The Arrival of "Little" and "Big"

I'm proud to announce that "Little and Big" arrived last night by c-section. Mother Anya and babies are doing fine. Their interim names come from their birth weights - Big was 127 gms and Little was 106 gms (this is a pretty average weight for a kitten - so Big is pretty big). Today on a different scale at 12 hours old they were 137 and 118 gms respectively - both of them are growing quickly. Big is the dark mackerel Tabby in the first picture and Little in the second picture takes after me and is a classic tabby. The pictures really don't do them justice but hopefully as they get bigger the typist will improve in her photographic skills. The typist and vets think they are boys but its a bit early to know for sure.

Tazmin keeps tormenting me

Can you believe the nerve of some cats - I work hard with the Boss to create a beautiful retaining wall and Tazmin uses the wall to sit on top of my outdoor run....
This city cat really likes to take advantage when ever she can.
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Counting the days till Tazmin goes back to Victoria.
Nökö

Busy, busy, busy

In my last post some people felt I was being too hard on Tazmin because she just lounges around all day. So I thought I show what I've been up to. The Boss and I built these retaining walls while Tazmin slept in the sun. The Boss actually did most of the work - but he couldn't have done without my supervision and encouragement. So you can see we hard working mountain cats just aren't beautiful - we're productive too


On the kitten front - we're all still waiting and waiting and waiting some more. Anya is quite calm about it all - while the typist and I are eager for them to be born.



Now that it's summer and the deer fence is completed Sasha and I have been helping in the garden. The deer fence keeps the deer and other predators out and keeps we cats safely inside. So we're eager to get outside our regular pens every morning. Here's Sasha begging for his turn in the garden.


Sasha has also been checking on the household faucets - one of his favorite activities. So you can see we mountain cats do work hard!

Good News!!! Bad News!!

Hi Nökö here. First the bad news - Tazmin, who normally lives in Victoria with Silvie, is staying with us while Silvie works on her Masters in Geography at some frozen lake in Sweden. Tazmin is just a little too citified for we mountain cats. She seems to think she runs the show. Take a look at her in this picture -

Doesn't she realize that this is our house and she should show some respect. Instead she hisses and makes a big fuss - so the rest of us have to stay out her way. It's just not fair that she gets to lounge - while the rest of us have our work to do.

The Good News is that Anya is definitely having kittens. Although she's being very secretive about when she will have them. Even the typist isn't sure. Anya says that its very important for a girl to have some secrets and I guess this is one of them.
She was checking out the new pantry (prospective birth room????)

Visiting Toni

This is my second daughter Toni - she's lives just down the road but we don't get to see her much - so it was great when the typist brought these photos back. (The typist said I couldn't go with her because I would get into trouble - I said "Who me?"). Anyway, Toni has a great life - she is well loved by Myo and Carol (her new people) and even is well loved by Emma the dog. Couldn't get a good picture of them both together because unlike cool Siberian cats who know how to conduct themselves with dignity and restraint, Emma gets soooo excited when visitors come. Notice the firm hand on Emma's collar!!!
Bye for now
Nökö

Nökö is now two years old!

Hi! This is me at 2 weeks old (Way back in May 2007 -picture courtesy of Merja Tolonen, my breeder in Finland). I guess you can see why the typist fell in love with me. The picture below is me at my first cat show - after I became a TICA Champion and just a couple of weeks before I turned 2 years old on April 25, 2009. (Photo Courtesy of Wells Photographic Design). Still cute after all these years!! LOL.

We haven't posted much lately as the typist tried to remove her left thumb with a power tool. She wasn't successful but it has slowed her down some. She's even more clumsy now than usual - can't operate the camera, slow typing, even a bit slow getting our meals on time. We're hoping this improves soon.

Cat Space 9

Excuse the x-ray vision eyes and the dark photo but this is the only picture of me that the typist took at our first cat show. Apparently I became a champion on the first day of the show. I always thought I was a champion but at a cat show it seems to have something to do with being taken in and out of one's cage over and over again. I must admit I did get a little grumpy about having my morning nap interrupted. Sasha got so tired of all the comings and goings he did a face plant in his mat. The judges liked him as he won 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 7th best kitten ribbons.
Some judges liked Ali better than Sasha and she was in 2 finals. Once they even finalled in the same class. (That judge really liked Siberians - good taste don't you think?)