3/30/2026 – MultiCat Monday

Posted on March 30, 2026 by colehauscats
Sweet Tessa © Colehauscats.com
Sweet Tessa © Colehauscats.com

Aww, sweet Tessa. Relaxed, comfy warm and unaware that she has a vet visit coming up next month. No need to alarm her just yet. Pulling the cat carrier out of the closet a day or two before the event will do that just fine.

Good boy Quint © Colehauscats.com
Good boy Quint © Colehauscats.com

Now, here’s a good boy who doesn’t have to be kept in the dark. His vet visit was last week and he was a very good, brave boy. But we know that when his sister’s turn comes, he’ll run and hide again. Does any cat not run at the sound of a cat carrier? Or do we just have a noisy one with its metal door that rattles as though to say, “Ha! I have you now!”

As for Viola, she’s not afraid of the carrier. Talk about being brave!

Brave sleepy Viola © Colehauscats.com
Brave sleepy Viola © Colehauscats.com

Her vet visit was months ago (after breaking off a tooth) and she knows she’s golden.

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As per tradition here at Colehaus, we’re abstaining from blogging on Wednesday, April 1st, the shenanigan-filled day of April Fool’s Day. Enough said about that. See you again on Friday.

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2025 – No post
2024 – No post
2023 – No post
2022 – Around Colehaus
2021 – No post
2020 – No post
2019 – No post
2018 – Spring Whiffies
2017 – No post
2016 – MultiCat Monday
2015 – No post
2014 – Friday Outtakes
2013 – No post
2012 – Impatient for Spring

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3/27/2026 – In the Details

Posted on March 27, 2026 by colehauscats
Viola and her "Island" box © Colehauscats.com
Viola and her “Island” box © Colehauscats.com

You may recall a certain Viola Niblet made a deal with her Dad a month ago for her return of her Island Box.

True to his word, Dad returned the kitchen Island Box for his favorite little girl but it’s not exactly the same. Don’t think Viola doesn’t notice. Oh yes, she notices all righty!

1. This box isn’t the same size as the old one. This one’s roomier.

The Editor added context they thought people might want to know:

The old one smelled like someone barfed in it because, indeed, someone had barfed in it.


2. This box has a cut-out notch in it for easier access

More added context you might want to know:

This box is the top off a taller box that Mom thought might be a good cubby-hole box full of warm, fleecy blankets. That box was ignored for 4 solid months and Mom nixed that idea, choosing to cut off the top for a new Island Box.


3. This box is not up on the kitchen island hence, is it really an Island Box?

Even more context:

This box is on the floor and tucked against the kitchen island. Why? Because, like it or not (and she does not like it), Viola is aging and her sproingy legs now have trouble jumping up onto the kitchen island. And as you also may recall, Viola broke a tooth last fall when she jumped down from the kitchen island to the floor.


Viola mulls over her new "Island" box © Colehauscats.com
Viola mulls over her new “Island” box © Colehauscats.com

But wait! Our agreement didn’t have all that info in it!

You’re right, little girl. Our agreement said nothing about returning the exact same box or putting it back UP onto the kitchen island. This box is still technically touching the island and is safer and you have more room to lounge in it. You’ll still have crinkle paper changed out every week and you can still keep an eye on everyone. What’s not to like?

I need a better cat lawyer.

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2025 – No post
2024 – Who’s Who
2023 – Marching On
2022 – No post
2021 – No post
2020 – Finally Friday
2019 – Wondering Wednesday
2018 – No post
2017 – MultiCat Monday
2016 – No post
2015 – Motives
2014 – No post
2013 – Wordless Wednesday – Her Other Side
2012 – No post

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3/25/2026 – Waiting for Warms

Posted on March 25, 2026 by colehauscats
Quint waiting for the warms © Colehauscats.com
Quint waiting for the warms © Colehauscats.com

Hi, it’s me, Quint. I’m not complaining or anything but it’s a good thing I’m comfortable on this warm, fleecy mat because, apparently, this is blanket washing day, and you get one guess as to where my fort blanket is. Can you hear it? It’s sloshing away in the washer, taking all my smells away. Mom says I’ll like it even better when it comes fresh out of the dryer.

Here’s the thing: I like it either way . . . BUT, I like it extra good when it smells comfortably like me, like I’d just got up from a nap to grab a bite to eat and then, come back to snuggle in it with all my nap smells there, waiting for me again. Tell me that doesn’t sound wonderful? You can’t, can you?

Funny side note: The other day I might have been complaining – I’m not a complaining kind of boy, and I yeowed something about being tired of waiting for warms, and my Mom thought I said I was tired of waiting for WORMS. She has gardening-brain right now. I think she loves gardening just as much as I love my fort blanket which she promises will be going into the dryer any minute now.

Any minute now.

Yep, in just a minute.

In a minute . . . ah, there it goes. Sorry, warm mat. You and me? Our time together is almost at an end.

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2025 – No post
2024 – MultiCat Monday
2023 – No post
2022 – No post
2021 – No post
2020 – Wordless Wednesday
2019 – MultiCat Monday
2018 – No post
2017 – No post
2016 – Foster Friday with Miss Itty
2015 – One Word Wednesday
2014 – No post
2013 – Growing Up

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