King of Bags: Part II

 Vladi is stunning in his natural habitat: bag on the floor.

 Is someone going to play with me?

WHAM!

Kick, kick, kick.

Tanj wants to get in the bag, but Vladi is tough to budge.

Tanji tries a "death bite" to the neck...

Vladi just nuzzles back.

Tanji tries a different tact, leaving and hiding behind the table.

Tanjiiiiiiiiii, where are youuuuuuuu?

Vladi leaves the bag to find Tanji.

That worked!

Tanji surveys his new domain.

Hey, who's in my bag?

This is mine!

Back off, stinky kitten!

 CRUNCH!

 

 Vladi is back as King of the Bags.

King of Bags: Part I

 

Vladi is the master and commander of all bags in the house.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

I'm just sitting in this bag, all by myself...

KA-POW!

Kick, kick, kick.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Vladi thinks this is awesome.

Kissies.

I'm just a little helpless kitten in a bag...

 Hey, where are you goinggg?

Vladi waits for the inevitable...

 Tanji can't resist such "helpless" prey.
 

 POUNCE!

This game can go on for a long time...

Return to Bed

After several years, Uschi has returned to napping on the bed.

This has been Tanji's territory, and he's trying to lick Uschi awake.

Uschi is pretending he's asleep...

That worked, Tanji gave up (for now).

Holiday Visit

 

Its Independence Day; the cherries are ripe, the sky is clear,

and the boys have a visitor!

 Grand-Meow is here, and we're heading out for a summer walk.

On the path to the east pond, Tanji joins us.

Its a typical summer walk: standing and providing shade.

Uschi is entertaining back at the house, showing off his catnip.

 This is Uschi's perfect afternoon: comfortable and being admired.

Time for a nap in the breeze.

Where's Vladi?

He's already back inside, napping before the evening festivities.

Graham Crackers

 We grew up with graham crackers,

but haven't had them for a long time.

Tanji is intrigued...

Lick, lick, lick.

This may be too big of a piece...

That's more like it.

 Of course Vladi wants his share.

And Uschi is holding out for bird or rodent.

Story Time

Lately we have been reading aloud from books...

Tanji and Uschi seem to find this soothing,

Vladi would rather be playing.

 Unless its part of a story that's really good,

than Vladi pays attention.

Shoe Box

Vladi is having a great time.  How did we get here?

It started with a box from UPS...

As usual, Uschi was first on the scene, guarding his new toy.

Vladi showed up and asked politely if he could play too.

Vladi wanted to play in the box, Uschi had other plans...

Mmmm, new shoe smell.

So Vladi ends up playing in the box alone.

And he's not happy about that.  So we flip the box...

Uschi can't resist, and Vladi ends up having a great time.

Brown Absorbs Heat

Warm summer days are coming, and while Vladi seems

oblivious to the heat, Tanji and Uschi burn up if they stay in

the sunshine too long.  Luckily our brown Bengals are smart

enough to hug the edge of shady spots.

The tip of Tanji's tail is in the sun, but he's distracted by the

birds flying overhead.

Uschi is just out of reach of the dappled light,

waiting for a vole to jump in his mouth.

Squished Catnip

All three boys have a serious catnip problem.  No matter where we

hide the plants, they end up getting shredded.  This time the pots

were hidden in the reeds by the pond, but within about 15 minutes,

Uschi is lying on them.

This is making the fish look delicious, so Uschi gets carried back

home for munchies and a nap.

Vladi's Garden Window

 Someone has been nibbling on the plants we are growing for class

(probably our doe with the rapidly expanding belly),

so the pots are now sitting in Vladi's window.

He seems to be enjoying the company.