I am only now able to thank kitties for coming to my birthday party. My human says she was wiped out after coping with over 200 visitors on the day. They didn’t all come at once, and most didn’t stay long, but my special cat friends, who left comments, stayed a long time and we had fun together.
I very much appreciated the chance to play with friends. We ran in and out of my cat tunnels. I have 3 tunnels. One long blue tunnel, a mesh tunnel and a short velvet tunnel. The velvet tunnel is only big enough for one cat at a time, so one of us hid in it and batted balls around with front paws, or crouched and darted out if Lynettea got too close.
She got a bit fed up with cats darting out while she was offering plates of refreshments, so we stopped doing that and played at climbing up the wool hanging in the bedroom.
Then we were allowed outside, each on a party style lead. We walked up the street to the cafe at the end and had some Vietnamese rolls. The cafe owner let us sit at several tables, as it wasn’t too busy.
After the Vietnamese rolls, we went to Wok in the Box on the corner of the street. We sat patiently on the stools while some chicken was wok tossed for us and then sat on the seats outside to watch the traffic. Some pigeons tried to snatch at our food, but we meowed loudly and they flew off. They still kept perching nearby, but Spitty wouldn’t let them come near. He is a respected elder.
After the Wok chicken dish, we sat outside the Argo cafe on the opposite corner of our street. They let pets stay at the outside tables. It was relaxing sipping our lattes and nibbling at slabs of salmon. Fortunately they still had salmon left, as it isn’t available every day. Lynettea had something Vegan. Ugh! But that left all the more for us.
When we walked back up the street it was time for a short nap before the mock lizard hunt. I say ‘mock’ because as usual we weren’t allowed to catch anything. But prowling and stalking was enjoyable for all. Some guests even stalked one another.
Then some guests leaped on the back fence and set off frenzied barking from the 2 dogs in the courtyard at the back. Poor dogs! I think they were jealous of us having so much fun.
The evening meal was from my boxes of cat food. A good thing we had stocked up.
After that it was time for a brush and massage. Most of our guests enjoyed this and it was hard to get some off Lynettea’s lap. One or two fell asleep and had to be woken up so the next cat could have a turn.
Then we all slept for a while. Lynettea went to bed, giving us the run of the house. I told her that all guests would have left by the time she got up.
Even I was tired by then!
We left the place very tidy, so she couldn’t complain.
I am looking forward to my next party.
Here are a few pictures of me using my birthday gift. I don’t like the bowl, but I love the cat head scratcher.
