New game

Eve invented a new game to play with Tulip and her new catnip ball. In our front entrance is a fairly long, steep staircase that leads up to our living space from the front door. Eve goes down to the bottom of the stairs. Tulip sits somewhere around the middle of the staircase. Eve throws the ball up to the top of the stairs where it bounces off the wall and bounces back downstairs. Kitty likes to chase the ball up and down the stairs. Sometimes she'll swat the ball out of the air as it passes over her. Sometimes she runs up and down the stairs after it. Sometimes she just sits there and listens to it bouncing around. Sometimes when we're all upstairs, she'll pick up the ball in her little mouth and head downstairs with it. Then she'll howl until someone comes down to play with her. Not that she's spoiled or anything.

Must set up video cameras all around the house...

Hot kitty

Our house has been really damn hot the last few days. When I came home last night, Eve was out. The house was closed up and it was a steambath in here. I put all the ceiling fans on and opened up the sliding door to the deck. I put a portable fan in the doorway to pull in the cool air. Tulip kitty had to go right over and check out the fan. She stuck her face right in front of it, then jumped when the wind hit her. She did this several times. Then she sat there (I mean RIGHT in front of the fan) and let the wind blow in her face for a few seconds. After that, she plopped herself down on the floor about 5 feet from it and went to sleep. Her little whiskers were flapping in the breeze. It was too cute. I guess kitty was hot! It's interesting that she still has an incredibly heavy coat, even in the summer. Our previous cat's coat used to thin out quite a bit in the summer. I can hardly wait to see what Tulip looks like in the winter.

New toys

Here are some pictures of Tulip's new presents from Jan. Kitty is enjoying some fresh catnip and her catnip-filled chicken and ball. She has been batting these all over the house for the past couple of days. I'd say they're a hit. Thanks, Jan!





I especially like this one. I can't believe I caught her at a full gallop down the hallway after her ball. She chases this thing at top speed at all times. So far there haven't been any crashing-into-the-wall incidents.

Kitty likes to blog

Here's Tulip kitty telling Evie what to post on her blog. All posts must be approved by Miss Tulip before submission.

Kitty presents

Tulip kitty made an attempt at meeting Ray and Jan. While they were around over the weekend, she poked her head out a few times. When we were all out relaxing on the deck, she made a brief appearance outside. She even let me pick her up and hold her so Jan could pet her for a second (literally). She tried her little, fuzzy best to be a good hostess.

Jan is a real animal lover. While we were out sightseeing, we swung by a PetSmart because she wanted to get Tulip a present. We came home with a live catnip plant. Tulip loved it. She immediately knocked it over and rolled on it. She keeps dragging it around the living room. I'd say it was a hit. She also got a birdie catnip toy. She hasn't seen this one yet. I was hoping that she'd warm up to Jan and Ray a bit more than she did, and that they could give it to her. It didn't pan out that way, but she did well.

When we all got home one afternoon, we didn't know where Tulip was. We all spread out looking for her (as if our house is so big). I ended up finding her on the bed in the office, sitting next to my open laptop that I accidentally left there. It looked like she was working on her blog. :) She let Ray get close enough to take her picture while she was laying there. Hopefully he'll send that to us so we can post it here.