Peaches Has Her Interview! 2010
Posted: March 16, 2012 Filed under: cat behavior, cat conversations, cats, feline talent, peaches, Uncategorized | Tags: cat humor, cats, evaevaeva, peaches applies for a job, peaches has her interview, peaches replies to eva, peaches the artist's model, peaches the senior cat photographer 2 CommentsThe follow-up to “Peaches Applies for a Job”, to her surprise she actually got an interview! But perhaps she wasn’t surprised—I think Peaches was pretty confident of her abilities from the beginning.
Oh, my! I’ve been waiting ALL DAY for my mom to leave the computer. Eva posted a comment on my blog post last night, and I even sat on my mom in bed this morning trying to get-her-up!
We finally got to the computer and I heard her say, “It’s a good day to concentrate and get things done,” something to do with the weather which is “out there” and I don’t pay any attention to it, but she barely left her seat for long enough for me to grab a snack and get back before her.

Guarding mom's lap.
I sat on her lap to make sure I’d know when the computer was free—usually I love days like this—but finally I’ve got a few minutes to answer Eva’s questions.
Hmmm, let’s see…
1) So, what are some of the jobs you’ve had before and what is your favorite?

Here I am ready to take a photo.
Well, let’s see. I’m a late bloomer, which is why I hope you don’t mind my age. For all my life before I came to my current mom, I lived with another nice lady and my sister who kind of bullied me and I hid a lot. I’m not sure how it all happened, but the first lady disappeared and here I am, and I didn’t have my first real job until I got here and began to use my mom’s little digital camera.
I’ve also become an artist’s model—in fact, I can hardly get any rest that my mom isn’t poking a camera in my face or making me stand still while she’s working so she can get her painting right. Of course, sometimes I’m sleeping and I don’t know.
2) Can you type?

See, I'm typing.
I can walk on the keyboard, see—lkppppppppppppppppk. Does that count? Of course, I’m typing this.
3) Do you have your own laptop?
You mean that nice warm bed my mom tries to use on the kitchen table? It’s hers, but it’s just my size because it’s what she calls a “notebook”. It’s not mine, though, but I think I could operate it.
4) What are your favorite snacks? Do you like Encheesladas?
I absolutely LOVE cheese, so if I didn’t like the rest of it I could lick the cheese off. I love any kind of fish at all.
5) What are your favorite places to sleep?
1) Mom’s lap, 2) in front of the heater vent in her office, 3) on her desk under the kitty keep-warm lamps.
6) What would you do if a silly doggie came along and ate your snacks and ruined all of your work?
I would probably go and take a nap until the silly doggie was gone. I got snacks once, I’ll get them again, and I can do the work another time. I’m very small and cute, I can’t scare anyone and no one ever believes it when I try to get mad.
7) What are your pet peeves at home and at work?

Do I look hungry enough?
Home and work are the same place here. You mean they’re different places if you’re somewhere else?
Well, as I mentioned first, not getting fed as often as I feel I need, not getting enough lap time unless I guard mom’s lap, and having to deal with the Maddening Mob of two-year-olds who for some reason really like me and they don’t leave me alone.
8) It sounds like you have a really nice home right now, even though snack and lap-time are problems. Would it be difficult to make such a big change? Amber’s mom suggested that maybe you could be a virtual assistant. I don’t know what that is, but I’ll look it up and let you know what I find out.

Giuseppe is very warm and comforting.
It is a nice home, and I’ve been really happy here for the four years I’ve been here. I just remember how nice it was at my last place where there were only two of us, and even though my sister bullied me I still got a lot of attention and anything at all I wanted to eat. I’d like that again. But I’ve been able to do so many new things since I’ve been here, and I’ve really come to enjoy being with people, and I have to admit I feel better and I’m a lot healthier here than I ever was with my other mom. And the kids aren’t so bad—in fact, Giuseppe curls up with me in the winter and he’s so big and warm I could sleep all day.
I like being a model, too. I don’t suppose there’s any opportunity for that at your house, is there?

Mimi and I convey the idea of dinner by preventing further work.
Well, I can hear it’s almost supper time, even though I ate less than an hour ago, and then I need to take a nap while you read this. Since everything is electronic, I could be a virtual assistant. We could try that for a while.
And if not, it would be nice to have a friend on the computer.
We have to figure out some way to fool your mom, though!
I look forward to your reply!
Read the first part of this series (and make sure you follow the links to Eva’s blog so you get to know her too):
Things changed a little for Peaches after this; you’ll read about this next.
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Peaches Applies for a Job: 2010
Posted: March 13, 2012 Filed under: cat behavior, cats, feline talent, peaches | Tags: calico cats communicating, cats, evaevaeva, peaches applies for a job, pets 5 Comments“Seeking office assistant for very busy kitty who needs help with things. You should be able to type and to understand business stuff. Must be professional and good with other cats. Lots of nap breaks and some snacks. Multi tasking would be good-like maybe watching out the window for visitors while also getting food from the kitchen counter.”
I can do that. There was more, you can read the rest here, and there might be a d-o-g, but if I can put up with these four ingrates, a dog will be no problem. It was from a kitty named Eva, and her situation sounded way better than mine. So I applied.
Those two oversized idiots hog mom's lap.
Don’t let my mom know…I’m considering a change in venue because my mom is totally inadequate when it comes to feeding me every 42 minutes, plus there’s this group of hyperactive two-year-olds here, so I am considering a change of venue. I can push papers around on a desk with the best of them and I walk on the keyboard regularly only to find myself unceremoniously placed on the floor. I suit all your other requirements, and I hope age isn’t a factor because I think I’m 19 and I probably am, but I’m a very agile and young-looking 19. How is lap time at your place?~Peaches
And you know what? Bad economy or not, I got an interview! Eva posted a message on her blog and on Facebook saying she was waiting.
You see, we older kitties are very computer savvy because those young yahoos just have no attention span.
So I’m going to tell Eva that I have an idea that could work to both of our advantages. We look very much alike, and with Eva’s agility and my absolute cuteness, I could be a decoy and we could work together to fool her mom into thinking there’s only one cat while Eva gets the treats! Then we could have a great time on the internet ordering even more!

Peaches Wakes Me Up
Here’s my application photo, so you can see how much we look alike. And by the way, this is what I have to do to get my mom out of bed in the morning…
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This is a sweet memory from two years ago when Peaches met her BFF Eva. More to come about Peaches!
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Happy New Year with Sparklies: From A Year Ago
Posted: December 31, 2011 Filed under: black cats, cat photographs, cats, daily photo, feline talent, holiday, mewsette, my household of felines, photographs | Tags: black cat with scarf, cats, dressing up cats, feline families, happy new year, pets, portraits of animals 17 Comments
A sparkly new year's wish for everyone!
Because we’ve been preoccupied with Cookie, we couldn’t create a new year wish for you, but Mewsette was so beautiful in her photo shoot last year she deserves another year of greeting our readers!
On behalf of my household of kitties, Mewsette wishes you and yours a happy new year!
She’s modeling my latest crochet scarf with vintage pin, and the little sparks of color and the shape of the pin brought to mind fireworks. She has the greenest eyes of the group, too, and I wanted to highlight that with the background.

Mewsette Coquette (are you actually going to give me that treat or just wave it so I'll look at it?)
I’ve never been one to dress up my cats, but I’ve been handling Mewsette and her brothers since they were three days old and somehow decorating this family of nearly solid black cats seems like the natural thing to do.
This extemporaneous photo shoot developed after I tried to photograph the scarf but certain kitties decided it was meant to be a toy—I have to admit they have a few toys that resemble this—and in the ensuing activity someone ended up wearing it.
And they tolerate it, in part because they inherited their mom’s sweet personality and are the nicest family of kitties I’ve ever known (in a lifetime of kitties), and perhaps also because I’ve been handling them all their lives. They put up with a lot of stuff from me, but of course, the benefits are many.
They are now three years old, so it’s time to put them to work!
I think Mewsette has a true career as a model—I’ve included a few more shots from this session along with Mewsette’s comments.
Her brothers were spared the indignity of having to wear this thing, but their day will come.
It’s a little difficult to tell, but I’ve included the extra space on the right of this last photo so you might see how l-o-o-n-n-g Mewsette’s whiskers are.
I hope your 2011 begins on a bright note with colors, smiles, purrs and happiness, and continues to become more beautiful every day!
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Happy New Year with Sparklies
Posted: December 31, 2010 Filed under: black cats, cat photographs, cats, feline talent, mewsette, my household of felines, photographs | Tags: black cat with scarf, dressing up cats, feline families, happy new year, portraits of animals 6 Comments
A sparkly new year's wish for everyone!
On behalf of my household of kitties, Mewsette wishes you and yours a happy new year!

Faraway Expression (I'd rather be birdwatching than wearing this thing around my neck).
She’s modeling my latest crochet scarf with vintage pin, and the little sparks of color and the shape of the pin brought to mind fireworks. She has the greenest eyes of the group, too, and I wanted to highlight that with the background.

Mewsette Coquette (are you actually going to give me that treat or just wave it so I'll look at it?)
I’ve never been one to dress up my cats, but I’ve been handling Mewsette and her brothers since they were three days old and somehow decorating this family of nearly solid black cats seems like the natural thing to do.
This extemporaneous photo shoot developed after I tried to photograph the scarf but certain kitties decided it was meant to be a toy—I have to admit they have a few toys that resemble this—and in the ensuing activity someone ended up wearing it.
And they tolerate it, in part because they inherited their mom’s sweet personality and are the nicest family of kitties I’ve ever known (in a lifetime of kitties), and perhaps also because I’ve been handling them all their lives. They put up with a lot of stuff from me, but of course, the benefits are many.

Dignified (I'm just letting you know that I'm done with this thing around my neck now).
They are now three years old, so it’s time to put them to work!
I think Mewsette has a true career as a model—I’ve included a few more shots from this session along with Mewsette’s comments.
Her brothers were spared the indignity of having to wear this thing, but their day will come.
It’s a little difficult to tell, but I’ve included the extra space on the right of this last photo so you might see how l-o-o-n-n-g Mewsette’s whiskers are.
I hope your 2011 begins on a bright note with colors, smiles, purrs and happiness, and continues to become more beautiful every day!
On St. Patrick’s Day, Drink Straight From the Tap
Posted: March 17, 2010 Filed under: bathroom, black cats, cat behavior, cats, feline talent, mimi's children, my household of felines, photographs | Tags: cats drinking from faucet, drinking from the faucet, four black cats, four cats in green sink, photography, st. patrick's day 5 Comments
A Drink With Family on St. Patrick's Day
Especially if you’re the Parched Puddies having your daily drink in the mint green sink! They’re not Irish and neither am I, but when you’re getting together with family and drinking from the tap in the presence of something green on St. Patrick’s Day…well, we non-Irish have to improvise.
This photo, for once, is actually from “today”; usually they are from the previous day’s download. All four do this every day, in fact doing their best to lead me back upstairs after breakfast to turn the faucet on to a drip so they can drink. Just this morning the light was perfect* and all four were drinking at one time, plus you can actually see the faucet (a little) and tell it’s a sink.
*Photographing black cats in natural light is a trick, and many of the other photos I have of them drinking in the sink—or doing anything as a group, for that matter—often turns out as a black blob with eyes and ears if I’m not careful. It was often difficult to tell what was in the sink, let alone the number of cats.
But the sun is bright today and reflects off the white walls in the bathroom and I’ve finally captured one of my favorite moments with these four.
Peaches Has Her Interview!
Posted: March 15, 2010 Filed under: cat behavior, feline talent, peaches, Uncategorized | Tags: evaevaeva, peaches applies for a job, peaches has her interview, peaches replies to eva, peaches the artist's model, peaches the senior cat photographer 6 Comments
"Go do something else."
Oh, my! I’ve been waiting ALL DAY for my mom to leave the computer. Eva posted a comment on my blog post last night, and I even sat on my mom in bed this morning trying to get-her-up!
We finally got to the computer and I heard her say, “It’s a good day to concentrate and get things done,” something to do with the weather which is out there and I don’t pay any attention to it, but she barely left her seat for long enough for me to grab a snack and get back before her.

Guarding mom's lap.
I sat on her lap to make sure I’d know when the computer was free—usually I love days like this—but finally I’ve got a few minutes to answer Eva’s questions.
Hmmm, let’s see…
1) So, what are some of the jobs you’ve had before and what is your favorite?

Here I am ready to take a photo.
Well, let’s see. I’m a late bloomer, which is why I hope you don’t mind my age. For all my life before I came to my current mom, I lived with another nice lady and my sister who kind of bullied me and I hid a lot. I’m not sure how it all happened, but the first lady disappeared and here I am, and I didn’t have my first real job until I got here and began to use my mom’s little digital camera. My mom even wrote about it on her old website.
I’ve also become an artist’s model—in fact, I can hardly get any rest that my mom isn’t poking a camera in my face or making me stand still while she’s working so she can get her painting right. Of course, sometimes I’m sleeping and I don’t know.
2) Can you type?

See, I'm typing.
I can walk on the keyboard, see—lkppppppppppppppppk. Does that count? Of course, I’m typing this.
3) Do you have your own laptop?
You mean that nice warm bed my mom tries to use on the kitchen table? It’s hers, but it’s just my size because it’s what she calls a “notebook”. It’s not mine, though.
4) What are your favorite snacks? Do you like Encheesladas?
I absolutely LOVE cheese, so if I didn’t like the rest of it I could lick the cheese off. I love any kind of fish at all.
5) What are your favorite places to sleep?
1) Mom’s lap, 2) in front of the heater vent in her office, 3) on her desk under the kitty keep-warm lamps.
6) What would you do if a silly doggie came along and ate your snacks and ruined all of your work?
I would probably go and take a nap until the silly doggie was gone. I got snacks once, I’ll get them again, and I can do the work another time. I’m very small and cute, I can’t scare anyone and no one ever believes it when I try to get mad.
7) What are your pet peeves at home and at work?

Do I look hungry enough?
Home and work are the same place here. You mean they’re different places if you’re somewhere else?
Well, as I mentioned first, not getting fed as often as I feel I need, not getting enough lap time unless I guard mom’s lap, and having to deal with the Maddening Mob of two-year-olds who for some reason really like me and they don’t leave me alone.
8) It sounds like you have a really nice home right now, even though snack and lap- time are problems. Would it be difficult to make such a big change? Amber’s mom suggested that maybe you could be a virtual assistant. I don’t know what that is, but I’ll look it up and let you know what I find out.

Giuseppe is very warm and comforting.
It is a nice home, and I’ve been really happy here for the four years I’ve been here. I just remember how nice it was at my last place where there were only two of us, and even though my sister bullied me I still got a lot of attention and anything at all I wanted to eat. I’d like that again. But I’ve been able to do so many new things since I’ve been here, and I’ve really come to enjoy being with people, and I have to admit I feel better and I’m a lot healthier here than I ever was with my other mom. And the kids aren’t so bad—in fact, Giuseppe curls up with me in the winter and he’s so big and warm I could sleep all day.
I like being a model, too. I don’t suppose there’s any opportunity for that at your house, is there?

Mimi and I convey the idea of dinner by preventing further work.
Well, I can hear it’s almost supper time, even though I ate less than an hour ago, and then I need to take a nap while you read this. Since everything is electronic, I could be a virtual assistant. We could try that for a while.
And if not, it would be nice to have a friend on the computer.
We have to figure out some way to fool your mom, though!
I look forward to your reply!
Peaches Applies for a Job
Posted: March 13, 2010 Filed under: cat behavior, feline talent, peaches | Tags: calico cats communicating, evaevaeva, peaches, peaches applies for a job 15 Comments“Seeking office assistant for very busy kitty who needs help with things. You should be able to type and to understand business stuff. Must be professional and good with other cats. Lots of nap breaks and some snacks. Multi tasking would be good-like maybe watching out the window for visitors while also getting food from the kitchen counter.”
I can do that. There was more, you can read the rest here, and there might be a d-o-g, but if I can put up with these four ingrates, a dog will be no problem. It was from a kitty named Eva, and her situation sounded way better than mine. So I applied.
Those two oversized idiots hog mom's lap.
Don’t let my mom know…I’m considering a change in venue because my mom is totally inadequate when it comes to feeding me every 42 minutes, plus there’s this group of hyperactive two-year-olds here, so I am considering a change of venue. I can push papers around on a desk with the best of them and I walk on the keyboard regularly only to find myself unceremoniously placed on the floor. I suit all your other requirements, and I hope age isn’t a factor because I think I’m 19 and I probably am, but I’m a very agile and young-looking 19. How is lap time at your place?~Peaches
And you know what? Bad economy or not, I got an interview! Eva posted a message on her blog and on Facebook saying she was waiting.
You see, we older kitties are very computer savvy because those young yahoos just have no attention span.
So I’m going to tell Eva that I have an idea that could work to both of our advantages. We look very much alike, and with Eva’s agility and my absolute cuteness, I could be a decoy and we could work together to fool her mom into thinking there’s only one cat while Eva gets the treats! Then we could have a great time on the internet ordering even more!

Peaches Wakes Me Up
Here’s my application photo, so you can see how much we look alike. And by the way, this is what I have to do to get my mom out of bed in the morning…
A Very Classical Cat
Posted: October 24, 2009 Filed under: behavior, feline talent, musical cat | Tags: behavior, feline talent 1 CommentI’ll look at anything with a cat in it; I just accept that I’m not terribly discriminating where cat things are concerned. Cat videos on YouTube, though, are usually off-limits because they are typically 1) blurry beyond recognition, 2) the audio and video have nothing to do with each other, and 3) probably they’re really funny when they were filmed but by the time they get to YouTube they’ve lost their sparkle.
And though I admit that any interaction any of my cats had with a musical instrument I would think was 1) beautiful, 2) clever and highly intuitive, I would also think it was 3) interesting to no one but me.
This particular feline musician is so unique and the music so lovely that I have to post the link. Nora the cat both pats the piano keys and rubs her face and shoulders on them, and the classical chamber piece that accompanies her is gentle and moving. It’s just a few minutes long. You’ll find sequels, too.
Nora is not on stage, she is in her home at her own piano, a gray tabby with an orange and white tabby and a dark tabby with white paws as her audience. It could be that they remind me of a long ago trio who shared my life in Moses, Allegro and Stanley.
I first saw this on Bogeysblogshpere–make sure you stop by and visit Bogey of My Three Cats & Company, Inc. Many thanks also to Mike Friese of the Cat Writer’s Association for posting this to our group. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeoT66v4EHg
And I discovered there is a website for this Lithuanian composer at www.catcerto.com.