Feline Pine followup

Just to follow up on our switch to Feline Pine kitty litter, things are going great. Tulip seems content to use it. At first she didn't seem to know what to make of it. Maybe she didn't like the texture. She would get in the box, pee, and get out without covering it. She always used it, but seemed like she wanted to get in and out of there as quickly as possible. Now she seems to be back to normal.

Everyone is sneezing less without the clay dust from the old clumping litter. Kitty doesn't smell like aftershave anymore (from the perfume in the old litter). Life is pretty good. We highly recommend it if you haven't tried it.

Tulip is going www

The kitty blog is one year old! In celebration we have some exciting news. Coming (relatively) soon: http://www.tulipkitty.com/. Most likely I will continue to publish an RSS feed of the kitty blog here, coming from Tulip's new domain.

If any of you Tulip fans have suggestions of features you'd like to see on her new site, please let us know!

Kitty ornament

For my birthday I received a Pawprints Pet Ornament from my friend Steve. We finally got around to making this ornament. Tulip was a pretty unwilling participant. Over the weekend I got the no-bake dough ready. Eve grabbed kitty and held onto her so I could stick her little paws into the dough. The first attempt startled her. I don't think she liked the way the dough felt on her paws. Maybe she just didn't expect it. In any case, I didn't press hard enough so we had to give it another try. The second attempt looked pretty good. Tulip tolerated it fairly well, but she was quite happy to be done with her part of the project. Here's the final result. We thought it was pretty cute. Now Tu is all ready for Christmas. Thanks, Steve!

That's a lotta duckies!

We don't have a lot of guest appearances on Tulip's Garden. However, I thought this was so cool that I had to share. My friend Caprice scored some serious good karma points the other day. On her way home she saw a mother duck that had been hit and killed on the road. She spotted 10 ducklings running around nearby, so she stopped and gathered them all up. They spent the night at her house, then went to a local wildlife rescue the next day.

They're darn cute! I'm pretty sure Miss Tulip would approve of their coloration.

Mama's home!

We got back from our roadtrip this afternoon. When I came into the house, Tulip kitty was sitting at the far end of the hallway. She perked up when I called her name, but she didn't seem to be convinced that it was really me. I walked down the hallway to her and reached my hand down so she could smell it. As soon as she did, her whole face lit up. She stood up and arched her back so I could pet her. She let out a little chirp. It melted my little heart.

After we unpacked some of our stuff, Eve took a nap. I had some reading to finish, so I went into the office. Kitty joined me. She was very vocal for the first several minutes. Finally she jumped up in her chair for a big nap. She was out like a light, sleeping in her chair next to my desk, content as could be. She even tolerated a belly rub. Kitty missed us!

I felt bad when I had to leave her again to go to school tonight. I can hardly wait to get home and curl up in bed with her. It was a long few days without her. I missed her every night when I went to sleep, and I missed her every morning when I woke up.

Vacation time

Hello, Tulip fans. We won't have any updates for the next several days while I am on vacation. Miss Tulip will have several kitty-sitters while I'm gone. I imagine that means there will be some interesting stories when I get back.

See you next week!
-Raynay

Tiger perks

This morning while I was getting ready for work, Tulip curled up on our bed. She looked like she was getting ready for a nap. When I saw her there I blurted out,

"Kitty! Why do you get to take a nap whenever you want? It must be nice!"

And I heard from the other room, "Honey. It's tiger perks."

So I replied, "Oh yeah? How do I sign up for those?"

Eve's reply? "Sorry. You have to be a tiger."

Story of my life...

Just a thought

It occurred to me that maybe this would be a more appropriate kitty for this site as opposed to the one in my previous post:

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I love you Tu!

Tiger dream

Last night I had a dream about a tiger. Not a Little Tiger, but a full-sized one. This tiger was roaming around my palatial house (it was a dream after all). The tiger was beautiful and very sweet, except for every once in a while when it felt like slashing things up with its giant claws. I remember at one point the tiger was walking around with Eve’s footstool in its mouth. I really liked the tiger but had to be extremely careful of handling it and getting it into its cage before it ate any of the other pets. Now I wonder where such thoughts would come from…

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