Friday with feathers

Furriends,

we've got the first birdie-update already. It's happening: the first little one has hatched.

And it thinks our mom is its mom, hahahahaha! We are having dreadful weather so lets all purr it stays warm and safe.

Have a good weekend!

Siena and Chilli

P.S.: We think we have to correct something as our mom's English has led some of you to believe she did a doctoral thesis. It was "only" a diploma thesis, but we're none the less proud of her. So just you know, no cat has to call her doctor. ; )

Thursday in the garden

Furriends, thursday is our favourite day - especially if we get to go outside in the garden! Mom is impawsible with helping us blog or visit these days, we don't even know the current password for Jonesie's Society of Feline Gardeners. Today we had lots of general maintenance and inspection to do. It's been raining and raining so everything is green and growing.

Chilli on very close inspection with a bush.

Peeping into the other world behind our garden wall.

Pausing just long enough to have her...

...Gardening Cat portrait taken. Thank you, Chillimus!

I was extra busy with all these grass halms the janitor misses when mowing.

Admitted, they are yummy and fun too.

So is rolling!

Look what mom kept secret from us until today:

Mrs. Blackbird is having a new go at it on our terrace. She has five blue eggs in her nest. In 2009 she tried it too but the Magpies took all of her chicks. Can you believe it - the Magpies and not us! Mom wants these little Blackbirds to live this time. We'll keep you updated!

Many purrs,

Siena & Chilli

Wordless Wednesday

On the lookout

Mom just about told us that she'll be away from tomorrow until next Tuesday. Can you believe it? That's a furry long time!
She says she will take two trains and have a several hours long journey. She wouldn't tell us where she's going, because she said if she would, we would most definitely try to sneak into her travelling backpack. Does all this mean she'll be visiting furriends of us? WHERE is she going?
The other type of human will look after us. You know, he's really more than alright, but it's just not the same as with mom.

Will he play with us and the giant feather?Let us lick up his yoghurt leftovers?Will he understand that this is an invitation for a belly rub?

Will he fuss over me and my naked belly with the surgery scar?

Will he do squeeing noises and tell us how cute we are?

We so want to know where mom is going. If you find out where she is let us know, okay?
See you next week, furriends!
Purrs, Siena & Chilli

Too big to be true?

Oh-my-Cod! Is this what we think it is?
A giant feather!Giganto feather!
It's as big as the whole little Chillimus.
We're in heaven!
Mom found it by chance in the decoration part of her favourite plant nursery. It really reminds us of something, if we only knew of what...

Excuse us, we've got some chirping, chomping and feather hunting to do.
Siena & Chilli

Finally Friday

Fridays are purrfect days for discoveries.

Like, how delicious cereal milk is.

Not that I didn't know that before.

Chilli discovered the not-so secret-anymore storage place for her peacock feather.

She's soon to discover that she's not supposed to be up there...

In the meantime I discovered treats in the triangle Suey used in her Stress Less While You Nom Test. Delicious!

Come to mama, little treat.

Here's wishing for many pleasant discoveries this weekend.
Purrs, Siena

Friday with feathers

Fin is having a special Tweet Week dedicated to the birdies. We, of course, are very interested in birdies and we love feathers. Today we want to show a very special birdie, who, to be honest, made our hunting dreams come to a screeching halt. Mom was in the local zoo again and dreamingly wandered around when she noticed this:Mom must have looked a bit like Chilli when she sees something almost unbelievable and exciting. She tiptoed closer.Yes indeed, the man was showing an Eagle Owl to the puplic. We snickered at first when mom told us that the Eagle Owl's scientific name is Bubo bubo...

... but regained our respect fast...

... when we heard that this bird can carry off a cat-sized prey with his strong feet and kill it.

What a majestic bird.

The "Uhu", how he's called in German, is the biggest type of owl and lives in Europe and Asia. His population is increasing again in Germany since the 1980's thanks to protection and bred animals being released back into the wilderness.The little feathers pointing from his head are btw not his ears. The ears are behind the circular feathers the man is showing (you can biggify all pics). The prominent feathers are more of a communication device!

We hope you enjoyed this. Makes one gain respect for the feathers, huhu huhu huhuuuuu?
Tweet on, Siena & Chilli




P.S.: I couldn't help it... does anyone else see the similarity between Siena and the owl? Hahahahahaha! One of her nicknames even is "the owl"...
Gotta run, little silly Chilli

What I've been doing

Hi efurryone, it's me, Chilli! Did you miss me?

The last posts were all about Siena and celebrating her Gotcha Day. Strangely, mom has two days with NO pictures of little Siena, so I thought I'd take advantage and tell you what I've been up to in those past days and weeks.
With my upcoming graduation as a Gardening Cat (on my first birthday in a few days) I have been gardening whenever the weather was permitting it.And sometimes - even if the weather seemed okay - it's mom who doesn't permit it. Not fair! I need to check on things!

These lavender bushes are looking good!

Everything must be in prime condition. Here I'm checking the Hosta leaves from the downside for pests. Hard work, but I aspire to graduate summa cum laude.

I've even been gardening for hours in the other world behind our wall. Need as much practice as pawsible! Can you see me? Mom giggled when she spotted me.On my way back home I felt a creepy feeling when wanting to pass this open window.I felt like glowing eyes were watching me, a shiver ran all the way down my spine to the tip of my tail and I froze on the spot.

Brrr, I still shiver when I think of it. How strange - there isn't really anything in that window, is there? Biggify if you dare to look.

The other day I got some quality playtime with the neighbour's visiting girls. There were three of them and they absolutely adore me. And I adore feathers! A good combination. However, the neighbour managed to lose my feathers when he teased our neighbour cat Frida with it. And you shouldn't mess with Frida.The toy was a bit broken anyways and mended over and over again, but I was really sad as I loved it very much. It made me chatter! Here are some memory pictures of me and my beloved toy.

Our neighbour gave me a peacock feather as a making-up-present! Those are pawsome too!

Mom says I'm her little peachick and that the colour of my eyes reminds her of the colour of these feathers. Moms, sometimes they say really weird stuff!I'm having fun with this feather for sure. If I promise to be good 'til the 15th of August, I might get a new old feather toy.Okay then, I'll keep a low profile for a while. But for now, two new entries to the popular series 'What is wrong in this picture?'Check in tomorrow, I have loads to tell you!
Purrs, Chilli