There are all kinds of ball things going on these days. The NCAA Basketball Tournament. Major League Baseball spring training. NFL Football free agency. But, none of those matter. As soon as I saw Linda’s prompt:
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “ball.” Play with it! Have fun!
The only thing I could think of was Little Foam Ball. I hope Linda will allow the edit of capitalization, but Little Foam Ball is a proper thing around here, I’m told.
MiMi, is the smaller of our Tuxedo sister and she loves to play Little Foam Ball. Since Linda said to have fun, I thought I’d just share a few photos of MiMi having fun.
Waiting for just the right moment to strike.
I can’t reach it. Can you help?
I can get that.
MiMi loves to catch the ball with her “hands” and then throw it.
I don’t see it, so it’s not here. She will ignore the ball if she has to work too hard.
I got it. I got it.
Here we go.
This post is in response to Linda G. Hill’s SoCS prompt.
Typical cats and their lazy play…very cute!
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Thanks. It has to be in the right spot.
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What a cutie! Great pictures! The only things Ami wants to play with are 1) my papers 2) my pen 3) the connectors on my headphones 4) my cough lozenges. Since those are usually off limits, she doesn’t play. Yes, she has toys.
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Thanks. MiMi loves to steal pens. She hides them under carpets.
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Dan, that is a delightful use of the prompt! Of course, I’m biased. I love Mimi and her “tuxedo sister.”
I bought similar foam balls for Crystal. I have to get lots of “amo” to throw to her. Meanwhile she gives me a long suffering look as if to say “I try so hard to get my human to exercise and she just doesn’t get it.” Mega hugs =^-^=
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Thanks Teagan. Sometimes we tell ourselves that they do all of this for us. Our dog just took me for a walk in the park. They are so generous with their time :) Give Crystal a hug from MiMi & MuMu
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Awww I love tuxedo cats :)
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Thanks. We do too.
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If you think you’re getting a like and a comment just by posting cute pics of MiMi, pal, then … yeah, yeah. There you go. xP
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Thanks Paul. I don’t often take the easy way out but I figured the pictures speak for themselves. This way you have less of me.
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Years ago, my aunt and uncle had a tabby named Puddin’. Back then, practically everyone smoked, and Pud — a very unfriendly cat to anyone by my aunt — just loved if you made a little ball out of the foil in the cigarette wrapper. I was just a little kid then, but I can remember flicking those little foil balls down the hallway, watching Pud finally do something cute rather than being such a demon spawn from hell!
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That’s funny Wendy. We “inherited” a Tabby from a (at the time) friend. She liked the women in the house, but was very mean to me and our male dog. I would have liked to flick something at her, maybe a little heavier than rolled up foil.
It’s funny that you mention the foil. I remember doing that and also stripping the foil off the foil/was paper wrapper that chewing gum was wrapped in. That stuff had all kinds of uses in play.
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Ohmigosh, the kids have that exact same Little Foam Ball. Unlike Mimi, though, it’s not necessarily their favorite. Gibbs prefers crinkly paper and Ziva prefers sleeping and eating.
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MuMu prefers being brushed. They do like the crinkly things from ti to time but these are MiMi’s all time favs.
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MiMi is so cute! Cats crack me up how they will only reach so far and then…..oooh, too far. Can you get that for me? :D
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Yeah, like an extra inch will cause them to tear something. “I can’t reach…” MuMu like to sit, just beyond our reach and then scream to be brushed or scratched.
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*sigh* I so need a cat in the house :-( but great pictures :-) your cat made me smile
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I doubt we will ever have a house without cats. When the last of the first batch oof cats passed away, we scooped these girls up in a matter of days. MiMi was very sick at the time that we got her. She missed her kitten year, being nursed back to heath, but she’s remained kitten like in her antics.
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Am so glad they found you as cat parents :-) Cats are just great characters no matter what. My step-mums best friend had a tom cat who ran along the hall and slid underneath a chest of drawers when he was young. Unfortunately for him he never understood that he grew up and didn’t fit underneath anymore. He gave us fits of laughter whenever he tried. And he loved the record player. Sitting on it I mean :-). The husband is rather a dog man so we are still discussing. But I bet we will get both as daughter and son from another mother love cats too :-). For now we rent so we can’t have or don’t want to have either. But soon. Very soon :-)
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What an adorable little face – and such big eyes!
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Thanks! She is a cutie :)
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Funny, I almost wrote about Sadie’s recent play ball episodes. I still might some other day. Little Foam Ball is such a winner :) Mimi is adorable!
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I thought about writing about Maddie’s playing as well, but then this would have been a very long post. It’s a beautiful day here, so I thought I’d spare people a few hundred words. They are so funny with these things though. I’m sure I’ll revisit Maddie’s games at some point.
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Good plan. The weather here is nice enough. Enjoy!
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Adorable, Dan! I love the one with the ball between her paws. :D
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She reaches back and throws it from there. I’ve tried to get video but it’s all too fast. These were the best out of 30 pictures
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Ah, photographing animals is hard!
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So cute Dan. I love the way Cats suck in an owner to help them do what they are capable of doing themselves.
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Capable – so easily – we are the ones being trained John.
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Absolutely
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Adorable!
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Thanks John.
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Pretty cute and adorable. I remember when I used to play with my sister’s dog named Sunny, a German Shepherd and he was so excited when I played ball with him. I would throw it up in the sky and he would just hunt for it like crazy. He completed his life cycle and passed away a long time ago, but he still lives in my heart.
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We have many such moments with our dog but I decided to keep this short and sweet. Only MiMi today.
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MiMi is such a pretty cat, and so delicate-looking. Two of our cats like those covered little balls too.
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Thanks. She’s only about 5 lbs, but it’s 5 lbs of nuts.
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Ohhhhh….yeahhhh….
We have something similar, in our house and young Miss Friday and I, both Tuxedos, love to play fetch and retrieve with our human!
Miss Miss Elvira, the resident Tortie, just shakes her head in disapproval, saying we need to quit acting like dogs!
Miss Sneakers
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Thanks. It’s always good to find Tuxedos and tuxedo lovers.
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:) Kitty pictures always make me smile! Your MiMi is so cute! Our cats have had different kinds of balls to chase, but right now their favorite things are those fuzzy pipe cleaners!
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Thanks. Pipe cleaners, straws and little foam ball always seem to be popular here.
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How fun! Our cat likes to play with our socks. If we don’t put them away he takes off with them. We find socks all over the house.
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That’s funny. Our have never gone for anything that large.
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Pets are always a ball to have around, good company, their own quirky selves and then, loving their owners no matter what. Dan, you remind me of how I handle the doors posts or award ceremonies~ my own way. :)
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Thanks Robin. I think that’s a good thing. We should be able to do more things our own way in life.
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I have never had a cat love to play as much as out tux, Kamala…. fun post!
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Thanks Kate
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