Buttoned Up

It's Twozday!

We've kept a low profile during the recent wildfire smoke events, by staying sealed up at home with the window air conditioners running, and additional box fans and air cleaners doing their jobs.

Da Boyz weren't able to enjoy window whiffies, so they added extra time on to their napping schedules, just like the soccer games get those extra minutes tacked on.

Chili Bruce, in the Pink Blue Chair, under The Pink, and the blue is getting very washed out.

One will always find Manny near a plant.

When the humans were beginning to get cabin fever, and the a/c was making things rather cold, Da Boyz decided to gang up and take over my legs as I sat in My Chair.

Neither look really pleased with the situation, however, but this here human was purring with delight!

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Storing Their Energy

It's Twozday!

Manny and Chili Bruce continue napping their way through the colder days.

Really, though...they are cats, and don't need an excuse to snooze!

I try to emulate them, as a fresh retiree, but they don't allow me to wriggle in between.

😹😹😹

Let's Hop!

Big Beddy

It's Twozday!

Manny and Chili Bruce have moved their main napping location to the big beddy in the parlor.

Despite missing their company on MY chair, they look SO CUTE!

CB left, Manny right.

CB right, Manny left.

CB left, Manny right.

😻😻😻

Let's Hop!

A Brace of Housepanthers

For Twozday, a short video of Da Boyz:

Music: Look Busy by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Note: Manny continues to sport bald patches over his eyes, as Chili Bruce will lick his brofurs' fur right off of him, PLUS he'll chew off Manny's head whiskers.

When they are both in my lap on MY CHAIR, I put my hand over Manny's noggin to stop CB's onslaught.

I'll get licked instead, or CB will look at me straight in the eyes, communicating that I haven't a chance of stopping him.

No one has ever said that I give up easily, dear Chili.

Oh, it's ON!

😹😹😹

Let's Hop!

Layabouts

It's Twozday!

Manny and Chili Bruce spend a lot of time on MY chair, and they never have the same positions:

They are so adorable!

😻 😻 😻 

Note: In this, the darkest, dreariest part of the year, it's difficult to get good pics of Da Boyz.

There just isn't enough light.

Using a flash only makes their fur shiny, and despite The Hubby breaking out his trusty (and wholly obnoxious) flashlight/torch, am often looking at dark blobs.

Have learned a few tricks to brighten the pics, which often leads to them being pixelated, and I get angry.

Could share photos taken in summer, but I prefer to offer posts with images that are current.

Wound a little tight, wouldn't you say?

🙀 🙀 🙀 

Shadow and Lumpy

It's Twozday, and Da Boyz have different napping styles:

Manny, in a sunpuddle, with a Batman shadow.

Chili, whose nickname is Lumpy, is the lump under the blankie.

Napping nose to nose in my lap on MY chair.

Had an interesting thing happen:

I'd found a new cat food for all to try, and they seemed to enjoy it.

The price was good, the ingredients were good.

Yet, both Henry and Manny tossed their cookies, and there were these strange whitish pellets.

When I served that food once more, I watched Manny eat around these odd nodules.

Looked like pieces of barley, but were solid.

The Hubby and I decided that whatever those things are, our cats don't enjoy it, so I took the remaining cans back to the pet store where they were exchanged for our usual foods.

Moral to the story:

Keep your eyes open, and notice any changes in your cat's behaviors.

Also, go slowly when adding a new food or changing something.

Hope this wasn't TMI.

Providing A Service

It's Twozday, and Da Boyz have found their cold-weather napping locations:

Manny, on the pink-blue chair, in a sunpuddle.

On MY CHAIR, inelegantly sprawled.

Manny, getting smoochies.

Manny, top, and Chili, bottom, in the huge cat beddy in the parlor.

 Once I've got a fresh cut of hot tea, my audiobook, and an empty bladder, Da Boyz and I can spend hours together in MY CHAIR.

They snooze, as I while away my time as their human cat bed with a book and phone solitaire, or scroll social media, watching videos of thatched roofers, furniture and painting restorations, rock collectors, cat rescues all over the world, and bagpipe music.

Oh, it's heavenly!!!

💤 💤 💤 

Choco Cats

It's Twozday!

A selection of together and separate pics for your viewing pleasure:

On the pool table.

Manny left, CB right.

CB on my lap in MY chair.

Another pool table duet.

CB bottom, Manny top.

Manny, in the bay window beddy.

Although they are black cats, they often look chocolatey.

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In honor of June is Audiobook month:

I recommend Alan Bradley's Flavia de Luce Mysteries.

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (2009)

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (2010)

A Red Herring Without Mustard (2011)

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (2011)

Speaking from Among the Bones (2012)

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (2014)

The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse (2014)

As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (2015)

Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd (2016)

The Grave's a Fine and Private Place (2017)

The Golden Tresses of the Dead (2019)

What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (2024)

Untitled Book #12 publishing Autumn 2025

All narrated by the incomparable Jayne Entwistle.

Flavia is an 11 year-old girl who is fascinated by chemistry. 

The series is set in 1950s England and later in Canada, and young ladies usually do not bedevil the local constabulary; Flavia will solve the mystery even if it maddens the police, her relatives, OR the government.

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Brofurs, in all their glory!

 It's Twozday!

We've got action!

We've got drama!

We've got...tail twitching...

Fight Club: CB versus Book

 It's difficult to read a book when Chili Bruce wants my lap!

At least CB had his purr machine running!

Detente

 It's Twozday, and there was mayhem!

And then, peace.

The fracas got really loud with hisses and screams, and they batted each other for a while, then chased across the room and under every piece of furniture...sloshing my tea...then it went quiet.  

The Hubby and I picked up chunks of black fur, wiped up the spills, and when it was time for the humans to go to bed, Manny and Chili Bruce were snuggled together on the foot rest of MY chair.

We'll never know what started it; Da Boyz aren't telling.

As long as there is (mostly) peace at Eastside Cats, then all is well.

Replies

January 22 is Answer Your Cat's Questions Day!

Henry asks: "HALT!  Who goes there?"

Answer: "Time for dinner, Henry!"

Henry: "What kept you?"

Da Boyz ask: "Why aren't you in OUR chair, being our human cat bed?"

Answer: "Working upstairs, as we must keep the cat food cans rolling in."

Da Boyz: "Wait, we know that you can work on a laptop while being our human cat bed!"

Answer: "Three monitors, a keyboard, and stacks of notes upstairs, dudes."

Da Boyz: "Humph..!"

Slobber

It's Twozday, and Da Boyz are lazing on MY chair, on MY legs.

Lick you, lick me...am surprised there wasn't a bitey included.

And I'm not sure who is whom either...

Chair Pair

It's Caturday!

Da Boyz, snuggled in MY chair, artified with Prisma.

Click on the image to enjoy a jigsaw puzzle.

Let's Hop!

Chair, Coat, & Naps

It's Twozday!

Da Boyz and I have been enjoying MY chair, especially when I wear my puffer coat.

During my holiday work break, we've spent hours together like this; Da Boyz nap, while I read a book or listen to an audiobook, and The Hubby supplies hot tea and snacks.

Ahh, life is good!

😻

 

MY Chair...with a touch of hiss

It's Twozday!

Photographic proof that it's MY chair!

Chili Bruce became a lap cat awhile ago; he'd jump into my lap while I sat at the table.

Manny only recently joined the crowd...on MY chair.

However, CB gives his brofur a hiss or two sometimes, when they are sharing accomodations on my lap/legs, which sends one or the other away.

Really not sure what that is all about, but you know...cats!

Chili Bruce, on top of the refrigerator.

Manny, trying to coax me into the parlor.

Far and Wide

It's Twozday!

Manny and Chili Bruce don't only take over MY chair; they get around!

On The Hubby's jacket.

On the futon.

On the ottoman for MY chair, on top of another of The Hubby's jackets.

Sometimes...well, often...when I find one sleeping apart from the other, I cannot help but think that they've had a falling out.

And I fret.

They ALWAYS prove me wrong.

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Lappy

It's Twozday!

Chili Bruce often decides that my lap is a purrfect place for a nap, as I sit in MY chair.

And then, when I vacate...the brofurs reclaim their territory.

New development:

Manny now will jump up while I'm in MY chair, and lay against my leg.

Progress, as we work towards two cats in one lap.

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My Chair Shenanigans

It's Twozday!

Manny and Chili Bruce just take over my chair whenever they want to.

This is a selection of their snoozy stylings in one day.

Reminder:

Chili Bruce's fur looks brown in certain light.

Manny has a big white spot...his 'underwear'...on his tummy.

It's Twozday!

Da Boyz are snuggly, when they aren't:

1) trying to sneak upstairs

2) watching out the open back door, which often includes Henry looking back in. 

On MY chair.

On the futon.

Again, they took over MY chair.

A funny thing about MY chair; it makes me sleepy!

No matter what time of day, a few minutes sitting there causes lots of yawns and lassitude.

Guess that's why Manny and Chili Bruce enjoy it so.

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Thanks all for your well wishes after my small yellowjacket 'event' on Sunday.

Discovered at least two previously missed stings, yet with the correct timing of topical anti-itch cream, and antihistamine and pain tablets, I'm doing pretty well.

I've begged off from a couple of meetings, because wearing underthings is uncomfortable, but I couldn't bring myself to 'go commando' in public.

Working from home has worked out nicely for stung-up me!

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