Lovey-Dovey

In honor of Valentine's Day, I thought I would share with you some of my favorite lovey-dovey photos from the past year.

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

Wishing you lots of cuddles and hugs from those you love.

xo xo



























Oh,, and one last thing.... Charlene wants to know...

Charlene Butterbean: Team RePURRTER

You may recall that earlier this summer Charlene was a "RePURRter" for Friskies, and spent a week wearing a little video camera attached to her collar.

She was one of 25 cats across the country asked to participate and capture a "cat's eye view of the word".

They sifted through the hours of footage we all sent in, and put together a little report called "The Scratchington Post". You can view it by clicking HERE.

A couple of Bean's clips made into the report, including the one I've posted below. I had reviewed some of her footage but didn't catch this gem. I was shocked to see how naughty our kittens are when Butterbean is babysitting.




Of course Oliver, as always, appears to be the ringleader.

Double Feature!

It's movie time, friends, and today we've got a double feature.

I had SO many pictures of the Furmans, when I started making the first movie, it ended up being over eight minutes, which is pretty long to sit through. So, after I completed it, I decided that I should make a shorter, edited down version too.

So take your pick.. watch one, watch both,,, here we go....

We'll start with the short version.

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And for you hardcore kitten fans, with a little extra time on your hands, here's the long one.

I should warn you, the music gets a little trippy, but it does mellow out again before the movie ends.

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And because someone always asks:

The song in the short movie is "Love Cats" by The Cure
The song in the extended cat mix is "All Delighted People" by Sufjan Stevens


Enjoy!

The Final Shots of all Five Furmans

Here's the last batch of pictures of ALL the Furmans together. What beauties they are. Even though there's a great deal of diversity in this group, they still look like a little family, don't they?

















There's a little story behind this last picture of Oliver. Shortly before these pictures were taken, Oliver hopped into the shower with me and got a little soggy. He gave himself a post-shower bath, which left his brow all mussed up.

EVERYTHING, with an Audience

I can't do anything without my kitten entourage. Seriously. Unless I tuck them away in their bedroom, they are with me, they are near me, they are on me, they are watching me. It's sweet for awhile, but they do make it difficult to accomplish any sort of task.

The other day, I was doing dishes and the whole brood was crying at my feet and climbing my backside. I tried to redirect their focus by pulling a chair into the kitchen and piling them on the seat.

This kept them busy for awhile, but eventually they figured out they could jump from the arm of the chair to the counter.

Fortunately, I finished the dishes and drained the water before Curtis landed in the sink.

Hanging 'Round the Watering Hole

The Furmans are obsessed with the bathroom. In fact it's nearly imposible to slip into the bathroom without a kitten entourage following closely behind. If you do manage to make it in alone, they're crying from the other side of the door.

They can easily spend the better part of the day playing in there. They'll wrestle on the edge of the tub between the shower curtain and liner. They'll knock bottles into the tub, and roll them around. They'll sit and catch drips from our leaky tub faucet.

The sink is the best. If you turn it on to a slow drizzle, everyone will gather round, taking drinks and take turns batting at the stream with their paws.

Oliver is captivated by the running water. After all the others have lost interest and move on, he'll keep playing.












And speaking of Oliver, yes, he found his family!

The kittens have an appointment for a round of vaccines this afternoon, and after we return, Oliver will be packing his suitcase and we'll say goodbye. I'll give the full report after he leaves, but you'll be happy to know he won't be an only kitten, and we've met his family before! Any guesses?

The rest of the gang will be leaving over the next couple of weekends, so our time is limited with the fabulous Furman Five!

They're all getting big, and they are ready to get started on their new lives.

As always, we'll miss them, of course. But it's time.

The Great Upstairs

From time to time, and only when they are being very, very good, the kittens are allowed to come upstairs to play.

It's fun up there. There's lots of sun, and lots of carpet, window ledges low enough to jump up on, and stairs to climb.

Because the Furmans are very good kittens, they were allowed to venture upstairs the other day, and a good time was had by all!

Just see for yourself...

Jungle Cats