Hey, I am trying to watch a movie! What are you all staring at me for?
Top to bottom: Marigold, Opie, Scooby
Zeke above on balcony
Below, a rare photo of all four together. Zeke tried to make a run for it!
Clockwise from top: Zeke, Opie, Marigold, Scooby
Marigold’s Musical Meow Show is a slide show of Marigold set to music.
Although Scooby did his own musical meow show, he somehow managed to make some solo appearances in this show as well. He is a sneaky guy and a ham. Marigold generally gets less press here than anyone else, so perhaps this will help even things out a bit.
There is a new carrot in town, and it’s name is “NIP”!
Looks like Scooby got to the new catnip carrot first, and is not letting it go! We have never had a nip vegetable as a cat toy before. Looks like the day is planned out for Scooby!
Scooby and Marigold
This post is about life in the catio then and now.
THEN: I rummaged around my external hard drive, and pulled out some old catio pre-digital photographs. The catio photos are taken at my previous house, where I originally built the thing. Aside from a few repairs, it is still the same catio. The cats shown are Peep (Maine Coon), Data–long hair orange and white, and Verty–a tabby like Scooby. All crossed over the bridge quite a while back. They can be read about on my In Remembrance page. Interestingly enough in both locations, the catio faces East. My next door neighbors had cats, rabbits, and geese. When coyotes killed them all, I decided my cats were going to be indoor cats from then on. I could not bear losing them. And thus, the catio, or catrun, as I called it then was created.
Old Polaroid of me and cats checking out the new catio for the first time 2001
The above featured photo is a polaroid from 2001, which I repost today as it is the only one I have like this.
Seems like we were just there not long ago, and that is true. I just took them for needed shots and postponed exams as I was in a hurry. Now is exam time. Once again I got the two scheduled together in order to reduce the number of vet visits. Well, to make a short story even shorter, they both needed dental work. Marigold needs a cleaning and Opie had two painful teeth being absorbed that needed to come out as soon as possible. That happened even before I post this. Perhaps a happy mouth will improve her opinion of Scooby. Marigold will be scheduled somewhat in the future as she isn’t too bad, but we don’t want her to get that way. She is 14 and never had her teeth cleaned! Here are a few photos of exam visit.
What are you doing in there, Opie?
Opie cooling off by the air filter
Zeke and Marigold relaxing in the shadows in bed to escape the heat
A blanket with snowflakes and penguins must be a cool place to sleep, Scooby thinks.
Feline Café 