MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Merry Christmas everyone!

I've been on vacation and so haven't been able to post (I can access the Internet from home, but can't post!). So, I'm back at work and am able to post once again! I figured the best first post of 2008 would be one of the boys' Christmas presents! But, they are still on my camera and I forgot to bring my camera to school today so I guess I'm all out of luck!

So, here are some pictures of Starbuck
playing with a straw on my red bed!

Ah! He's found a new toy!

Hmm.... yummy!

This is fun!

Yuck! Not so much fun anymore!

Hmm... just lie and look at it a while longer...

Before losing interest and laying back for a rest!

And so goes a day in the life of a cat!

More of the Bottle

Here are a couple of pictures that I took during the bottle biting play time. I wasn't going to post them as the quality isn't great, but I didn't have the heart to delete them, so here they are!

Circling to get a better view of the bottle.

Bored, after the bottle.

Approaching the bottle...

Playing with a Bottle

The boys will bite just about anything, except what they're not allowed to. It's weird. The wires that connect their water dome are never touched, but a big of wire on the floor they play with for ages!

Here is one of the few times Starbuck actually played with a non-toy item - a bottle of juice! (plus the before and after pics!).


Bored. Thinking of what to do next.


Something gets his attention...



Ah! What's this???



And, the attach begins.





And he's bored and so comes for a scratch instead!

And off to find something more interesting to do!

P.S. These pics were taken pre-water dome. The pet smart water fountain was ok, but the boys played with it too much and their toys became permanently wet, so I changed it and am very happy with the dome now!

Thursday Thirteen - The Bathroom Door: PART 3

This is part 3 of my three part Thursday Thirteen! I can't tell you how hards it's been to make sure I get it up each week as I've been having trouble with my Internet connection at home and at work! But I made it! I haven't been able to post anything else, but at least I've got this up each week (fingers crossed for this week!).

Ok, so here it is. It all started with
Starbuck on top of my bathroom door.

Contemplating whether or not to jump across
or the shower curtain rail or jump down.

He did neither! He managed an acrobatic feat across!

Well... sad to say,
I missed his jump down from the
shower curtain rail, but I did
catch him after he had made it down!

At first he seemed to want to go back up the shower curtain!

But soon he found other things to grab his interest!

Mum had different ideas and decided to him him a hug instead!
So, this week I only had 7 photos for my photo T13. So, here are a few more things I hate and love about Starbuck and his jumping.

8. He loves being up high, but will always jump down if I come into the room.

9. He never jumps on people! Thank goodness!

10. My furniture is relatively scratch free, even though I have three cats; however, the tops of my doors are very scratched up! I rent, so this could work against me when I move out (unless the government inspectors don't look up=)

11. To get on top on the doors (or other high areas including tops of cupboards, cabinets etc.) Starbuck will usually jump from an adjacent higher area i.e. a table, large vase. If nothing is available, he will use the door handle as leverage.

12. It's not always a clean jump - there are times he is hanging on to the tops of doors with his front paws. He somehow pulls his body up (great upper body strength *ha ha*).

13. Only Starbuck climbs doors. Torrey and Sebastian are quite happy to stay on earth with the rest of us!

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Thursday Thirteen - The Bathroom Door: PART 1

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I was lucky enough to walk in on Starbuck trying to make his way from the bathroom door over to the showerecurtain rail and so I grabbed my camera and managed to catch the whole thing on film (well, SD card!). Here are the first 13 pictures taken on top of the door and so I thought they would make a great Thursday Thirteen!

Relaxing

Checking out the bathroom

Trying to walk to the very edge of the door!

Taking a walk

Checking out the ceiling (which needs serious repainting!)

Sniffing around to see if there's anything good to eat!

Hmm.... what's that? Is that a shower curtain rail over there?

Hmm... contemplating whether or not to jump!

Or possibly jump into the sink...

Or maybe just jump back down?

Decisions, decisions, decisions!

Any other choices?

Definitely the curtain rail! Here goes!

Part 2 coming soon! The jump!

A Couple of Starbuck

Here are two pics taken during our 'photo session' on my bed that I particularly like! More coming tomorrow as I've prepared a huge photo T13 of Torrey up close!

I like these two pics of of Starbuck (although I know the second one is out of focus, I still like it!). I should probably have saved the first one for Tuesday Tummies, but ah well... I case you're wondering, Starbuck in the first pic has jumped up and grabbed a tambourine. What can be seen in this pic are the tambourine ribbons as the tambourine falls on top of him! Ha ha... it was funny to watch!


"Hey! What are you looking at! I'm still a little dazed and confused from being hit on the head by a big noisy wooden thing!!!"



SNEAK PREVIEW!!!
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And here is a preview of a post I'll post later on this week. Starbuck has figured out how to jump onto the top of my bathroom door and across to the shower curtain rod. I've got the whole escapade in detailed pics! I'll post soon! I love these pics!

Tagged Again! Not TMI Meme...

I've been tagged again, by the black and white beauty, Willie. Yay!

Ok, here goes... random, weird and fun facts...

1. During my first meal in Hong Kong, I made the weirdest noises like a wild animal! I don't make those noises anymore, but it sure did make everyone stop and watch... wondering if everything was ok!


2. I play with water. Love it! Especially the water fountain! My favourite is dunking toys in the water and leaving them there for later!


3. I growl... a lot! Especially when carrying feather toys... It has woken everyone up wondering what the noise was! A little scary!


4. I am scared of NOTHING!!! (except the vacuum and hairdryers!!)

5. My favourite food is pork floss (from Thailand). This weekend I grabbed a bag and clawed my way into it! (very worrying as it is so dry it can easily make him choke!)

6. I follow my people around like a dog!

7. I was born in Australia and came to Hong Kong with my brother and sister when I was 12 weeks old. My sister now lives with another family in Hong Kong!

Ok, that's all I can think of for now! Hope you enjoyed the random facts about Starbuck!

I'm tagging Sylvester a.k.a. Sly, Honey P. Sunshine and Latte the Meezer.


The guidelines for this tag:

1. Link to your tagger and post these rules
2. Write some facts about yourself: some random, some weird, some just plain fun.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them)
4. Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment at their blogs.
Keep it interesting without making us think “Um, too much information…”

More On Top of Doors!!! (Mancat Monday)

Starbuck is obsessed with doors: climbing them, jumping up onto them, scratching at the top of them and generally being as high as he can get! These photos were taken of Starbuck as he first walked past me on the dining room cupboards towards the door.


He then anticipates his next move while checking out the kitchen door incase it opens and he gets to run in illegally!


One more quick look to his left and then he jumps and lands on top of the dining room door.


"Yay! I'm up! Now I can really see what's going on below me! Especially the kitchen door!!!"


After a little exploring to find a comfy place to settle...


He changes his mind and gets ready to jump down! (his left ear looks really weird... who knows why!)

"Ah... that was boring! On to more exciting things!"



I think that Starbuck's spots will look strange in photos because of the flash: I guess it reflects off the spots giving them more light and not the dark contrast that they are in reality! I'll keep trying to hone my photography skills to get some better shots of him soon!