Tooona Tuesday Everybuddy!!!!

We woke up this morning with energy surging through us... It's TOOOONA Tuesday.  Happy Dance for sure. A you can see, I'm waiting patiently for HH to prepare the Tooona...

... but Bugsy is a little impatient, so he decided to spin some tunes while he waits. In any case, we are inviting all of you to join us for a great and wonderful Toona Feast.  

See you soon..... we're wishing everybuddy a Happy Toooooona Tuesday.

hugs, Knuckles

Yesterday was quite a day!

Look what Katie Isabella's momma sent us.  She gave the portrait HH did of Katie to her son and this is a picture of it in his office at work...  What a great spot for it. We love it.

TGIF.... and that's for sure. We had a rough day, then a great day, then a rough day yesterday... three days in one.  And no pictures of any of it.

First off, we had to go to the vet for our Annual Check-ups.  We hadn't been in the car since the last time we went to the vet, but we did a good job of not meowing our heads off..... When we got in the exam room, HH let us out of our carriers... We were nervous, so we stayed close to HH.  But when the vet was talking to HH, Bugsy got his nerve up and jumped up on the counter where they keep the dog bisquit jar... Well before you know it, Bugsy was nudging the lid (ceramic, mind you) off the jar with his nose.

HH warned the doc and he grabbed the lid just in time.... That commotion didn't faze Bugsy...he was on a mission and he stuck his head right in the jar and grabbed a dog bisquit for himself... He didn't think to grab one for me too... but he was lucky, the doc let him have it, so Bugsy got a treat....

So we survived our physicals and are doing fine.  When we got back to the condo, HH gave us each a treat and went off to the DMV to renew her driver's license.  She was only gone an hour, but we made use of that time.  When she got home, she peeked in the kitchen window while she was opening the door and saw that the refrigerator door was open......  Yup... we got into the refrigerator.

She's hoping that she left the door ajar, because if she didn't, the other possibility is that we now know how to open the frig.  We're not telling her which is true..... So today when she left for the studio, she took packing tape and taped the refrigerator door shut so there's no chance of us getting in it today.

However.... we are living high on our memory of yesterday's snack.  We got bread out of the frig and Knuckles worked on that. You know how much he likes bread.  I got out a bag of cheese and chewed through it and snacked on that.  Also on the floor: butter, salad dressing, jelly, two apples and a bag of fresh broccoli.... Some of that didn't interest us. It just fell out when we were grabbing our favorites.

HH was shocked, then she looked at us with her "stern" face.  We knew we weren't supposed to be in the frig, but who could resist... am I right?   Well, amazingly enough... with our full bellies, we napped right through dinnertime and ... that's our story of yesterday's adventures.

Have a great day.

hugs, Knuckles

Wordless Wednesday: What.... you don't want the magnets on the floor?

Operation Toy Retrieval II

Good Morning pals...... It's here... It's finally here.  Today is Operation Toy Retrieval. It's the day HH moves the couches and big chairs and lets us look underneath for our lost toys....

Bugsy and I got up early to be ready for the first movement of furniture, but you know what I found first... HH had retrieved ( pulled it from where she hid it) my tunnel.  I think she put it away a long time ago becuz she thought we had too many toys... you can never have too many toys ...am I right?

Well, she got it out and I immediately slid into it.  "Welcome home little tunnel. I've missed you so."

Then we started looking around for other toys and HH decided that she might as well get on with the moving of the furniture. So before breakfast we had raked in all these long lost balls and stuffed mice, etc... We are so lucky. Here they are piled up on the couch...  We are going to try to be careful not to push them under the furniture any more. 

Here's our stash ...half way through Operation Toy Retrieval

Bugsy was in charge of inventory.

All this and it's only 6:30 AM.....  We even have time for Easy Like Sunday.

Have a great day everybuddy.

Hugs, Knuckles (and Bugsy)

Knuckles on Thankful Thursday

Good morning.....  I have retreated to my office to contemplate Thankful Thursday... Here are the things that I'm thankful for.....

Bugsy

HH

you

my office

crunchies,

treats,

toys,

turbo track

kind words

 hugs

pats

cupboards I can break into

the empty (now that I emptied it) shelf in the closet

naps

treats

more naps

and more treats

Have a great day..

hugs, Knuckles

Cat-A-Day Paintings

Come one... Come All... It's Hug Your Cat Day... We're open for business.

Now... we're not saying that HH doesn't give us plenty of hugs... She does. She's always hugging on us, but we're willing to fill the gap if any of you don't have cats.  Just come on over today and get your fill of our wonderful, soft fluffiness on Hug Your Cat Day.

See how soft and cuddly we look.  A hug from us will do wonders for your blood pressure and for your disposition...... See you soon...

Have a great day...

hugs, Bugsy and Knuckles

The Boys schedule Operation Toy Retrieval

Good Morning Pals....

Knuckles and I were sitting on the couch yesterday a little too close to HH. Knuckles almost didn't make it into the picture, but I'm my handsome self, so I decided to post it anyway.

HH has schedule our Yearly Operation Toy Retrieval.... it's going to be this coming Sunday... so we'll give up a little of our Easy Like Sunday time to retrieve toys from under the book cases and under the couche. We're excited, cuz we know how many toys we've knocked under all those places in a year.

If you want to join us and show all the toys you retrieve... we'd love that.

Have a great day.

hugs, Bugsy

Cat-A-Day Paintings and Sketches by Lou

Annoucnement from Bugsy

Oh Oh.... I have my bow tie on, so you know what that means.....

I have an announcement to make.....

Good morning everybuddy..... Saturday Announcement.  HH has been wanting a place to put her sketches and finished pieces where people can go and enjoy them or laugh at them just for fun. So she has started a blog called Cat-A-Day Paintings.  AT first she was gonna just keep it to herself, but then she thought that some of you might want to have a peek... So..... as of today, you are officially invited to follow that blog and see the behind the scenes triumphs and failures of her art attempts..... Hopefully, it'll encourage others to try their hand at art too.

So without further ado.... I introduce you to (click on the name)

Cat-A-Day Paintings

On some days, you'll see finished paintings... on other days you'll see sketches of ideas she wants to try.  Always, if you want to send her a photo of your cat that fits the category she's painting, she'll be happy as can be to have a reference photo to go by.  So far her working categories are....

Cat Portraits

Cats in Motion

ColorCat Series

Cats with Shades 

If you decide to send a picture.... use her email address at Lou AT LouBelcher DOT com

Have a great weekend.

Hugs, Bugsy

PS... Just an aside to Mario and M.... You are right M... Knuckles and I are part Siamese... On our gotcha day we were white with the Siamese markings and of course we have blue eyes.  But every year, we're getting a little darker.....MOL  if we keep up at this pace, we'll be black cats before long....

 

TGIF..... and Have a Great Weekend

I rarely have all of me taken in one picture..... It's mostly my fault really, cuz I'm always so close to HH that she has to just take pictures of bits and pieces of me.  So, when HH took this picture this morning, I thought I'd put it up before she puts it in photo shop and cuts off bits and peices of me.... This is what I look like in my all-together....

Knuckles and I have been full of vim and vigor lately.  Lots of wrassling and rolling on the floor and Knuckles has started this new thing about trying to climb into the refrigerator every time HH opens the door.   No pictures of that yet, but I'm sure HH will get around to taking those pictures soon enough.

Enjoy your weekend everybuddy....

hugs, Bugsy......

Wordless Wednesday with Knuckles

Good morning.... Happy Wordless Wednesday. I would remain wordless, but we have an announcement.  The Pet Blogger Mall is open today only for a SNEAK PEEK...  Shhhhh..... the password is open1day.

HH has a shop over there.  It's called Lou Belcher Art.  See her stuff under the People menu then look around at all the other stuff for Dogs and Cats and People. 

Here's the link to the mall:  http://petbloggermall.com/2013/05/29/its-sneak-peek-day/

Have fun!

hugs, Knuckles

TGIF

We do love Fridays..... We don't have big plans for the weekend but we know that whatever we do... there will be trouble involved.  Never a dull moment over here.

HH painted a picture of Bugsy this week....   Here it is and he's very proud of it and is strutting all over the condo.  The only good thing about her painting a picture of Bugsy is that it's my turn to pose next.

Have a great weekend.

hugs, Knuckles

Wordless Wednesday

I know this picture is a little blurry..... It's because Bugsy the great athlete wouldn't hold still.  He is on top of the shower door practicing his balance beam routine.......

Never a dull moment with the boys.

hugs, HH

New Header and we're so excited...

Do you see it? 

Good morning... we are so happy cuz we have a new Header... Ann of Zoolatry made it for us and we love, love, love it.  

I mean it's got wonderful colors and paintings of Bugsy and me.  It's just perfect cuz it shows our artistic side.  

Thanks to Ann.... you're the best.

Have a great day, everybuddy...

hugs, Knuckles

Bugsy on Easy Like Sunday

This is my best sleeping picture and perfect for Easy Like Sunday, don'cha think?

The weather is warming up here.... I mean the summer kinda warm and Knuckles and I are so glad for the air conditioning.  We're hoping you are having a great weekend.

Happy Easy Like Sunday to all of you.......

A ColorCat to brighten your day.

HH has been painting ColorCats again.  Here's ColorCat8 of the series.  He was not very good at posing (sorta like Knuckles....always looking around to see what he could get into), but HH captured the spirit of him anyway.


Hope you're having a wonderful Thankful Thursday. WE are thankful for you.

hugs, Bugsy