To Aire is Divine

Kafka is particularly excited about today beginning the Year of the Tiger… you can just FEEL the excitement…

It is the Year of the Tiger Cat – Belly

Tiger Cats are the tubbiest sign on the zodiac, methodical in their purrsuit of food (especially from other cats’ plates), intelligent deep inside that they choose to hide with a somewhat goofy demeanor.  They sleep more than any other astrological sign because they are deep thinkers and imaginative players.  They rarely jump and miss, for their internal upward-motion calculator is top-notch.  Catnip can be a problem if they overindulge.  They can be possessive of items they deem to be their own (if someone else is sitting on or playing with it).  But more of a lover than a fighter.

I too am celebrating the Year of the Tiger – Cat with my favorite tiger striped blanket.  If I’m not sleeping on mama, I’m sleeping on this.

Happy New Year everyone!

Love,

Bogart

BookmAIREk Me!

As you know, I share my abode with several felines.  This is Sekhmet.

I think she enjoys my company the most – well, at least I don’t see her claws that often.  Sekhmet is 13 years old, and is the only cat my mama has that came with her from NYC to the west coast.  Our “elder stateswoman” as mama says, or “Queen of Sheba” as Sekhmet thinks.

I am really intrigued with her.  She has a fantastic talking AND singing voice.  Mama says it is because she is part Siamese.  She’s quite the talker.

She’s also a drooler.  When mama pets her and she’s purring really, really hard, she starts to drool.  It’s pretty hilarious.

As you know, cats are pretty clean animals and Sekhmet is no exception.  Plus she has me around to help out.

I think she’s pretty awesome.  A mighty purr in a tiny body.  Such a pretty girl.  One of these days I’ll get her to snuggle with me…

Love,

Bogart

BookmAIREk Me!

Hey… what’s that smell?

Mmm… PIZZA.  Mama isn’t much of a cook, so because dad is sick today she had to forage in the freezer for her own lunch.  And what better – indeed, what more perfect – food is there than pizza?  Frozen if we must, but at least “improved” with some fresh tomatoes, garlic and olive oil.

That smells awfully good mama… you gonna eat all of that yourself?

Because, I mean, I COULD HELP YOU…

I know you’re not a big fan of the crust…

Seriously, I just wanna do my part TO HELP YOU…

Anything I can do… REALLY…

SCORE!

Give me your poor, your tired, your slightly-burned crusts…

I hope you appreciate this mama.  I’M DOIN’ IT FOR YOU…

After the pizza party, time to chill out with my pal Kafka.  Kafka is the short-haired orange tabby, and he is literally a furry, vibrating hot water bottle.  Purrfect on a cold day such as this.

But first I had to get Kafka’s attention.

He’s still busy showing Willie who is really king of the household.  Willie looks bigger because he’s a long-haired orange tabby, but Kafka is definitely meaty-er, and it’s fun to watch an orange-colored ball of fur roll by whenever they tussle.

Ah, my favorite spot.

Carpe Sofa (Seize the Sofa)!!!

Love,

Bogart

BookmAIREk Me!

I can’t tell ya how tickled I am these days to be watching the Kerry Blues do their thang… mama and I are really absolutely enamored of them.  And THOSE BEARDS – they make me all tingly whenever I see them, especially after roaring to the top in Stanley & Stella’s Beard Competition.

So I feel very honored (and did I mention tingly?) to receive this award from them.

The award states: “This blog invests and believes in PROXIMITY – nearness in space, time and relationships!” In other words, blogs that receive this award “are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.”

So as always, I’m probably late to the party on this one.  In the interest of spreading the love, I’m gonna try to find other dogs who haven’t already received this, many apologies if you already have…

Asta (up over)

Nottie Scottie

Lorenza

Ludo

Sally & Rufus

Deetz

The G-Dales

Scruffy, Stan & Lacie

It was TOUGH to just pick 8 other dogs to send this to – I tried hard to find those of you who hadn’t already received one – which is sometimes the toughest part.  Mama and I read so many of your blogs all the time, so we did a lot of visiting to see, but alas, sometimes mama screws up.

So I’m just sending BIG AIRE KISSES to ALL of my dog friends to cover my butt (tuck tail first!)

Love,

Bogart

BookmAIREk Me!

Mama and I decided to do something a little different this year – rather than opening all of our Christmas cards as they arrived, we thought it would be fun to open them all during the opening of the presents on Christmas morning – so we could ooh and aah over all of the cool cards that our DWB buddies sent to us from all over the world.

It was hard not to open the cards as they arrived, but mama was good about keeping them all in a nice pile while we waited for the 25th.  And it was totally worth it – we thought about you all as we opened the envelopes and the emails!!!

The kitties could not control themselves, they were totally fascinated with all of the cards.

Orange tabbies in particular seem to have an unhealthy preoccupation with card destruction.  Perhaps we should try to distract them?

This is WIllie – he is the kitty that came to live with us after his mama died.  He’s doing really well and is a part of our furry family now.

Check out this cool toy that I got – he is a rubber pig!!! – and most importantly, he SQUEAKS!!! I think I’m gonna name him Bacon…

Aw, and some good stuff to chomp on.  I was originally far more interested in the package that held these wag’n wraps, and destroyed it promptly.  I do think that Bacon and I will become best friends, however.

Hehehe – the Bogie Stogie

The kitties got something special too – a packet of Feline Greenies!!!  And so, without further ado, I introduce the furry chorus:

Sekhmet, the black Siamese girlie…

Kafka, the orange shorthaired tabby boy…

Behemoth, the grey and white “spotto gato” boy…

Willie, the long haired orange tabby boy…

And Aeon, the brown tabby girl.

Merry Christmas everydog!  Hope you all got LOTS of great presents – BIG AIRE KISSES to all of you and your families!!!

Love,

Bogart

BookmAIREk Me!