The Carnival of the Cats

It's here The CARNIVAL OF THE CATS!!

Welcome to the 311th Carnival of the Cats! There are all kinds of snacks.....

And, of course, Niptinis......

And Tuna Juice cocktails

Grab a snack and a beverage and stay for a while! There is a lot going on in the Cat Blogosphere this week!!

Cokie the Cat features an amazing story about Poppy! Poppy is one lucky pooch.

Samantha and Clementine are enjoying the rare sight of snow in Texas on a Wordless Thursday!

Hakuna from Blog d'Elisson is thinking about taking up camping...or maybe just napping on the sleeping bag. We've never visited Hakuna's blog before but we plan on visiting often.

Effurybuddy knows cats are meant to be worshiped. Elms in the Yard shows two excellent examples in their post.

We also know that naps are a very impawtent part of our day/night/life and we really don't want to have the flashy box disturbing us. Amber from TT&TOT is showing her displeasure at a purrfect nap being interrupted by the flashy box.

Speaking of naps.... Mr Jones from AllanThinks has a great new napping spot!

Eric and Flynn have an interesting submission this week....they say it only LOOKS like they are pooping!! Well...maybe in the last photo......................

Appearing in the Carnival for the Very First Time is Sparkle the Designer Cat! Binga and Boodie are doing their version of The Odd Couple! We want to extend a warm welcome to the Carnival to Sparkle and her family.

Luna over at CatSynth is very talented. Luna was featured at one of her human's performances. We're so fortunate to have such talented friends.

Artiemisa is having a great time with her new toys and is really settling in at her new forever home with Alasandra, The Cats & Dog. She sure is a cutie pie!

Over at Margs Pets they are celebrating Cat Nip Day! We think effuryday should be Cat Nip Day!! Tabatha is having a great time with the 'nip!!

There's a Neighborhood Watch going on at My Cats and Funny Stories We know the neighbors feel safer with this duo snooopervising.

At the Mind of Mog things have quieted down. A little visitor has gone home and life is back to normal!

Your human is going to scream SNORGLEFEST when you look at iMeowza's Tummy Tuesday post! Rolling in the dirt is such fun!!

No words are needed when you visit iInfidel!

We just found a new friend in Echo at Two Southern Girls. Echo likes all things electric! Of course, cuteness wins and he is always forgiven. We like the alarm clock trick!!

Ernie is having a blast with DaBird at The Island Cats. We think he did a good job catching it...we love DaBird!

Happy Birthday to Sukki! Did you miss Sukki's big birthday bash? If you did, stop by Jacqueline's Cat House and say Happy Birthday to Sukki!

We all know kitties have healing power. Maddie at StrangeRanger is a great Nurse Kitty!! We hope Maddie's bean feels better soon.

That's all we have for now. We'll add any others that we receive as the day goes on so check back later! A few of the submissions didn't show up earlier (along with the Cat Blogosphere). We think effurything is back up and running now!

We hope you had great time at the Carnival! Don't forget to ride the Ferris wheel - it's a great place for snoopervising!

Don't miss next week's Carnival #312 at Meowsings of an Opinionated Pussycat

Photo Hunters - Daily

This week's Photo Hunter's theme is DAILY. Allie thinks Mom's bathrobe and plushy throw are the purrfect spot for her favorite DAILY activity - napping.


Don't forget that we'll be hosting the Carnival of the Cats here this Sunday! Please Submit your catblogging post to the handy BlogCarnival submission form or email to carnivalofthecats(at)gmail.com. We're really excited and hope to get lots of entries!!

Friday Friends - meet the Manatees

It's so cold here in Florida that the Manatees have come into a canal near our house to stay warm. Earlier this year Mom said there were over 150 of them in this canal. Mom was there visiting the Manatees one day when Sea World came to try to rescue one of the babies who was showing distress.

Dad took this video a couple of weeks ago and we wanted to share our Manatee friends with our blogging pals.



We'll be hosting the Carnival of the Cats here this Sunday! Please Submit your catblogging post to the handy BlogCarnival submission form or email to carnivalofthecats(at)gmail.com.

Thankful Thursday - a fun award

We got this cool award from Pandafur! This award must be given to two blogs that you have not visited before. Once you've found two new blogs, you need to post in their comments:

(1) a big hello and something that you like about their blog
(2) that they've won this award from your blog
(3) a link back to your blog so they can collect the award and pass it along to two bloggers, who will then pass it along to two bloggers, etc, etc



Here are two fun blogs to visit:

1. Cokie the Cat
2. Albert The Cat

Cokie is a Long Hair Flame Point Siamese who lives in Hollywood. Albert lives in London with his brother and sister and his housekeeping staff. Please take the time to visit them - you won't be sorry! Thanks Pandafur...we found two new friends thanks to you!

Wordless Wednesday with Sniffie

Toes and Tummy Tuesday with Allie

Well....maybe a bit more tummy than toes!!!

ManCat Monday - Flower Arranging 101

With all the excitement over athletic ability and the Olympics, Cousin Trooper wanted to show effurycat how a ManCat can also be artistic!

See these flowers? Pretty, aren't they?


I know I can do better!!!
Hey - where did that come from???

Let me move this one a bit....
Got it! Now it's purrfect!!!

Cat Olympics - Mile Long Machine Cleaning

Today's Olympic Event is Mile Long Machine Cleaning. One Cats Nip is the event host today. Don't forget to check out the other contestants.

Tamir keeps a clean machine!!

Cat Olympics - Hiding plus Photo Hunters Cuddly

Here we are at the Cat Olympics again. Today's event is Hiding and it's being hosted by Jennifer Lorton.

Sniffie is using her hiding skills by sleeping inside the little scratcher and utilizing camoflague to purrfect her purrformance. Go Sniffie!!




Mom says this picture also qualifies for Photo Hunters Cuddly theme since Sniffie looks very Cuddly in this picture!

Cat Olympics - Synchronized Snoozing

The Island Cats are hosting the Synchronized Snoozing event!

Ellie and Sniffie hope to win the GOLD! Notice how they are mirror images of each other right down to the paw!

Cat Olympics - Boxing Competition

Today's Event in the Cat Olympics is a big favorite around here - BOXING!!! This event is being sponsored by Sparkle the Designer Cat.


Here are Ellie and Allie in a Boxing competition that isn't in a conventional boxing ring - it's in a BOX!!

Cat Olympics - Competitive Napping and Balance Beam

It's time for the Cat Olympics! Our friend Huffle Mawson is hosting competitive napping.

Sniffie does a good job of napping! She really knows how to relax!

We think Allie can nap anywhere! This picture qualifies for Balance Beam too which is hosted at Fin's bloggie.


To see what the other categories are and where they are hosted, visit Fin at Housecat Confidential. Fin has a full list of the events! We'll be entering others as the week goes on.

Mardi Gras!

Today is Fat Tuesday! Fat Tuesday marks the end of Mardi Gras and is a day for eating rich foods Here is the Wikipedia description

The terms "Mardi Gras" (pronounced /ˈmɑrdi grɑː/, "Mardi Gras season", and "Carnival season",^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} in English, refer to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after the Epiphany and ending on the day before Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday" (in ethnic English tradition, Shrove Tuesday), referring to the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season, which started on Ash Wednesday

We can think of some yummy, rich, fatty foods we would like to have like stinky goodness and temptations! Last year a super pal of ours, Diamond, made this for Allie for Mardi Gras - isn't it pawsome?? Thanks again Diamond!

ManCat Monday - Cousin Trooper and the Plague Rat

Cousin Trooper says Plague Rats are super toys for ManCats!

CHOMP!!
Want your own Plague Rat? Visit Baby Patches new site Nip and Bones to get one today!

Happy Valentines Day

Make a Smilebox greeting

Photo Hunters - Broken

This week's Photo Hunter's theme is Broken. We loved our Undercover Mouse...






We're really sad because the motor runs but the little arm doesn't go around anymore. It's BROKEN!

Finally Friday!

Hey Mom...could you move this blanket over a bit? I'm FREEZING!!!

Thankful Thursday - a wonderful Award

Mom's a slacker! We got this cool award from Karen Jo and Herman at Herman's Hideaway a couple of weeks ago and we're just getting around to posting it!

Isn't this a fun award? Here are the rules:

"When accepting this auspicious award, you must write a post bragging about it, including the name of the misguided soul who thinks you deserve such acclaim, and link back to said person so everyone knows he or she is. Choose a minimum of 10 blogs that you find brilliant in content or design. Or improvise by including have no idea who you are because you don’t have 10 friends. Show the 10 random victims’ names and links and leave a harassing comment informing them that they were prized with “Honest Weblog.” Well, there’s no prize, but they can keep the nifty icon. List at least ten honest things about yourself. Then, pass it on! "

We're going to share our 10 Honest Things about Us.

Ellie -
1. I'm spoiled!!
2. I climb on the high kitchen cabinet and cry until someone gets me down...then I go back up!

Allie -
3. I like to "paw" on the closet doors in the middle of the night. Mom and Dad really LOVE this!
4. I love to get into snuggly spots - boxes, beds, baskets, crockpots...

Sniffie -
5. I love to groom Mom's hair. Sometimes I have to bite it to get it just right.
6. I sleep on Mom's pillow. #5 usually follows my arrival on the pillow!

Tamir -
7. I am Mom's big baby boy and I'm not ashamed to admit it (a real ManCat admits his feelings!)
8. Mom says I have a "sense" for her feelings and that I have a healing purr.

Cubby and Clifford (we're inseparable so we want to answer together)
9. We pretend to ignore the kitties, but we really love them.
10. We chase snakes in the backyard which makes Mom crazy.

We hope you enjoyed reading about us. We would like to pass this on to any of our pals who would like to take it. It's fun to learn about our friends and we hope that you take this award for your own!

Wordless Wednesday - Allie loves boxes

Toes and Tummy Tuesday

Poor Sniffie can't even get privacy while she naps. She was really pooped after all the partying this weekend. Mom could have at least brushed her floofy tummy furs before she took this shot. Maybe she won't see this picture.

ManCat Monday - My Party

Boy was my party fun! I shared my party with Auntie El since it was her birthday too. Here's a picture of Auntie El and Daddy. Mom made something called Osso Bucco and some nommy chocolate mousse!




Mom had the house decorated real purrty.... The Woofies tried to tell me that some of the decorations weren't for my party but for Valentines Day. I don't believe them....look what this says.... Mom LOVES me!!! TinKitty shared a beverage with me...

There were presents! Can you tell which ones are mine??


I'm a ManCat...I can put this together...

I really liked these Grandma Lucy's freeze drived Liver Treats



Isn't this Turbo Track cool? Too bad the Girlz wouldn't let ME play with it...




To top off the night, we had yummy HAM!!! You can hear me ask (politely) for my ham. Sniffie asked too!!




No, I didn't wear the hat...I'm a TEENAGER now and I can rebel!! Many thanks to Baby Patches Mom at Nip and Bones for getting my presents in the mail in time for my party!!

Happy Birthday Auntie El!

Today is Auntie El's birthday! Auntie El and Tamir are sharing their birthday party tonight. We're having Shrimp Cocktail (for Tamir) and Osso Bucco (for Auntie El) and a yummy chocolate mousse (for effurybuddy!)

Happy Birthday Auntie El! We Love you!!