Showing posts with label Cat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cat. Show all posts

Friday, September 6, 2013

Cat of the Week: 6th August


This week's cat of the week is Snowbert, a beautiful female Exotic shorthair. We previously covered Snowbert as one of Belafontes favorite cat's on Tumblr, but Snowbert is just too precious not to share more of.






















You can follow Snowbert here on Tumblr 

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Cat of the Week: 29th August



Our cat of the week this week is Mila, the exotic shorthair. A Garfield look a like, Mila may be the cutest thing wide eyed beast I have ever seen. I know I say this each week and each week its true. This cat is purrfect. There Tumblr is just a steady stream of beautiful pictures, showing a cat that seems full of character and charm. I remember Belafonte being like this when we got him, then we brought home Lavender and he settled into a world of sleeping and eating. Maybe its a girl thing. I can just image the trouble Mila and Lavender would get up to. Too cute. 




















You can follow Mila here. 

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Crafting with Lavender - Crayon Art

By Emsu

I didn't mean to craft alongside Lavender, but she got very curious with what I was up to and wanted to pretend she was helping out. She wasn't helping out, but I let her stick around because she's so stinkin cute.


Such a little foot.

I bought the small canvas from Michael's. I actually wanted to do a painting, but since we are trying to save money and we had all these crayons, I figured I would just use them instead. My concept was to make a bouquet. You will soon see how this quickly turned into some sort of rainbow tornado..

Lavender trying to assist me.

When doing crayon canvas crafting, you should start by peeling the paper off all the crayons.
Lavender: "You should play with the crayons first!"

All done!

Once your colors are peeled, you should lay out a big spread of newspaper, get some pliers and a blowdryer, and make your art. I use the pliers to hold the crayon close to the blowdryer and the canvas. Without pliers, your fingers can start to burn a bit. Plus, it's easier to get a splashy effect by using the pliers.


And voila! It actually did start to look like a bouquet in the first 5 seconds, but after the colors showed no signs of not splashing all over the place, I just went with it. It adds a nice swirl of color in our dining room. 

Has anyone out there used melted crayons for crafting projects? I would love more ideas! I have tons and tons of crayons!






Friday, August 23, 2013

Cat of the Week: 23rd August

Our second cat of the week is Beanie, The Exotic Shorthair.


Beanie has that kind of face you just find too cute, the kind you want to crush its so f-ing adorable  (Is this a normal reaction or just me?)


Born in December of last year this cat seems to be the eternal kitten, with two large eyes that almost pop.


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Monday, August 12, 2013

Lavender +

So it was a lazy sunday afternoon. Mom was in Chicago, I had just finished cleaning, and the cats were circling the apartment, looking for mischief  Lavender is such a beauty, sure she gets in the way, sure she poos in the bath tub, sure she sits on your face in bed, but hell, she's such a cuite. 





Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Balancing on Belafonte: A game for all ages.

Both Belafonte and Lavender let you do pretty much what you want to them and they won't as much batter an eye lid.

Like the Persian, the exotic shorthair, is pretty laid back. Ok, Belafonte doesn't like being picked up and will only endure the act for a minute or two before he tries wriggling his way out of it, but once released Belafonte just plops down on the floor, quite happy to repeat the process.

So the other day we played our Belafonte Balancing game. Objective; Place as many objects on Belafonte before he gets up.

As you can see, we ran out of objects before Belafonte had had enough. Whether he thinks this means we will buy him more toys to add to both his and our amusement, or if he just can't be bothered I'm not sure. Either way there were no winners on this game day except Belafonte.


Monday, August 5, 2013

Why We Love Orange is the New Black!

So over a three day period we started and finished the Netflix show 'Orange is the New Black'. I must admit I started watching under duress  but I'll be dammed, best show I seen in a while; and here's why:

EVEN THE SCENES WITH JASON BIGGS ARE BEARABLE 

Does that sound a little mean? Oh well, and when I say bearable I mean quite good. Ok so I spent most of the first episode questioning why a pretty girl like Chapman would date Jason Biggs, but after a while it starts to make sense. 


THE SUPPORTING CAST IS QUITE AMAZING

Crazy Eyes, Red, Nicky, and Mendez are perhaps my favorites, but the list could go on.  






ACTUALLY TIFFANY IS MY FAVORITE

The religious nut is played brilliantly by Taryn Manning. So bad, but so much fun.


IT MAKES YOU THINK

The show tackles some interesting issues without getting too heavy. Though liberal, the show doesn't preach too much and nothing appears black and white. This isn't a gritty prison drama, it's entertainment with a brain. 





EVERYTHING GETS REAL MESSY

Nothing is really straight forward in the world of OITNB. The characters screw up, screw around, and screw with each others' heads, in a way which is totally believable. Life is messy, relationships are messy and I feel this show captures that really well, without adding too much sentiment and melodrama to it. 






THE WRITING IS AWESOME

This show just has so many great lines. 







IT GAVE BIRTH TO A NEW MEASURE OF LOVE


In the future when someone asks how much you love them, tell them "I would throw pie for you." Nothing more needs to be said. 




Saturday, August 3, 2013

Lavender and Belafonte

We have had Lavender and Belafonte now for about 4 months. While Lavender may be the most needy and attention demanding cat I have ever met, Belafonte is pretty chilled, quite happy to hang out as long as he is in the same room as you. Lavender though needs to be in your face, on your lap, climbing your shoulders, or sitting directly in front of the TV screen, thus making sure you can see her. 


Thursday, August 1, 2013

5 Things that annoys Belafonte about Bloggers

So my owners have decided to keep a blog. The dam narcissistic fools. 

So I have decided to hijack this exercise in ego stroking with the five things that annoys me about bloggers.



1. Oh look how fabulous your life is, doing this and that, well cus you!

2. Hmm, a list telling me ways to make use of my life, thus implying I’ve been wasting it so far, well cus you!

3. You get paid to write this? Well cus you!

4. Look how righteous you are, well cus you!

5. More posts about your dog, well cus you!

Wait my owners are coming back, till next time my honey bees.

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Top 5 Tumblers As Chosen by Belafonte


There is nothing more I like to do than sit down on a lazy afternoon with a couple of treats to nibble on and tumble away on the old inter web. Lavender, my dear friend and companion, finds peace in such activates; Poor Lavender, who is forced to communicate through a series of sneezes.



So I have taken the trouble to select five of my most enjoyable Tumbler’s featuring both my exotic and Persian peers. Oh how dear they are, a few quite fetching young felines that if I was younger cat and hadn’t had my balls so sanctimoniously removed, would be found to chasing on a wild Saturday night.

My first though is not a pretty young lass, but my old chum and once drinking partner Snow Bert. Old Bertie and I would often find ourselves grumbling over this tired old world, drunk on warm milk, on a Friday night.



A rather exotic Exotic Shorthair, Bert never fails to disappoint with his well chosen poses.  Oh Bertie you blue eyed fool, you make a dandy man out of me.


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My second is the quite marvelous Sir Bainbridge, a cat of legend and myth, there will be books written about this one and they will all end in some heroic fashion no doubt.  



With his panda like appearance and keen sense of adventure Sir Bainbridge is never far from danger laughing in its face. Sir Bainbridge we salute you. 


Follow Sir Bainbridge, our lord protecter here 

Next is Blackberry, a name that lingers on my lips during those long cold nights. 



Of course my heart still bleeds for my unrequited love, but she has moved on and I respect that, even though when I stumble on this tumble my heart fills with what ifs. Oh my pretty black pumpkin.


Follow my lost love and her new fella here 

Spoon face killer, perhaps the most notorious of our five today. A cat, a killer, a extreme napper. God forgive the soul that meets this Persian on a dark night. Don’t let her cute and harmless expressions fool you, she will rip your eyes out and devour your tongue quicker than you can nibble your kibble.



Poor Lavender knows this only too well. The vets said she lost an eye, but she lost so much more. So much. Spoon face killer, a great tumbler, a deadly cat.


Follow him here.

The last is Chester Smooshy face. My nemeses. Look at him the dim witted clown, yes I called you a clown Mr. Chester Smooshy face!



I will not divulge the details of our feud, but it is enough to say, I was once a young confused cat and promises were made. Oh Mr Smooshy Face, I loved you, you bastard.



Well enough of that. Check back next week for my five favorite poos. 

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