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12 Jun 2012

Ahhh…The Smell of Night…

Hiya Efurrybody! I thought I would talk to you about how much I am learning about ‘smells’. As you know, I don’t go out…but Mom and Dad leave our windows open and our sliders to the deck so I get to smell the air…and I am learning that Day smells can be so different from Night smells…

Mom left the slider from our bedroom open the other night…and the shutters were back too so I could get right up to the screen…WOW!

It was dark out…but I walked real slow and quiet like over to the open slider…and kind’a cautious at first…I held my nose up to sniff…I sat back a bit far so I had’ta sort’a stretch my neck so’s my nose could get real close to the screen…

…ohh…what’s that I smell kind’a low and off to the right??…hmmmm…

…wait a minute!…there is something else way over here…what the heck is that??….

…no, no, wait…oh there is something else coming in…hmmm…what is that???….

…oh yes!…back over here…down low…catgone it!…what is that???….sniff, sniff, sniff…

…OH! it moved!…it’s up there!…wow!…that is incredible!!!…how interesting!…

…OH MY CAT!…looks like it moved way over to the left…whoa!!…sniff, sniff, sniff…

…YIKES!!…now it’s way up there…what is that??…sniff, sniff, sniff…(notice my butt has NOT moved…only my head…takes expert FBI skills to sniff the night without movin’ your butt…just sayin’…)

…oh well…it’s gone…but oh, the smell of the night!…ya just can’t beat it…nice!

Hope you are all having a wonderful day sniffing all the smells wherever you are.

Paw Pats, Savannah

PS I think I was pretty brave to check out the night smells like, what do you guys think???

Posted in Mental Recovery, Savannah's Life Experiences and tagged adopt adult cat, cat photo, cat recovery, scared cat, special need cat rescue, trust

10 Jun 2012

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Changes in My Safe Spot…

I know I’m kind’a throwin’ new stuff at ya a lot…but that’s how my life is progressing…and I have other stuff I can talk about later that is, well…errrrr….ummmm…not so ‘new’ about me…but the new stuff is more fun…

So here is something I have noticed lately….do you remember when I first started posting about my recovery process??? And most of my photo ops came from behind the chair I have in our bedroom…and there was always that really pretty afghan hanging down so I could kind’a hide behind it….remember????

….here….remember this….it used to hang all the way to the floor so’s I could really hide behind it…when we got this photo I already had it moved higher up…still safe to get behind, just not totally covered up….

…well check this out…NO AFGHAN!!! TA DA…!!!…..notice how relaxed I am…mmmmm…

…I roll to my back to get a good fix on the black feather wand…ready to snatch when it gets close…

…WHOA!!! it’s gonna get me!!! MOL…I do a quick grab with the right front paw…but again…notice my laid back (yep, pun intended) position…

…but ya can see I was getting my hind paws hooked really good into the post so I could push off to make a fast grab…

…and well…the end of that play session is a story for another time…mostly I wanted you to see…no longer is there an afghan hangin’ over the back of the chair to hide me. I still need to hide behind the scratching post…I go directly here in the morning to solicit pets and food…I still only play in our bedroom…sometimes Mom can get me to play in the living room, but I don’t do that with Dad yet.

And sometimes I play with Mom and even Dad when I am on my cat tower…but not much…but I have come a long long way from hiding behind that afghan…now I prefer to SLEEP and NAP on the afghan instead!!! Not bad for recovery progress, huh???!!!

Paw pats, Savannah

Posted in Mental Recovery, Savannah's Life Experiences and tagged adopt adult cat, CAT PLAY, cat recovery, scared cat, special need cat rescue, trust

09 Jun 2012

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Oh Cat!!! Another New Fitness Experience!!

Mom and Dad come home one day…and they put this unreal what’cha ‘ma ‘giggy on the floor…they say “Savannah! Isn’t this Great!!!???”…(what, ME??!! I am, in case no one else noticed…one scared, timid adult rescue cat!!) Seriously?? Ya want me to notice that weird thingy and BE INTERESTED???….OMC!…Peeps!!

…harrummmpppfffhh…wellll…maybe just a peek….

…ummmhmmm…seriously…not much…wellll…lemme take another quick peek…

…hmmm…the blue end seems more interesting…

…oh yeah…now this is what I am talkin’ about….

…whoa…check out this RED…Salem and others at Katnip Lounge know all about REYED stuff…wonder if this is the same thing…only bigger? and it doesn’t seem to move lots…hmmm…

..once again…needs further investigation…taking on my FBI role, (Koz and Nellie would be proud)…

…oh, oh, oh…OMC!! Oh Cod!! I missed this first time around…check this out…a hole in the middle…and it is GREEN…hmmmm…wonder what this means…more pondering…

…I must investigate into the middle of the tunnels…only a well trained FBI Agent can do this…carefully, one paw at a time…slowly, slowly…(I hope Satchmo is reading and watching veryyyy closely…)…

…phewww…I am pooped!!…this is totally hard work…

…what??!!…is there a noise??…something is moving under me!! Oh Cod?? What is it???..

…I rush outside after a short rest…and take the ~~plunge~~ risk of jumping into the heart of the 3 Tunnels…ooohhhhh….SHRIMP!!!…(I think that is what Dad and Mom say when they are surprised!!! not sure why…I have never seen a shrimp around when they yell it out…hmmmm…maybe they are saying some other word??….oh well….)

…my butt is stuck!!!…what to do, what to do…cram my body in if I can…that’s all I can do…so terribly dangerous….aaiiieeee….!!!!

Well…that was the adventure of the 3 tunels…at least the starting point…may be more later…who knows…this is a cat’s autobiography after all…just sayin’…

Paw pats, Savannah