Questioning – 2016 © Colehauscats.com
Okay, Quint, there you go. The house is completely back to order after the holidays, both inside and out. Clean and neat as a pin. What do you think?
Always questioning – 2016 © Colehauscats.com
Subtle, Quint. Very subtle.
The Dad is a good chef and one of his specialties is a wonderful wild rice dish that’s reserved just for the holidays. The recipe originally came from an old Dean & Deluca cookbook that Dad loves, and includes things like toasted pine nuts and applewood smoked bacon.
But this past year, the dish came with a high price.
Dad’s shredded cookbook – 2016 © Colehauscats.com
Apparently, this is what happens when the Dad decides to cook instead of paying one hundred percent attention to a certain ginger girl. That page is completely ripped, shredded! And who exactly was the guilty party?
MadCat Miss Newton – 2016 © Colehauscats.com
Well, here’s Miss Newton for you, perhaps just now mulling over the consequences of her actions*. That was no way to get attention, girl.
*The shredded pleather couch is mostly courtesy of a young, newly-adopted Patrol Sergeant Zuzu two years ago before we could train not to do so… only to have both Miss Newton and Pia pick up the habit. *sigh*
Innocent Olivia – 2016 © Colehauscats.com
Olivia, was that you we heard biting and ripping up that pillow from all the way upstairs?
Me? I’m just sitting here, quiet as… as… this pillow that has sworn not to tattle on who might have been roughhousing with it, as if anyone would do such a thing.
Olivia, you’re not going to tell us one way or the other, are you?
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Our exciting bit of snow and ice are gone and we’re back to our usual Pacific Northwest liquid sunshine, also known around these parts as rain. Sure did make for some fun photos! Here’s a night shot of one of our Japanese maples wrapped in Christmas lights (that we weren’t able to remove before the snow hit). Please click for better viewing.
Japanese maple lights in snow – 2015 © Colehaus.com and Colehauscats.com
