Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Adventures with Astrid

In today's edition of Adventures with Astrid, the pup is here to share another one of her favorite paths in our neighborhood.


Astrid loves going this route. It leads to a pretty little scene, and she can never get there fast enough.


We're admittedly going to wait until next week to show you the final destination. At that time, you'll also get to see why we never skip Astrid's annual leptospirosis vaccine.

Happy Wednesday, friends!


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Flashback Doodle of the Day

As we've mentioned, these days we're sharing a mix of new and flashback doodles of a sort of spooky nature. Today's kooky, spooky flashback was chosen for the sheer fact that I'll be mowing this week.


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Tip of the Day

We're in the last stretch of our tips on how to decorate your home around your furbabies. Yesterday's tip involved helping give your kitty or pup a window view by putting a cat tree, couch, or chair beside the window. Today's tip takes this concept in another direction, and involves looking into ways to make your home even more accessible to and traversable by your feline furbabies. For example, there are cat shelves on the market that can be placed along your home's walls, and which can be placed in ways that allow your kitty to not only rest on the shelves, but to also to travel the perimeter of a room by way of those wall shelves. There are plenty of other similar features available on the market as well, including walkways, bridges, ladders, and all sorts of items that can allow your furbaby to travel throughout the house in this fun, unique way. If interested, you could intersperse such wall shelves or walkways throughout the house. Or, if you have the space and ability, you could dedicate one room in the house to this, so that said room is some semblance of a playroom or jungle gym for your kitty. In the wild, cats often travel or sleep on elevated surfaces, such as trees or mountains. That's why many cats enjoy setups such as wall shelves or walkways, as this can mimic the environment of their wild ancestors.

8 comments:

Eastside Cats said...

Oh sure, tease us!

pilch92 said...

Astrid is a lucky pup. Nice drawing and great tips.

Snowbrush said...

Learning how to transform our homes into happier environments for our cats is the subject of a thoroughly enjoyable book by Bob Walker that's entitled "The Cat's House." In it, he tells how he made his entire home into a playground for his many cats. Here's the Amazon link to his book.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=the+cat%27s+house&i=stripbooks&crid=3TPJTRF6FYQZN&sprefix=the+cat%27s+house%2Cstripbooks%2C313&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Melissa, Mudpie and Angel Truffles (Mochas, Mysteries and Meows) said...

We're excited to see where you're headed!

messymimi said...

It looks beautiful so far, quite green and peaceful.

The Island Cats said...

You sure are enjoying your walk, Astrid!

J Lenni Dorner said...

Looks like a nice, shady spot for a walk. Awesome.
Hope mowing went well.
Cats up a kitty tree, always fun. Watching over everyone.
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Loulou said...

Love how to decorate your home for your kitty. I happen to have the whole house as my playroom, but alas, my back legs now keep me from jumping and running and climbing, for example, on a big rock that is part of mama's office. Love your blog/.