The great outdoors

After looking outside through the windows and the sun room door for so long, I was starting to get spring fever! So Amy found an old harness - which barely fit around my belly - and leash, strapped them on me, and took me outside (I'm only allowed to go outside in a harness because I can slip a collar, and only in the backyard...even then, it makes Amy nervous!)

I had so much fun! I explored the wood pile, spent some serious time examining the garden hose, and then started to head over to the vegetable garden...when all of a sudden, Noe slammed the sun room door. It scared me so bad I took off running, dragging Amy behind me (the leash was clipped to her belt loop)!

I haven't ventured back outside since then, but I'm slowly working up my nerve...it was fun while it lasted!

Dead bush...it smelled like squirrels.

Big snake? Nope, just the hose!

Our neighbor's house!

Pearly Whites

Sometimes I like to hang out int he bathroom when people are taking showers. I call it "kitty sauna" - I like how warm it gets when the hot water is going and the door is almost closed (obviously it is not closed all the way or I would not be able to push my way inside!)

I am not really supposed to wear my camera during kitty sauna time because of A) the possibility of accidental naked pictures and B) we are not sure how the steam would affect the camera. However, I did manage to get a few shots of our bathroom during tooth-brushing time the other day:

Toilet and trash can

Pedestal sink - one of Amy's favorite fixtures in the house -
and the striped shower curtain that Noe was against at first

Noe holding me up to see if the camera was on.
Will he ever learn?

Photos by Ralph

Amy decided that Ralph should get to wear my camera and take some pictures. The problem with this is Ralph does not particularly like wearing stuff. The minute the camera was on his collar, he fell on his side and just laid there trying to kick it off with his back feet. Needless to say, we did not get many good shots from him. These were more or less the only ones that are clear enough to post.

Amateur.

One of the sun room windows.

Another window shot -
Ralph is not very good with variety.

The sun room door

Snake Eyes

OK, this is kind of a cheat post because I did not take these photos. But I've been too busy to blog because Ralph and I have been busy with our pet snake! His name is Joban (named by Amy and Noe after the hit comedy I Love You, Man).

Joban!

Noe found Joban in our backyard. He rescued him from the jaws of Big Head and Blackie (two kitties who hang out under our bushes - Ralph and I don't like them very much!) Noe thought it would be funny to bring Joban inside and surprise Amy when she got home from work, because Amy loves snakes in her house (read her blog to find out about our last pet snake).

Ralphie loves snakes.

We put Joban in a tupperware container with holes in the top and had fun pushing him aorund the kitchen. I got bored after awhile, but Ralph kept at it all night, until Amy finally told Noe that Joban had to sleep in the sun room. The next day, Noe let Joban go because he didn't think we could feed him.

I get distracted by the camera.

I hope Blackie and Big Head don't eat our pet! Here's a video of me and Ralph with Joban.

RePETitive

Why does everyone always try to stick Ralph in my pictures?! Doesn't he get in enough on his own?

Noe with Ralph

Spring is in the air

Today it was so warm here in New London that Amy and Noe kept the door to the sun room open all day. The sun room is the perfect kitty room - it is all windows on three sides and has several tables to sit on while we look out. Amy and Noe also store all the cushions from the patio chairs in there when they aren't using them, so we have nice soft cushion piles to sit and sleep on as well. If Ralph and I go in the sun room during the right time of day, there are plenty of pools of direct sunlight to lay in and warm my belly.

Here are some pictures from my day in the sun room - I was in there all afternoon!

Here are all the patio chairs stacked up -
Amy will be glad when these go back outside!

Here is a view of the front-facing door from my cushion.

A look out one of the front windows -
this is our street.

Ralphie likes to look out the back door -
he is looking for squirrels and other kitties!

Extreme Close-Ups

Because I wear my camera around my neck, sometimes it is hard to frame my shots the way that you - a human - would. Plus, the point is to show you how I see things, right? Well, I see things a lot bigger and a lower to the ground than you do! Plus, I doubt you spend much time jumping on tables or rolling around on rugs.

Sometimes I get a little too close to something I am taking a picture of. This happens because I am very inquisitive and like to check things out at close range. Unfortunately, my camera does not always cooperate and the pictures come out strange, like these ones below:

This is a close-up of a dining room chair,
as viewed from the top of the dining room table -
one of my favorite perches.

This is Noe's Indiana University sweatshirt,
taken while I was curled up sleeping on his tummy.

This is the rug in the TV room.
The light was weird because it was night.
I was rolling around trying to get people
to pet my belly when this was taken.

I am pretty sure this is Amy's New Year's Eve
centerpiece from the dining room table.
It was a silver tree made of tinsel and I loved to chew on it!