Thursday, February 18, 2010

Thursday In The Garden With Jonesie- Olympic Edition



Mom, can I enter the Cat-Olympics?  I think I can win a medal in Biathlon.  The combination of  twig play and kleening machine is too much for most cats to handle but I think I got a shot.


It's hard to get the twig under control.  It takes good paw mouth coordination.  It takes years to purrfect this so young kittens typically don't do as well in this event.

I know this looks like fun, but it's really hard to make it look this easy.

You can show the twig no mercy.

When you have a chance to put the bitey on, you gotta go for it.


Got it!!!

It's ok to celebrate your victory over the twig.  I do it all the time!  You can see how tough this was by all the grasses stuck in my paws.  This is why the second half of the event is so important.



Gotta clean those paws.  A Kleen machine is what separates the cats from the kittens.  
Please leave a link and let me know what's happening in your garden...or your  Cat-O-Lympic event!  Don't forget to visit the Olympic village over at Fin's place.  And guess what?  Not only can you catch up on all the action in the CB, Cory is playing Fin in Ice Cube Hockey so don't miss out on the action at Fin's!

32 comments:

Gemini and Ichiro said...

You are impressive! Very few cats could do BOTH!

NAK and The Residents of The Khottage Now With KhattleDog! said...

Oh Grete!

What woo have to put up with!

Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra

dArtagnan Rumblepurr/Diego Hamlet Moonfur said...

Jonsie, we are in AWE!

Elin said...

Good actions!

Anonymous said...

This hasta be a GOLD winning purrformance. The joint twig and kleening acshun is second to none! We are SO impressed! Yoo are pawsome Jonesie.

Love Alfie Marshall (on behalf of my whole fambly, hoo are in awe of yoor skills).

xx

Karen Jo said...

You certainly gave that twig a workout, followed up by a thorough cleaning. I am very impressed with your form.

Cat with a Garden said...

Jonesie, you got an evil twig too! I have been battling one since my very early days too, but mine seems to shows up rather in the appartement than outside. Ways to go, you've got GREAT form!
Purrs, Siena

Forever Foster said...

The twig never stood a chance!

Our dad was peeking over our shoulders while we were reading your post, and he thinks you are beeeeeeeyootiful, Jonesie:)

Anonymous said...

Ahhh, the Evil Twig (or ET as we call it). All of ours are frozen at the moment but we're going to study your form very carefully for future reference.
Great job! You are the Twig Master!

The Creek Cats said...

Wow, Jonesie! You killed it! Great job!!

Anonymous said...

Jonesie, you really nailed both events!

PS. Hi, Cory! xo

Alastriona, The Cats and Dogs said...

Very impressive Jonesie, masterful domination of the twig and your cleaning afterwards gets top points. ~AFSS

The Island Cats said...

Wow! You definitely deserve the gold medal after than performance, Jonesie!

Kea said...

Jonesie, you are in a class by yourself. Impressive! The photos were terrific--and just fabulous when we biggified! Wow!

The Florida Furkids said...

Pawsome entry - you're multi-talented!

Sniffie and the Florida Furkids

Quill and Greyson said...

Jim: Wow Bob that was quite a showing by the garden cat. She OWNED that twig!

Bob: Yes Jim she rassled it down and the victory dance was a something.

Jim: Thank Cod she had the second event to clean up before the medals.

Jacqueline said...

Jonesie, you are a natural in the garden, that twig didn't stand a chance!...Great form, unique application and absolute concentration make this entry a winner=good luck!!...xo...Calle, Halle, Sukki

Angel Gracie=^o.o^= said...

Easy to see that no twig has a chance with you around! You didn't give up and you sure showed the twig who the boss was!
Good luck in all of the Cat O Lympic events that you enter.

Raymond and Busby said...

Jonesie, you are DOMINATING that twig! Nicely done.

The Monkeys said...

You're a great biathlete, Jonesie! We haven't seen anyone else competing in this event, so we're pretty sure you're a gold medal winner!

Memories of Eric and Flynn said...

This is a great performance in your event Jonesie. Your work with the twig is outstanding.

Brian's Home Blog said...

You probably can't smell it cause you are out in the garden...but I smell gold coming your way!

One Cats Nip said...

Great job Jonesie!! Don't forget to leave you entry on the mr.linky over at my place for your kleen machine entry!

The Whiskeratti said...

Wow! We are very impressed by your skill !

Catline Crew said...

Wow, those were some great moves. Definitely a medal contender.

Cliff and Olivia said...

Very specialized discipline which you obviously master to perfection.

Tuck said...

That was impressive! I've never seen that move before...you may have that gold all wrapped up!

Tatyanna (and Dorian too) said...

Wow, maybe when you have earned your medal, you could put out a training video for those of us who are mostly indoors and want to learn about stick play!! I would LOVE it!

My mom wants to know what kind of cat you are, Jonesie? She said you look a lot like a Maine Coon from my family. Very gorgeous coat! --Dorian

Amy & the house of cats said...

Awesome job Jonesie! We know we couldn't have done that - you are very skilled!

JC said...

I didn't see the beer at first ... too funny !!!!

Lisa + current cat said...

Wow did you ever put it to that twig. And then to go right into kleen machine? We are impressed.

Teri and her Stylish Adventure Cats said...

You are a twig sparrer without compare! Win, Win, Win!