Gypsy - Easy Like Sunday Morning

It's Gypsy here, and this is me flat out on the couch after someone kept me up until the wee small hours watching tennis. Don't get me wrong, it's a fine sport, but this is my couch!!! You can see something of my special long furred 'blankie' in the picture - if my 'blankie' is on the couch, then I own all parts of the couch touched by the blanket. This is a two and a half person couch, so I feel that I should get at least half of it, and then Mum and Tasha can squish up on the other half. I am the mancat in the household after all!

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The Carnival of the Cats #201 is going to Missy, KC, Sol & Smokey Sunday Evening

Tasha - Formerly Feral

Hello kitties and others, it's Tasha here. I thought that I'd try a "glamour" shot today in honour of Formerly Feral Friday. Let me know what you think...

We've been a bit quiet here this week 'cos Mum wasn't feeling so good. Gypsy and I really put in the purrs, and she's feeling better now.

Now a few of you wondered how much Gypsy and I liked watching the Australian Open tennis on TV. Speaking for myself, I don't mind a game of "chasing the little people across the screen" every so often. Tennis is good for that, along with numerous animal programs. Loud noises are also good for getting my attention, and some of the tennis players go all out with weird 'grunts' as they hit the ball. Gypsy generally becomes very geezer-like in front of the TV, decides he has to conserve energy and "views" most of the tennis through his closed eyelids.

Today (Friday 18 January) was a big day for young Aussie giant killer Casey Dellacqua when she beat yet another seeded player, #18 Amelie Mauresmo in the 3rd round. That was after she beat #15 seed Patty Schnyder in the 2nd round. Mum says that's great 'cos it's nice to see someone start really believing in themselves, especially when that someone is an Aussie.

Serena and Venus Williams have both been playing well, Maria Sharapova sent former champ Lindsay Davenport packing, and Justine Henin has come here hungry this year. It looks like it's going to be tough, whoever ends up winning the women's title.

On the men's side, Lleyton Hewitt is still flying the Aussie flag in the singles, but he'll have a tough match on Saturday when he comes up against Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis.

Roger Federer has been in pretty devasting form so far - he hasn't even looked looked like losing a set, let alone a match. Rafael Nadal has also been playing well, but Sir Roger's going to be very tough to beat. American Andy Roddick's having a tough time against German Philipp Kohlscheiber at the moment, but Mum thinks he'll come through. In case you're wondering, Mum's a bit of a sports nerd, so we're watching quite a bit of tennis this fortnight.

I've got to go now 'cos I'm exhausted from all this typing...Ciao kitties.

***2.00 AM Melbourne Time Update - Mum was wrong - Philipp Kohlscheiber did end up beating Andy Roddick in 5 sets, 8-6 in the fifth set.***

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Board the Friday Ark at The Modulator (submit your post here)

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Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos is at Mz. Mog & Kitty Cats at Mind of Mog Optional Theme - Tummy Poses (submit your post here)

The Carnival of the Cats #201 is going to Missy, KC, Sol & Smokey Sunday Evening(submit your post here)

Tabby Toes & Tail Tuesday

It's Tasha here, with the next instalment of Tabby Tuesday. I picked this photo 'cos you can see the toes and paw pads on the back foot and my hooped tail. I did a lot of resting today, getting ready for some more tennis tonight - I need my energy to sit back and watch those tennis players run around.

Bad luck for British fans with Andy Murray going out early. A few Aussies like Alicia Molik, Lleyton Hewitt, Peter Luczak made it through, and others didn't. Justine Henin is looking pretty hard to beat, although those Williams sisters (Serena and Venus) will make it tough. Roger Federer is looking in pretty ominous form, and A-Rod (that's Andy Roddick and not a certain Yankee baseball player) won at Kooyong last week. It's going to be a fun fortnight here.

Mancat Monday

Well, it's Gypsy here, and I'm back on Mancat Monday. Here's a picture of me making sure I look stunning.

Charlotte asked about why the weather in Melbourne would be down to 11 degrees early in the morning when we've been complaining that it's been so hot. See, people talk about Melbourne as being well-known for having 'four seasons in one day'. The weather can change heaps in a relatively short space of time. We can go from really hot temperatures to rain in the space of 24 hours - Mum says it's different to Queensland where she grew up, 'cos there it takes a lot longer for the weather to change. We saw the Weather Pixie at some other sites, and thought it'd be a cute way for everycat to see how the weather was here in Melbourne whenever they visited us.

It's tennis, tennis, tennis now in Melbourne, 'cos the Australian Open started today. There'll probably be a few more really hot days over the next two weeks. We're off to watch some tennis on TV, and wonder how those players can be so slow...