Mini lions in our house

January 16, 2010

2 years ago…

Filed under: Mischief — Jelena @ 8:40 pm
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I am thinking about painting. I haven’t done it in a while. Two years, maybe. Can that be true? I found this in our Cat diary, written on Jan 17, 2008, two years ago. That was about two months before Jossan came here.

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Jelena was painting. On the floor. In the middle of the living room. All of her paints, brushes and the whole mess were lying there, exactly where Maven wanted to take a slow, lazy “Look who owns the room” walk after her afternoon nap.

Left paw, right paw. Left paw, right paw. Left paw landing straight into the pot of dark blue acrylic paint… what made Jelena SCREEEEAM!

Maven got scared, switched immediately from her lazy slow mode and ran away like crazy, leaving quite a few equidistant dark blue paw prints on the floor and shelves, before Joakim caught her and took her to the washing session, badly needed but not too appreciated.

Luckily, all the traces are now removed from the floor and furniture that played a central piece in yesterday’s episode from the life of a struggling painter. Maven, that is.

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This is the painting in question, I am still not sure if it is finished. I am not sure about its name, either. I call it “Up”.

January 15, 2010

Waiting time

Filed under: Dating, Group dynamics — Jelena @ 6:26 pm
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We got Jossan back home on Tuesday. She was very stressed when we arrived to get her and cried a lot and complained about everything she had to go through. Siamese are loud cats with a lot of opinions. A lot. And she comes from a long line of Siamese that are loud even for Siamese. My head, my head, my head… Yes; and Jocke’s head…

When we got home, the other three cats were extremely happy she was back, especially Leroy. Jossan was happy, too, but very tired and slept for hours. The other cats licked her thoroughly and hugged her while she was sleeping. Maven and Miii hissed a bit at Jossan as they licked her, since she smelled strange.

She is out of heat now, and all we can do is wait. It takes at least 3 weeks before we can see the signs of a possible pregnancy. Jocke thinks that she did not allow Flippen to approach her this time either, but I am not so sure. There are tiny traces of biting on her neck skin, which is a good sign. I hope that the dating worked out this time. If it didn’t, we will have to look for another Siamese or Oriental tomcat that suites her, temper-wise and pedigree-wise. We are against inbreeding, and we need a guy with a nice temper (also, wide space between ears and wide open ear base are preferable). Flippen is a very good match for Jossan, IMHO. But, who knows what she thinks.

Oh, well. She is here, happy and sweet (to me) as usual, and everything is good again.

January 10, 2010

Cool cards

Filed under: Misc — Jelena @ 5:08 am
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We are very happy and grateful for every Xmas and New Year card we get. We are equally thankful for every phone call, email, sms or a thought about us! All are equally precious to us. Not everyone has time, a habit, or a wish to send cards and greetings, but some do.

Two Christmas (paper) cards, Twinklemice (from Doug and Gemma) and Bunch of Cats (from Tanja and Ivan) we got this year were little extra cool, and you can see why:

(Dear Someone, if in this way I breech some copyright laws, please do not sue me, I am neither evil nor rich; just tell me and I will remove the picture in question).

January 9, 2010

Love between a cat and her human

Filed under: Misc, Uncategorized — Jelena @ 3:56 am
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Jocke took this picture last summer. He took a photo while I was talking to Jossan, and she was looking at me, occasionally meowing back.

There is so much love between us; she is my cat and I am her human, and I really feel that that love got captured on this photo – you can see it in her eyes, in the angle of my head when I am talking to her, in her whole body posture.

I miss Jossan a lot today. We left her at Flippen’s place again. Their dating did not work out that well last autumn. She did not allow him to approach her at all, and the poor guy lost his interest after a few days of trying hard. But, now Jossan is in heat again, and we’ll see if she accepts the handsome boy this time.

January 4, 2010

Please help stop the killing of wolves in Sweden

Filed under: Misc, Outside, Uncategorized — Jelena @ 12:00 am
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I love animals so much. My heart is breaking because of killing of wolves in Sweden that started two days ago when 12 000 hunters went out to kill supposedly 27 out of 150-200 wolves we have left in our entire country, where we can house many more of those beautiful and endangered animals.

Please sign the petition here if you think that it may help. I believe it can and I have signed it. I do not know what else I can do; I tweeted the url to the petition and put it on Facebook. I can just go out in the cold and cry, but that won’t help. I am crying inside instead.

Many more than 27 of those wonderful animals (and there is no justification even for those 27 that the Swedish government and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency allowed to be killed) are already killed, and bloodthirsty men won’t stop easily.

Edited on Jan 15, 2010: Enough signatures are collected and the petition is closed. Thank you all that support the cause!

January 3, 2010

Oh, this is your place, is it?

Filed under: Eating, Group dynamics, Mischief — Jelena @ 9:54 pm
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So, I turned around to bring the last bowl to the table and… 2 seconds later, they are sitting exactly where I want to sit and eat my dinner.

Coincidence? I don’t think so!

January 1, 2010

Happy New 2010! Fireworks in Stockholm

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Happy New Year to everyone!

It was hard to take some good photos of fireworks, but, here is a few:

Multiple colors

One out of hundred had to be this good!

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December 31, 2009

Maven wants Jimmy Choo’s

Filed under: Outside — Jelena @ 7:50 pm
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Maven, our black smoke tabby, is a real snow cat. Her fur is thick and fluffy, yet silky, and she feels no cold even when it is -10°C.

I wanted to get her some little snow boots for cats, but she refuses to have anything that is not made by Jimmy Choo!

Well, dear Jimmy Choo or whoever is behind that brand; luckily for you, my cat does not weigh more than 4 kg and I can carry her easily when her little paws freeze.

Still, if more cats are as picky as our Maven, I would recommend that you better start making some fancy models for our little feline friends, because they are spoiled and they know what they want; they want – Jimmy Choo’s!

December 28, 2009

A fairy tale ‘Caught Out’ by Doug Mathewson

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Maven is a very special cat. I wrote two stories about her (‘An Accidental Murderer‘ and ‘Capiche?‘), and she got one story sent to her that our friend Doug wrote.

‘Caught Out’ is a beautiful fairy tale and you can read it here.

October 6, 2009

Little helpers

Filed under: Helping, Misc, Playing — Jelena @ 4:55 pm
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Last Friday we got a surprise package from Danijela!

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Oooh, how happy we got when we discovered tons and tons of some of Jelena’s favorite candy in the bag!

The cats were helping tremendously. They love to organize stuff, though we often have different opinions on what “to organize” means.

September 17, 2009

White thiefs

Filed under: Mischief, Sleeping — johlrogge @ 9:33 pm
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The Siamese routinely steal the blanket now. We need another one. I’m sick of waking up freezing with two white cats looking at me like: “WTF, don’t disturb us human”.

They should really be nicer and more thankful for all the food we give them, the sand they spread over the apartment, the toys that lie everywhere and don’t get me started on that kitty-furniture on which they lie to watch over their servants. But we really don’t deserve better.

We pay to become slaves and somehow think it’s all worth it. Adorable fuzzy little furballs :)

Teeth brushing

Filed under: Grooming — Jelena @ 9:20 pm
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Leroy’s gums are a bit inflamed. He had a mild form of gingivitis before, and is prone to it, but a regular care prevents it. In order to calm the inflammation and help killing the bad bacteria, we put propolis drops in his mouth after we cleaned the teeth cleaning.

Leroy does not like the taste of propolis that much. Now, that was a serious understatement; he does not like it at all. After some drooling and foaming (he looked like he got rabies), Leroy went into the sulking mode and showed us clearly how insulted he was. All the Siamese spent the night out of our bed, in another room! Jossan also got some propolis. Maven and Miii did not; they have never showed any signs of gingivitis so far.

It is hard to brush their teeth with any brush; the smallest we could find in pet stores were too big for their small jaws. We tried brushing with the “finger brush” that is made of micro fiber, but that was too big for Jossan, even for Leroy. Now we use cotton swabs (Q-tips) for massaging and cleaning their teeth and that works fine.

September 11, 2009

Capiche?

Filed under: Playing — Jelena @ 3:06 pm
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I wrote a short story that got published on Six Sentences site. Here it is, the whole of it:

The mouse tastes good. It is crunchy and sturdy and it can be chewed for hours without deterioration of that initial feeling of satisfaction. I do not understand why you keep on choosing paper instead; my newspaper, for example, every morning, always the very page I am reading. Yes, I did chew on your mouse and I did try the paper, I am not just saying! The mouse is much better, and I stand firmly behind that statement; I am actually willing to take a lie detector test if you do not believe me. Yes, we may have different preferences, but I can read and you can’t, so, please, let me read my newspaper in peace and go and chew on your mouse, or – learn how to read and then we can discuss this issue again.

Inspired by Maven.

August 26, 2009

Mrauuuuu Mrauuuuu

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Jossan is in heat again! Only two weeks after she was in heat previously.

Either she did not get pregnant or she is one of those queens who get into heat even while pregnant… yes, there are such.

Whichever is the case, I can not sleep. Mrauuuuu. I recorded a part of her call. Unfortunately my equipment is not so good (K810i, a Sony Ericsson mobile phone), but you can get an idea how it feels…

\”I love the world\” by Josephine Brown, a Siamese cat in heat

Yes, like that, non stop.

August 15, 2009

Jossan had a date!

Filed under: Dating, Meowing — Jelena @ 9:10 pm
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Some time ago we decided that it was time for our Jossan to become a mom.

We searched a lot in order to find a suitable candidate for her first date, and it was not easy.

There were a few really handsome guys we considered, but at the end we were completely charmed by Flipp; CH Concinnus Crown of Creation, JW, OSH n (a black Oriental). Flipp’s owner is Jill Back,  La Bell, and he is bred by Iann & KG Tinbäck, S* Concinnus.

He has a nice temper, good profile, long and slim body and is simply gorgeous. His eyes are somewhat greener than on this photo.

FlippenHead1Thank you, Jill, for letting us borrow this handsome boy! :)

We did not get much sleep for two nights when Jossan got in heat, since Jossan got her vocal abilities from Leroy, meaning than when she yells, the windows break and the furniture is falling apart… sort of.  And cats sing (some may say “yell like lunatics”) a lot when they are in heat and in love with the whole world…

Jossan got into heat on Monday, and we took her to Flipp on Wednesday. At first she thought he was scary and hid under the bed, but after almost a day she decided Mr. Black was acceptable as a date.

So, we keep our fingers crossed now… :)

We got Jossan from Jill today, since the mating is done, but Jossan is still in heat, meaning that we will not be getting much sleep today and probably not tomorrow night either…

August 9, 2009

Jossan’s weight is fine

Filed under: Misc — Jelena @ 2:45 pm
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We spent some serious time investigating Jossan’s 2,9 kg of weight. She is muscular, lean and not skinny. The vet said Jossan has a good size and proportions (and that is a veterinary that also breeds Siamese and Orientals, so she is quite familiar with the race). Still, 2,9 kg does not sound like much! 

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A healthy grown up Siamese cat usually weighs: male 4-6,5 kg (9-14 pounds); female 2,7-4,8 kg (6-10 pounds). Also, this article I found was interesting (Siamese cats are just mentioned):

Some healthy adult female Siamese cats weigh as little as 5 lb (2,26 kg) though some male Siamese can reach 20 lb (9 kg). Some Siamese breeding lines give smaller, more “fragile-looking” cats than others and the old-style Siamese cats are more robust than the rather skinny modern version of this breed.

The source: “FELINE MEDICAL CURIOSITIES: DWARF CATS, GIANT CATS, FAT CATS” written by Sarah Hartwell.

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I guess that Jossan’s lean look is more of “a skinny modern” one, although her mum is more robust. Jossan is her daddy’s little copy.

Here is an interesting read about the history of Siamese cats and the descriptions of two different types of Siamese – the more round version, similar to the original Thai one, that was imported from Siam (Thailand), and more elongated, modern version of the race. From the article:

It is important to raise that several breeders believed that there were two types (morphologies) of Siamese. Mrs. Veley would have written herself that its cat (Pho) had a rather thin line and that its second cat (Mia) was rather robust and round. Thereafter, Mrs. Carew Cox, a judge of cat-show and founder of the first Siamese club, would have also noted, to see two types of lines : one compact, with a short body, short legs and a round head, while the other with a body and a semi-long, nimble and sinuous head.

August 8, 2009

Jossan is tested

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We tested Jossan for FeLV/FIV and checked creatinine and urea (BUN) blood values. Everything is as expected; she is FeLV/FIV free and the kidney function parameters are within the normal range.

She is very slim, though. Jossan eats like an elephant, but in spite of that she is the leanest Siamese we’ve seen. Except maybe for her grandmother Aisha, Leroy’s mom. A veterinary that checked Jossan earlier said that her weight was fine, but still, I would prefer her to go up in weight a bit.

Jossan is not skinny; she is very muscular, but somehow - tiny. Maybe she needs some more fat. Hm.

August 4, 2009

Miii gets slimmer

Filed under: Misc, Playing — Jelena @ 1:57 pm
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Miii weighs 3,7kg now. She lost 0,6 kg since she moved to us and got to run outside and in the apartment together with our other cats. Her body looks a lot like her dad’s now, although she has a bigger frame than her sister Jossan. Daily wrestling with Leroy will keep her stay in shape.

Siamese are very slim and muscular cats, of medium weight and great lenghts. Still, some of them do get a bit overweight if they do not get enough exercise. Well, Miii’s days as being overweight are over!

I filmed one of their wrestling episodes a few days ago. It is a bit hard to catch them with a camera being ready… it is much easier taking shots of flowers. :D

Miii (Angel) is the darker one, the blue point Siamese. At the end of the clip, you can notice Jossan, a little white spectator watching from a cat transport cage that was temporarily on the floor. Jossan likes to watch our other cats play, and sometimes she joins them, sometimes not.

August 3, 2009

Miii

Filed under: Group dynamics, Outside — Jelena @ 2:52 am
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We call Angel “Miii”. That was the sound she makes sometimes (pronounced as “meee” in English), when she wants attention. She is used to be called ”Miii” now and we think it suits her well.

Miii did not want to come home when it got dark this evening. I called her, and she did not come.

Usually the Siamese stay out only for a short while, unless we are out with them. They are never out if we are not at home. Maven is allowed more, since she is “street smart”, and also, she likes to stay out longer. The Siamese like to be close to their humans, but it is good for them to run out a bit and eat grass when the weather is warm and it is not raining. They like a lot when we are out gardening, they are always “helping” us.

So, this evening, Leroy and Jossan were inside and Leroy got upset hat Miii did not want to come home.  I let him out and he found Miii and took her home! 

Leroy was totally crazy and wild when he was small, but now he has became a very responsible cat who takes care of the other members of the cat family. Cats mature socially between 2 and 4 years of age. He is about 2,5 years old now.

July 27, 2009

Maven in action

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I love this picture Jocke took; Maven is playing with one of her mouse toys. That cat is fast.

July 24, 2009

Cat pile

Filed under: Group dynamics, Sleeping — Jelena @ 1:04 pm
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This picture could not have been taken before one week stay at a cat hostel. Spending time together on a much less space than usual does wonders for their love for each other. Every time we got them back from there they were nicer towards each other.

Our cats always stay at Solgläntans kattpensionat when we are out of town for a longer time. One day they can be without us. Two – four days they can be at home with a cat-sitter. Usually our friend Thomas takes care of the little ones. He sits and codes on his computer and they let him. :)

They take good care of our and other kitties in Solgläntans. They are cat enthusiasts that also take care of homeless cats and find them good homes. That is their primary area of engagement. If you live in Stockholm area and need a good place to leave your kitty while on vacation, we warmly recommend Solgläntans kattpensionat.

July 9, 2009

A new pillow

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Here are Leroy and Angel occupying the new pillow they got yesterday. Angel has intense blue colored eyes, and Leroy has amazing dark lilac eyes; their true color is hard to catch on camera. Lilac and chocolate point Siamese have that lilac shade of their blue colored eyes that other Siamese do not have. All Siamese have blue eyes, and that gene is not connected to deafness.

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Leroy weighs 4,2kg and Angel 4,3 kg, but he is more muscular. Angel is running a lot with the other cats since she came to us and is getting leaner. Jossan is very lean and small cat, 2,9kg. That is okay for a Siamese. Leroy’s mom, girls’ grandmother, is also lean and thin, but Jossan’s and Angel’s mom, Hannah, is quite big boned, and Angel has inherited her build, but Leroy’s length. Their half brother, one of Hannah’s sons, LillFrank, weighs 6,5 kg! He is not really fat, he is very muscular and big.

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June 29, 2009

The tail is saved!

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The veterinary checked Maven’s tail today and everything looks great, the wound has closed and the infection is gone. Antibiotics, propolis and regular care helped. No amputation!!! :)

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June 28, 2009

Nice weather

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It is a nice sunny day in Sweden, third or fourth in a row, and I am amazed and happy. I forgot how summer feels. It feels good. The cats have been outside the whole day and we have been gardening for hours.

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This is Leroy, who stopped for a a moment when he heard me calling him from the balcony, while he was running around like crazy. This is the only picture I took that does not look like an unidentifiable white blob in the middle of the field. 

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We always get so happy when we see bumble bees on our balcony or in the garden.

 

 

This is Sweden. We who live here love sun, too, but we do not get to see it as much as we would like to.  But, when we do, it’s a blast.

June 27, 2009

Pretty ladies on ‘the’ catwalk

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Pretty ladies on a catwalk

Pretty ladies on a catwalk

Such grace, such beauty. Look as these two ladies showing off the latest cat fashion on the local catwalk.

June 24, 2009

Tired

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Leroy fell on my mini green houses and crushed some of my Saintpaulia baby-plants. (more…)

June 22, 2009

Maven’s tail is hurt

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Maven was bitten or had an accident that left a wound on her tail about a week ago. The wound seemed to be healing well, and Maven ate and played as usual. Directly after the accident she did not want to go out for a while, and she was depressed, so we assumed that she had a quarrel with one of the cats from the neighbourhood.

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June 20, 2009

Excursion

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Leroy and Jossan outside

The cats went out for an excursion yesterday. We have some nice pictures of the event on flickr here

Voice change

Filed under: Meowing — Jelena @ 2:44 pm
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Siamese cats are famous for being vocal. Well, ours surely are.

Even Maven (who is mixed race) talks a lot with us, not less than the other three cats, although she can not produce all the fruequences Siamese can.

When Angel came to us, she “talked” in a very thin, high pitched voice, like her mom does. But now she has changed her meow into an intense, mighty roar, very similar to her sister’s and father’s. The influence of the group she is in now.

And now she wants to go out. MAAAUUUUUU

June 19, 2009

Grooming time

Filed under: Grooming — Jelena @ 8:36 pm
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Cats care a lot about their beauty and hygiene. In average they spend at least an hour per day engaged in grooming activities. Here, Leroy is licking Angel clean.

Sometimes the cats lick our hands or faces, too. Their tongues are not really smooth, they feel like sandpaper. We enjoy it anyway. :)

Angel resting

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A mini blue lion, isn’t she?

Angel likes to stretch one leg like this sometimes when resting.

Jossan yawns!

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This picture is the first proof caught on camera that Josephine and Angel started tolerating each other. The sisters got separated when they were 12 weeks old and met again a year later, when Angel moved to our place. Jossan was very jealous at start, but it has been getting better really fast.

So, everyone is either yawning or sleeping, but I can’t. It has been sunny outside for a few hours now. During the summer we get a bit of darkness here, between 11PM and 02AM, now when the day is longest. If I miss that window to fall asleep, I just turn into a non-sleeping zombie and in the worst case do not sleep at all until the next dark period. If I am lucky, I fall asleep around 4AM. Well, not today. :/

May 26, 2009

Beautiful Angel

Filed under: Group dynamics — Jelena @ 11:33 pm
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A beautiful blue point Siamese named Angel, Josephine’s sister, moved in to our place a few days ago!

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It is not easy to get four grown-up cats to get along well.

Cats reach their social maturity between 18 months and 4 years, and we think that only Maven may be socially mature here. Leroy started changing and adjusting his behaviour recently. He became less off a rebel and more pettable. He even started purring sometimes again.

The plan is to have Angel at our place until Jossan gets kittens (some time this year, we hope) and find her a new home with one of the kittens. We want to minimize the emotional stress of moving too many times, living with too many different cats. So, the next, and hopefully last time she moves, it will be with a kitten she knows and is friends with – a little niece or a nephew.

Angel has a similar temper to Leroy and they already play together. Leroy is a very social cat and good in making friends fast.

Jossan is very jealous and spends most of her time clinging to Jelena, claiming her and showing to the world that Jelena is her human. Jossan is a kind of cat that bonds with one person. Angel is like that, too, and she should bond with Joakim, otherwise we will have a problem.

Maven, who is the dominant cat in the cat group is not happy that there is one more cat to take care of and is occasionally disciplining Angel through terrible “MrgnMrgn” sounds when Angel comes too close to her, or looks a bit too cocky. There has been a paw or two lifted as well. Cats avoid fights and conflicts as much as they can, and usually they solve many problematic situations through making really scary sounds, staring down the opponent etc.

April 25, 2009

The Towel Must Die

Filed under: Mischief, Playing — Jelena @ 11:44 pm
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At least once every day one can hear a rebel yell from our bathroom, from Leroy, a very special one, that we translate to “The towel must die”.

Leroy yells loudly as he jumps up on the edge of the bath tub and starts wrestling with a towel hanging on the towel drier.

Leroy usually wins in his wrestling match, which results in the towel falling on his head and dragging him into the bath tub. A bit more wrestling, and our little winner emerges out of under the towel, happy and satisfied.

“Mau mau mauuuuuuuu, come and see me, I won!”

Jossan does not really wrestle, but she likes to join Leroy after the fight is done and pretend she won as well.

April 13, 2009

Tuna!!!

Filed under: Eating — Jelena @ 11:54 pm
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Every evening the cats get a portion of chicken white meet or canned tuna. They adore it, and probably think that it is the best part of the day!

If Jelena is late with serving the food, Leroy and/or Jossan come and, discreetly as always, in their all but soft voices, remind her that MAU MAU MAUUUUUUUU IT IS TIME TO EAT THAT TUNA!!!!

Maven knows that the food is coming, and keeps her dignity intact. She just shows up when the siren is on, and circles around Jelena, but knows better than to yell like a maniac. Oops, did I say maniac?! I am sorry, I meant – Siamese.

 

A view from above:

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April 5, 2009

Siesta

Filed under: Sleeping — Jelena @ 11:59 pm
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I am not so sure that taking an afternoon nap with your head on the phone is such a good idea…

How high can Maven jump if her pillow RINGS!?

March 30, 2009

Black masked Siamese

Filed under: Mischief — Jelena @ 12:22 am
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Leroy and Josephine are two pure breed lilac point Siamese cats, right. SIA c. But, Leroy decided that he has to toughen up his image and went BLACK!

What really happened is that the little boy pushed his head in the chimney while examining our cold fireplace, always looking for even more sources of warmth… and then came for a bit of hugging with Jelena who was focusing on something else and did not notice anything weird.

Joakim caught two black faces on camera.

March 21, 2009

How many cats can one fit in a bread basket?

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Jelena and Joakim got a cute felted wool bread basket from Britt-Marie and Bengt, but they never managed to use it as it was intended.

All three cats think that it is the best present ever! A present to them, of course.

How much can those things stretch, really!?

 

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March 19, 2009

An Accidental Murderer

Filed under: Misc — Jelena @ 1:19 am
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Jelena wrote a short story about you’ll guess whom…

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March 12, 2009

WTF!?

Filed under: Mischief — Jelena @ 1:25 am
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So, now I do not have F4.

It can not be put back, the small parts that were holding it together are broken. Great! Luckily, one does not need F4 that often, and the button still can be activated…

I am covering my keyboard now when I leave the laptop open. I can not close it really, since one of the Siamese broke one of the hinges that hold the screen, I have to replace it… :/

March 11, 2009

Who is who?

Filed under: Sleeping — Jelena @ 1:30 am
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Leroy and mini Leroy, sleeping on Maven’s pillow.

All three cats share the sleeping places, but each has their most favourite ones. This pillow is one of Maven’s favourite resting spots. She likes to lie there and look at people and cars out on the street, or just be near Joakim when he works on the stationary computer.

March 10, 2009

Thinking out of the box

Filed under: Misc — Jelena @ 1:37 am
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Maven loves boxes and paper bags.

Even when a box is too small for her (one could think!) she magically manages to somehow squeeze herself in.

March 9, 2009

The Journal is back!

Filed under: Sleeping — Jelena @ 1:42 am
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We were not so active for some time, but now – here we are again!

This is how it looks when Leroy and Jossan are sleeping in the flower cupboard (well, it was supposed to be a flower cupboard, but Leroy occupied one of the shelves for good, and Jossan followed. Our Saintpaulias still got 3 shelves, not that bad after all).

Close-up:

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