Panzer
last update: 05/30 @ 14:07

It’s been a while since I posted a Panzer photo.

Clearly it’s time to show him off again.

And this offers proof he is awake and alert sometimes between naps.

… not even a mouse …
last update: 12/23 @ 10:50

No mice stirring here while Panzer is on the job :)

Panzer
last update: 08/29 @ 15:27

He was sitting on the table where he often gets brushed.

And mostly patiently waiting for it to be dinner time.

And generally just looking handsome.

So, clearly, a photo is needed.

Sad end to the day
last update: 12/18 @ 23:54

The day started pretty well…

After finishing up some household chores, I popped the canoe on car and headed towards Angler’s Inn.

The traffic on the American Legion bridge was crazy bad and I made a huge detour south to go across Chain bridge.

At that point I was starting to think about just heading back home.

But I made the crazy detour and by the time I got to Anglers, there were parking places and I was ready to get on river.

It was cloudy and cool.

But for December, it was great!

There were a few other folks out but not many and so it felt like I had the river to myself.

While the water level was low, I had fun.

A bit of surfing across the Maryland chute, and a bit of surfing across the Virginia chute.

And I was almost able to make the attainment up the center channel. Almost, but not quite.

Then, when I got home Sarah came out to tell me that Pinker was not doing well.

She’s been ill but hanging on for months; however, the last couple days, she’s stopped coming upstairs and purring.

Sarah said she was just sitting all day with her head pointed to the wall.

It was time to say goodbye. A very sad trip to the vets office. But it was nice for all of us to be able to go.

Robert just held her in the back seat (and took this final photo).

She’s been with us for just over a decade and she will be sadly missed.

I know her brother misses her as well. We’ll be sad for while, but our lives were made better by having her a part of the last decade; we’ll remember all the fun and joy she brought and enjoy her brother’s company.

Please excuse the typos…
last update: 08/01 @ 14:30

… guest editor at work.

Er, guest editor at rest.

Stars are born…
last update: 05/07 @ 20:58

They have starting roles (well, sort of) in one of her videos (about three and half minutes in, if your not a dog person).

Check out Synergy Animal Behavior’s YouTube for more.

Kitty portraits…
last update: 02/17 @ 20:08

Now they are well established cats.

And less interested in sitting for a portrait.

The lights and attention seemed to worry them; which I’m OK with.

Panzer above; Pinker to the right.

Christmas Tree
last update: 12/08 @ 23:21

We walked over to our favorite tree lot yesterday.

Not quite as planned, it was no longer light as we had some kitty calming to do before we could go: Panzer had found a paper bag and…

Trapped himself inside it. There was a brown, paper bag streak racing through the house; downstairs, then up.

We found some of the bag. But there was still a rope handle wrapped around him as he was hiding under Robert’s bed.

We got him out with treats, checked him over, gave him some dinner, then went to get the tree.

So the decorations went up today.

I think we did well.

And I think Panzer agreed.

Robert is working on replacing the Christmas train around the tree with a Christmas Hot Wheels track.

But he’s still working on getting the curve and loop to work as he’d like.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

And we can barely wait…

Christmas cats…
last update: 12/22 @ 11:05

Pinker and Panzer are very happy to have their annual tree nest back. New this year, we put the tree in the addition rather than the dining room as we’ve done in years past.

It seems to fit well and I expect to add a couple more photos before the big day.

La Croix Coma
last update: 05/12 @ 09:15

OK, I cheated, Panzer really can’t open his own can nor does he like seltzer water. But he was in a happy dinner coma and I had an empty so…

Easter
last update: 04/16 @ 10:27

We have a new technique for our eggs this year: Robert and Sarah found Painters, paint pens.

Clearly a step beyond our previously adventurous rubber band wrapping. Sarah’s flowers are great!

They were a very cool addition.

Perhaps not completely traditional, but fun nonetheless.

And helps to make it worthwhile to really stretch to get that last egg hidden by the Easter Bunny.

It promises to be a hot Easter this year (something we should be getting more used to I suppose).

We’re finishing up our Tax Day letter (check back on Tuesday, thanks to DC’s Emancipation Day holiday). Then we have a couple outdoor excursions planned.

Ahh….
last update: 12/11 @ 20:36

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