Sophisticated Doodles.

Flashback: the first picture of Lily.

Doodles and her cat grasses.

Must. rub. on. catnip. part 2.

Must. rub. on. catnip. part 1.

Hello, catnip.

Neither Doodles or Lily had previously reacted to catnip in their toys before, so I was just expecting this catnip plant to be something for them to chew on.  I was shocked to see their reactions--they loved it!!

Lily pretends to like the cat grass.

Doodles loves cat grass.

Cat grass week.

I recently bought the cats two types of cat-friendly grasses, and they are very intrigued by them.

Cat fight.

Flashback: the first picture of Doodles.

From the night I found her.

Wake up.

Back door sleeping spot.

I noticed Doodles liked to lay on towels on the floor, so I added a comforter and made a kitty towel bed.

Though the bed was originally for Doodles, Lily likes to sneak in a nap when the sun hits it.

Lily likes packing paper.

Kitties in the window.

Trying out the new scratcher.

Naptime.

Fighting and hiding.

Lily climbs the scratcher chair.

 

Contemplative Doodles.

Get out of bed.

Doodles and Lily politely asked me to get out of bed this morning:

Canned food time.

Doodles has a much more subtle way of asking for morning canned food than does Lily.

Lily can fetch.

Kitties in the bed.

What do you do when your cats scratch up your computer chair?

Make a computer chair/cat scratcher.

Lily already loves it.

What Lily did yesterday morning.

Obama has a new supporter.

Morning playtime.

Lily.

Lily is a two or three year old orange tabby cat.  She was adopted from the Pima Animal Care Center in August 2011.  Lily wasted no time getting to know me and the bedroom where she was kept when she came home.  It was then that Lily developed a lasting bond with a tan mouse, pictured above, and her scratcher, pictured below.

I quickly learned she could fetch, and she quickly wore out her mouse.  I keep back-up mice on hand, and she immediately knows they are her mouse.

Lily and Doodles became friends quickly.  They now have two types of play they engage in multiple times daily: chasing and fighting.  They are already inseparable.

Lily's personality is uniquely interesting, and it is impossible to describe fully in one paragraph.  She is incredibly sweet and loving and quite attached to me, but she is also fully preoccupied with play and her pal Doodles.  She chews on plastic, and she has her favorite types of plastic that she cannot resist pulling out of the trash.  She talks and talks and talks, so much so that I cannot yet determine what she is trying to say.

Doodles.

Doodles is a three or four year old brown tabby cat.  I found her in June 2011, and she quickly adopted me. At first, she spent most of her time in a chair by my bed:

But with the addition of Lily to the household, Doodles became more comfortable and happy with her new home.

Now Doodles has multiple favorite sleeping spots that are ever evolving, and her number one favorite thing in life is food: canned food, treats, dry food, any kind of food.

Doodles' personality is a mixture of sweet and independent: you can pet her all you want, but you cannot pick her up.  She particularly likes to be brushed and scratched on the top and sides of her head; she likes to play with any sort of string; and she has a cute habit of sniffing people hair when you're laying on the floor.

Hello.

Hello.

This is a new blog to document the lives of Doodles and Lily, happy cats in Tucson

(as well as selected guests).

Thanks for joining us.