Daily Photo: Mariposa Discovers the Sink

March 12, 2019 Bernadette

Should she go for the faucet... — Should she go for the faucet…

For some reason it’s taken this long for Mariposa to discover the green sink and the faucet. I thought she wasn’t a water kitty after spending three full months in the bathroom without noticing the faucet or the water when I turned it on.

But I guess the winter sun angling down into the sink finally made the water sparkle AND the shadows leap around inside the sink, and Mariposa and I had a fun time playing around.

From Facebook

From over the weekend…

Good morning. Mariposa enjoys the sunrise. (Saturday)

Kitties are having a great day while I work in the basement. Birds are singing and breezes are blowing and every once in a while a leaf blows in under the door. (Saturday and Sunday)

Basil, Bella, Giuseppe all sniffing under the door, Mariposa getting a sniff of Giuseppe, Mimi on the steps.

Bella watching outside, Hamlet getting a good sniff under the door, Mariposa joining them.

Tortie supurrvisor Sienna watches my outdoor clean up activities from inside. (Sunday)

Sienna watches me working outside. Got to clean those windows.

Basil thinks I look familiar but he’s not sure who I am or why I’m on the front porch. (Sunday)

Photos from years past.

The Four Housecats of the Apocalypse, 2018

The Four Housecats of the Apocalypse are waiting for dinner.

Where is dinner?! (It’s roasting in the oven. They’ve been smelling it for a few hours and they can’t wait to eat. I have to finish it off and add the supplements. They still have to wait.)

Wowza, this photo was a hit on Instagram and Facebook and Twitter!Well, who could resist these talented felines? I took plenty of others leading up to this and someday I’ll feature those as well! But none are this purrfect lineup. And I really was fussing with the meats I was roasting for them and it was indeed difficult to photograph with my phone while stirring and chopping. Well worth it though.

Saturday was a very busy day, more photos below!

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YAY! I think. I went over The Creative Cat’s layout and I think I have the errors fixed, or at least patched over, that were making it run slowly and causing the home page not to compose. I had to remove a few of the categories on the home page just to reduce the number, and that operation showed that two of them may have been the cause of the whole thing. I’m not sure because I still occasionally get an error when the page composes, and I still occasionally get an error in the dashboard too. But for the most part I think I can carry on now until I decide to go for one of the new templates I tried out.

I’m not really sure why this happened. I’ve been using this template for four years with no problems, but now this. Everything is up to date and the code geek in me wants to keep poking at it. But the rest of me wants to get back to posting regularly because I don’t even know what day it is, really, without my editorial schedule on The Creative Cat!

All photos in the current portion of this post were from Saturday and posted initially on Instagram.

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Suddenly, it was snowing catnip.

I went to purchase cat food and decided to get fresh catnip for Sienna since she likes it, and made the mistake of putting my bags inside while I moved my car to the driveway. When I came in the plastic bag was perforated all over and catnip sifted down when I picked it up, so…

Hamlet meets Sienna–for the second time. The first time, she turned fast and startled him and he started a hissing fest. This time Sienna quietly received him on her fleecy bed, sniffs, no hisses. Hamlet checked to make sure everything was in the bathroom as he remembered it. This is the first time Hamlet is welcoming a rescued foster cat. So far all the meetings have gone well, and Sienna has been investigating the second floor, but she still doesn’t play with toys.

Mimi couldn’t resist a roll in a sunpuddle on the front porch. Even though it was fairly cold we were acting as if it was spring.

They let me out of the studio today, can you tell? Have some fresh green stuff from the garden: bittercress, chickweed, dead nettle and garlic mustard, bless them all for their courage in emerging in this challenging spring, even the garlic mustard, which I removed.

Bella chillin.

Don’t worry, I got dis.

Bella says, "I got dis." — Bella says, “I got dis.”

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Mentoring, 2017

Basil was trained as a ninja foster by the best sensei a kitten ever had, Giuseppe. Now Basil returns the favor of showing Hamlet how to do important cat things around the house, like intently watching the blue jay on the deck roof. Hamlet simply looks up to Basil and does his best.

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Shared on Facebook and Instagram

Blue Morning Bella

In three lovely variations. I just couldn’t decide.

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Shared in Previous Years

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Daily Photo: Menu Planning With Sunshine and Bella

Sunshine and Bella help with this week's menu. — Sunshine and Bella help with this week’s menu.

Saturday meal planning with Mr. Sunshine and Bella who are helping me sort and organize recipes.

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From Facebook and Instagram

Look, I’m famous! I’m on Facebook!

Hamlet is excited at seeing yesterday’s photo on my computer. He seems to like technology.

Hamlet sees himslef on Facebook. — Hamlet sees himself on Facebook.

68 degrees, bare feet and capris in mid-February. Mimi and I took a little time to clean up outdoors and now we are listening to robins singing the good night song.

And a special edition—I was so excited this crocus bloomed this morning. I really thought it needed another day!

Ahhhhh

Ahhhhh. This poor crocus has been trying to bloom for months, a little frostbitten on the tips, but still fresh and vibrant, and very welcome.

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Other daily photos shared on this date

Bath Sequence, 2015

two black cats bathing — The beginning of the bath, washing their own faces.

Jelly Bean found the good bath spot on the roll of paper towels and Mr. Sunshine soon joined him. But no two of the Four can be bathing near each other without going rounds to catch each others’ hard to reach spots. They begin and end with their own faces but do a pretty thorough cleaning behind the other brother’s ears before they are done.

Working behind the ears and on the neck two black cats bating — Working behind the ears and on the neck.

Now working down to the shoulder blades, yes! two black cats — Now working down to the shoulder blades, yes!

Back to the faces two black cats bathing. — Back to the faces.

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On the Prowl, 2012

black cat in tub with toy — Stalking the wild crackle ball.

Mewsette is just waiting for that sparkly crackle ball to make one false move and it’s curtains! You can tell by the curl in her tail that it’s a tense moment.

Nearly everyone took some time to play a little tub hockey with the crackle ball which suddenly showed up out of nowhere after being AWOL for a few months. They like just about any ball, especially in the tub, but the crackle ball makes a really satisfying noise whenever it moves and even when they pick it up.

It also fits perfectly in the tub drain with just enough protruding to pull it back out and start all over again. Mewsette’s game of tub hockey turned into miniature golf as she scored several holes in one, and holes in several.

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black cat on green sink — Composition in Black and Green

Jelly Bean enjoys being washed in spring sunlight as I enjoy how the pattern of the window muntins falls across the wall, the sink and him. What you can’t hear in this photo is Jelly Bean’s loud, vigorous purr as it echoes in the sink, truly an amazing percussive technique. Read more and purchase.

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