Ah, it's Nice Out!

It's Twozday!

Da Boyz are enjoying the sunshine, the open windows and doors, and of course the myriad of napping locations provided for their comfort.

Manny, left, and CB, right, on the pool table.

Manny, lounging in the double-wide scratcher.

CB, left, and Manny on the right, hanging out in the bay window.

Chili Bruce, not allowing my presence interfere with his view out the door behind me.

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Henry Update:

Henry often climbs on me when we are chillin' in bed.

But he slides off, rear-end first, after a short while.

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What light through yonder window breaks?

Eastside Cats is thankful for sunpuddles!

Henry

Chili Bruce

Manny

Yeah, okay...maybe you cannot grasp the intensity of the sunpuddles in these pics, but they were there, and were enjoyed by those of both the feline and human varieties.

For now, we're out of the seemingly perpetual deep freeze that Michigan has been in, called Polar Vortexes, Alberta Clippers, or Arctic Blasts.

I even switched to my thigh-length winter coat, from my to-the-shins puffer...woot!

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Let's Hop!

Non-Dynamic Duo

Twozday Sunshiney Boyz!

Sleeping in the sun...

...the lazy louts!

But, they do get around too...

...watching Squirrel and Bird TV out the front window.

Subtle Warms

It's Sweetnesday!

When Sweetie needs warm sun on her top furs, while her heated Sweetie Spa toasts her underside.

Only subtle variations on the theme.

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Came Softly Through My A-Window Today

It's Sweetnesday, and Queen Sweet enjoyed her moments in the sunshine.

Her famous grouchy look.

Her feet are going grey!

Like the way her head whiskers look like antennae.

Yes, the sun shone for a few hours, as the temps hovered at the freezing mark.

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Basking

🌞It's Sweetneseday!🌞

During a rare bit of sunshine, Sweetie basked while I snapped pics.

Love the way she looks like she's made of chocolate.

And in the end, she gives a Garboesque look.

What a living!

Warmed by the sun, while languishing in her heated Sweetie Spa bed.

Nice work if you can get it, no?

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Spring Sun

For today's PO'Monday, let's go back eight years!

Luckily for us today, we have sunshine too...maybe, just maybe...Spring is getting a grip?

Celestial Paddy had no problem with showing his delight in his warm fur.

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What Is That Thing?

There was a bright orb in the sky!

We humans were afraid for awhile, but The Eastside Cats knew what to do.

They basked in the sunshine.

Manny

Sweetie

Chili Bruce

Michigan tends to be overcast and grey in Wintertime, due to temperature inversion.

From late-fall through winter, the sun is lower in the sky, striking the ground at a smaller angle and producing less heat. The longer nights and shorter days cause the air to be colder. As the coldest air settles to the ground, a layer of warmer air above remains stable. Normally the atmosphere cools as you gain altitude but in a temperature inversion, it actually warms. Clouds which form near this layer tend to be stratiform or more horizontally spread out and long-lasting. 

Now you know why we were afraid; it's not normal!

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Sunshine on Cats

These recent snaps show our housepanthers in glorious Autumn sunshine:

Chili Bruce

Sweetie's Murder Mitts

Manny

And a silly meme that somehow seemed to belong here.

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November Sunshine

It's Sweetnesday!

Queen Sweet the First again enjoys stripes of autumnal sunshine:

I love her profile; that wee short nose!

Pretty stripes.

I so enjoy her dark furs when the sun shines on it.

There are rainbows in the individual hairs; such beauty!

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O Cat Sweetie

It's Sweetnesday!

Below are pics taken on April 20, 2014, when Sweetie was an outside cat.

Taken from under the Feeding Station.

Sweetie and Celestial Sammy using the sunshine for some warmth.

Not a care in the world!

Sunshine and a Place to Sleep

It's PO'Monday!

The temperatures are dropping, but with a good dose of sunshine and a warm place to nap, life was good for Celestial Paddy O'Malley.

Truth be told, I would drift off to the Land of Nod for a bit too, as he snoozed on my lap or chest.

If on the deck, he'd push his paws up against me, and close his eyes.

I didn't take too many photos of him sleeping, because those green peepers were just too beautiful!

Images from November, 2020.

Sunny Tabby

PO'Monday!

 Although it's bright and sunny, the temperatures are cold.  The PO'M likes to sit on my lap and drowse.  

My effort at being a convenient cat bed wars with my personal need to be warm, but I tough it out, as The PO'M is a somewhat oversized heaty pad...

I often conduct phone conversations while he rests in my lap like this.

We all are hopeful for warmer days ahead.

Sunny Tabby

It's PO'Monday!

Seriously, is he simply the cutest roly poly tabby EVER?!?

 

So many fur colors!

Green Eyes

"Stop with the photos and pet ME!"

Click on artified photo of The PO'M to play a jigsaw puzzle!

Four Weeks

March 13, 2020 was my last day in the office.

Since then, I've been working from home.

Knowing that my global company is safeguarding the health of their employees means a lot!

What the near and distant future will bring, we cannot know.

It is Spring; a time for rebirth, beginnings, and evolution.

The PO'M watches as The Hubby cavorts in the backyard.
The Hubby was looking for mushrooms (it's too early, but he's looking anyhow!)
The PO'M was sunbathing, and is graciously allowed us to tromp around 'his' territory.

We can succumb to worry, and to the uncertainty of life.

Or, we can rejoice in the amazing resiliency of humankind!

May you all enjoy health, strength, love, and contentment.

Sending you all a virtual hug!

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Monday O'Malley

The temperatures were warm on Sunday!

I sat in the yard, listening to my audiobook.

Paddy has spring fever, I think...

I so love him!

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Monday O'Malley

We had sunshine yesterday...before another snowstorm.

However, the temperatures remain above the freezing point, so lots has already melted away.

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