"Not the Mama" Monday!

Morgen (Mo) - aka "Not the Mama" - has done so much for kitties and their humans, and we want to recognize him for all that he's done - rescuing strays, fostering, fundraising, donating, working so very hard with the CatBlogosphere, helping his local rescue organizations, and being the kind-hearted and wonderful guy that he is.

Audacious Audace!

When I first noticed this little scene, I thought, "How nice! They're being all cuddly." But then I noticed what was REALLY going on -- Audace had audaciously taken over Grace's spot on the top of the couch -- the spot at the end, from which she can see everything that's going on!

What a bold boy, and she let him know about it, too!

Ruse, smart boy, was staying out of the way!

Another new toy for the crew!

Here's a new rocking/scratching toy I found at Walmart for the crew. Audace took immediate control, and Grace has had her turns, too, but Ruse doesn't care for it much. He prefers the couch!

Vacation

Grace, Audace, and Ruse were not happy with me for a while. I had the audacity to take my grandbeans on a trip to visit their great-grandparents and great-uncle, and we were gone for six days. A wonderful young man who lives nearby - named James - made sure that no kitty in this household went hungry or had a dirty litterbox. He even expected to play with them and their twine toys and such.

However ... time after time, when James came to our house, all three kitties were in hiding. My grandbeans' mom came over on Saturday and managed to find Grace and Audace, and they greeted James after that, but Ruse stayed in hiding the entire time.

Once I returned home, they all came out to see what was happening -- all that luggage, you know, with those INTERESTING smells all over the place! They gave me their backs for a while, but by the next morning they had forgiven me. Or maybe they just got hungry, I'm not sure. Anyway, we're pretty much back to normal now ... whatever normal is around here!