Picking on Bridget...Again

Happy Monday and thanks for stopping by!

Hope you're all safe..lots of hurricanes hitting landfall and Bridget hopes she's not too late..
She's volunteering herself to hold down roofs, piles of lumber and sheetrock as the winds gust out of control...

Okay...out of the kindness of my pea-pickin' heart, I'll not have this photo any bigger than necessary..AND I admit the camera angle isn't the most flattering, but who can blame me?

Hope you all stay safe with the crazy stuff going on, that you keep the fires burning for those of you having wintry weather and for the rest of us trying to stay cool, let's continue to do our best to batten down the hatches in more ways than one.

Love you all..and yes, Bridget, too.  Come over here, you beautiful baby and give me a smakerooo...

TOM

Windowsill Thoughts

Hi and welcome to my Mancat Monday post! (friends are always welcome - this is for people who may come around secretly...I DO have secret admirers, you know, hehe)

Windowsills and gazing out at the world is a great way to go through one's thoughts and ponder why things are the way they are.

Sometimes Bridget joins me in my ponderin'. Then she tells me to shut up. I just ignore her.

This here's been bugging me: Why do we say sunrise and sunset? The sun doesn't move. It's the earth doing all the heavy lifting, yet the sun gets credit and is the topic of poetry and descriptions in fanciful fiction. Oh, and songs...sunrise, sunset..sunrise, sunset..They keep repeating their wrongness!!

There are other things that bug me, but I won't go into those now. I love the sun, as all of us cats do, but the earth with all the trees, birds, and - let's not forget, mice - is pretty special, too.

Have a good week!

TOM & BRIDGET

Do You Know the Way?

Hi, guys!

I don't know what it is, but Bridget keeps taking over my space here on my...MY blog!

She thinks just because it's her day to be on my Facebook page that it entitles her to be here. Well, not exactly. It's only an unusual circumstance and it involves bugs.

You see, they see her in the window and figure they can stop and ask for directions. Honestly!! We've been keeping a dish full of water down where the chipmunks and groundhogs can reach. The bugs come by, too, like a rest stop or something, and ask for directions to a spot on their particular journey. I don't know how she knows how they get there, but she does..!!!

See me at the other window?? Hehehe

Have a good week, my friends, and if you see bugs, send them to Bridget!


Tom

Bridget Goes A-Hunting

Hi, everyone!

Hope you had a good Fourth. Ours was a quiet one. In between naps, I visited friends online, providing my two cents and well wishes in between naps.

Bridget was busy, not taking much to amuse her. She gets all excited when she hears activity under furniture or in the kitchen. It's like she wants in on a world that makes it a point to hide from us.

"Beware!" I cry as she sticks her nose where it probably doesn't belong. She is the curiosityest cat I've ever known. Sometimes, I'll look with her and see nothing. Of course, it gets the housekeeper off her fanny as she comes over and looks, bringing a flashlight.

"There it is!" A web with a tiny bug in it as Bridget swishes her tail with glee. All that fuss over something you can barely see.

Not me. I have better things to do and I've been there, done that. At 11 years old, I'm much more relaxed and take the world in stride. Bridget is only 6 and she's still making discoveries.

The only discoveries I've made are mats, groundhogs out the window, or an occasional bee flying by, asking for directions..hehe

Have a happy Monday, friends!

Tom and Bridget  xoxoxo

'ear! 'ear!

Helloooo!

NAP, EAT, THINK, PURR, POOP...
DON'T THROW ME FOR A LOOP
I HAVE IT DOWN TO A SCIENCE
ON ME THERE'S RELIANCE
MY EARS WILL LEAD ME TO SNOOP!

This week I'm concentrating on my ears.

Like the British say, "'ear, 'ear!!"

Anyhoo, we can listen to two noises at once! Yes, it does get scrambled sometimes, but having two ears that scan the room, reach out to noises not heard by humans, WE DON'T MISS A THING!

You can tell I'm hearing stuff here cuz my brain wheels are turning as I take it all in and ponder, or maybe ignore, even though my ears are poised at 90 degrees. At 11 years of age, I'm an ear veteran and I've heard it all before. Like here, a real ho-hum. But, maybe, just maybe...you can see I'm trying to decide.

Every once in awhile we hear something out of the ordinary and have to investigate. That's when the fun really begins.

That's right. We hear everything - the good, the bad and the boring - even secrets, but we are everybuddy's best buddy because, you know why?
We never tell!!!

Isn't that right? Unless, of course, we have a blog, then all bets are off...!!

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Oh!!! I almost forgot! We've hit the 1,000 mark for comments on my blog! I know, it doesn't look like many each week, but every one counts. Thank you! (I hope that means I get special treats, extra nip and a belly rub!)

~TOM

Karate Moves!

Hi, folks!

It's no secret that Bridget and I go at it, wrestling, tumbling and trying our bloodthirsty best, one to overcome the other. I always, I mean always get the upper hand, or paw, pushing her down, towering over her and demanding submission.

However, let me be clear, I don't know how this happened, but for the FIRST TIME EVER, the roles were reversed! I found myself at her feet, helpless to defend myself, until I remembered my lessons in cat karate...!!!

Hey, what a kick!!

After all that, we survived and I swore I'll never be at a disadvantage again...but was I really? I think I handled myself very well. My sensei was proud of me, but then told me Bridget had contacted him right after this and begged him to give her lessons.. yeah, we'll see..LOL!!

Have a good week, everybody!

TOM

The Perch Pest

Hi, efurrybody!

Monday's come around again and the start of a new week.

The housekeeper turned into a pest over the weekend, though. Bridget was on her perch and our dear slave and minion just couldn't leave her alone.

Bridget's a pretty good sport. She goes along. I would have just given our pet perp a piece of my mind!

Enjoy your week, my friends. Always try to find a sunny spot. If you can't, keep a spare one in your heart.

Lovesies,
Tom