Boo!

...there is nothing like a Cornish Rex kitty to give you a Halloween fright!

Bip may look scary, but he's as sweet as can be, and he's always the perfect Halloween cat. 

Happy Halloween!

Halloween...

Halloween cat...

Halloween pumpkin...

Halloween vulture...

Boo!
Happy Halloween

Have fun and don't eat too much candy!

Santa Kitty, hurry down my chimney tonight...

Santa Gargoyle...

I know, I know...Bip, our Cornish Rex cat, looks evil and scary and not at all happy, but he's actually really sweet and didn't mind parading around as Santa Kitty at all. This is the first time I ever fell prey to a pet costume. Target's point-of-purchase marketing display worked on me. Grrrrr...

...or is it Santa Claws?

"...how prosaic," said the cat.

What IS that cat looking at???

Bip, our Cornish Rex cat, looks scary, but couldn't be sweeter. He seems to have spotted something...

What IS that cat looking at???

Mice--lots of them!! Oh no...

Unfortunately, I think I ate more of them than Bip did...

...and here's the baker!

Rick makes fab Night Before Christmas mouse cookies...and looks great in my Christmas apron too!

Night Before Christmas Mice Cookies

3 cups flour
¼ teaspoon salt
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
¾ cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (or almond extract)
1 large egg

Sliced almonds (for ears)
10 feet of red or black licorice laces cut into 3-inch strips (for tails)
Small tube of black and pink icing for nose and eyes (or 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
2. Whisk flour and salt together in a bowl.
3. Using an electric mixer, beat butter until creamy (about 2 minutes on medium-high speed). Add in sugar, beating until light and fluffy (about 3 minutes). Add flour mixture gradually, mixing on low speed until blended.
4. Scrape dough onto large piece of plastic wrap and cover completely with wrap. Refrigerate until firm enough to roll into balls (about 2 hours, or overnight).
5. Form the mice: Roll small pieces of dough into 1 ¼-inch ovals. Bring one side to a point to form nose. Gently pinch bridge of nose to form eye sockets. Place 2 sliced almonds behind eyes to make ears.
6. Place mice 2 inches apart on the parchment-covered cookie sheets, and bake until golden brown on bottom and edges (about 15 minutes).
7. Form the tails: Immediately insert skewer into the rounded side of the mouse about ½ inch deep. Remove skewer and insert a strip of licorice tail as far as it will go. The tail will melt a little and stick to the warm cookie. Pipe small eyes (black icing) and a small nose (pink icing) onto each mice (or use melted chocolate placed in a parchment cone; if you use melted chocolate to form eyes and nose, refrigerate until the chocolate has hardened).

What is cute, cute, cute and has chickadees, cardinals, goldfinches and bluebirds plastered all over it?

…my new, very birdy, cute bird fabric tote! Today when I opened my mailbox, I found a large envelope inside from my cousin, Char. It seems when she was at her local fabric store she stumbled across a very unique piece of fabric that reminded her of me. Can you imagine? This fabric screams bird lover, so she picked it up and sewed it into a tote! It is so darn cute I can’t stand it. Thanks, Char!!! Check it out.

It has a little pocket on the front that is 

the perfect size for my field journal. 

Bip, our Cornish Rex cat, decided to get in on the action. I think he was looking for a can of tuna.

…or maybe he was just trying to see if the birds were real.

…just curious, Kel, pay no attention to me...

gotta sniff it...gotta study it...it's my job. 

Bip-cam Friday: Don't hate me because I'm beautiful...and have great jewelry.

Bip, our very sweet Cornish Rex cat.

Bip-cam Friday: He flies through the air with the greatest of ease.

There Once Was a Cat Named Bip

by Matty, when he was in the fourth grade

There once was a cat named Bip,

He did a very nice flip,

He flew through the air,

with nary a hair,

...and that's how he got his catnip!

Bip-cam Friday: Bip, the Very Scary but Hardly Hairy Cornish Rex Cat