For those of you who are not thoroughly sick of my cooing over the kittens, here is Lissy, inside her latest toy. I say *her* latest toy, because she will not allow Sintra anywhere near her "crinkle bag", inside which lurks a glorious, catnip filled mouse. Hugh found her this evening, positively swooning at the scent of the herb filled mustelid! For now, Sintra has to make do with a string ball that has sprouted feathers and regularly gets tossed and killed by her every few minutes.
This household becomes more bizarre by the minute - but I have to admit that I am thoroughly enjoying indulging the little kitties with amusing little toys that cost only pennies - and several that I have made out of scraps of carpet, plastic bags cut to shreds and old socks likewise have come completely free.
Anyone with any ideas for other hand made kitty-toys are warmly invited to share them here!
What a sweet picture of Lissy Roz. I know you are just having so much fun with these two new babies. My cats love to play with empty toilet paper or paper towel rollers. They will roll it, chase it, toss it and guard it from another who wants to join the fun :-)
Posted by: Carolyn | Wednesday, August 17, 2005 at 03:19
I'll never get tired of cute kitty pictures and this picture of Lissy is ADORABLE! My cats like to chase ping pong balls across a non-carpeted floor.
Posted by: Corrina | Wednesday, August 17, 2005 at 15:33
Indulge yourself, Roz - pen a bottle or two of wine and give the kits the corks to play with. The new fangled plastic ones are safest for little kitties.
Toilet roll inners are good, as noted above. Cardboard boxes are de-rigeur, of course - especially long thin ones with both ends opened to make a tunnel. Treacle *adores* bubble wrap, but I keep telling him it isn't safe.
Mostly, my two just steal things from my desk. They really like ball point pens. I have to keep rescuing them from harm. Cats? Pens? maybe both!
(Colin Blackburn has just got two kittens. He has photos at his Flickr page.)
Posted by: Beth | Wednesday, August 17, 2005 at 17:42
So adorable. I sure enjoy reading your stuff and seeing the babies. On vacation with limited Internet access.
Posted by: redondowriter | Wednesday, August 17, 2005 at 19:32
Lovely and very cute!
Posted by: Sonia | Saturday, August 20, 2005 at 16:07