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?)

Joyous Occasion

Today was a joyous occasion - the typist moved the couch out of the basement and the cemetary of lost toys was found. There were seven of my favorite plastic spirals, some assorted fleece toys and best of all Sasha's beloved mouse. He was so happy to see it he carried it around the house for most of the evening.
He is very protective of it and made sure none of us tried to harm it.

The Slinky Toy

Sasha and I discovered a great new toy today. The typist says she's had one of these since she was a little kid and loved to play with it on the stairs. My question was so if she's known about it for ages - what took her so long to share it with us? Above are some pictures of Sasha checking it out.

Some important news - Anya and I (Nökö ) have perfectly normal hearts. So we are cleared for having more babies!!!!

Politely Decline

Hi
If you're wondering why I'm looking a little tired we just got back from Spokane last night. So to all you cats out there - if anyone asks you to go to Spokane - politely decline. Speaking from experience - going to Spokane which sounds like it could be fun - actually just means far, far, far too much time in to many small spaces. Four to five hours in my carrier during the road trip, then the hotel said - I had to stay in the bathroom when the typist and the spouse were out for dinner and a movie. What fun is that? Can you believe at US customs they confiscated my dry cat food? Then all the typist could find was some canned food that both Anya and I had the good sense to refuse to eat. The next day Anya and I spent the morning at Inland Empire Imaging - nice people but again they wanted me to sit still for 45 mins while they looked at my heart. It was almost a relief to get back in the car for the five hour trip home.
Boy am I glad to be back!