Hello furriends!!! 

 Today is my Gotcha Day and I have been out here in the woods for five years now.

I have nothing major planned for the day but having a nice, lazy snooze.

Fall is coming very quickly up here and some of the trees are turning red. Way too early I think!!!! The PM thinks so too since they are still painting the house!

The good thing about Fall arriving is the position of the sun. Since our house is passive solar, we haven't seen the sun at all for months! It is now crawling in, bringing with it many wonderful hours of warm nappage.

Feel free to come join us for some prime relaxation, plenty of room left!!

My family made it home finally!! They are home for only a couple of days though, then they are all off to Cape Breton to visit the MM's parents.  The Nanny is coming to stay with us so we'll be in good hands.

Apparently they had the best week ever on Prince Edward Island. They were on the beach daily and travelled to other sides of the Island so they were in white sand, brown sand and red sand! I would have loved to have had a whiz in all those sands!! 

Here's the PM on the red sand side.  She didn't want to go too close to the cliff but there is a limit PM!

The PM saw only a few felines while she was away.  Once when they were over at Dalvay by the Sea, they saw a couple taking their cat for a walk on a leash. They also found this cutie and her kittens at The Great Canadian Soap Shop. 

That's quite the 'stash ma'am!!!

Her kittens got to spend the day outside in the fresh air.

Of course they had to visit the goats.

I want to thank everycat who sent me their virtual fur for my re-fuzzing project. 

I hate to say it though but I may have done too good of a job on the floof as the day the PM was coming back I had a not so virtual hairball on my stripey bed. The MM had to wash the whole thing so now it is floofless and smelling way too fresh.

Oh well, I am just glad my lovelies are back home.

The PM is getting ready for their PEI beach vacation. They leave tomorrow so she's a little wild. The MM has to work so at least we'll have company.

 She is insisting on doing a big clean before they go. I don't know why, it'll just be a disaster upon her return.

I tried to stay out of her way and have a nap by the window but she came over with her mitt. You know what she did? She manhandled me and brushed all of our lovely fur right off of the bed. She even picked up my rumpus and got right underneath it!!

I am currently ignoring her.

All that floof... gone to waste. 

I know what I'll be doing while they are gone, refuzzing!!

I know you like to observe me while I do the dishes, Banshee, but you are too close.

No, I'm not!

Your tail is in the water.

So it is. 

It's just the tip. I'll let it drip in the rack for a few minutes.

Really Banshee, unless you are going to start drying the dishes, you have to move!

Just a sec, seems the tail will need some work.

It'll just take me a few minutes to get this all spic and span!

**Sigh**

Your tail is back in the water again.

Oh jeepers!!! That really is a soaker!!!

Hold my calls, I will be busy for the afternoon.

The PM had a wonderful time all by herself. Apparently she can survive without a herd of cats and children for a couple of days. How odd.  She met #1 from the Poupounette for a wonderful lunch at The Dunes Gallery at Brackley Beach. A place to check out if you ever find yourself on The Island. They had a great meal and fine conversation.

When she returned, she had a gift for us from #1!! How exciting!! I waited on the bed in anticipation!

Now what do we have here?

Luvs, yum-yum!

Some toys from France!!

Glow in the dark toys, a wind up cat and a yarn thrasher!!!

The PM decided I could have a wee snack and Banshee tore up the stairs. She didn't want to miss out.

A bedspread picnic~ how nice.

Miss Shade had some Luvs on her own in private. 

Thank you so much #1, The Chans and sweet Tommy!!

I think next time #1 is over in this corner of the world she should come stay with us for a night, I can charm her with my apricot mancatliness!! 

Things are still busy over here and the heat is driving me around the bend. We are getting rain this weekend so I am hoping for some nice and cool napping possibilities.

I have to say that I am having mixed feelings about the new Mac. It is much bigger than the old one thus my area on the desk has been greatly diminished. One the other hand, anything with an operating system called Snow Leopard can't be all that bad and I am having a hard time staying mad at a face like that!!

We also got some special mail out here in the woods, Housecat Confidential, the super exciting book written by our witty furriend  Fin and her Mom!

We are so anxious to read it and get the real scoop!!

We will have to wait to read it though as the PM is taking it to Prince Edward Island for a small getaway. She is going over all by herself and staying in a hotel all by herself. I think one of us cats need to go with her as I have never seen her go anywhere all by herself, I don't know if she'll be alright. She seems to think she'll be OK. I think she's actually looking forward to some time all by herself.  Very strange. She's going to meet #1 from The Poupounette for a visit while she is there.  #1 is over for the month from France.  I really, really think I should come too. I'd like to personally pass on some purrs for Yuu-Chan, who is still battling an infection.  Get better little fella!!!