The Friday File: Beating the Summer Heat _ Diva Style

Welcome!

Hello MY Darlings!

Well, I hope you are enjoying the summer so far.

Even the window is hotter than NORMAL!

It is hotter than a 'cat on a hot tin roof' outside!!!

Here in MY studio I'm just right! Not much human traffic outside today, unless they are in their cars!!!                                     

I wash my whiskers sparkly clean
 as I reflect how lucky I am!

Fresh H2O for Kitty 

The sun is shining, with it's warm inviting face, MY body benefits from rays. When it gets a bit too much I shift PAWS around to the end of the table, where the air conditioning is!

  
Oh, MY secretary has just bought me a delicious offering.  In a moment I'll  dunk face first into my water bowl with an ice chips (don't lap up too quickly other wise you'll get tummy ache)........I guess I have trained her well ^..^!

Favorite playmate! Now you see it NOW you DON'T

I think I'm going to have MYSELF a lazy day!

Tin Man you have to hydrate!

With some friends!!!!

I follow DIVAS advise

                 



                                            
 10 ways to BEAT the HEAT!

1.  If you do go out find a shady spot;
2. Don't stay in the sun for too long, take your umbrella;
3. Bring along a friend, they can bring along ice-cream;
4. Dive into a kids wadding pool (paddle with the best of them);
5. Humans, DON'T leave feline or canines unattended in the car (or children for that matter); Double check your car before locking... retrieve your companions!
6. Excessive panting means drink MORE, keep cool.....be sensible;
7. Go out BEFORE 'High Noon' or 'After dinner'...great for walking  on     the Beach;
8. Make sure your SECRETARY brings food, water and cold face cloth;
9. Pack a little extra just in case you see a feline or canine without   

Enjoy your Summer!

If you stay in..you might do what I do..........go for a SPA!

Pamper YOURSELF with ATTENTION!

DIVA has it made!

There are more treats in store..follow the DIVA!!!

                           A little personal note:  We wish little "Dundas" the lion kitty ...

                                            all the very best as he continues to heal.
                                                                  A round of PAWS to his

                                                                            great team at

                                                               Toronto Downtown Animal!

If you missed last weeks "Friday File" it's here: Friday File: July 12 Going in Incognito

See  you next time ^..^!

Friday Advice: The Beach - Flip Over Flip Flops!!!

May 31, 2012

Hello MY Darling!

Well, MY advise is simply this!

"Friday's are for having fun......call your friends, shut the door, take a nice car ride to the Beach!  May 31, a special day.....I dedicate this to my Auntie Karen....her birthday is today!

Check out the local ice-cream places (there are plenty)!!!

I'm ready for ICE CREAM!         Watch the human and children through the window, lick YOUR lips look sweetly (innocently) and your human companion might...might get you a little bowl of your own.

Hit the road running!

Well, well, yes we do have the occasional treat in MY kingdom, the shear fun is ENJOYING with those you love!

British Beach Huts

In England there is a special ice-cream affectionately called a "99".  Here is the "real scoop"  It used to cost that? The standard cone, filled with soft serve

Brighton Beach UK: Beloved "99" (cost 99 pence)

The "99" theory...according to my UK sources:  In the UK everybody knows what comes with a '99', but a newcomer to these shores who wonders at the name's provenance is sure to be baffled.
Earlier this week, a Magazine reader from London wrote in to ask this very question, prompting a flurry of responses - all positing different theories. So which is right?

The ice cream in question has gone by that name since 1930, when Cadbury's launched a shorter version of its Flake bar - called a Flake 99 - for the ice cream trade. 

Which does rather seem to blow one theory - that the bar is exactly 99mm long - out of the water. The UK is only now edging towards metrification - 70-odd years ago, everything was in imperial measures.

Ditto the suggestion that back in the day they cost 99p. True in the 1990s, but in 1930, nothing cost 99p - it was pre-decimalisation, remember.

Ness: Which flavor will I have today

 
Another theory goes that the initials of ice cream are IC, which is one way to write 99 in Roman numerals. But the convention is to write it XCIX - but it's possible this was ignored or not know. 

I wonder if anyone remembers "Magpie Ices" Ness Uncle George knew about that ..no wonder she loves ice-cream!

Theories aside -- let's just wiggle our toes in the sand, have a picnic and fall asleep....(day dreaming)!

The valiant quest:  to try and eat  chocolate before the ice-cream melts and runs down your arm....squealing with laughter and delight!!!!  (well, yes that has happened to me...lots of time). 

 [Adults please don't read this it can be an be embarrassing]..

I love watching 2 and 3 year old children....all that melting ice cream around their mouths...it's enough to make your roll on the floor laughing (without being tickled LOL)!!!

Like cats and catnip...........

Vanessa, Charlie, Harry circa 1961

My opinion you say. perhaps -- when I'm DONE!

Let's ask Ness for her opinion??

Well the Royal decree from the kingdom this week is:

"Go forth.....have fun......

Remember: to connect with friends and visit here soon!

Do what Cats do best -- HAVE FUN!