Quiet Time

This week you will find the two of us catching up on some much deserved rest. Our human is out of town this week and we are taking this time to rest up from our busy summer. Even though we haven't been visiting and posting much we have both been busy. The human has promised to post next week about what we have been up to.

We miss visiting with you and hope soon we will be able to get more computer time.

Happy World Cat Day!

Mancat Monday

There is nothing like the isolation and serenity of a box to give a mancat a chance to collect his thoughts and solve the problems of the world...

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Oh great! The female human has showed up and she brought her stinking camera with her!

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Oh goody! Look who else has decided to join the party! Can't a man cat have a moment to himself? Go away kid, ya bother me!

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That's more like it! Keep moving! Nothing more to see here!

And take your human with you!

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Hey! What's going on back there?
Sneaking up behind me are you? Hey? I'm talking to you!

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Olive! Hey, you forgot something!
Get back here and take your human with you!
Olive! OLIVE!!! Olive? Women!

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That's it! I'm going to the one place a
mancat can go without being disturbed...

... the litter box! I'm outta here!

One of the Family

By the human

Some of you have been wondering how Opus and Olive have been getting along.....

When I visited Olive at the animal shelter, she was in a room full of cats and didn't seem to mind. She sat in the window hoping to catch the attention of the humans on the other side, while mostly ignoring the cats inside. When I held her, she purred instantly and I never heard a bad word (or sound) come out of her sweet little mouth.



When we arrived in Italy, Olive's attitude changed. While Opus was excited to have a new friend, Olive was quick to let Opus know that SHE was the boss. Any time Opus would enter the room Olive would growl. Any time Opus got close to Olive, she hissed. For the first couple of days Opus was afraid Olive. It didn't take him long to realize that her bats to his head didn't hurt.



Opus wanted so much to play but Olive didn't want him anywhere near her. At one point I even cried because I thought that bring Olive into our home might have been a mistake. However one night while Opus was sleeping on our bed, Olive jumped up and laid down near him; a good sign that things might take a turn for the better. A few days later, she even let Opus lick her head. As the days passed, little by little, a friendship between the two began to blossom.



It has been over 3 months since Olive joined our family. I am happy to say that she and Opus have become the best of friends. They sleep near each other, play together and lick each other to death. I am also happy to report that Opus no longer cries out in the night like he did after Roscoe's death. Though we all love and miss Roscoe still, Olive has helped to fill the hole that Roscoe left behind.

Olive is still a bit of nervous cat. We can tell that in her last family she was not held much. She still cries out with a squeal each time we pick her up, but as time goes by she is learning to enjoy being snuggled. She has brought all of us so much love and joy and we are happy she has joined our family!

Wordless Wednesday

Happy Birthday America!

Wordless Wednesday

Happy Graduation Day!

By Olive

Today we are soooo excited and proud! Our good friends Momo and SS are graduating! In honor of their great achievement, we decided to bake to cake. Since I had never made a cake before, Opus took it upon himself to teach me how.




Opus said that my baking style reminded him a lot Roscoe's which I take as a great complement!

Not bad for a first try!

Concatulations Momo and SS! We are so very proud of you both!

Heading Out Again!

Graphics by Karl

The two of us are so tired of our humans leaving us alone while they are out having all of the fun when we got word that Karl and Ruis were on a second honeymoon we knew that the gang would try to find them. We have joined in on the search of where those two headed off to and are hoping that we can surprise them by our visit. We sure hope we can figure out where they went.

CCSI V Cast & Crew Party

Photo by Sassy

CCSI V: The Old Famous Caper show cast and crew are gathered for the usual wrap up party. There is plenty of shaking going on at this party. More photos are available to view so visit Sassy and Karl for all that is happening!

CCSI V Weekend Marathon!

Photo by Sassy

CCSI V: The Old Famous Caper has premiered this last Wednesday and Thursday with great reviews from viewers. This award winning show will be offered in unlimited reruns all weekend at Sassy's place. Sassy is offering free popcorn and soda pop for all of the shows.

The two of us have been left alone at home again by our humans so we teleported over to the states to help Sassy out. She has given us the job of helping those to seats that need aid. Here is a photo of us at the theatre putting the last touches on things so our marathon showings will go on without a hitch.

Hope to see you there.

CCSI V NOW PLAYING

Poster by Karl

CCSI V: THE OLD FAMOUS CAPER will be airing on Wednesday and Thursday with reruns all weekend. Head over to Sassy's for the lasted installment in this award winning mystery series.

CCSI V Soon To Air!

Poster by Karl

If you want to know about the latest CCSI show coming up be sure to check in at Sassy's place this week for the latest information!

Remembering Roscoe: 8 months gone

Roscoe sunning himself on our upstairs terrace while using the door step as a pillow.

Buona Festa!

(photo by Sassy)

A Wedding in Salzburg!

By Opus

We had a great time visiting Sassy. Our human is back home, but instead of rushing back to see her we have packed the van and headed to Salzburg for the weekend (that will teach her to dump us). Asta's sister, Myrna, is getting married and we are all invited. Sassy hitched a ride from us and we will be meeting all of our friends there. Olive is soooo excited! She hasn't had this fun in all the seven years of her life put together! Be sure to stop by Asta's to check out the wedding of the year!


With all of our wonderful friends and beautiful city, who knows what kind of fun (or trouble) we will get into this weekend!

(photo by Karl)

Going To Sassy's

Photo by Sassy

Olive and myself are heading to the good old USA for a visit with Sassy. You see our human has dumped us, again, so we decided to take advantage of our alone time. Olive has been wanting to visit with Sassy and visit Little Productions. This was the perfect time so off we go.

See you later!

Will See You Again Charlie

Photo by Zoolatry


Charlie, a sweet friend, has gone to the bridge. Forever she will be free to run and play. Forever young and with those that knew her from before. You will certainly be missed.

The After the After Party

BY OLIVE

I am so happy that I was invited to Karl's party. It was my first EVER party and was soooo excited!

(photo by Sassy)

The party at Karl's house went on long into the night. I tell you, those new friends of mine sure are a bunch of party animals! I think I am going to fit in just fine!

(photo by Sassy)

Miss Sassy told that me that just isn't a party until someone ends up with a lamp shade on their head! Well, I am happy to report that SOMEONE ended up wearing a lampshade! The fur was flying as we hit the dance floor and parited into the wee hours of the morning.

Needless to say, all good things must come to an end......

(photo by Sassy)

I can't WAIT till the next party!

In the meantime, we have a bit of mess to clean up.

(photo by Karl)

Let Me Introduce Myself....

My new humans have a habit of naming cats after cartoon (or tv) characters OR great aviators.

Years before any of us lived here the male human started taking care of a feral cat who he named Baracca, after a famous, Italian WW1 fighter pilot who happened to be from the town just next to ours. You could say he was the Red Barron of Italy. Well, last year a grouchy reddish cat showed up at our house, in desperate need of a good meal. He is a skittish thing who still won't let ANYONE get close enough to touch him. Once it became clear that the vagabond was going to continue showing up at our house for three squares a day, the humans decided that they had to name him. Since they already had one feral cat named after a WW1 fighter pilot (and the fact that he was red) the Red Barron became the obvious choice. So that is how he came to be known as Manfred Von Richtofen, but he is lovingly called Manny for short.

Years before either of these cats even existed, Opus was named after the fat little penguin from the County Bloom comic strip. Of course he will tell you that he was named Opus because that is the Latin word for "great work". Shhhhh, don't tell him I told you the truth!

So when it came to naming me, the humans had two choices: name me after a comic strip like Opus or name me after a great pilot like the feral cats were. The first thing that came to the female human's mind was Amelia after Amelia Earhart, a pioneer in aviation. The male countered with the name Olive after Olive Oyl from the Popeye comic strip.

Everything thought the name Olive suited me as my eyes are olive colored AND I was about to move to a country that is famous for its top notch olive oil. PLUS there was a woman named Olive Beech who made some big contributions to aviation (she was one of the founders of the Beech Aircraft Company. It seemed like the perfect name!

HOWEVER, once I got home the male human started having second thoughts. I was nervous my first week with my new brother and took to growling and hissing any time he got too close. (Hey give me break, it was a long journey to get here and I was under a lot of stress). The male human started saying that I was a little witch which made him think of a character from the Scrooge McDuck comic strip. She was a witch from Naples who wanted to steal Scrooge McDuck's first magic dime. Her wish was to throw it into Mt. Vesuvius to release its magic so that she could use it. In the Italian version of the comic strip the witch, who was called Magica De Spell in the English version, was called none other than Amelia!

At the end of the day, no one could pick which name to use because they liked both names equally and that is why they have decided to use BOTH names.

I am officially known as Olive Amelia Patches (Patches was my original name)! But my friends can call me Ollie! It is a big name to live up to, but I will do my best!

Thank you to everyone who voted for my name! I look forward to getting to know each and every one of you!

PS. Don't tell Opus that I hijacked the blog. I thought it needed a little bit of girl's touch!