Ari just turned on the TV!  He was sitting beside me on the couch, and all of a sudden the TV comes on and I looked over, and his paw was on the remote.  The control of the remote crosses the species barrier!

On another note… Sammie Macrovision!

I just love the detail!  Especially on the nose, so I cropped out just the nose to get more of the detail:

It’s so bubbly!  Unfortunately it is a bit difficult to get such pictures, as cats just don’t want to sit still.  Ari is scared of cameras, so his pictures were pretty difficult.  Sammie doesn’t mind cameras, but she didn’t appreciate being held and having a camera inches within her face.  I must admit it is quite intimadating to be looking through a camera at an angry cat, haha!

I was practicing my spotting technique, which is a method of touching up photographic prints.  Ari and Sammie couldn’t resist offering me their advice, since they indeed know a lot about spots

Ari was kind enough to hold the paper for me, and chase around the ink bottle, while Sammie stood by my side to make sure I had the technique down properly.  I threatened to add some more spots to Ari if he didn’t get his face out of my water glass, too.  So he sat down and behaved like a good boy, stating that my ink just wasn’t the correct color for his spots.

I just found these pictures a few days ago… it’s from around Christmas 2007, so they’re a bit dated, but still worthy of sharing!

Sammie was apparently preparing herself to be mail somewhere!  USPS box is no challenge for “fold flat compact bengal!”  She crammed all 12 pounds of herself in there, haha!

“I fit, therefore I can be shipped!”

“Nah, I have nowhere to ship myself to!  I’ll stay right here!”

“Much roomier outside the box!”

The kitties have been on their “one can of wet per day” diet for about 3 weeks now, and they always manage to lick the bowls clean.  This of course means I am going through cans a lot quicker than I am use to.  Today I came upon the mother of sales at my local feed store that I buy their food at:  1 case/24 cans of Nature’s Variety Homestyle for $9.99!!!  That equals about 42 cents a can.  Usually they are $1.25 a can, so this was definitely a surprise.  They only had Ocean Whitefish and Duck & Chicken stew flavors, so I still bought cans of all the other flavors.

So got home… and counted up all the cans in the cupboard… 79!  Looks like I won’t be having to buy food for several months, which is always a good thing!

Also picked up a trial pack of Fancy Feast’s new “Appetizers” as a treat for Ari.  I am pretty sure Sammie won’t touch it.  Looks pretty yummy I suppose (I don’t like fish, so I can’t really say either way, LOL).  It’s nice to see one of the mainstream brands make a move towards food without fillers and what not!

And of course they still get free fed Orijen.  I buy the 15 pound bag size.  Before they got a can of food everyday, the 15 pounds would last about 2 months between them.  Now it seems to be lasting a bit longer since the canned food is taking a bigger portion of their diet.  I store it in this awesome air tight plastic container I found at Petsmart.  I like it because it keeps the food smell inside it, and also keeps the food really fresh.

For other news… yesterday was Ari’s first birthday!  My kitten is now a lil’ man!  Hard to believe, as he has remained pretty small and delicate.  I like it though, makes him easily to handle than the 13 pound beast that is Sammie.  The special birthday dinner was some canned rabbit, which they seemed to enjoy less than one of their daily stew varieties - go figure!

Sharing the birthday meal:

Ari’s cat grass garden has been doing poorly… Ari tends to lift the whole mess out and spread it around the kitchen.  I don’t think I see a career in horticulture for him in the future

Sammie enjoying the special dinner:

And Ari:

Apparently, this is appetizing to our feline friends:

Looks like a yucky, stinky mess to me!

On May 25th we welcomed another very spoiled bengal to our family:  Ari!  Registered as Piescalientes Sahara Sand, he’s a handsome snow mink spotted boy from Wisconsin.

Sammie isn’t exactly the happiest cat since he’s arrived, but every day they become better and better buddies.  Today I caught them sleeping on the bed together, and they often enjoy their meals side-by-side, ears touching.   Ari was use to eating wet, and this propelled Sammie to start eating a lot of it, so a diet change has been made, and they each get half of a large can of wet food daily as a supplement to their kibble.

Now some pictures from over the summer!