Perception is reality ...

"Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage ..."  - Richard Lovelace 

Cosmo says ... Especially when there are all these great smells over by them!

Why oh why ..

Hi, everyone, it's me, Tucker.

And I just have to ask ... WHY is it that whenever I settle down for a nice nap, Mom decides THAT is the time to take my picture? Mom, seriously ... do you have ANY IDEA how much beauty sleep it takes to stay this adorable?  Do you SEE how tired my eyes are? 

Obviously NOT!  

What's that Cosmo? 

Cosmo agrees.

On this Wednesday Cosmo is WONDERING ...

No Sun on Saturday ...

Hi, Blog Friends!  It's me, Tucker, with your Saturday morning weather report.  Which, here in Tampa, is, pretty  gloomy.  All day yesterday and so far today the sky has been gray and depressing-looking, but the rain never comes.  Mom says we can't go to the park, though, because probably as soon as we get there the rain will start. Also, she has a pretty bad cold, so between that and the weather, I can pretty much predict we'll be stuck in the house all day. 

That's kinda boring, so instead of showing you pictures of that, here are a few we haven't posted yet, of me, Phoebe, and Cosmo, relaxing in the sun on Thanksgiving day.  Now THAT was a great day!  After all, what could be better than lying in the warm sun with your friends while the smell of roasting turkey permeates the air? I can't think of anything, can you?

Hope everyone out there in Blog Land has a wonderful Saturday! 

BREAKING NEWS! Guess what Mom just took out of the refrigerator?  A TURKEY!  She said that since we are going to be home all day this is a perfect opportunity to make sure that the cats get some roasted turkey, too, since they had to stay home on Thanksgiving and be sat on.  I know some cats like to travel, but ours don't, so when we travel, they stay home and get sat on.  Hey, do you think I've developed the power of telepathy?  Because if I can think about something hard enough that Mom will pick up on it, there is basically no reason why I can't get absolutely everything I want!  SCORE!!!!!  This is turning out to be a pretty good day!   I hope Mom's nose isn't so stuffed up that she can't smell the turkey cooking! 

Sunday Picnik #3

The Three Amigos

Weekend Wrap-Up

Hi, everyone ... it's me, Tanner ... and I just thought I'd fill everyone in on what we all did this weekend ... 

Olivia and Finn spent almost all of yesterday out on the cat-io 

Aunt K. went away this weekend, so Cosmo was sad ... 

So Mom took him, Tucker, and Phoebe to the park and played to distract him.  Then we were tired, so we had a slumber party ... 

Where was I, you ask?  I have told you before ... I am a professional Watch Cat ... and I had things to do. 

And now I'm getting hungry.  I'd better go ask Mom what's for dinner!  See ya!

Sun and Fun on Saturday ...

Hi, everyone ... it's me, Tucker! 

Usually on Saturdays, Mom spends a lot of time doing stuff that, frankly, we don't find all that exciting.  Like cleaning the house, going to the grocery store, and running errands.  The reason we don't find these things all that exciting is that none of them generally mean a lot of time or attention spent on us (Phoebe, me, and cat kids).  Not that we're neglected, and it's true what Mom says - these chores are necessary evils that keep our household running smoothly.  But I digress. 

Since Saturdays are usually boring days for us, imagine our surprise when, instead of saying "see you later" and leaving us home alone, Mom grabbed her purse and our leashes and said "come on, let's go!" 

Obviously we were ready to go immediately ... but Phoebe had no idea where we were off to.  I had a hunch ... and I was right!  See, during last Saturday's Blog Hop, we stumbled upon a blog called Chihuahua Wisdom, authored by a lovely Chi named Chanel, who actually lives pretty near to us, in St. Petersburg.  And she had posted on her blog about an event going on this Saturday that she thought would be fun to attend!  And it was!  It was called Paws for the Arts, and it was to benefit the Canterbury School for the Arts. 

There were raffles, free treats, and all the pooches got a chance to express their inner artists by doing some paw painting with washable, non-toxic paint on our very own canvases!  Phoebe, Mom, & I met Aunt K. and Cosmo there, and we were pretty excited.

When we arrived, there were all these paintings on display of dogs and cats that had been done by the students at the school.  Mom thought they were really good, and she even took pictures of some of them.  Here are her favorites:

Then it was time for us to paint ...

Standing in line to paint and taking in the scene ...

Cosmo was very interested in the goings-on ...

Phoebe decided she didn't really want to paint (this after she decided that what she DID want to do was paint Mom's jeans instead of the canvas with bright pink paint.  And even though Mom knew it was washable paint, she still said a bad word.  I know - can't take her anywhere.)

   

And here's me, painting my canvas ...

After we were through patronizing the Arts, it was time to eat!  So we headed to Downtown St. Pete and settled in at a table at  400 Beach Seafood & Tap House

Cosmo and me relaxing on the sidewalk cafe ... a great spot to human watch!

Phoebe enjoyed the opportunity to sunbathe ...

It was such a nice day, and I was so relaxed ... I might've even fallen asleep there for a second!

After that, we walked around for awhile, until it was time for dessert ...

So we strolled down the street to Paciugo Gelato

 Mom couldn't decide between the Viola (made of crushed violet flowers) or the caramel and sea salt ... so the nice lady inside gave her a little bit of each.  Aunt K. had mocha swirl ... and WE each had a treat that the lady gave Mom to give to us)

We were so good that Mom gave us each a tiny taste of the viola flavor (AFTER she was done, of course!) ...   

DEE ...

... LICIOUS!

Can't help but smile after a fun day like that! 

After this we went shopping ... but maybe I'll tell you about that tomorrow.  Hope everyone is having a sunshiney Saturday!