von sybilla | 31. Januar 2014 | Allgemein, Außen |
Do you remember the charity edition about the poor tramp aka Jaspar? He took up residence in and on some boxes that were waiting to be unpacked near our front door. As I really needed their content I had to find a nice and cosy alternative for him. Obviously he is not...
von sybilla | 30. Januar 2014 | Allgemein, Innen |
First an update on our little patient who kept me so busy yesterday that I had no time to write: After he got rid of his collar twice my vet came up with this very fetching and highly appropriate catsuit. When taking that picture of him sitting on the laser printer I...
von sybilla | 28. Januar 2014 | Gesundheit, Sonderausgabe |
…and it’s me! Yesterday I used a new tool to cut out Ice-B’s matted fur and cut him instead!!! I spent the night at the animal clinic, as he had to have 10(!) stitches. Fortunately for me he has such a sweet character that he is still cuddling with...
von sybilla | 27. Januar 2014 | Allgemein |
What is so special about this picture? It was taken from a first floor window. Jaspar seem to appear everywhere. Yesterday he even broke into the secured back garden. (Joschi nearly had a heart attack when he finally spotted him.) The kitchen windowsill is his most...
von sybilla | 24. Januar 2014 | Allgemein, Spiele |
Our local newspaper always features a short two day weather forecast in the top left corner of the front page. The two images are accompanied by a short comment. Today you can see two dark clouds with rain dropping out of them and the texts rightly states that on days...
von sybilla | 23. Januar 2014 | Allgemein, Futter, Spiele |
Surely I have mentioned that here everycat is doing everyhting for a treat? So to keep the boys from roughing up the girls too much when they are outside, I had the idea to train them a little. I rattle the treat box and when they come they get something. So far it...
von sybilla | 22. Januar 2014 | Außen |
Tuesday is gardening day – weather permitting. As you might have already guesssed from our starting picture – we have a new wheelbarrow! Naturally it needs to be explored thoroughly. ————– Dienstags ist bei uns Gartenarbeit...
von sybilla | 21. Januar 2014 | Außen, Winter |
Do you spot the difference? Hava a look at the home page and compare. Apart from that, I should not have complained yesterday. Now we have the cold and wet weather we usually have in winter. No wonder the outside cats want inside while the inside cats shamelessly...
von sybilla | 20. Januar 2014 | Außen, Frühling, Winter |
This weather! I just cannot help myself and complain. It is so unseasonably warm here. The cats love it of cource but what will happen to all those plants if winter really sets in? ————– Dieses Wetter! Wenn es einen Märzwinter gibt, gibt...
von sybilla | 17. Januar 2014 | Sonderausgabe |
Look what I saw this morning out of my office window! Naturally the camera and I immediately went to investigate. Apart from catching what seems to be a close relative of Joschi, I had the incredible luck to photograph a baby lamb that quite obviously had just been...
von sybilla | 16. Januar 2014 | Außen, Winter |
The day before yesterday our Christmas trees were collected. While I removed the decorations and Issi stayed on top of things, a handsome dark stranger appeared on the first floor balustrade… ————– Vorgestern wurden bei uns die...
von sybilla | 10. Januar 2014 | Sonderausgabe |
Last year started with two surprises: Joschi finally managed to climb the favourite ash and Mira left the terrasse and her feet did actually touch the lawn. Just when I thought nothing special was going to happen this year and I could go back to the old Katzenparaden...
von sybilla | 9. Januar 2014 | Innen, Sonderausgabe, Spiele |
All good things come in threes. In this third special in a row Mira and Marvi test yet another activity toy. Even though it is intended for dogs, I bought it for the cats as it features an item that they have not seen before: a lever. ———–...
von sybilla | 7. Januar 2014 | Sonderausgabe
Did you know that in Germany everybody is allowed to do his/her own fireworks to welcome the new year? As we don’t want to frighten the animals too much we only use rockets with light effects and no noisy firecrackers. Watch us on New Year’s Day as Islay...
von sybilla | 6. Januar 2014 | Sonderausgabe |
Happy New Year! I know some of you have been struggling with tons of snow – while we are experiencing one of the mildest seasons ever. Instead of minus degrees we are in double digits, instead of snow we have had rain, hail and thunderstorms but the most...
von sybilla | 5. Januar 2014 | Allgemein |
Liebe Leserinnen und Leser! Alle Katzenparaden-Fans wissen hoffentlich inzwischen, dass aus dem Newsletter ein Blog geworden ist. (Mehr zur Geschichte findet ihr hier.) Daher nur noch kurz einige Infos zu den Bildern: Durch Klicken oder Tippen auf das Startbild oder...
von sybilla | 12. Dezember 2013 | Innen, Sonderausgabe, Spiele |
Welcome to the second part of our little series about activity/intelligence toys. The toy I want to show you in this issue was actually designed for dogs and is called Trixie Dog Activity PokerBox. So maybe this one is of interest to the dog owners under our readers,...
von sybilla | 6. Dezember 2013 | Ausstattung, Innen, Sonderausgabe, Spiele |
The topic of today’s issue is presents and how to keep your little fury friends busy while you are at work or too zonked for nighttime cat entertainment. As some of you know from own, bad experience, chronically bored cats can turn a home into a disaster area....
von sybilla | 2. Dezember 2013 | Sonderausgabe, Winter |
Advent is the time of anticipation. In schools and offices kids and grown-ups play Secret Santa and surprise schoolmates and colleagues with little gifts. Calendars filled with goodies sweeten our day and in Germany Christmas markets spread the delightful smells of...
von sybilla | 28. November 2013 | Sonderausgabe, Tierschutz |
The Forest, A Skid Row For a couple of months now, a tramp has set up camp in front of our house and openly begs for food. Naturally, we support this „suburban vagrant“. So far the tramp has refused to take up residence in our shed. Instead, he prefers to...
