3-D CATS IN THEIR SPRING/SUMMER HATS!

The 3-Ds are enjoying wearing their spring/summer hats.  It sure beats those heavy winter ones!

 Dylan's got on his butterfly cap with denim peak, and coordinating neckerchief.  "Is good fur huntin' buttahflies", says he.  And, it must be true because if he follows his nose he'll find one without any effort at all.

"Da only fing I don't like is buttahflies in my stomack" remarks he.

"Doan worry, liddle buttahfly, I'm not gonna eat ya -- I swear!"

#@*!

Domino is glorious in her gold summer hat complete with decorative dandelion.  She also picked one to attach to her necklace.  As if that wasn't enough, she is daintily strolling through a patch of those same yellow flowering weeds!

But pretty soon dandelion season will be over.  Then what will she do?

There are so many flowers in the garden that she can "take her pick"!  With such an array of colours, what will she choose next?

???

Dante's dappurr in his orange straw fedora and matching bowtie.  His bowtie (with its very own pair of wings) makes him 'mews' over the butterflies that are fluttering about.

"Well, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" declares he.  "I'm jus' gonna wing it!"  And so he does.

!!!

DANTE AND DYLAN: TOGETHER AGAIN OR NOT!

Dante and Dylan are often together, especially in the evening when they habitually commune on the rug in the foyer.

However, here they are silently communicating on the back deck.  It provided me with the opportunity to take a few endearing pictures and to telePATHETICally listen in on their conFURsation.

 "Hey, bro!" says Dante.

 "Let's haff a liddle TET-A-TET."

"Wot's a TET-A-TET?" asks Dylan. 

 "It means let's tawk about gettin' yoor big head outta my pichur!" retorts Dante.

"How's dis?" asks Dylan. 

"Jus' a liddle bit more to da left" says Dante.  "Den yoo'll be totully out of it."

As usual, Dante is batting a thousand!

DOMINO'S SUNDAY STROLL

Domino had a brief stroll in the back yard earlier today.

After rustling through the underbrush, she emerged no worse for the wear, but wearing a twig on her back!

 She decided to sit for a spell.  "D-O-M-I-N-O, that's me!" says she.

 And then she took another brief PAWS just to pose for me quite picturesquely.

And she is, indeed, pretty as a picture, n'est-ce-PAW?

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY WITH DOMINO & DYLAN: STAY AWAY FROM ME!

3-D CARDINAL BIRD HATS

There are numerous cardinals in our immediate vicinity lately, and the 3-Ds have cottoned on to this.  So for this photoshoot, they wanted to wear their cardinal hats to try to lure in a stray cardinal or two (or three).

Dante is wearing a custom hat (modelled on that of a bellhop, of all things) appliqued with cardinal heads.  He is also wearing a bowtie replete with red birdie heads.   You can certainly see where this is headed!

The real cardinal isn't impressed at all, unfortunately.  "It looks like you decapitated all my friends!  I fink it's about time you decapitated yourself, Dante.  Take off dat fing and frow it away!"

 Dylan also has a hat and tie adorned with cardinal heads, but fortunately he hasn't gone overboard.  His cardinal friend is dancing at the sight of Dylan in his red straw cardinal fedora and jazzy red and black bowtie.

"Yoo makes me wanna sing!" warbles this lively cardinal.

"I likes yoo verrrrry munch" replies Dylan.

Domino is wearing a bright red and taupe fascinator with a feathered arrangement.  It coordinates well with her red glass pearl necklace.

Domino is the most successful of all of the 3-Ds in attracting cardinals.  The one on her head actually thinks it's a nest!  Soon she could have a whole family of the red ones nestled in.  But she best stay very still.

This is a picture that I took of a cardinal in our budding crabapple tree the other day.  Cardinals are such gorgeous birds with their vivid red feathers and striking black mask!

I hope that all of my kitties are ultimately thwarted in their cardinal seducing endeavours, don't you?  The world is better and more beautiful because these lovely birds  are in it.

  

WEDNESDAY WITH THE BOYS!

Dylan and Dante are real pals.  They truly enjoy hanging out together, and every once in a while giving each other a nip for good measure.

Here is a detailed accounting of their most recent outdoor encounter.

Dylan says (referring to Dante) "He's not heavy, he's my brofur!"  Then he whispurrs "Well, mebbe he's a liddle heavy, but he's got big bones."

"In fact, he's a real HAM!"

DOMINO ON DECK!

This is the first time that Domino and I have been on the back deck together since the snow melted.

Lately, she likes to be wherever I am.  I had a difficult time taking her picture because she wanted to be so close to me.

 "Hi Mama, watchya doin'?" asks Domino.

"Why doan yoo get ridda dat camera an' pick me up instead?  Huh?  Huh?"

So, when I try to distance myself to get a decent picture of her, Domino just follows me.

"Why is yoo movin' around, Mama?  Huh?"

"Would you please just get up on the bench and sit very still for a moment, please?" I beg.

"Okey-dokey, Mama, no problem" replies Domino.  "Den kin we cuddle?  Huh?"

"Yes", says I.

... says she.

This is what you call true co-oPURRation!