Happy Sunday: yet another fight in the shower awaits

Today it is time for me to give Beverly a bath. I know she will put up a fight. She doesn't like water and is always very keen on keeping the distance when water is around.
Bekka and I had our practise round yesterday. The poor thing didn't like it at all. The bathing and scampooing was really bad but nothing compared to the hair dryer. She was screeming like I was trying to kill her. So I had to let her dry by her self. No hair dryers for Bekka! But the most important thing is that she seems sane and happy and doesn't hate me (I hope).
This photo of Beverly is from July 16.
//Katharina

A new habit

Bekka has a new habit. She licks my face when I sleep. Of course I always wake up and try to, in a nice manner, get out of her reach. I guess she like to be social :-) Today I will give her her a bath. I can't say I look forward to it. It will give me loads of minus points and I will probably have to make up for it with lots of candy and ham for a long time.
My plan is to practise on Bekka in order to be a little bit prepared for tomorrow's fight with Beverly. A least Bekka finds the water element interesting. But her sister has made it very clear to me that she will not put any part of her furry body into the water. Ever. Basta!
The photo of Bekka is from June 12.
//Katharina

It's raining again

This is a lovely photo of Bekka that I took yesterday. It's raining again tonight and the cats are not too happy about it. But I guess they will have to get used to wet conditions. This weekend I will give them a bath :-)
//Katharina

The cutest belly

Bekka's belly is soft, warm and so cosy to touch. We often find her sleeping on her back with her four legs up in the air. I think this means that she feels safe. On this photo, from June 3, she is playing :-)
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My heart melts

This is lovley Beverly, taking a rest. She loves to cuddle in the morning. She lies close to me and purrs loudly. She is so cute my hearts melts. Every day :-)

This photo is from July 4.

//Katharina

Two weeks to go

In two weeks it is time for Bekka and Beverly to enter the International Cat Show in Eskilstuna. This will be their second time they enter a cat show. But to us it will be the first time. Next week I will give them a bath. I can't say I am looking forward to that. I think it's common knowledge that cats hate to get wet. And I guess Bekka and Beverly are no exception. So we will probably end up with a big girls fight :-(
This photo of our beautiful Bekka is from August 21.
//Katharina

Palying hide and seek

Bekka loves to play hide and seek, especially under covers. She is a great hunter and always finds whatever is hidden under the cover. She can go on for ever and ever :-)
Today is Saturday and fish is on the menu. That is very popular!
This photo of Bekka is from August 11.
//Katharina

It's raining again

August seems to be a very wet month:-( It's raining almost every day. Today we've had some sunshine and the cats loved it. But now it's raining again and Bekka got fed up and went to sleep upstairs. Beverly is still sleeping in the cat yard but my guess is that she will soon join her sister.
This is a photo of Beverly that I like very much. It's from August 19.
//Katharina

Early bird

This photo of Bekka is from this morning. She is so happy whenever the sun is up. She is running around and she "talks" a lot. Bekka is a real early bird and is always up and running way before anyone else in the house.
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Joining the 3 kilo club

Beverly has now joined the 3 kilo club. Yesterday she weighed 3 kg and Bekka 3,4 kilo. The 400 gram gap between them seems to remain. Another good news is that Beverly doesn't seem to be bothered at all by the wasp sting.
This photo is from August 11.
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Ouch! Stung by a wasp

Poor Beverly was stung by a wasp yesterday. We didn't see it happen but noticed that she ran away in full speed and seemed very irritated in the left front paw. She limped upstairs and went to bed. I examined her paw and leg carefully and checked on her on a regular basis during the afternoon. Luckily she seemed OK and the limping stopped after a couple of hours of sleep. But you'll never know about theese things. Like humans cats can get allergic reactions. I was stung myself the other week (for the first time) and I remember vividly the pain. So I could easily understand the pain she suffered. Luckily she is running around the house again, like nothing happened.
This photo of Bevery is from August 11.
//Katharina

Recharging the batteries

It's nice to take a nap after spending the early morning hours crow watching. This is beautiful Bekka, recharging her batteries for a new day, full of adventures.
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A nice cup of tea

Young Bekka Fenwick, 7 months now, sipped her first dropps of tea today. I had made myself a nice cup of herb tea. Bekka, curious as can be, found my cup and started to sip the tea. Luckily I saw her and took away the cup from her. She seemed to like it but I don't think it is the best cat drink :-)
This photo of the young tea drinker is from earlier this week.
//Katharina

Out of the water in a nano second

Yesterday we filled the "swimming pool" with water again (there was no point in adding more water to the catyard when it rained cats and dogs...). Bekka was very excited and jumped into the water with her two front legs. She splashed water all over me and Beverly. I didn't mind but Beverly did. As if that wasn't bad enough, Beverly slipped into the water a minute later. I've never seen a cat jump as fast out of the water as she did. She was out in a nano second.
This photo of Beverly is from July 9.
//Katharina

How fun can a box be?

This is our beatiful Bekka (the photo os from yesterday). She had great fun today together with Beverly when they discovered a big empty box on the floor. They crawled in and out of the box for a long time. We made some wholes in the box and that was very popular :-)
//Katharina

Here comes the sun

Finally, after a week of intense raining,

we've had some sunshine again. The intense raining and the strong winds were a bit scary to Bekka & Beverly. But now they are happy again:-) All the flies, bugs and whatever they catch from the garden, are back again. This is Beverly, enjoying the afternoon sun.

//Katharina

Bekka loves her "swimming pool"

Bekka loves their "swimming pool". Every morning when I fill it up with fresh water she jumps out of joy and immediately starts to splash in the water. And every evening when I have poured out the water she grabs it by the edge and jumps into it. I lift it up to carry it away for the night but she doesn't mind. There she lies happily as I carry her accross the room :-)
This is photo of Bekka from 4th of July.
//Katharina

Warm days for a furry lady

It is still very hot during the days and Bekka & Beverly are really tired. They seek the coolest place and there they sleep until the cool evening breeze sweeps the place. According to the newspapers there will be some heavy rain coming in during the weekend. It will be interesting to watch how Bekka & Beverly likes the change.
This is Bekka, July 6.
//Katharina