10/23/2020 – Friday Feedback

We love comments and email questions, and thank you for sending them. Here’s some we’ve collected over the past few months:

Does Tessa really find trouble or is your writing of her for dramatic effect?

Tessa on forbidden table © Colehauscats.com
Tessa on forbidden table © Colehauscats.com

Curious Tessa lives for finding trouble. That really is her personality and that’s what we try to convey. While she hasn’t broken any glass lately, or destroyed what’s on top of the mantle this week, or taken the car out for a late night spin, we’re sure all of these things are on her to-do list, her very, very long to-do list.

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We’ve never had a Manx cat before, nor been around one. Is Viola inquisitive in the other cats’ tails? Do you think she misses having one?

Manx cat Viola Niblet © Colehauscats.com
Manx cat Viola Niblet © Colehauscats.com

Viola never seemed or seems interesting in the other cats’ tails, including her siblings’ tails when she was a kitten. As for missing having one, we think being a Manx is part of what makes her personality so special and if she could, she’d probably agree. And while some cats whip or thump their tails when angry, tail-less Viola is very good at simply flashing that “I’m not amused” look and we all get the point.

Viola is un-amused © Colehauscats.com
Viola is un-amused © Colehauscats.com

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On a somewhat related note:

Is Pia Bean the only long furred cat there? If so, how do the rest of the cats react to that difference?

Pia and her longish poof fur © Colehauscats.com
Pia and her longish poof fur © Colehauscats.com

Pia is our only long fur cat. She was supposed to be a short fur but it’s hard to figure out what kittens are going to grow up becoming. Personally, we thought she’d grow up to become a city council woman or a QVC spokesmodel so you can imagine our surprise that she was happy simply being a cat. The other cats, while perhaps surprised as well, don’t seem to mind one way or the other, though when anyone tussles with Pia, they are more than likely to come away with a paw or mouthful of poof than anything more serious.

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Does Quint miss painting?

Quint and his pal Floppy Cat © Colehauscats.com
Quint and his pal Floppy Cat © Colehauscats.com

It’s possible Quint misses the attention he got while painting. He certainly does not miss the camera in his face while painting. Unfortunately, with Mom’s current heavy work schedule, she’s no longer tuned into his creative side and has probably missed some of his early cues, if he presented any. Covid-19, the current U.S. economy, and lack of time would certainly have impacted her ability to mail out his paintings. We can only dream of an improved world and hope Quint has the patience and desire to pick up painting again someday. In the meantime, any secrets he may have voiced about painting are kept locked away behind the lips of his pal Floppy Cat

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What do you feed your cats? They all look so healthy and Olivia looks super shiny.

Olivia and her shiny fur © Colehauscats.com
Olivia and her shiny fur © Colehauscats.com

Four cats – Tessa, Pia, Olivia and Viola eat mainly Iams Pro Health Chicken kibble. Tessa and Viola get a daily bit of Quint’s Tender Liver and Chicken Classic Pate’ Fancy Feast, his exclusive, vet-approved diet that, along with a smidgen of Miralax, addresses his constipation. Pia isn’t interested in anything but kibble and Olivia won’t touch wet food which we’re certain would make she so shiny, no one would be able to gaze upon her. That shine you see is her natural beauty and she thanks you for noticing!

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2019Wednesday’s Wow Moment
2018 – No post
2017MultiCat Monday
2016 – No post
2015Olivia’s Hobby
2014 – No post
2013Wee Words for Wednesday
2012 – No post

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10/21/2020 – What’s Tessa Doing?

Tessa claims the blinds © Colehauscats.com
Tessa claims the blinds © Colehauscats.com

Tessa, what are you doing?

Rubbing my smell into these blinds. It would seem someone over-cleaned them last week.

Tessa scratching the glass © Colehauscats.com
Tessa scratching the glass © Colehauscats.com

Tessa, what are you doing now?

Scratching the glass. Nothing new. You know this is just my personality, Mom. Why do you continue to question me on this?

Tessa and her personal water fountain © Colehauscats.com
Tessa and her personal water fountain © Colehauscats.com

Tessa, now what are you doing?

Mom, I think it’s pretty self-explanatory, don’t you?

Tessa offers an invitation © Colehauscats.com
Tessa offers an invitation © Colehauscats.com

Tessa, holding up a window now? Or are you resting your paw?

Neither. I’m offering an invitation to that blue jay outside to stay his distance or risk getting himself into trouble. Blue jays are notorious for seeking out trouble, I heard recently.

Tessa © Colehauscats.com
Tessa © Colehauscats.com

What, Tessa?

Oh, nothing. Seems like you have something on your mind, though I’m at a loss for what that might be.

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2019Cats Who Sing, Episode 7
2018 – No post
2017 – No post
2016Five for Friday
2015One Word Wednesday
2014 – No post
2013Niblet Two-Week Photos
2012 – No post

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10/19/2020 – Roving Reporter Olivia On Duty

Roving Reporter Olivia on Duty © Colehauscats.com
Roving Reporter Olivia on Duty © Colehauscats.com

Roving Reporter Olivia back on duty after a long absence. Actually, I was simply gathering dirt information on some of the goings-on around here. And there have been a LOT of goings-on.

BTW, please ignore any linty bits you might see on my photos here and feel free to write this blog creator to voice your displeasure in viewing this lovely black house panther with LINT ON HER! I did, and it worked wonders for her attitude!

Now, where were we? Back on duty, gathering dir, er, info, linty bits, hmmm, oh yeah, did you know Pia has a white belly? It’s TRUE! All these years, she’s been hiding it!

Pia's white belly © Colehauscats.com
Pia’s white belly © Colehauscats.com

See? Here’s photographic evidence! And to think she’s been pushing herself off as a pure ginger princess. HA! Ginger princess with a white princess belly! What this means is that I, your humble reporter, am the ONLY solid, one color cat in this house. Who’s special now, huh? I ask you, who is special now?

Okay Olivia, we have to step in here. We know of a sweet black house panther who just happens to live here and who, while being beautifully shiny black, just happens to have a little white patch on her chest, and who has had that cute white patch oh, since kittenhood. Ring any bells with you, Olivia?

Olivia with her white patch © Colehauscats.com
Olivia with her white patch © Colehauscats.com

Bells? No, not really. Unless you’re talking about that ding dong little sister of mine. Dad, don’t you have somewhere else to be right now?

iola on plastic bags © Colehauscats.com
Viola on plastic bags © Colehauscats.com

May I present another bit of photographic evidence: The baby on the very plastic bags she knows not to be sitting on. Honestly, we hear a warning every time Mom comes home from the grocery store. “Don’t mess around with these bags and get off the counter. __Insert cat name here____, this means you!” But did the baby listen? Of course not. Did she get into trouble? What do you think? She’s The Baby. She never gets in trouble.

Speaking of never getting into trouble . . . (and don’t you find it almost unnatural that a cat would never get into trouble??), my brother Quint just sits around looking handsome most of the time and the other part of the time, he does something goofy.

Quint and his goofy foot thing © Colehauscats.com
Quint and his goofy foot thing © Colehauscats.com

Like here. Really, does that look comfortable to you? He does this All.The.Time.

Tessa and her rabbit feet © Colehauscats.com
Tessa and her rabbit feet © Colehauscats.com

My other sister Tessa couldn’t care less about getting into trouble. In fact, she flirts with some form of trouble almost every day. Shocking, I know! Here, she looked all innocent with her big rabbit feet, that Mom insisted upon kissing (eeEEEWWW!), but mere hours before, she was arguing with someone at the end of the hall over who was King of the Tower. Arguing LOUDLY, as in the top of her lungs, making Dad yell at all of us to knock it off. Can you imagine? All of us getting yelled at because Tessa was yowling? Oh, the unfairness of some days!

Are you done yet? © Colehauscats.com
Are you done yet? © Colehauscats.com

Are you done ratting us out yet, sister Olivia? Because you’re bothering me. And you aren’t really sharing any dirt. Everyone knows all this. So, I ask you . . . do you have a point?

Olivia, dismayed © Colehauscats.com
Olivia, dismayed © Colehauscats.com

*grumble grumble* No one appreciates a reporter’s job and the hours one puts in gathering this kind of important information. Consider this reporter’s job done, for today. Over and out!

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Yippee for Dad getting his stitches out! He’s healing well and is back on his customer support/phone job as of today. Mom’s dreading the medical cost bills that are coming but knows we’ll get through this somehow. Thank you so much for your good thoughts and kind words!

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2019 – No post
2018 – No post
2017 – No post
2016One Word Wednesday
2015MamaCat Monday
2014 – No post
2013Dear Niblets. Week Two.
2012Meet the Visitors – Geoffrey’s Still Here

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