07/18/2025 – Friday Friends

Neighborhood cat KeeKee (formerly known as Mr. MewMew) says, “Sure, I’ll be your friend, as long as you keep supplying the catnip. Oh, and don’t touch the belly. Fair warning!” You can be sure we take that warning with all seriousness. Mom might even have a scar to punctuate the importance of that!

We have raccoon babies! Unfortunately, we just don’t have pictures of those babies yet. Three came with mama Bea the other morning, before light, and are very, very small. We heard their chittering voices, saw one rush up to another and pounce like a kitten would to a sibling and then, mama Bea scolded the bunch and they all fell in line behind her, silent as their shadows.

Later and alone, mama Bea wandered around the fountain, undoubtedly looking for safety infractions that will be mailed to us later as a report on what must be fixed before she allow her children to swim and clamor over the rocks. Dad admits he’s let too much algae accumulate here and there and then, on a day off, Mom hosed the whole thing out which provided a good influx of fresh water.

Short of making tiny life vests available, we think the fountain’s ready for this year’s batch of babies. Let’s hope for baby photos soon!

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Thank you again, from our hearts, for all your kind words and comments. Thank you so much, dear Friend of Colehaus for your kindness and generosity. The Colehaus Cats, Tessa, Quint and Viola, spent a couple of days looking for Pia, who usually spent time by herself. Quint and Tessa are now spending a lot more time together than they had in about a year, snuggling and napping together in a sunny window. Though Pia was a quiet cat, our place does seem to feel a bit more quiet than we expected it would and will take some adjustment for all of us.

Thank you again, for visiting and helping our hearts heal.

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2024 – No post
2023 – No post
2022 – MultiCat Monday Mystery
2021 – No post
2020 – No post
2019 – No post
2018 – Why Not Wednesday, Stacks on Cats Edition
2017 – No post
2016 – MultiCat Monday
2015 – No post
2014 – Zuzu on Duty
2013 – No post
2012 – Meet the Visitors – Spring Hawk