a good year. Owr predikshun is dat it will be a year of change, a year of seeing fings in a different way, a year of opening owr minds to new furriends, new oppurr-tuna-ties, new light in owr lives and plenty of joy. And da best fing of all dis new 2012 year will be lots of LOVE!
Peas to yoo all :-)

Love,
Beau Beau and Angie and da beans

Farting Around on Friday

2011-12-30T10:48:00.000-05:00

Yep, not doing much lately on da blogosphere. We haf not been posting a lot but I finks I found a new way to post. I just lay on da keyboard an breve heavy an it makes da keys move. Or what werks better is dat it makes da lady finally put a picshure of me on here. Duzn't she know I misses all my furriends? Hey lady! Get typing to my furriends will ya?

~Beau Beau

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

2011-12-24T22:38:00.000-05:00

Happy Holiday to everyone! Blessings to you all in this very special time of year. Spread the love and cheer around as best as you can. No matter who is celebrating what this time of year, we are all special and unique. Be kind, be loved as you are all loved.
~Brenda

Beau Beau and Angie:
We gots flowers from Sisfur Heather and me finks da box is da best part. Look how I fits purrfectly in it! ~Beau Beau

Chrissymouse Carol on Sunday

2011-12-18T09:28:00.001-05:00

I haf a wish for a warm cat bed for Chrissymouse Day. For now I haf to be happy wif laying on da floor fing where da heat comes owt. So here goes my Chrissymouse carol (taken from da book Catmas Carols by Laurie Loughlin). ("Away in a Manger").

Awake in a Cat Bed

Awake in a cat bed,
She can't go to sleep.
She's thinking of cat toys
That she'd like to keep.
She's seen them in catalogs
And on TV,
And she's left her Christmas list
pinned to the tree.

A catnip-filled heart and
A long piece of string,
A large kitty condo
With everything,
Cat videotapes and
A brush for her fur,
She's hoping that Santa
Will bring these for her.

~Purrs, Angie

It's Angie's Gotcha Day!

2011-12-04T20:51:00.002-05:00

Well, fank you FB furriends! Mine Momma almost forgotted mine gotcha day! And dat is so increddible since it one of da biggest and bestest events in her whole life when she found me at da shelter.
I know some of yoo know da story, but here it is again.

Mine Meowmom had been going frew some changes in her life when she mooved in wif Daddy and our hyooman sisfur. She missed her cat from before but it just wasn't da rite timing when she ferst mooved into da new place. Den after a while and some life changing events, space opened up in her universe for some new furry love. Mom started having dreams of a fluffy white kitteh. Now she was surprised about dis cuz her cat from before was a handsome black and white, sweet as could be Tuxie (dats why she always goes squeeeee when she sees one of da tuxie cat blogging kittehs).

She became obsessed wif da thot of a furry white kitteh and started looking on da 'puter at all da kittehs in da local shelter, and petfinder.com. She could not stop thinking bout da white kitteh. Finally, she went to da Meriden Animal shelter wif owr Dad and who do yoo finks dey found? Yeah, it was da big mouf Beau Beau. He was six months old, short white haired, he was sweet, he cuddled up all sweet like in Daddies arms and Daddy fell in love wif him instantly. But wait! Wuzn't it Mom dat wanted a LONG haired white kitteh she was lookin for? So, for a while she thot she had found da white kitteh Beau Beau da monster. But Beau Beau wanted to play all day an he thot Mom wuz his Mom and he gave her dem big round eye look efurry time she left da howse.

Well, then Mom started having dat obsession again like she hadn't found what she wuz looking for. Plus she figured Beau Beau needed someone to play wif besides her. So she got back on da 'puter again and looked and looked and den thot she would jus go back to da Meriden shelter again to see who wuz dare (cuz dey haf LOTS of kitties there).

So she duzn't efun wait for Dad to go wif her dis time, she goes and does what ofur people haf said to do, she walked into da big kitteh room and stood in da middle and jus looked around and waited. She looked and looked and den all of a sudden she felt some paws on her legs and she look down and dare I wuz wif mine paw stretched up to get her to pick me up. She saw all dat white fur just like she had had been dreaming about. She picked me up and I schootched up and wrapped mine arms around her and started purring and would not let go. Mom almost started crying right there on da spot.
She had to let me go but she knew I was da one.

Da next day Dad came back wif Mom to get me and some ofur lady wuz dare trying to take me but Dad knew Mom wanted me and he ranned owt to da front office and grabbed da PTU (prizzoner transpurt unit). Dat day tho it wuz a (Princess Transport Unit) :-). He got da paperwerk all done and we were owt of dare lickity split. It's like da Grinch who Stole Christmas story. Moms heart swelled a Hundred Times dat day. And, I am forever grateful for mine forever home and so is mine Mom.

Thanks for all your Gotcha Day wishes and reading mine story.
Oh and Yes, mine official name is Angelica but it just turned into Angie. I still gets called Angelica by Daddy and sometimes by Mommy when she is yellin at me to come inside. Dad sings mine name to me as "Angeleeka". Yoo know dat when yoo calls someone all different names it makes dem a little crazy? :-)

Purrs and loves,
Angie

Thankful Thursday

2011-11-30T20:57:00.001-05:00

Hi Anipals! Raise yur hand if yur sure - Yep I am sure thankful I haf a nice place to hang owt wif mine Mom.
Plus we am so thankful dat Kimo finally came home to his howse too! Boy him decided he wanted a little adventure and off he goes. Den he comes strolling back like nuuuuuffin happend an like it had only been a few minnits. If only he had a web cam on!

Florida Pics on Friday

2011-11-25T11:32:00.000-05:00

Ok our human finally got around to getting some of dare Florryda baycashun picshures togefur.
Ferst, here is a view from dare room on Clearwater Beach, FL. Dis bridge goes to Sand Key. One day dey took a trip ofur dare to do some shopping and look at more of da pretty water and see a Veteran's Day boat parade.

Dis is a view from dare room. It looks like dey were in jail! We bet if we went wif dem we would haf been put behind deze bars for da whole week.

Here is da view at Sunrise looking out towards more of Clearwater Beach.

Here are da birdies we wuz telling yoo about. Man dey am some big birdies and dey eats fish rite owt of da water!

One day down past Madeira Beach was a boat parade for Veterans Day. Dis boat wuz all decorated in flags and wuz probably da prettiest one.

Here is anofur one of doze Pelican birdies comin in for a landin after eatin anofur fishie. Da birdie wuz watchin da parade too.

Now we haf some funny picshures of Wally da Red Sox troll dat goes on baycayshun wif da beans efurrywhere. Wally gets to see lots of stuff. He wuz loving da beautiful white powdery sand on Clearwater Beach and wuz drinkin a margarita.

It took him a while but Wally did a good job tossing back most of it.

After drinkin' dat margarita Wally decided to take a nap and get some sun.

Later dat night da beans went out to Columbia Restaurant on Sand Key and had one of best meals dey efur had. Dis dish was roast pork, Boliche, Empanada de Picadillo, platanos, yuca and black beans and rice - probably owr Mom's favrit food in da werld. She said da Boliche was melt in your mouth, most flavorable, hands down best she has efur eaten. She wants to fly back to Florryda just to haf dat food again. We finks we'll stick to stinky goodness owt of a can or some raw chick-hen fank yoo very much.

But da bestest part of da vacation of all for owr Mom bean wuz getting to see her fambly finally after 30 years! Owr Dad also got to finally meet da in-laws and now he has a new Dad and Mom and three, count dem wif me... three new brofurs-in-law! And one brofur has a beautiful wife and two daughters and Mike da speshul guy who is like brofur number four. So we gots lots of new fambly to put owr furs all ofur when we gets a howse in Florryda one day.

Life is good!

Loves and Purrs,

Beau Beau an Angie

Thankful Thursday

2011-11-17T15:30:00.000-05:00

We am thankful dat owr humans are home from dare Florida trip to see owr Grampy and Grammy and big Brofurs. We hafs nefur seen dem and it was a loooooooong awaited reyoonyun for owr Mom. It was more den a squillion years since she had seen her Daddy and Stepmommy.

So offs she and Daddy went to Florida and left us behind. Now we wants to go to meet owr Florida fambly too. I am all reddy to go in da suitcase! We herd bout all da food dey ate and all da birdies dey saw and how nice da fambly was so we wants in on da akshun. Dis cold stuff up here in Connecticat is fur da birds! Hah!

Stay tooned for some water and birdie pictures.

Purrs, Beau Beau an Angie

Wordless Wednesday

2011-11-09T05:11:00.001-05:00

Ok so it's not wordless Wednesday, it's more of a wordy Wednesday. Can yoo see mine toofie marks now dat I has no upper teefs? Da v.e.t. does not tell yoo dat when dey take owt yur upper teefs dat yur bottom teefs will sit on da owtside of yur mouf lots of times. Mom is still not sure dat I reely needed doze teefs taken owt to begin wif.
Now I hafs some problems wif a back molar toof so I guess a bisit to da v.e.t. will be coming up furry soon. Well at least I get to drive da metal monster again and looks owt da window at what is going on.
Wait - what duz Mommy mean when she says she will let yoo know so yoo can stay off da road when I am driving?

~Angie

Easy like Sunday

2011-11-06T12:18:00.001-05:00

I finks i should be getting some eggsersize instead of jus laying here don't yoo fink so?

Wordless Wednesday

2011-11-03T05:00:00.001-04:00

Easy Like Sunday after the Snowtober Storm in Connecticut

2011-10-30T12:06:00.000-04:00

Snowtober in Connecticat. Ferst owr yard looked like dis. I wuz jus watchin' da leaves fall from mine perch. Angie wuz hangin' around on da deck da ofur day in da picture below dat.

Owr back yard.

Angie on da side deck.

Back yard after da snow started.

I had lots of fun watchin bigggggg snow flakes come down along wif da leaves.

Here is da back yard dis morning after lots of branches came down overnight.

A big tree branch fell off of da neighbor's rotting tree an hit da howse. Dis is a winder where we sits an watches his birdies fly in and owt of da rotten tree holes. We all heard da tree hit da howse around midnight. Angie was sleepin right near dat winder all day. We am thankful to God dat da tree did not go frew da winder.

Dis is owr Magnolia tree in da front yard. Not a happy Magnolia. She looks a little better alreddy dis afternoon after da snows melted off.

Here is some more branches dat snapped off. Da Maple trees all were touching da ground. Branches are all ofur da place. We can't go owtside today cuz stuff keeps falling off da trees. It sure is purrty today though!

So today we am taking it Easy Like Sunday Morning!

Purrs to efurryone!

~Beau Beau an Angie

Tuesday Tummy

2011-10-25T06:45:00.000-04:00

Just hanging owt on da shelf in owr built in cabinets in mine room. I dare yoo to stick yur hand in here to rub my belleh. Go ahead. Try it. heh heh.

Mom says it's stinky in dis cabinet cuz of da old wood but dats why I like it. Ok close da door I'm gonna take a nap now.

~Beau Beau

Mancat and Tocks Day

2011-10-24T05:11:00.004-04:00

Well it's Mancat Monday and it's also a late show us your Tocks for Derby's birfday on Oct 20. We am trying to make up fur it by showin a few tocks pics for Derbs. So Derby - yoo reddy for dis?

Dis one is a high tocks in da air - like a tocks of respect pose.

Dis one is Daddy is trying to help me to pose while owr Mom wuz gettin a tock pic but she clicked to fast an got a little more den she wanted to see. It's still a tail high pic so dats a good tock shot for yoo.

Angie wanted to get in on da tocks for Derby so we gotted a side tocks shot from her.

Den last butt (hee hee) not least... da best tock shot of all -- a full Angie tock - back and side. Dis one could use some captions don't ya finks?

Happy belated Birfday Derby and tocks off to yoo for a grrrrreat year!

~Beau Beau an Angie

Wordless Wednesday

2011-10-12T06:11:00.001-04:00

Chillin with the lady

2011-10-01T21:20:00.001-04:00

Just chillin owt wif mine speshul mom bean.

Beautiful Bunnies

2011-09-27T07:00:00.000-04:00

We missed Monday Bunday but couldn't wait to show you all of these beautiful bunnies. Mom went all squeee-like at da Durham Fair in Connecticat dis past weekend. She spent most of da time looking at da bunnies cuz dey were so fluffy and cute. We are posting some pics so you can get all squeee-like too.

Dis bunny reminded Mom of Angie. She had da same colors and was all sweet-ums. No on was allowed to touch da bunnies because of a rabies warning and dat was reely hard because the fur was so soooooft looking!

Look at her cute EAR!!!! Squeeeeee!

Love Bunnies!!!

Squeeeeee!

Look at dis beautiful Ginger bunny! Squeeeeee!

Bunny wif kitty stripe! Squeeeeee!

Look at da EARS!!! Squeeeeeee!

All gray and flooooofy and one of da sweetest looking ones in da whole show. He even gave Mom da blinky eye when she blinked at him. Major Squeeeeeeee!

Here's a bunny wif a big roll unner his neck. Don't know what da name of dis kind of bunny is but look at how cuuute he is!!! Squeeeeeeee and more squeeeee!

Full Monty Bunny!

Squeeeeeeee!

Did you like your dose of cute today? Smile and be happy!

Loves, Beau Beau an Angie

Till we meet again Miss Cathy

2011-09-09T21:32:00.000-04:00

One of our most beloved Cat Blogosphere bloggers and one of the first, if not the first blogger we ever met was Mary Catherine Davis. She wrote the blog for Beau, the Gentlemen Cat. Miss Cathy has crossed over the people bridge. Our hearts are aching, the tears are pouring, and we are rethinking how we deal with people while they are here on this blessed Earth. Our deepest sympathies go out to Cathy's family and to all who knew and loved her. We'll never forget all the wonderful stories she wrote about Beau, the emails she wrote to jump in and tell us about something that was going on in the cat blogosphere or to help spread the word about someone who needed help. We'll never forget her and the first Catolympics event! We thought it was the most fun we'd had in a long time. She brought the cat blogosphere alive for us and helped to get us involved and heal our Mom's heart when she most needed it. A beautiful soul has passed over. We love you Miss Cathy and will miss you always. May we meet over the bridge again some day. As she always signed her emails "Blessings", and we say it to her as well. Blessings to you my friend. We love you.

~Beau Beau and Angie
~Mom Brenda

Thank you to Ann at Zoolatry for the beautiful graphic for Cathy and Beau.

Mancat in Training

2011-09-06T08:15:00.002-04:00

Hi effuryone! My name is Zoom and I am the newest member of Beau Beau and Angie's Grammie's house. If yoo remember Grammie and Dan had adopted two kittehs, Shadow and Indy. I came from a household wif a squillion cats and wuz going to go to a different howse but when I got to Grammies howse I decided to stay. I love jumping and playing and running from one kitteh condo to another. I also like to jump on Indy's back just to get him all riled up.

Beau Beau an Angie's Mom Brenda met me on Labor Day and she gave me a man-a-cure! I'm not efun a real man cat yet!

I let little people hold me too! Only for a little while tho cuz den I like to ZOOM around da room some more. Effury now and den I will make a guest appearance. See you soon!

~Zoom

Fun Friday Chasing Birdies

2011-09-02T09:52:00.000-04:00

HOLY COD! ANGIE CAUGHTED A BIRDIE AN BROT IT IN DA HOWSE (coz owr human left da door open a little...).

Ferst owr Meowmie tried to shoo Angie owtside so da birdie would not get loose. But guess wot? Angie wuz haffing none of dat, she tried to hide unner da table to play wif da birdie. But, wif Mommie pullin on her an trying to get her owtside Angie lost her grip and da birdie gotted loose! Angie tryed to catch it again, den she came to get me. I came runnin in (yes I was owtside...) an tried to help. Ferst, I sniffed Angie's mouf to get da scent. Den I jumped up on my scratchin pole. We haf reely high ceilings so I tried to get as close as possible as yoo can see in da picture. Daddy bean wuz dare wif a pole to try to push da birdie owt da door but da little birdie flew to da upstairs. I ranned as fast as I could an I CAUGHTED IT! I caught da birdie too! But mommie wuz movin reely fast right behind me an she took it right owt of my mouf! Dis all happened in da lik of an eye. Next fing yoo know da birdie wuz back owtside. Mommie let it go and da birdie, minus a few puffy little fevvers, wuz able to fly away.

In case yoo wanted to know, it was a female house Sparrow. Dey live unner owr roof an haf nests dare so we know we will see dat birdie again.

Wonderful wednesday

2011-08-31T17:17:00.000-04:00

Hey effurybuddy! We am happy and healthy and grateful for efurrything. Da lectricity came back on toosday nite so da beans could take a warm baff. See da benefit of being a cat? We can take owr own baff and we dont need any water! Owr prayers are wiff all of those people and animals up da coast and speshully Vermont. Da beans need to go hunting to fill da frigermator up coz daddy bean frew efurryting out efun da last crumb. Da good fing is dat in efurry bad event there is always an oppurtunity. Yeah now da frigermator can get cleaned. Heh heh. So fanks fur all your purrayers and good thots. We lufs yoo all!

Purrs,
Beau beau an angie

Pee ess: yes da beans did let me owt fur a little while unner strickt snoopervizzion.
BB

2011-08-28T09:04:00.000-04:00

Hurricane Irene

2011-08-28T08:54:00.000-04:00

Hurryup hurrycane irene and go away. Fank you. We found da ipad so we can post but we dont haf lots of time on it. Plus some human of owrs let her phone go dedded. Dis is lookin owt our window so you can see we hafs lots of leaves. A tree fell across da road at 3am but some men came and took it away. Now we hafs no power. But we hafs lots of light cuz of da big winders. We are lucky cuz we haf no wet basement.

I wanna be a Squillionaire!

2011-08-27T14:50:00.000-04:00

(sung to Travie McCoy's song I wanna be a Billionaire)

I wanna be a Squillionaire

So stinkin' bad

Buy doze kitty condos I nefur had

I wanna be on da cover of mousebreath! Magazine

Smilin' next to Skeezix and Daisy!

heh heh. I crack mineself up sometimes. Dat's what happens when yoo gets howsebound. Or schmaybe it's da bare-o-metrik presshure from da Hurrycane coming to Connecticat!

We might not be able to post on Sunday dependin' on if we lose da innernets but we haf plenty of stinky goodness an we'll get to eat all da chick-hen up reel quick if da cold monster quits werkin.

We lives up from da coast so we won't haf to leave da howse either an we lives on da top of a hill so we won't get a flood but we will probably get lots of water in da front windows cuz da haf been leakin since dey were put in. Mom says dat is da joy of living wif such pretty windows in da ferst place.

Mom would love to haf a hurrycane party but Dad won't let her. We jus gonna watch all da leafs blowin all ofur. And we hopes we can see some pretty birdies too. Dat's enuf of a party for us.

Purrs,

~Beau Beau &Angie

Thankful Thursday

2011-08-25T05:11:00.001-04:00

Yep - I am thankful for all my blogging furriends for praying for me to guide me home after mine 3+ hour tour of da neyberhood. I swear I heard yoo all calling me. Den, I ranned all da way home. I had a little limp when I would ferst start walking but I got all checked out by da beans and I seem to be ok. I also had a little puffiness under my eye but Mom imagines it wuz becuz I wuz crying coz it was dark and I might haf been lost. Now yoo all know dat mancats don't cry, rite? So, what happens in da neyberhood, stays in da neyberhood! And, I did manij to keep mine collar on too so I wasn't all bad rite?

Well I got dat run owt of mine system cuz I haf not efun been trying to go owtside. But, I am sitting in front of da patio screen door looking owt for any buggies and stuff. I do want to 'pologize fur putting all mine furriends frew any worry. I am xtreemlee fankful for all yur support and to be home. I lufs yoo all!

~Yurs in howse prizzin, Beau Beau

Pssssst - Mommy won't let me owt fur a while but I know dat I can always get to Daddy bean efun tho he wuz cryin for me. I am sorry for makin mine Daddy and Mommy cry snots an stuff but I am home sweet home and I will be good if I go owt again. I swear!

Beau Beau is HOME!

2011-08-22T21:46:00.001-04:00

PANIC is over! That brat is back home. I swear my husband, Bob, and I almost threw up with worry. Beau Beau just freaking sauntered up to the back door after his little fun in the night like it was nothing. Well, if for nothing else, we got a good close look at the neighborhood and everyone is probably wondering who da heck Beau Beau is!
Beau Beau will not be going outside for a while now. Thank you all for your prayers, I believe that is always what helps. And, sorry for the panic but we all know how precious our special furkids are. WE LOVE YOU ALL!

Brenda and Bob

UPDATE: It looks like something happened to Beau Beau because he is limping a little, plus he is slinking around like he knows he is in big trouble! We are thinking that maybe he got stuck somewhere and he was probably howling up a storm in someones garage. Bob did give him stinky goodness because we didn't want to yell at him for coming home. Beau Beau will be doing some yelling of his own when he realizes he is not getting his outdoor run.

Beau Beau is Missing

2011-08-22T20:45:00.000-04:00

Please send your prayers - Beau Beau is missing. He does go outside but is we always keep an eye on him and make sure he's in before it even gets dark. It's only been about three hours but this has never happened before. We've been searching for him and it's already dark. Bob and I have been taking turns looking for him. He's never been out after dark before in his life. We will keep you posted but we are freaking out. Usually we bang on his stinky goodness can and he comes running. OMG.

Brenda

Saturday Photo Hunt - Drink

2011-08-20T05:00:00.001-04:00

You toucha my cream I break a yoo face. No one drinks mine cream but me. I amma a cream freak. I likes to haf a drink of cream efurry day. It bothers some kitthes but not me. I love my cream.

~Angie

Trubble Tuesday

2011-07-25T21:27:00.000-04:00

Well kittens, seems like mine trubble did not last long cuz da Dad food man letted me owt alreddy. He let me walk around da house a couple times while he watched me to make sure I didn't take off to find dat Oranj monster. But now Dad is in trubble for un grounding me while mom was away at werk in mew jersey again. While da mommy cat is away da mice will play! Hah!
Da best fing of all is dat mom did find my collar right where she thot it was, at da scene of da Oranj monster attack. Going free da poison ivy one more time was not too much fun for her either but it was worth it to get my pink name tag back.
Wait till we get a picture of da Oranj monster, you will not beleeve how Oranj he is.
Stay tuned.

-beau beau

Mancat in Trubble

2011-07-24T19:49:00.000-04:00

Well efurryone I is in trubble. If dis looks like I am in jail it is furry close to da truth. Lately a big furry orange introoder has been coming round my house. He walks by da windows and says nyah nyah nyah and sticks hims butt rite up to da window - I swear! He must gets to stay owt all nite while me an Angie has a 8PM curfew in da Summer so I has to jus look out at him.

So, he has been lookin in at me for a while now, and den today I wuz owtside an Mom wuz bizzy on da puter (not bloggin as yoo can see by da sorry amount of posts lately)... an I decided to go find dat orange monster. I found him way in da next street in da house behind my yard. Well me and da orange monster wuz in da middle of fistda cuffs when da Mom comes running like a loonatik frew da marsh and da poison ivy an all dat fun stuff to break up owr fight. I guess she knows what I sound like even miles away cuz I gots such a big mouf! So da orange boy goes runnin away, and I knows dat big Mom is not happy cuz she is yellin louder den I wuz.

Next fing I know, I get a free ride alla way back to da howse! I wuz growlin owt my story to her but she didn't want to hear it at all. I wuz tryin to tell her to go back and get my nice bloo collar wif da pink (for da ladies) heart wif my name on it. She was not listening, she wuz growling herself. Now I am grounded for a loooooong time. I'm tellin yoo, dat orange monster is BIG trubble.

~Beau Beau

Tuesdays Tummy

2011-07-12T07:12:00.000-04:00

I haven't posted one mine floofy belleh shots lately but dis one is a keeper. Mom says she wants to brush da little curlies owt of my fur. Which do yoo like better, straight furs or curly furs?

Angie

Wordless Wednesday

2011-07-06T07:28:00.002-04:00

Angie

Saturday Silliness

2011-07-02T11:24:00.000-04:00

Who says mine butt is big? What do yoo say? Dat's rite - it's big enuf to run after dat Turkey!

~Beau Beau

Fun Friday

2011-06-24T06:40:00.000-04:00

Friday's are fun cuz the lady hafs summer hours and comes home to let me owt early. Yoo know what dat means? Dat means I get to chase da big turkey in da yard again! Yoo should see me runnin after dat big Tom Turkey. He gets all scairt and starts runnin faster an faster den he flies away. Hahahahaha! I wonner if he gonna taste as good as mine stinky goodness when I gets him. Yoo fink so?

~Beau Beau da great turkey hunter

Holy Turkey!

2011-06-11T06:00:00.000-04:00

I could not beleeve mine eyes when I looked owt da window yesterday. Look Look! Da biggest birdie I ever seen in mine life was walkin around in mine yard! Holy Smoley I still cannot believe mine eyes how big she was. I finks I will stay right here in da howse instead of trying to tackle her. Da big peoples gonna haf to handle dis one.

Sunday Chillin

2011-05-29T09:39:00.000-04:00

I'm a chillin out on my kitch-hen island. Yoo can hardly see me huh? Dis must be why Mommie picked dis kind of gran-it cuz it looks jus like me. It is nice an cool tho. We am having crazy weather here in Connecticat. Ferst it wuz cold and wet, den it wuz more cold and wet, den it got hot a humid like August weather and now it's cloudy and cooler again today. It is still nice enuf where da Mom lets me owtside to chase squirrels. Yeah. Dat's a fun fing to be fankful for.

~Beau Beau

Mancat Monday

2011-05-16T08:09:00.000-04:00

Yeah - I am a mancat. I let Angie share da bed wif me. I even let her haf da good spot at da top of da bed next to da pillows. A good mancat knows how to share. Haf a good sharing week effurybuddy! Let us know how you gonna share somefin dis week.

~Beau Beau

Thankful Thursday

2011-05-12T07:47:00.000-04:00

I am thankful dats fur shure cuz of da fings dat happened da ofur day. Listen to dis! First, I gotted to go on da deck right away in da morning while da lady wuz gettin reddy for werk. Den quess what??? I gotted to stay owt on da deck all day till Daddy got home. Boy wuz he surprized when he opened da door to let Beau Beau owt for some sunshine and dare I wuz. Den it gets better. Daddy den brot me rite to da kitchen and gave me some cream! Yeah kitties, I got a bowl full of cream! He knows how much I love dat.

Next, I went owtside again, to da back yard (not more deck time). And, hold onto yur tails for dis one.... a little birdie fell rite owt of da sky rite in front of me!!! Well, Mommie wuz not too happy bout dat, but it was a real bonus for me until she tooked it away. So furriends, I am really thankful for doze happy events. Dey made my week. I hope yoo all haf a thankful day today!

Purrs,
Angie

Tuesday Tummy Air-O-bics part II

2011-04-26T06:38:00.000-04:00

Air-o-bics Part II:

Form:

Well yoo canna see unner mine tummy, but yoo gets a good idea how long it is! I did not haf a video of me playin Air-o-bics but yoo can get a purrty good idea of how it's done by dis shot.
Can yoo see da wall an how little space dare is if yoo duz a slide? Yep, not much space between landin' and a slammin'. Woo Hooooo, but boy duz it wake up yur spirit!

Notice how da front legs are extended properly. Da back legs are pointed down for a smooth catch of da proper landing area. When dry, an eggcelent landing is assumed. When wet, lando, slammo. Always check by jumping up normally to test da surface ferst.

Haf fun and post any of yur Air-o-bics form pictures for criteekin.

Best,
Beau Beau Bentley

Happy Easter Sunday

2011-04-24T09:18:00.000-04:00

I think of the garden after the rain;
And hope to my heart comes singing,
At morn the cherry-blooms will be white,
And the Easter bells be ringing! ~Edna Dean Proctor, "Easter Bells"

Happy Easter to efurryone celebrating today. Da beans may not be haffing ham, so we am going to eat more stinky goodness instead. If'n yoo has any xtra ham can yoo send it my way? I did get to eat some yummy ham pie yesterday so I am happy wif dat. Mom looooves ham pie, pizza gain, whatever yoo wants to call it. It's ham and eggs and cheese and some other meats dependin' what da fambly favrit food is.

Wordy Wednesday - Mousies Galore!

2011-04-20T06:00:00.001-04:00

We have been up to a lot in da last two days. Ferst, when da Dad man came home da ofur day, he was reely surprised cuz we were not at da door drooling for food as yoosual. He was worried and came lookin for us. What he saw next was me, Beau Beau, runnin like a bandit across da downstairs floor a squillion miles an hour, Angie chasing rite behind. 'Acept dis time we were not chasin each ofur. We wuz doin' da mousie dance. Da mousie dance is what owr Dad caught da last act of. He wuz not sure what dat furry grey fing was at ferst but he found owt soon enuf. And to owr dismay, he tooked dat half dedded mousie owtside. He felt bad for dat mousie but we wanted to play wif him some more. And geez, he jus tossed him in da bushes!

Dat wuz day one wif da now dedded mousie. We kep on da lookowt for more mousies. When Mom got up in da mornin we wuz no where to be found. She figgered dat we wuz on mousie patrol again. No mousies in da mornin' but when she finally gotted home after a nasty day she had at werk I brotted her a nice present of fresh mousie.

Hmmm, wonner if dare are any more mousies in da housie? We finks we might haf to start bringing in da ~~bacon~~ mousies to support da howsehold wif da way da beans are finking bout dare jobbies. Jus sayin'. "Squeeeeeeek!" oops - gotta go to werk now!

~Beau Beau an Angie -- mighty mousie hunters extraordinaire

Kitch-hen Air-o-bics Lesson

2011-04-14T18:12:00.000-04:00

Kitch-hen Air-O-Bics lesson 1:

First, yoo hafs to haf da shiney kind of counters - either gran-it or da kind dat looks like gran-it - mostly da kind dats shiney. Next yoo has to get yur human to turn on da water (some of us likes to drink da water but mostly we still needs da humans to turn it on). Den yoo gets da human to wash da shiney stuff. Note: Yoo can see dare is a lot of human innner akshun here but it is necessary.
Next yoo takes a runnin leap onto da wet, shiney, counter . What happens next dee-pens on yur kitch-hen.
We must gibs yoo a warning tho, cuz if yoo slides da wrong way yoo can go head ferst into da wall. Dis may be 'acitin for some or a headake for others. Da Air-O-Bics part is if yoo do dis on yur kitch-hen island. Dis is a two-part man-oover. 1) Yoo slides reely reely fas, den yoo get an Air-o-bics akshun on part two.
Hafs fun wif dis game but stay safe!

Beau Beau- Level 1 Air-O-Bics instruktor.

Photo Hunt - Trees

2011-04-09T18:08:00.001-04:00

Today's photo hunt is TREES. Well dey didn't say dey had to be live trees did dey? They are mine trees dat owr man had cutted down cuz dey were dying. Good fing we had dem cut down cuz dey prolly would haf come down anyway in all dat bad winter wevver we had.
And, I smell somefin in here. Someone has been in mine trees! I'll show 'em. I put my stinky all ofur da place so dey know just whose trees dey are rubbin against.

Go see some more photos of trees at da photo hunt place.

Hey - is anyone else having a problem commenting over at da Photo Hunt blog? Owr typist says she sees dat there are comments but cannot see dem or make one.

~Angie

A Hawk Scare

2011-03-31T16:26:00.000-04:00

Holy Carp! Yoo are not goin to believe what happened dis morning! It involved a big Red Tailed Hawk an me. Ferst, I got da Mom to let me owt on my deck dis morning so I could ~~catch~~ watch da little birdies dat lives under da deck in a cubby hole next to da house. Den, Mom went to go let Angie owtside. Here is a picshure of da back of owr howse. It has lots of windows so we can feel like we are owtside but dare is nuffin like da real fing ya know? So anyhows, Mom wuz in da kitch-hen when all of a sudden BAM! She looks quick cuz da noise camed from da window and deck area. She almost had da big one cuz she knew I wuz on da deck by mineself. Den she sees dis BIG GINORMOUS Hawk fly up by da deck and her flew into a tree right near me. Mom ran her big butt as fast as she could back to da deck to see what happened to me! When she opened da door to my deck I was puffed up a squillion times what I normally look like if yoo could imagine dat! I wuz so big I could hardly fit frew da door! Hahahah :-). I finks we were trying to catch da same birdie but she hit da window instead! When I gots inside I clung onto mine Mom but I wuz not too scared for long. We looked owt da window and saw da big birdie fly away.

Let me owt!

2011-03-28T20:32:00.000-04:00

Let me owtttttttt! ! It's been a while since we been on line cuz Mommie has been so bizzy. She made dis picture box of me in her last Photoshop class. Yoo likes it? Good fing I don't reely go owt in da woods cuz I finks it would be reely scary. So maybe its not let me owt, but let me IN!

Purrs,
Beau Beau

Photo Hunt - Self Portrait

2011-03-05T08:16:00.000-05:00

One day our lady mommie wuz taking pictures and practicing wif da timer fing and she put it on da tripod and den she made us push da button wif owr paw. Organix treats helps to keep us in one spot. It is not easy to get a picture of us together in one spot like dis. She took over 20 photos before we gots dis one.

Spring is coming

2011-02-12T20:04:00.000-05:00

I can smell it. Spring is coming even though I'm standing here on my tootsies in snow. I can smell dem birdies. Dis is my favorite birdie spot where I sit and wait for a birdie lunch. Pretty soon da snow will go away and my pawsies will not be cold anymore.

~Angie

Snooperbowl Sunday

2011-02-06T15:05:00.000-05:00

It's Snooperbowl Sunday! Fur all of yoo who don't know, Daddie is a BIGGGGG Packers fan even though we live in Connecticat. Da beans haf been to Green Bay a couple times to see a game, and Daddie is a big football memorabilia collector and he likes da Packers stuff. We don't have haf as much as some Packer's peoples but it still is fun to look at it. Whiskerconsin is a great state wif lots of nice peoples as we can see by all da nice cat bloggers we haf met. So, we'll be rooting for da Packer's today and may it be a great game for all!

Go Pack Go!

Pee Ess -- dis picshure might not be so far off if Texas gets more snow today! The world has gone wacky!

Kitties Cooking on Sunday

2011-01-30T11:38:00.000-05:00

Hahahaha! No seriously, we did not do da cooking, but we kept pace in da kitchen to oversee what food fing was going on.

Apple Pancake - Gluten and Lactose Free

Apples:
3 large green apples (you can use more if you like) - peeled, cored and sliced.
3 tablespoons sugar (we only used one but it would probably be better with 3)
1 tsp cinnamon
2 Tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
5 tablespoons parve margarine (we used earth balance natural buttery spread) it is gluten free, lactose free, vegan and non-GMO. Although it does list that the natural flavor is derived from corn so if corn is your problem, be aware of that.

Batter:
3 large eggs
3/4 cup water (or you can use a milk substitute) we use water for most things and it is fine. We still can't figure out why everything has to be some kind of milk based thing.
3/4 cup Gluten Free Flour (we used Bob's Red Mill)
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp aluminum free baking powder (you might be able to leave this out) I put it in because I thought it would help to make the batter rise.

Toppings:
confectioners' sugar
pure maple syrup
or - apple butter for even more apple flavor (note that pure apple butter does not contain butter. Check the lable)

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Prep:
Combine the apples, sugar, cinnamon and lemon juice and toss them all together to coat them.
Next, melt the "butter" in the pan and saute the apples until they are soft. The green apples seem to take a longer time, therefore holding their shape better in the end result. Anywhere from 6 - 12 minutes would be ok depending on the apple type.
When apples are soft put them in a 8x8 square pan or if you have more apples, you can use a bigger pan. The idea is to have enough to fill the bottom of the pan.

Batter prep:
Whisk the eggs and water (or milk) until well blended. Add the flour, salt and baking powder and stir until it is slightly lumpy. Pour the batter over the apples and bake until golden, about 20 minutes.
Put your desired topping on it and cut into pieces and serve. YUM!

Photo Hunt - Standing

2011-01-29T19:11:00.000-05:00

I hope mine Meowy duzn't catch me standing up here trying to change her music station. But pleeeeese! Dat music gotta go! How many times yoo gonna play dat "boom boom boom" song? Huh? Eleventy-seven times? Enuf alreddy!

~Beau Beau

Post Tooth Work Tales

2011-01-14T19:58:00.000-05:00

Awwwwww Mommie I can't believe yoo are puttin dis awful picshure of me on here. See how my moufie was swollen on one side and now when I lick mine lips sometimes my lip gets stuck unnerneath. Ohhhh da uckyness of it all.

But all in all finally my gum is getting better where da stitches are. No more swollen red. Noooooooo yoo are not going to put dose picshures on here too are yoo???

Mom: Ok, I will spare the other kittehs the educational aspect of feline mouth surgery and the things that could go wrong. But let me tell you it is pretty gross if you are not used to it.

Phew! Ok enuf of dat picshure stuff. I am getting better really. My gums are pink and black from da stitches, not red and swollen anymore. BUT, den daddy decided to feed us some new kind of Wellness canned stinky goodness dat we are not used to and den SPLAT! Stinky goodness re-do kinda like da exorcist all ofur da floor an all ofur my little sick bed I been using. Hmmmm. Smell good Daddy? Bet yoo won't give us dat food again will ya?

And, Mommie, one more eye dropper full of dat anty-bye-otiks an yoo'll get to smell dat on yur pillow too. Yeah. I'm feelin much better.

~Angie

Toofie Update

2011-01-10T21:15:00.000-05:00

We spoke too soon. Things have not gone so well for Miss Angie. She has an infection in one of the extractions. Sunday we got to go back to the v.e.t. again for a visit. Angie did not get to drive the car that day -- Daddy was driving... She wuzn't feeling well enough to want to drive anyway. Antibiotics were prescribed and luckily we got some more pain meds because she was one hurtin' kitteh. After more than 24 hours of the antibiotics she seems to be doing better but it still doesn't look that good. At least she was eating today. Tuesday morning will be a determination of whether or not she needs to go back to have the gum reopened to see what's going on inside. Gosh does it break our hearts to see her looking like she is, licking her mouth and her tongue keeps hanging out. Today she was much better than yesterday so we're keeping our fingers crossed.

Mom Brenda

Feeling Better

2011-01-06T20:35:00.000-05:00

No driving the car back from the v.e.t. dis time. It wuz dark when my lady finally came to get me. Plus my eyes were still dilated an yoo don't want dat when yoo are driving! Da peoples wif da woo woo noise an lights don't want anyone driving wif dem dilated eyes like dat. No sireeee!

I am furry happy dat Beau Beau did not growl an hiss at me when I got home so dats a good fing. My lady is also furry happy bout how fings went at dis v.e.t.

Ferst, da Cheshire Veterinary Hospital duz not smell bad. Peoples do not haf to smell owr poops when dey drop us off. Next, my v.e.t., Dr. Colburn, called my lady three times to keep her updated wif my toofie progress. Da ferst time Dr. C called to say she took x-rays an I had to have not only the left, but the right big front toof owt. Dat made Mommie really happy so she was not shocked when she came to pick me up an find out more toofs were gone like when the old v.e.t. stole almost all Beau Beau's toofs an nefur said a word... Den Dr. C called back to say I wuz ok and woke up from da sleepy stuff. Den she called again to say I wuz reallly awake and ready to go home and told her how to take care of me when I got home.
Plus, when I got home, I wuz not fallin all ofur da place like we were when we went to da old v.e.t.
I did go round an round an round in da clean litter box tho an I finally jus laid down in dare. Dat wuz weird. So, fanks Dr. Colburn.

All in all I will feel much better after a day or two. Now if I can jus stop likkin my lips and trying to find where my toofies went? Do any of yoo know if da toof fairy comes for kittehs, even if we have no toofs to put unner our pillows?

~Purrs and happiness, Angie

Toofless Thursday

2011-01-06T06:54:00.000-05:00

Yep, i'd rather jump off dis table den go to the v.e.t. today.. Today I will end up lookin like Beau Beau, da one toof wonder. Da v.e.t. lady said I had to haf my front left toofie out. I wonder if dey will ask me dat and put a dot on my face like dey do to humans to identeefy what needs to be taken owt? Hahahahah! I just hope mine face looks ok after dat toof is gone. Or am I gonna haf a little hole where mine tongue sticks frew it sometimes like Beau Beau's duz? I will repurt back later after I get home from da torture place.

~Purrs, Angie

Beau Beau: HEY! All I wanna know is how come I DON'T GET TO EAT either??? I'm not goin to da torture place. Somefin is very very wrong here! I tried all da tricks wif da lady an she would not get up an feed me. An now she has left da howse! Oh boy. I been huntin all morning an I can't efun find a spidey! Help!

~Hungry boy, Beau Beau

Happy New Year 2011. Let's see your New Years List

2010-12-31T19:02:00.000-05:00

Happy New Year! May 2011 be as wonderful as you wish it to be. Owr beans are sitting down and relaxin tonight and working on their goals for the year. We want to see yur list.

Da way you do it is this: Ask yurself what you would do in 2011 if money wuz no object. Just think, if you already had all da money you wanted what would you do then? Just make a list of a few things (no more den 5) in 3 cat-agories : 1) fings you want (like for us dat would be a really nice kitty condo), 2) fings you would like to be doing (like getting to go outside more), and 3) fings you see yurself being. Like being a slim and trim and healthy kitty, or skin flake free, or a really high jumper, yoo know, fings like dat.

See, money gets peoples panties all tied up (we dont haf to worry bout panties which is really nice). We kitties already haf all da money we want cuz we haf none! Duz dat make sense? So we get to do what we want like sleeping whenever we wants to, looking owt da windows, going owtside sometimes when we want, (dat's one of our goals, to get to go owtside more), we gets to sleep wherever we want in da house, even if we wanted to sleep in da sink. Hmmm, sleeping in da sink may go on owr list to. We haven't done dat before. And while we're at it, drinking from da faucet seems like somefin dat sounds fun. We know ofur kittehs on da blogosphere dat does dat already. Schmaybe dey could tell us about it.

Here is reeely scaled down example of Mommies list:

Wants:

A vacation house in Bar Harbor, ME (we are not so happy bout dat one cuz dat means a 6 to 7 hour ride in da metal monster)

Doing:

Visiting Italy (hmmm, somehow dis duzn't sound so good to us either unless we get tons of stinky goodness while she is gone bisiting)

Being:

A successful photographer

Actually dis list duz not haf to be all done in 2011 but it is somefin to think about.

If you really want to be serious bout dis, den post yur list by da end of January and let us know in our comments when you do it.

Mancat of Leezhur

2010-12-27T11:12:00.000-05:00

I am a mancat of leezhur. I got my Auntie Bobbi to carry me around da house on her shoulder. She has 9 kitties! Yeah, count em, NINE! I almost can't count dat high on my paws. She says dat none of her kitties weigh as much as me tho. Schmaybe dats cuz dey don't haf gingerbread howses to lik. Hahahahah! One of Auntie Bobbie's kitties jus waits for her to walk by an he just jumps on her an if it's not a purrfect landing him just claws his way on. I was nicer den dat. I jus laid dare and kept mine claws in.

Yeah, stoopid Mommy deleted mine gingerbread howse bloggie post by mistake. Too many cups of tea dis morning mommie?

Almost Santy Claws time

2010-12-23T18:05:00.000-05:00

It's almost here! Santy Claws is almost here! Yoo see him yet Angie?
"No Beau Beau. I don't see him yet. Are you going to be lookin' up all nite long waiting for Santy Claws?"
Yep. I'm sittin' down by da tree all night. I want to make sure he gets da milk we left owt for him.
"Yeah right. I'll be sniffin' yur breaf to see if it smells like milk later."
Yoo wait an see. I'll be da good one.
Merry Christmas all!

~Beau Beau an Angie

Wordless Wednesday

2010-12-22T07:27:00.002-05:00

~Angie

Angie's Ride

2010-12-18T07:00:00.000-05:00

I had to go to da stabby place today. I usually make very quiet little mew noises, but my volume went up a few notches on da way to da v.e.t. Mommy said my teefies needed to be looked at. I had a nice vet lady look at me and the one toof we thot wuz bad wuz actually ok. But I haf to have my front toof pulled instead. I will now match Beau Beau wif a one fang look. At least I haf all of my ofur teef not like Beau Beau, when da ofur v.e.t. place took almost all hims teefies. But all in all, I'm doing pretty good. Mom would not let me get stabbed wif all da vaccine stuff, but dey still got me by sucking some my blood out. Dey said I wuz a very good girl though. Yeah, if some vampire place wuz takin yur blood yoo'd be pretty quiet too don't yoo finks? I'm lucky dat's all dey took so far.

Den on da way home, when fings were quieted down a little, I got to drive da metal monster. I'm a good drive, yeah. See, I looked back to see what wuz behind me.

Den I looked owt da side to make sure no one wuz in da way.

Den when all wuz ready to go, I looked straight ahead. And, here we are at home. Not bad I say.

Keep yur teefies clean kitties. Or else yoo might haf to get dem taken by da stabby place too.

Repurtin from Wallyworld, CT,
~Angie

Thursday stuff

2010-12-16T05:11:00.002-05:00

Thankful Thursday, Toes on Thursday or whatever. I wuz tired of lookin up for Santy Paws so I need a nap.

Lots of changes goin' on in peoples lives at the end of dis year. In a time of love and happiness there is much sadness. We hope that people choose to keep any happiness as their strongest thought. Know that no matter what you are always loved.

Mancat Monday

2010-12-12T20:52:00.000-05:00

Is it time yet? Is Sandy Paws on his way? I'm lookin' for him. If I see him a comin' I'll let you know.

~Beau Beau

Wordless Wednesday

2010-12-01T05:11:00.001-05:00

~Angie

Angie's Helper

2010-11-29T05:00:00.000-05:00

Forget dat Mancat Monday stuff. It's my day an I want to show off my new blogger helper. I got my own girl cousin to help me wif my 'puter. She's pretty and smart too. Plus she has thumbs dat work where my paws won't . Ok Jessie, start listening and I'll tell you what to type. She's a pretty nice typist don't you think?

~Angie

Happy Thanksgiving!

2010-11-25T09:56:00.000-05:00

We am thankful for all owr furriends on da blogosphere, owr fambly, human cuzzins, all kinds of humans. We am fankful for having a nice place to live and lots of food to eat efurry day. We am fankful for owr freedom. We am fankful for owr Freedom to be able to run and play. We am fankful for love of family and furriends. We am fankful dat owr beans has a place to werk an takes care of us and others. Today we will enjoy and be grateful for all we haf.

We am thankful for being able to haf a turkey on Thanksgiving day dat looks as wonderful as dis. And we am glad owr fambly an furriends are coming ofur.

Hope yoo all can snag some turkey dat looks as good as dis! Heh heh. We rekkomend tearin into da big fat meaty leg ferst. Den run as fast as heck! hahahahah!

~Beau Beau an Angie

Angie and Ice Cream on Tummy Tuesday

2010-11-23T07:56:00.000-05:00

My human cuzzin, Jonathan, wuz laffin an laffin at me while I ated mine ice cream. I don't know what's so funny. I always eats like dis.

~Angie

Mancat Monday

2010-11-22T06:42:00.000-05:00

Hey, someone let me owt of here pwease? I wanna go owt. I can efun speak like a human. I says "goooo-owwwwwwwt". Sometimes it works. Sometimes not. Like dis day. I finks I will just keep runnin' around da howse sayin' gooooo-owwwwwwwt ofur an ofur. Dat will get her. Heh heh.

~Beau Beau

Fun on Friday

2010-11-19T07:43:00.000-05:00

Um, we see birdies. Birdies in da feeder. But dey are not moving. I finks dese birds should be really easy to eat cuz it looks like dey might be sleepin'. What yoo finks?

~Beau Beau

Wordless Wednesday

2010-11-16T07:19:00.002-05:00

Ack!

~Beau Beau

Thankful Thursday

2010-11-11T07:31:00.000-05:00

Today I am thankful dat I can see out dis biiiiiiig window. I kept pawin it ofur an ofur jus like Daisy does. If yoo hafn't seen her video doin dat it's pretty funny. Mom says she finks I don't know dis is a window at all an I want to make sure. She duzn't know I wuz jus puttin mine paw prints on it so da evil introoder kitty will know I am in here. Hah! Do beens not know bout kitty graffiti? I been pawin all da windows since day one here in da Swick House. Hahahahahaha!

~Beau Beau

Mancat Monday - Here Birdie Birdie

2010-11-08T07:06:00.000-05:00

Instead of "I thot I saw a puddy tat" I am saying I see a birdie, a real live birdie right above me. I am just waiting for him to drop right into my mouf! Here birdie birdie. Come in an see my toofies. heh heh.
Have a good day efurryone. It snowed here in Connectacat during da nite. Mom has to go to Mew Jersey for werk today too. It will be a long two days waiting for her to come back.

Purrs,
Beau Beau

Photo Hunt - Orange

2010-10-23T09:49:00.000-04:00

Dis is probably a repeat picshure but it goes wif da season and da theme today. Mom is gonna try to make a pumpkin dat looks jus like dis or one dat looks jus like us. Be afraid be furry afraid if she gets a knife fing in her paws to try dat! We'll post a picshure when we see dat (many pumpkins later...).
Any pumpkin carving tips will be 'presheeated.

Happy Saturday!

~Beau Beau an Angie

Tocks for Derby

2010-10-20T21:11:00.000-04:00

Happy Tocktober Purrfday for Derby! Yayyyyy! Dis is owr take on tocks fur him. We likes to be different yoo know.

Wordless Wednesday Portrait of Angie

2010-10-20T06:55:00.000-04:00

~Angie

Tuesday Tummy

2010-10-19T06:00:00.000-04:00

Bet yoo were expecting a tummy shot right? Well it's about owr tummies alright. Da door wuz open so we could come an go and it wuz time to eat and where were owr hyoomans? Not where we wanted dem in da kitch-hen dats fur shure. We can tell what time it is. Why can't dey? Hey beans! Get in here an feed us! Geez.

Mancat Monday

2010-10-11T13:40:00.000-04:00

I'm goin pink for da cause. I lost mine collar an da lady gotted me a PINK tag to replace it. I finks she might haf color ish-shoes though. Altho dis would probably look reely good on Skeezix I finks it clashes wif da blue collar. Don't ya fink so?

~Beau Beau

Mancat Monday

2010-10-04T05:11:00.001-04:00

Oh where oh where ha-asssss Beau Beau been oh where oh where... Oh here I am! I know I been gone a long time, efur since da lost mousie incident. So I wanted to show yoo where i has been. Yoo can hardlee see me in dis little picshure but I haf been owtside a lot! See me sittin on da piknik table? And see dat tree to da left of me? Well dat's where da squirrels howse is. I has dis little game I play where I watch dem so I can POUNCE on dem! I loves to chase da squirrels. We has lots of fun. It is kinda funny cuz once I chase dem back up to da tree, den dey chatters an yells at me ofur an ofur. Dey make little piggie noises. It am so funny! Akshully, no one seems to fink it am too funny, cept me! Hee heeeee!

But anyway, back to da lost mousie story. Mom could not find owr Magic Mousie, da one dat makes da 'puter fing move, anywhere. Well, I kinda knew where it wuz (snickers...) but since hyoomans cannot unnerstand us all dat much, I could not tell her where it wuz. So, after she wented an bought anofur mousie, guess what happened? One night she brought da 'puter in da bedroom so she could werk in her sleep I guess, an what do yoo fink happened? Alla sudden da 'puter showed dat it wuz connecting to da mousie! Now dare wuz no mousie anywhere on da bed or on da bed table or on da floor all da time she had been looking for it. So she looked unner da bed one more time cuz she knew it wuz in da room somewhere, and lo and behold, dare it wuz, at da foot of da bed all hidden away unner da covers an all da huge dust bunnies dat are bigger den me. (um, werd to da lady, a little cleanin here might be a good fing once in a while, ahem.) If she had only brought da puter in da room a little sooner she would haf found it. Or if she used her head and just walked around wif da puter it would haf found da mousie sooner too. Now she knows da next time I push da 'puter mousie around some where she knows how to find it. Kinda takes da fun owt of it ya know?

~Purrs to all,
Beau Beau

Mine Mousie Trubble on Thursday

2010-09-02T06:28:00.000-04:00

Mine Magic Mouse is missing. Yoo see it here in dis pikshure rite? Well he must have runned away cuz me can't find him anywhere. Me looked unner mine food dish, on da island, on da desk, in my stinky goodness bowl, behind da sofa, unner mine bed, me looked efurrywhere. Him is gone. Mine mousie has runned away. If any of yoos see him can yoo tell him to come home please? Owr bloggin lady duz not like to use da 'puter wifout him. It's some weird human fing. But she's da one wif da thumbs so if me wants to blog I need her help. Fank yoo.

I sneer at da little imposter

2010-08-31T05:11:00.001-04:00

What? Yoo finks dis is funny? Please. I don't look dat bad do I?

Yur not even real! Yoo smell like nuffin!

Let's see how yoo like going for a ride, hah!

See ya, little Beau Beau imposter.

Smiley Boy

2010-08-28T10:40:00.000-04:00

I gotted to be outside while da lady wuz takin pictures of my human cousins. Dat's why I gots dis big smile on mine face. Plus I wuz OUTSIDE! I gets to go out wif snoopervision of course. I keeps da beans furry bizzy runnin all around da yard after me. First I start by sniffin all on da back side of da house (see da picshure below).

Looking frew mine windows is not da same as going outside. I can't catch any real mousies from inside ya know. Dis is also da big house dat da beans been werking on since we mooved here last year. Dat's why we don't blog so much anymore. Mine beans are work-a-haulics. Dey always haulin somefin around like trees an wood an pieces of da howse an dirt an old stuff. We jus watch an snicker a lot. Da lady is also werkin on a new blog to talk about mid century modern houses like ours. Bet she duzn't haf time for dat blog either!

We am also so sorry to hear about da loss of two of our favrite an most handsome man cat furriends, Fat Eric and Luxor. It truly is a sad time for all of us, but a happy one for all our furriends from before because now dey get to play wif dem over da Rainbow Bridge. We'll never forget you dear friends.

Wordless Wednesday

2010-08-11T06:58:00.000-04:00

Sunday's Story - Our new fur Cousins have a Fur-ever Home

2010-08-01T05:00:00.001-04:00

We hafs a story to tell yoo about owr new fur cuzins, Shadow and Indy. Way back in March when Mom had a hurty back dat hurt like H#LL she went to a Chiropractor Doctor to get better. One day when was at there, she saw dis ad:

“Due to relocation across the country, we are seeking a home for our 2 indoor cats. They are brother (orange/white) and sister (tortie) and need to stay together. They are neutered and spayed and litterbox trained. Both are very friendly once they get to know you although they are more skittish with little ones. They like to play but are not aggressive and don’t bite. They have claws but don’t use them on people. If provided a good outlet to scratch – post or rug, furniture is safe. They have never been outside and don’t want to be. Window watching is perfect. “

Da picture of dem two kitteh's wuz so cute Mom could not stop finking bout dem. We wuz gonna put da word owt so schmaybe someone on da Blogosphere might take dem but Mom had no extra energy after working cuz of da pain in her back (and her head probably). But, all fings are for a reason so… owr human Grammy and her man friend, Big Dan (almost Grampy) came over to bisit one day and lo and behold, dey said dey were looking for not one but TWO CATS! Well, Mom almost peed her pants wif acitement, cuz she had been thinking about dose Brofur an Sister cats back at da Chiro place.

Next fing yoo know, Mom got in touch wif da two cat's Mommy, Jill, and

put her in touch wif Big Dan an Grammy. Grammy an Big Dan got all acited too (we finks dey peed dare pants wif acitement also, -- must be a fambly fing) an wanted to meet Jill’s cats, Shadow an Indy. Grammy went to meet dem an fell in love! It took a couple of weeks an they finally brought Shadow an Indy to dare new furever home.

Da first nite dey both hid under da bed. Dey are smart cats cuz dey opened all da doors inside da howse while Grammy an Big Dan were ~~sleeping~~ trying to sleep. Shadow, our new Tortie Cuzin, warmed up to dem first. Den after about a whole week, Indy, da new Ginger on da block, finally came owt from under da bed.

When dey got used to da place, dey prolly peed dare own pants wif acitement when dey saw all da new fings to play wif, an places to see an fings to do. Dey also got to celebrate dare 4^th birfday together on July 23^.

Mommy went to meet Shadow an Indy just a couple days ago an dey were furry nice to her and let her take all kinds of pictures of dem. Dey has lots of toys, Indy gets to chase around da red dot jus like me, an dey eats lots of stinky goodness and dry food (mom says dey am gonna get fat if dey keep dat up). Plus dey has a HUGE kitty condo and another kitty place where Shadow sleeps, and lots of hidey places and best of all, a door to look out where da squirrels come right up and stare at dem frew da glass! WOW!

We loves it when kittehs gets a furever home and we are so happy dat it worked owt for all. It seems like all dat pain Mom went frew was all for a good purpose in da end.

Here are some happy pictures of da new fambly (check owt dese two pawsome kittehs):

Shadow in her nice sleepy place

Indy playin wif da lite -- Look at his handsome ginger color!

Indy playin wiff his fevver mousie or fishy

Shadow has her own kitteh condo - see da little door she gets to go in? She wuz used to having a wood fire box fing in her last howse so she will be right at home come winter here in Connecticat.

Grammy wif Shadow on da couch. She is so happy Shadow is so lovey-dovey.

Um, owr new cuzins haf a big kitty condo (Mooommmmmm we need one of dem!). Looks like it is big enuf for us if we want to bisit.

If yoo stuck around long enuf to read all dis, THANK YOU!

It's interesting how things happen and makes you wonder even more about the Universe. Angels were listening to make this happen.

We will show how fings are going wif dem from time to time.

Keep the faith, trust, and be happy!

Purrs,

~Beau Beau & Angie

Silly Saturday

2010-07-24T13:04:00.000-04:00

Hey! Who turned up da heat in Connecticat? Mom says it feels like Nawlins here today. An from what she says dat is reeeeely humid an hot. It is so humid mine furs are wet. I found a nice spot to lay here in dis one flower pot dat has no flowers in it. Dare is some dirt tho an I likes to get dat all ofur me. Time to turn in an get a few zzzzzzz's till suppertime.

~Lufs, Angie

Angie's Mousie Monday

2010-07-12T05:00:00.001-04:00

Lookit my mousie I caught! Him is smaller den my big paw! Well, It's not akshully a mousie, but it shure looks, acts, moves, and smells like a mousie. Me an Beau Beau been trackin dis little vermin fur lots of days now. But I finally gots him. I has to give Beau Beau a little credit cuz I finks he tired him out from chasing and pouncing on him da last couple of days. Mom says him is prolly a mole. I tossed him around a little an den I gots tired of playin wif him. Den Mom figgured he was done fur but when she gotted closer him wuz still breathing. We finks him wuz playing Possum. So she picked him up an frew him back in da Packa-sandra. Kinda like when yoo catches a fish an frow his back to catch him again later. Hee heeee. So I finks I haf a date wif a tired out moley-mousie today.

~Angie, da Mole Hunter.

Mancat Monday

2010-07-05T10:30:00.000-04:00

See mine spot 13? Dis is how cats say hello to each other, by turning around an sticking dare butts in da other cats face. I got in da middle of mom's flashy picshures. Plus I am goin to attack dis flower fing. I likes to pull all dose funny long fings out and drag dem around da howse.

Oops I got caught in da middle of da picture taking! I finks I make a grrrreat model huh?

Beau Beau

Happy Independence Day

2010-07-04T00:11:00.027-04:00

Happy Independence Day and Fourth of July! Look - I has freedom and independence from da house! I broke away an gots to go owtside. Dat's my freedom and I appreciate it as all of us who has freedom from tear-anny today. Dat's what independence day is all about. Freedom. Appreciate efurry moment dat you has freedom. Freedom of choice, freedom of religion, freedom who hoooo freedom!

Freedom is wonderful no matter where you are or where you are from. Enjoy every moment of life. Happy Independence Day America!

Angie gets independence efurry day. She gets to go owtside but dat's becuz she behaves herself. I sniffs around an den I run off and it scares da beans. So I gots to go back in da howse again.

See, I found da place where I yoosually look at from above. I can smell all kinds of fings down here. I was sniffin da trail of a mousie under da leaves. I like mine independence. I hope I gets to go owtside again today.

Furry Friday

2010-07-02T05:00:00.001-04:00

Ok Mommie, will yoo please stop takin picshures of me when I'm tryin to sleep? I has to get my sleepies in cuz wif all da bang bang noises dat will be going on dis weekend I gots to get it all in when I can. Oh, and yes, I like to make a statement wif mine leggies and tail look. Kyoot don't yoo finks?

Happy Fourth of July weekend! It's FURRRRRRRRIIIIIDAYYYY! PAAAARTY! Oh wait. No one parties around here. It has become furry borrrrring in dis howse wif all da work goin on. Well, all of yoo has fun dis weekend! I will be nappin. Well, at least for a couple hours.

Purrs, Beau Beau

Thursdays Tales

2010-07-01T05:00:00.001-04:00

Gasp! It has been HOW LONG since we been on owr bloggie? Me an Angie been hissin an yowlin at owr Mom bean trying to get her to help us cuz yoo know we cats can't do dis by owrselves. Lots of fings been going on. Since Mom had a hurty back we finks she had a lazy hurty head too since she did not help us wif owr bloggie. But finally, her hurty back/butt went from feelin like a vice grip was on her butt to feelin like a baggie clip was attached to it an sometimes some fuzzy tinglin in her foot comes an goes. Sometimes da hurty back likes to give her a little jolt down her leg too jus to let her know dat Sigh-atticka is still dare.
Den owr Daddy bean's Daddy went over da bridge just a couple weeks ago. He was just shy a couple days from his 89th birfday. Da family celebrated his long life, love of family, and his service to his country.
Collij Girl came home for the summer until she goes back to collij dis time in Chicago at Northwestern Yoo. She's a little scairt so effurybody send her some courage thots. Fanks.
Mommy has been bizzy bizzy bizzy at werk and den a nice happy lady came to help at werk so werk is lots of fun now.
Plus Mom bean has been learnin lots more bout picshure takin and usin BIG flashy lights. I likes to jump on da big white paper she gots up on da wall. It makes big noises and I can put lots of dirty paw purrints on it. We has picshures to post too.
Dat's da big stuff dat has been goin on since May. We will be makin da rounds checkin on whats goin on wif efurryone.
Purrs and kisses,
Beau Beau da repurrter

Table Paws

2010-05-26T20:36:00.000-04:00

We swear dis was not us putting owr paws on da table! Ferst, we do not haf such nicely shaped paw purrints (altho dey am pretty close to bein dat purrfect, jus sayin). Reely, owr beans saw dis nice table in Bar Harbor, Maine at da Two Cats Cafe. What a great name for a place huh? Hey wait, dare am two of us cats here. How come we don't haf a food place named after us? Well since we don't haf a place like dat, we want a table wif owr paw purrints on it jus like dat. We finks we can do dat furry nicely if we get purrmisshun acourse. What yoo finks?

A little privacy please

2010-05-18T13:11:00.000-04:00

Excuuuuusssse us! Can't yoo see we is in da middle of takin our baff? Geez, some cats nefur gets a little privacy around here. An don't disturb us while we is takin owr nap eeder. Hrmph. Da next fing, yoo know, yoo will be watchin us go to da baffroom too.

Fun on Friday

2010-05-14T05:00:00.001-04:00

OK where is dat birdie? Here birdie birdie birdie. Come an get some water in da bird baff. I'll help yoo. :snickers:

~Angie

Fabulous Friday

2010-04-23T07:30:00.000-04:00

Today is a fabulous day cuz it is Furriday of course. Note to da lady of da house. Next time in da middle of da nite when i am sleepin an haffin a good dream an twitchin an stuff, do NOT move abruplee an almost scare da pee an poop outta me. I fot I wuz gonna haf da big one. Jus sayin.

~Beau Beau

Wordless Wednesday

2010-04-21T07:40:00.000-04:00

~Angie

Toosdays Toes

2010-04-20T07:31:00.000-04:00

It was time for mine man-a-cure. Pay no attenshun to da lady's wine cork in da picshure! Only focus on da tool of da trade, da nail cuttin fing. I inspekted it ferst before I efun let her near me wif dat fing. Good fing she drank da wine da nite before or no way she wuz comin near me wif dat. We seen what she did to Daddie's hair one time when she drank wine and started cuttin.
Oh nose. So yoo can see how nice an trim mine paw is. No nail stickin owt. Now I finks I am going to find mine love, Powder. Haf a happy Toosday!

Beau Beau

Feel the Fear

2010-04-16T08:20:00.001-04:00

"Named must your fear be before banish it you can" ~ Yoda

I will let da food lady say a few werds today. After all, she helps me cuz I only has paws to press da keys.

Thank you everyone for your nice comments on my photos. Some of you were interested in where I take my online photography classes. Most of them have been through Better Photo.com. I save up my money and take a class now and then. I like the format and the fact that they are online so I can spend my time taking photos and upload them directly to the class. It also motivates me to take the photos! I have no affiliation with better photo.com other than I have taken four classes with them. There are plenty to choose from and I started in the discovery mode to find out what kind of photography I liked best besides taking pictures of my furry loves, Beau Beau an Angie. I highly recommend Tony Sweet's "Image Design, Revealing your Personal Vision" class. When I first happened upon that class I got that Universal high that you only get when you feel you are on the right path to making something happen.

So, thanks for your comments as it helps to lessen my fear about moving forward with my dream to be a professional photographer. I always have the fear that my work is not good enough and I'm still fighting the fear of some day being a full time photographer. Having this blog is what has helped me to take photo upon photo of the best subjects in the world, our wonderful furry friends.

Forget your fears and follow your dreams my friends!

Brenda

Wiggy Wednesday

2010-04-14T07:18:00.000-04:00

Eye see yoo! Hahahaha! What da heck is dat? I don't fink it's hyooman an it hafs no body. It's somefin Mommie wuz takin picshures of for an online class she is takin. It is so dats she can take efun more better picshures of me! I see more flashy fings goin off in da future.

Here is a link to her picshure gallery if yoo want to take a look at what she made from her photo classes.

~Purrs, Beau Beau

Mancat Blogger

2010-04-12T07:57:00.000-04:00

Now I hope yoo am all payin 'tenshun cuz I found da perfect position to blog in. Yoo wait till da typist gets fings all set up jus rite (which lately works for me cuz she still has a hurty butt) wif da laptop on her lap. Den I snuggles in wif juuuuuust enuf room for her to still type. I can watch what her am doin and put owt a paw now an den to gif da ok when she gets it rite. I find dis to be da bestest way to blog and to get snuggles at da same time. Da benefit to dis also is da puter is warm so mine butt gets warmed up too. It's da best. Da lady likes to talk to me lots dis way too. She says fings like "cmon Beau Beau can yoo move over a little", "cmon Beau Beau, I'm tryin to werk". I know how much I'm helpin' her. Dat's what a mancat is for rite?

Purrs, Beau Beau

Furry Friday

2010-04-09T07:45:00.000-04:00

It's finally Friday and it's a furry one. It's about time da blog hogger Beau Beau let me on. While he's bizzy haffin fun wif da sighko bunny dat is runnin around left ofur from Easter I'm haffin a groom fest. It's not easy to keep up wif all dis furry fur. So I's gettin reddy fur da weekend. It's da WEEKEND! Yayyyyy! Da beans finally get to be home all alone wif us for two whole days. Altho dey said dey would take time owt to bisit owr Uncle Dan's food place and get some Thai food. Uncle Dan an Aunt Salika makes reeely good Thai and Lao food. We can't eat dat tho cuz it is kinda hot. Maybe dey will bring us some shrimpies anyway.
Haf a great weekend efurryone!

Mancat Monday

2010-04-05T07:42:00.000-04:00

Get him off me! Get him off meeeeeee! Dat bunny herd I wuz gonna eat him an he's not too happy. Him is pretty strong for such a small bunny. Heeeellllllppppp! Mancats to da rescue!

Hoppy Easter

2010-04-04T10:59:00.000-04:00

Hope efurryone has a Hoppy Easter! I gots dis bunny rabbit in mine kitchen. I don't know who let him in but he has eaten all da easter eggs an bunny grass we had growin.
Whispers: Shhhh. I don't fink he knows we eats rabbits...:

From Mom Brenda:
On the more religious side, Happy Easter to all.
"I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live"
John 11:25

Easter service was very nice today. We were reminded by the Reverend of promises fulfilled, and to "roll away the stones that lock us in tombs where we cling to wounds, bitterness, and unbelief." Enjoy your Easter Sunday, live in the now and enjoy each and every precious moment today and everyday.