In Memorium

We are dark for a while in honor of Dad's mom passing away. We are fine, family coming in, and it will be a great celebration of her life.

Eileen Smith Kruse

2/24/24 - 8/28/12

Thankful Thursday - Catification Step 1

Mom was really impressed by the catification lounge sponsored by Modern Cat and Jackson Galaxy at BlogPaws. She has been watching Parker trying to figure out how to get on top of the armoire and has decided there is value in catifying the house. We have a great bamboo tree so she is trying to incorporate free standing structures for us. ["This Old House" is not good for supporting Maine Coon strong wall structures.] Here are the results from Step I. Notice how Parker is UP and away from me? I thank Modern Cat and Cat Daddy for all the peace they have inspired!

 Cat Tree is set up for leaping to new heights

 Parker surveys his kingdom

Parker gives his seal of approval - his paws are crossed.

Thankful Thursday - Amy's Quilt Won!

Normally I would NEVER double post, but a REALLY GREAT thing happened today!!!! KruseKats won the Best Cat-themed quilt in the Lilypad Quilting Pets on Quilt!!!!!! I had to share with everyone.

This is what Padsworth, the blog ambassador, had to say:

"For the Cat on Quilt or Cat-themed quilt, it's the amazing KruseKats, whose fan club propelled them to victory! Take a victory lap around the milk bowl, KruseKats! Everone loved the tail, er tale of how the quilt was made!"


We win a gift certificate from Cotton Patch Quilt Shop, and that will be given to Irene, our machine quilter.   THANKS A MILLION AND HEAD BONKS ALL AROUND AND SMOOCHIES, TOO!

I am adding this to cokie's bloghop since he was instrumental in the entry!

Thankful for Pet Gates Thursday

Dad lets big dogs come to our house and stay. I mean big as an elephant dog that chases and snarfs me! Mom makes Dad create a Safe Room for me. They have a gate with a cat door. I feel perfectly safe behind it. I can breathe and sleep and eat... It was Mom's idea. She's a great Mom who understands cats.

This is a picture of our gate with impostors posing.

Thanks Mom!
Love Maggie and Parker

this is a blog hop sponsored by our good friend CokietheCat. Please join in the fun!

Wordless Wednesday - Innocence

Is it possible that Mr. Parker can look innocent? What big paws he has!

Time to Vote for Pets on Quilts Show!

Our quilt is in 2 categories, so please vote for us as illustrated below.
EQ quilts - #99
Cats on Quilts - #99

Here is the voting link - just leave a comment at the end of the blog post.

this is our EQ (Electric Quilt) entry:







And these qualify as our cats on quilts entries:

Thanks for voting! Go @AmysQuiltArmy!!!!!

Thanksful Thursday - Foods We Love

Every now and then Mom lets us have a few food treats. Now, she says they are not normal cat foods, but since we love them, she see no problem.

The sound of this jar is unusual, so Parker comes running. It is pimento stuffed olives. He prefers the pimentos rather than olives. I don't get it, but whatever turns his crank.

The other sound we come running for is can opener. Parks can be sound asleep upstairs, and he still hears it! Our favorite human food treat is canned mushrooms. We have a thieving war with each other. Normally I prefer to savor my mushrooms, but Parker has been known to try to steal it out of my mouth.

My canned food fave is black beans. Parker doesn't like them so much, he prefers baked beans. In fact he steals them out of the casserole if Mom doesn't watch him.

Parker is also terribly fond of Mom's gluten free pasta. He have never tasted regular pasta so we have nothing to compare it against. He steals the pasta from the colander!

So, we are thankful we have a nice mom who cooks these things. Do any of you pets eat different things?

don't forget this is a blog hop sponsred by my dear friend Cokiethecat!. Please check them all!