Update on the Burd'z Nest

It is with a heavy heart that I report to my pals that the beloved Burd’z Nest that I have been watching and supervising for the past week from my Cat Perch in our front window has met with a tragic ending.

A Mama Burd has been busy at work for the past week building a nest in the eaves of our front porch. I have been sitting on my Cat Perch in the front window every morning and every night watching the hard working Mama Burd build her nest:


Burd Watching from My Cat Perch


Last night when my Mom came home from work, she was horrified to see our beloved Burd’z Nest sitting on the ground underneath the eaves where Mama Burd had been building her nest:


The Burd's Nest


There were no eggs or remnants of eggshells anywhere, so we don’t know if the eggs were eaten by a predator or if Mama Burd had not yet laid her eggs. We are sad about this sudden turn of unfortunate events and feel very sorry for Mama Burd. She spent so much time and effort building her pretty little nest, only to have it knocked to the ground.

A Very Sad Burd Watcher,
Tully

Burd'z Nest

* Warning: This diary entry may contain words that some kittehs may find upsetting or offensive. Do not continue reading this if the word “burd” or “burdz” makes you feel faint, nauseous, or ill. Pawrental guidance is recommended *

I was sitting in my favorite spot on top of one of the cat perches in our front window yesterday morning, when Mom noticed me staring intently at something on the front porch. I was staring up at the eaves of the porch just above our front door. Mom opened the front door to see what I was looking at and saw a Mama Burd flying away.

When she looked up at the eaves she saw…the Burd’z Nest! Since it’s way up high she’d have to get a step ladder to get a closer look, but she doesn’t want to scare Mama Burd off permanently in case there are eggs in the nest. We’re going to watch from a distance for now so Mama Burd can finish building her nest and taking care of her little burdie eggs if there are any.

Since the Mama Burd flew off, we’re not sure what kind of bird she is. I have a front row seat from my cat perch in the window so I’m going to keep watch for the next few days to see what happens. I’ll be back with more Burd updates later.

Love,
Tully
The Burd Watcher

It's Fun Being Four

Today me and my brofur Luke turn four years old. Mom looked at the cat age calculator and saw that 4 cat years is equivalent to 32 human years - she says that is a great age to be. Old enough to have some wisdom and experience, but still young enough to act silly, carefree, and have lots of fun – MOL.

I was a little upset about being left home alone for the past few days while Mom and Dad went off to the mountains to ski. After all what could be more important than staying home with your fur kids? Mom said it was very strange to sleep in a bed at night that did not have kitties laying all over it. She kept waking up and wondering where we were. Then she remembered she was not at home. Since I like to burrow under the blankies next to Mom every night she said it was kind of hard to get used to not having me next to her for a couple of nights. It was so nice having her home again, I jumped into her lap and purred and purred last night. Yeah, I admit it, I’m a Mama’s Boy.

Thank you to all the pals who stopped by to wish us a happy birthday today. We’re having a fun day celebrating.

Love, Tully

Me a Fashionista?

I recently won a pawsome CatAtelier feline fashion collar from pal Toki when he had a contest in his diary. The funny thing was that Toki’s Mom had to make a custom one for me because of my plus-size neck. Even though I’m not that big of a cat, I do have quite a lot of floof around my neck and on my body. Most collars disappear into my big fur, so I don’t often wear them.

Toki’s collar arrived last week along with two interchangeable bowties and I have to admit it is quite a handsome collar. It’s my Mom’s favorite color (green) and looks purrfect for St. Paddy’s Day. It’s made out of really nice fabric and is very well made. Yesterday Mom took some pictures of me. I wasn’t happy about having the collar on at first, but it wasn’t too bad once I got used to it. It’s actually very comfortable:

GQ, here I come

Mom thinks the collar looks even nicer on Luke since he doesn’t have as much fur around his neck and the bowtie stands out more:

Luke strikes a pose

Sammy wasn’t sure what to think of the collar. At first he ran around and tried to pull it off his neck, but then he thought, oh what the heck:

Sammy makes a fashion statement

Cute lil' Ingen also won a collar from Toki. Last I heard, her Mommy was still trying to take some pictures of her and Novi because they kept running away from the camera, heehee. We like to do that, too, Ingen, keeps our Mom on her toes.

Thank you Toki and Mom ~ I’m ready to step out in style for St. Paddy’s Day!

Love, Tully

Catnip Wars

Two weekends ago, Luke posted some pics of us with our catnip plant in the backyard. Mom thought the catnip plant was a goner after December’s frost appeared to have killed it and some of her other plants, too. But recently she noticed little green leaves sprouting and she knew it would come back to life.

This weekend we went outside to see how the catnip plant is doing and to help Mom do some more planting.

This was the plant just 2 weeks ago


Look at how much it has grown


Oh brother! Sammy thinks it belongs to him.


Get away from my catnip, Dude!


This means all out war!


Guess what? Mom is looking for another packet of catnip seeds so she can plant some more. She decided that we each need our very own plant ~ woo hoo!

Love,
Tully

P.S. Sorry about the large photos ~ Mom resized them in Photobucket and they still came out ginormous!

Me and My Fat Neck

This is kind of embarrassing for me to write about, but Mom is wondering if I have a fat neck.

I was the lucky winner in Toki’s diary contest this week so he pawmailed me to ask for my neck measurement since I won one of his Mom’s pawsome bowtie collars from her Etsy store. Mom measured my neck and wrote back to Toki that it is 11 inches. Toki wrote back to me and seemed a little surprised. Really? Is your neck truly 11 inches? Mom measured me again. Ten inches would be snug. I could probably squeeze into 10 ½ inches. Toki’s collar that’s already made is 9-10 inches, which would be a tad small for me and my fat neck. So now his Mom has to make me a plus-size collar ~ MOL. The good news is that another kitty has a chance to win the 9-10 inch collar.

Mom measured Luke’s neck to compare us. His neck is 11 inches too. He’s a bigger cat than I am, but he is not as floofy around the neck. Right now I am extra floofy since it’s winter. Even though it’s not cold where we live, my fur always grows in extra thick and floofy in the winter months.

Mom thinks I’m a healthy weight, about 13 pounds. Maybe my fur is just fat?

Love, Tully

Oops!

Mom came home today from the pet store with some new cat stuff. She bought us a couple of new cat scratchers – woo hoo! One of them is a sisal scratch mat with a feather snap toy you can attach to the edge of the mat and the other is one of those curvy two-surface scratchers with a feather toy attached to the surface.

Mom took the cat scratchers out of the car first and put them on the living room carpet for us to inspect while she unloaded the rest of her stuff from the car. In less than 15 minutes both feather toys were shredded all over the living room carpet – oops! Sorry Mom!

Love,
Tully

Lazy Sunday

Mom is feeling so lazy today, she has a million things to do and doesn’t feel like doing anything – MOL. Dad’s been watching the 49er’s game so he’s feeling a little lazy too. We love it when Mom and Dad just chillax with us and do nothing. They need to act more like cats and less like humans. Humans are always rushing around thinking that they have to get things done. Go to work, run errands, do chores, then repeat. I get tired just watching them.

All of us kitties are hanging out in the living room windows enjoying the cool weather. There are birds and squirrels to watch, and beautiful falling leaves swirling in the front yard. It’s been so hot here lately, but today we’ve got some fog so it’s nice and cool. It’s a great day just to kick back and relax. Are you listening Mom? Just relax and enjoy the day!

Love, Tully

Yay!

We were finally able to upload some new photos to our pages today. We had problems uploading a few of the photos, but once Mom cropped them it finally worked. Photo numbering still isn’t working so great, but as long as you number one photo at a time and save it, we finally got them where we wanted them to be.

We’re having a cool and foggy morning here in the Bay Area, but we don’t mind. The windows are open, Mom’s enjoying her cup of coffee, and all of us kitties are napping in our favorite spots. No complaints here.

We sure miss hearing from our friends; we hope everyfur is doing well and having a pawsome Sunday.

Love, Tully

Happy Days

What started out to be a bad week ended on a happy note. It all began last Sunday when Mom hauled out her suitcase – WTC? That is never a good sign and can only mean one thing…Mom is leaving us!

She left us for 4 days. It was really awful. How could she leave us? At least Dad was home with us. When they both leave, that’s the worst. Mom called home every night to get a kitty update. Dad reported to her that I hung out in the front window every evening looking for signs that Mom was coming home. That made Mom feel really bad. I didn’t sleep in the bedroom at night since Mom wasn’t around. Dad said my appetite was good and I continued to eat so I couldn’t have been that upset. Well, I never lose interest in food – MOL!

When Mom finally came home Thursday night, I ran up to her at the door but then remembered that I was supposed to be mad, so I ran away from her. That lasted about 30 minutes. I couldn’t stay away from her any longer so I nuzzled her and purred so loud in her ear, she knew I wasn’t mad anymore. I snuggled up next to her on the bed when she went to sleep to remind her why she should never leave home.

Happy days are here again:)

Love, Tully