Aniversary Special - Unconditional Love!

A moment to reflect!

Hello MY Darlings!

Today, I decided to do a little personal reflection! &^..^&.

August 19, 2004 is MY Anniversary date, this is the day that I graduated from my college and received my degree as in clinical psychology!

Each and every day, I wake up stretching purring, rubbing my PAWS for another exciting day in the office!

I start my day with 5 minutes of stretching, a purfect facial and massage on my face. This prepares me for another busy day of clients!!! ^..^!  Well, not all days run PURFECT, there are challenges, difference in cat or dog pursonalities.  I end up being the mediator LOL!

As you may recall I spoke about a remarkable young kitten called "Dundas" who continues to be an inspiration.   I love to catch up on reading at the downtownanimalhospitaltoronto.  The veterinarians and staff there are the best world, like a second family to me. Humans, please consider adoption to enrich your lives, there is no feeling like it. The relationships you build are much like relationship you have with your human children.

Unconditional love is like the best cat food you can ever thing about or that purfect dish of warmed milk!

Cali the Curious Cat January 2016: Anything that looks like a ball must be?

I'm purfecting what to do next!!

Cali the Curious Cat January 2015!

Well, I have been learning, growing and playing since my last post!

Mum don't move, I have your laces!

I'm a feisty, independent Calico/Tabby/Maine Coon (did someone say H20)????

I had a fabulous Christmas, I really understood what a artificial tree can be used for:  1) A great hiding place 2) A place to watch your human parent and to poke at her as she walks by 'calling your name'.   3). It's a great place for storing 'Tomatoes, and Avocado's'.

Avocado Persea americana

Solanum lycopersicum  (deadly nighshade) 

When she is not looking, simply roll them off the window ledge (honestly, they aren't very heavy...they look like the bouncy rubber balls I have to play with).   I don't know the shape of the avocado looks like a 'human sat on it' (meow, meow)! LOL

She never know what will happen when I'm around!

Did you know the Avocado is also known as an Alligator Pear (yikes) I'm not staying around for that one (I'd have a 'hissy fit' for sure or hide)!

I'm the Queen of Toys, anything Round!

I simply lob any items along my path on the window sill with my big paws! Bonk, bonk, I heard my human 'nattering' 'talking to herself' "Cali did you see the vegetable I left to ripen in the sun".  (Dead silence from me.....what did she think.....I reveal my secrets....meow)! 

She was walking around all for 2 days ..just as well it ....it might have eventually disappeared into the carpet. LOL

Now that the tree is down, I will have to be more creative!!

Simply wrap your paws around these stories of humans.....it will have your purring!

Any stories you wish to have featured, don't forget to comment that makes us purr too!

^..^.....!

I love to be Cali's Mentor and teach her about Humans!

Next time I will teach you how to wake up your pet parent without an electric alarm clock (meow).  I am smart, a great hunter and love to get into 'cat mischief'.  

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Cali the Curious : Queen of the Towels and Towers - Post 101

"Cali the Curious"

Hello!  ^..^  I'm "Cali the Curious".  I'm 8 month old and incorrigible  (did some one say "A BALL").






I am Queen of the Towels and Towers, at least that's what my mum says.  I have a pile of 3 towels on my dresser and a huge vets fleece for sleeping.   I climb anything that isn't glued to the floor or nailed down...because I CAN and DO!

I have very fast paws that run like the wind and can climb ANY THING!!!  Five feet humans too!

I'm just thinking what mischief I can get into next!

Yes, I recently did a fine job of mountaineer running up sideways on a mattress that was put there for ME!



I actually didn't even think or worry my ears about it....

you see I was after a Dream Catcher hanging from the door way!

Kitten's like batteries need to recharge!

 
I think when I grow up a bit and I'm not chasing toy mice...I want to be a detective, journalist or maybe a writer.  I don't know yet - being 8 months old...I have a lot of exploring, hiding my toys, eating or drinking.    Who knows????


My mum called me the 'energizer' ....I wake around 4 every morning for a feeding, maybe throw around my worn and battered mouse...it keeps hiding on me.

Which is not cool as I'm getting bigger and I get stuck under the sofa ......even though my waist is still petite.

I have learned how to: Stand upright on my back paws my my full height - this makes my 'mum' laugh as she tries to tickle my tummy. I  stand on chair, looking for toys, food or anything!  I'm a mastermind of the dreaded 'Crab Walk" to scare and intimidate her.  Traverse book cases in single bound.   Run like a mad monkey and terrorize my best friend 'Bop, Bop' (toy) who I treat like a kitten and play rough.

I observe my humans

hand movements and anticipate them. I know the 'signals'. I know when she doesn't have socks on and can pounce at her bear feet; screaming at me when she's not awake - before FIRST COFFEE _ MEOW. Don't you just love it...I do!! Meep, that is fun....

I love anything that moves, the television. the mouse that tries to talk to the computer. The clock on the wall keep my eyes in focus - until I get dizzy or get bored!  MEOW!

About cameras: I love the camera and my 'mum' will try to take photo's of me when I'm sleeping.  Sometimes a 'gal' has to have some privacy to I run under the bed and sleep for hours! Wouldn't you......???? ^,,^

^..^  JUST TURN YOUR HEAD TO THE RIGHT - OR TURN YOUR MONITOR UPSIDE DOWN

 ^..^

^,,^Ok, Ok.  I just found out my mum entered me into this photo contest on "Modern Cat  Magazine" a friend of hers got her the magazine...yay!!!  I love to be the centre of attention - don't you?   VOTE FOR ME HERE PLEASE:   http://moderncat.com/photocontest/entry/cali-kalamazoo-happy-cat   CLICK ON THE VOTING BUTTON.....You can vote for me and this will make my PAWS VERY HAPPY !!!!

You know I'm a none stop purring machine - in actual fact I haven't stopped singing since I was adopted int the summer or 12 of June, 2014. LOL.  .....
{Rattle rattle, GOTTA RUN - I hear the fridge door )......TIME TO EAT................

WE hope  you had a purfect CHRISTMAS  and are not too FULL OF TURKEY....!

See you in the New Year ^,,^.....follow me cause I'm CUTE AND CURIOUS! ^,,^

The Sunday File: Acrobatics, food morsels and more!

Hello MY Darlings!

Welcome yet again to the "Sunday File".

As I paw through my fan mail, one caught my curiosity!   What read through as something mundane and ordinary, turned into a comedy skit.

Mary writes, "It was a REGULAR  Sunday afternoon - so I thought. It had all the air of a  lazy quiet .....book reading kind of day.  Sun streaming in the window, with dancing shadows on the wall.  Cat curled up on the table, soaking in the sun....or as I thought....!!!

Lost in my book I delved in. Just then.....a sudden rapid movement caught my right eye."Mischief...was inside a shopping bag. Her head moving back and forth, shaking like a dust mop!!  No verbal noises of loud meows. Victorious  and proud...smack, smack the tongue found its treasure.  Asiago cheese crumb...or a archeological find......[any Calico with a high olfactory sense of smell could easily root it

Let me ENTERTAIN YOU!!!  

out. Especially when she thinks she IS a blood hound].


Oh that is "Miss Mischief", up to her antics again (thought I) shaking my head I returned to my mystery......).  

The bag and contents started to move, not like a wave in the ocean....no, no.

It reared up like an elephant trunk high in the air! The plastic bag surrounded the cat.  Then the cat and object was walking backwards...trying to escape.. Or was this a new circus act repeating itself ....'horses standing on their hind 
legs'.  
 
No, no, no...STOP... I uttered. The book dropped to the floor, shuddering as it fell finding it's resting place on the carpet.  "Bonk". Meanwhile "Mischief" proved HER POINT the show goes on.

 
Bolting upwards, I removed the offending bag...."Miss Mischief's" head looking bewildered and pleasantly satisfied with achieving her goal. The Asiago cheese chip crumbs fell to the floor;as a barnacle swept by an ocean wave. Temptation was her just reward. (Sigh)... I was reminded......never leave anything to chance, cat, dog or child around. Sure enough it will be an opportunity to get your attention...no matter WHAT!!

     
"Miss Mischief" looking bemused, washing her face in the sunlight. Finding herself a  sunlit carpet patch to fall asleep....stretching into yet another cat nap"!!! I think I will stick to this activity next time....(more creative) Paper-Bag-Cat-Puppet and leave the acting the 'Divva Jenni'!!!

Simply:  CAT IN the BAG

Well, that is a lovely story Mary, thank you for sharing.  Yes, indeed the more intelligent the cat or dog.....the more likely they are to get into mischief.  This is also quite true of human children, both of which I have observed. As I did some research on the matter myself.

  

It is quite unusual for cat's to have a highly developed olfactory sense of small. As we know a dog's sense of smell is 10,000 higher than a human, with the cat's a close second.  

Link:  merckmanuals.com


 Cat Senses - Smell

{A domestic cat's sense of smell is about fourteen times as strong as a human's. Cats have twice as many receptors in the olfactory epithelium (i.e. smell-sensitive cells in their noses) as people do, meaning that cats have a more acute sense of smell than humans. Cats also have a scent organ in the roof of their mouths called the vomeronasal (or Jacobson's) organ. When a cat wrinkles its muzzle, lowers its chin, and lets its tongue hang a bit, it is opening the passage to the vomeronasal. This is called gaping, "sneering", "snake mouth", or "flehming". Gaping is the equivalent of the Flehman response in other animals, such as dogs, horses and big cats.
It is commonly assumed that dogs possess a superior sense of smell among domesticated animals. However, new studies have shown that cats average 200 million olfactory receptors (though numbers vary by breed), higher than the average number of receptors in dogs}.

THE CAT WINS YET AGAIN!!!

We would like to dedicate this to all Calicos, and especially Aunt Dorothy who's birthday it is today.  A wonderful cat lady of Amberwood Road!!  


Well for those of you who missed "Never A Dull Moment" a couple of weeks ago you may paw over to: The Sunday File: 2014/01/27

See you next time.....Follow the Diva................................

Christmas Day - Boxing Day

ANTICIPATION!

Hello MY Darlings!

Well, it has been a flurry of activity the past few days!!!

Christmas and Boxing day have tumbled like a moss gathering
hugging a stone!!!! LOL.

The activities of going to bed in the wee hours of the morning
have given way CURLING ON MY BED AT 11:00 P.M. A gentle bowing stretch, a warm bowl of milk - slips into magic world 'cat dreams'!!

The flurry of flying wrapping paper, monitoring kitchen staff and cooking
into a mode of 'R E L A X A T I O N'.

Oh ALL This WAITING!!

I guarded the kitchen today, in ANTICIPATION of the "Free Range Organic Chicken".  No matter what I did to try and get her attention, MY human staff ignored me.

 I  was beside myself with the OVERPOWERING smells: chicken, sage and onion, carrots, asparagus (MY favorite).  I had to let of steam - so I ran around getting dizzy!!!!  I thought my nose would explode!!!!! LOL

 

Organic Free Range Chicken: I didn't have to capture!

Finally, plates heaped with morsels were carried to the table (I sat poised ready to HEAP, displaying stealth and agility).      

Organic Catnip Mouse

Oh my I can hardly contain myself!!!!!



A little play time waiting for MY Christmas dinner and the unwrapping of gifts provided lots of MEOWS of D E L I G H T!!

Wrapped in a moment of JOY

 Oh my, OH MY,  intoxicating aroma of catnip -- has my senses in a frenzy...............(eyes rolling, mouth drooling - ??? Someone is laughing at me)????

Well, I hear a 'winter storm is brewing"....I'm tucking PAWS in for the EVENING, CURL UP AND WATCH A MOVIE!

MY DARLINGS.......&^..^%

Enjoy, REMEMBER TO PARTY friend or family.....be a SOCIALITE LIKE ME!

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We are gearing up for NEW YEARS EVE!!!!  Bring out the bagpipes!!!!!!!

PARTIE ON...................M E O W!!!!!

Christmas is just around the corner - Darlings!

Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!!!

MY DARLINGS - IT'S LOOKING PUR-FECT

Well, my DARLINGS!  I've designated MY servants to do the Q and A on the Christmas check lists!

It's all looking PUR-FECT:

> Gifts are being wrapped
> Cards written and ready for mailing

> I'm checking the softness of the fleece of the "Tree Skirt" (did someone say SKIRT...I LOVE TO DRESS UP). Party, party on!!!

>Music is playing...snooozeeeeeee
>Replies are waiting from INVITATIONS
pi>Streaming parties awaiting Dec 21, 2012??
 

Cat's Eye's only Cool

Trees, come in different shapes, sizes (just like humans LOL)!! . The traditional 'natural trees' are my favorite . I love to run up and sniff the pine needles. (Thinking...ummmm) Oh yes......the last time I did this I got sap stuck to my nose, then a piece of wrapping paper got attached!!!!!!  I kept sneezing and sneezing (piff, piff, HELP), my "Lady in Waiting" came to my assistance.

We now have the artificial ones, which are better suited to my disposition!
 
I love the new LED lights, these are extra special...red, blue, pink find out more on my next blog post what colour will they be???


"T'was the Night Before Christmas, not a creature was stirring not even a MOUSE"....."

Cozy and warm, the promises to come:

Gather around DEAR MY DARLINGS........with a warm saucer of milk or a your favorite

There is 'butter' in the pastry!! YUM

Tipple or two..........................Mince tarts!!!!

Mojito Grand Marnier

> Short list of food/chicken/fish/pate and wine is done>
 RIGHT FOR THE PLUCKING - LOL

http://www.grandmarnier.com

 If you can't get your "Head Butler" or "Chef" to make the link is at the above!!  I must tell my good friend "Toulouse Le Trek the Cool Cat".  http://toulouseletrek.com/ 
He is a connoisseur of extraordinary travel and food/wine consultant.

The :REAL Christmas Story comes to mind

DARLINGS:
Tune in next week  Christmas EVE----Christmas blogging!!!!

 
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