The Primadonna paying the ill Peace Supremo a visit, watching bad cat television together.

 Back home

After spending the last week at hospital, we are now very happy indeed to have our beloved Peace Supremo back in our mist. After being discharge with the order to go home and eat, the cat is now spending his sickleave eating, and eating some more. His only problem is that he is no allowed outside.

Peace Supremo say: “I am off course not at all happy about being locked up like his, but even though I repeatedly say what I mean about this unfortunate matter, I stay locked in. The only reason that I am escaping is the fact that it is a lot of snow out doors, and it is actually freezing cold, and it so happens that I am actually not feeling all that hot anyway. Now I have to get something to eat; WAIIIIIITEEEEEER!!!”

King Tiny and the Sheppard can only confirm that the snow is equally  high even down there.

The snow continue

Last week wasn’t exactly much fun for most of the citizens. The combination of LOADS of snow combined with EXTREME cold doesn’t seem to fit their normal standards. Off course a citizen would never be stopped by bad weather, so spite some small tiny challenges, life went on with just minor adjustments.

Mr Goose said: “For me the biggest problem is that my pool is closed and the water in my tub just keep freezing up! I can’t wait for the weather to defrost my water.”

Big Daddy sun bathing in the snow.

The opportunitist

Whereas a certain DJ sQuil refuses to get fresh air as long as there is snow on the ground, Big Daddy instead will not let some snow stop him from having a lovely sunbath. Everybody know that most things can be used in more than one way, and Big Daddy absolutely thinks that hay is much better used as a mattress than food anyway.

Bid Daddy say: “Sometimes something can have better use when it is not eaten. This is actually ancient pig knowledge.”

Serious research shows that snow can not replace sand in a dust bath.

Snow bath

The young rooster had never before experienced snow. Therefore he thought it to be a good idea to give it a proper test run. Unfortunately serious research concludes that snow is far from perfect for a daily dust bath.   

The Spokeshen say: “I could have told him that, but he needed to find it out for himself. That he did…..hihihi!”

Weather forecast

Sunny and very cold.

The dogs recommend you get on with it and use your winter clothing for what it is meant for.   

Announcement

Ludvik in his favourite blanketcave

Congratulation!

Today we would like to congratulate our good friend Ludvik with his anniversary as it is today 3 years since he decided to move in with Mrs Humans sister. A smart move! May he have a lot of more anniversaries to come!

A big purr from all the citizens

Peace Supremo's new friend.

Seeking house

While staying at the hospital the Peace Supremo met a new friend. This friend is waiting for his health recover enough to amputate his badly broken leg. In the meantime he is spending time being friendly to absolutely everybody, cats and humans alike. As he now needs to retire as a street cat, he is searching for a new home.

Ref: “The most cuddly cat ever new home”

The Model and his for time being very best friend.

SNOW

Apparently somebody claims there is no proper winter without snow. We could not disagree more, even if we tried, which we don’t. Snow is a cruel invention by Mother Nature who does nothing but make problem for the citizens and even the shortest visits outdoors results in painfully cold paws.

Model say: “PLEASE! More wood is urgently needed for this fireplace!”

Beauty learning the Sheppard the pleasure of vading fast in high snow.

Learn to like snow

Citizens are naturally positive creatures, who honestly like to do the best out of any situation. Therefore they refuse to let them self be negative influenced by the cruel cruel snow. Beauty has therefore had to add several extra classes in his famous “Learn to like snow – course” both for beginners and advanced users. The teacher are actually working so hard, that he almost don’t even have time to curl up on the coach together with the male human, a couple of cats and a cabbit when the evening comes. Only almost though.

Sheppard say: “Actually vading in tall snow isn’t only fun, but it is good exercise as well. I am not sure I need all that exercise in the long run though…”

Big Daddy & DJ sQuil was last observed heading back to their home in a surprisengly  high speed.

Cold cold pigs

Big Daddy and DJ sQuil thought they should join in on one of Beauty’s classes, but when they were told the class was currently filled up and they would have to wait until next class, to shocked pigs immediately returned home, and have not been observed since.

The pigs may have comments, but it is not to be heard from were they have locked themselves into their beloved cottage.

Mr Goose having a snack while he are waiting for the bowl getting treated.

Cold rescue

A certain Mr Goose doesn’t have any problem with the snow what so ever. At least almost not what so ever. The rumour has it that his food bowl actually snowed in, but apparently Mr Goose immediately called the professional rescuers, and the food bowl was urgently not only retrieved but also filled up with fresh food.

Mr Goose say: “Luckily I know what to in a situation like that, so I didn’t panic at all. After all this is why I have an emergency drill every day, sometimes even several times a day. You do not catch me unaware, that is for sure!”

Weather forecast

WHITE!!!

The dogs recommend you to get out and make all the snow angels you possible can!

ANNOUNCEMENT

Mr, Mr & Mr February 2012

LNBTT 2012 CALENDAR!

This is King Tiny who would like to remind those of you who might have forgotten that February has arrived and therefore not turned the page of your LNBTT 2012 calendar. If you haven’t, please do so imidiately, as it is the most adorable baby photo of me awaiting you, together with my two good buddies Beauty and Big Daddy.  

Sheppard taking a flying leap down the deer walk.

Latte & Caffe going the wrong way due to an hungry tummy feeling. 

The Deer walk

While out on a social walking the other day, we noticed that the deer walk going from “The end of the world” through “No-mans land” to end up at the “Walnut tree” seem to be well used. We therefore decided to try it for our selves, as it would really be a very nice short cut. The only problem is that this walk might not be long, actually it is SHORT, but the distance is equally long in height meters as in actual meters, which could lead to problem for some (1) member of the group. Still we went at it with our normal positive attitude. We are happy to announce that it was a success. Even though some used longer time than others, everybody got safely down. If certain citizens hadn’t insisted on eating their way through, it might also had been very time consuming.

Latte say: “All in all I would call this a success, if only we could get some more time consuming all the nice snack along the walk, it would even be perfect.”

A tired DJ sQuil on his way home after a long day works.

The long commute

Like with every other citizen, this isn’t exactly Big Daddy & DJ sQuils favourite time of the year. Not only is the freezing temperatures bad enough, but NOOOO, you actually have to commute to get to work. Wile the rest of the year is filled with delicious green and fruit and berries and even the occasional nut, this time of the year is dreadful. You have to commute all the way up to the old wine yard to get some proper foraging done at all, and for WHAT! Old roots!

DJ sQuil says: “You know, I don’t mind my job at all. Honest I don’t. Rootmanagement is a very important part of our job you know. It is jobs were you need a lot of experience at least if you want it done proper, and we pigs, let me tell you, we have the best work ethics in the business. Not only in the business, all over I would say. We only do a job if we can do it proper, because otherwise it isn’t worth doing. Still I do prefer other jobs we have, as they taste that much better, but on this time of the year, this is the only job left, as we work so hard the rest of the year. We pigs are incredible hard working you see. So we saved rather boring commute foraging for now. It’s a huge project, but I am off course in total control. Like always I would say. If you want a job done, leave it with us!”

Sombody taking advantages of their bantam size.

The snack robbery!

Like with the pig department also the hen department suffers with more problems than the cold. Every so often the evilness itself manifest in the shape of the ugliest bird you ever ever saw, and fly over the hens outing area. This has led to the hen staying indoors until afternoon.

Staying indoors can off course be rather boring for hens that normally spend the day tracking around our kingdom. So to get their mind off the lack of free movement due to the evil ugly killer bird, they have put in a subscription for an extra snack delivery. Off course nothing is perfect, so the hen department is now working with the snack producer to find a solution who does not discriminate the bigger hens for first dip at the delivery.

The Spokeshen say: “This is a tricky situation for us bigger ladies. The smaller ladies seem to take advantages of their small size, and literally dive into the snack for the best bits. This is not fare, and we have therefore decided to hire a guard. Hopefully this will solve the problem at beak.”

King Tiny is always eager to help out!

Who slept in my bed?

We all know King Tiny as a very thoughtful individual, always concerned about everybody else’s well being. Therefore nobody was surprised when thought the hen could need some help. While inspection the hen palace he noticed that the hens had so much eating to do, that they didn’t have time to keep those nice wonderful looking egg companied. He had but no choice to take it upon him, and with out any thought of his own well being he crawled into the nest box to keep the lonely eggs accompanied.

King Tiny say: “You know, you just have to help out whenever you see the need. That is the only right thing to do!”

Weather forecast

Fog has been observed in the valley.

The dogs recommend you to keep your paws crossed for continues “good” weather.

ANNOUNCEMENT

Security guard wanted

A serious security guard wanted to protect all valuable transport going from the barn to the Hen Palace. Experience will be preferred, but we are desperate.

Short application with CV to be forwarded urgently.

Ref: Hen Department

Out enjoying the SUN!

Sunshine!

Finally the cold fog realized that it had most definitively overstayed its welcome, and left for a break. Must it be a very long break indeed. In the meantime the Sun is not only back, but for today it even brought its good friend Warm. The citizens have therefore yet again taken to the outdoors, and this time in a happily fashion.

Big Daddy say: “What do you mean?! We don’t need extra food anymore?!! ONLY 30 apples for breakfast?!!!”

The winefarmer hard at work with poletesting.

 The art of wine farming – cat style!

The days when this used to be an active wine farm is long gone. Even Beauty can’t remember those days, so we are really talking ancient history here. Not all is gone though. Are you lucky you can even get to taste a grape when they are in season, off course if DJ sQil didn’t get there before you, which he most likely did. King Tiny doesn’t care about the grapes though. He does on the other paw, care about the old poles. These are of the most vital importance for any wine cat, as they come as fully equipped cat training station. You can scratch your claws, climb them and balance on them. Therefore King Tiny has taken it upon him to safety check all the standing poles, and this is a responsibility he takes very serious indeed. If in doubt he just keeps checking them until he is sure one way or the other. Some poles are actually checks several times a day. As you can clearly see from the photo above, he does this with out any thought for his own security.

Big Daddy say: “I knew it, DJ sQuil did eat those grapes! That ¤?”((¤##!”

A proud Sheppard is now playing Dog Chess.

 Dog chess

After years watching the cats playing the extremely advanced game cat chess, the Sheppard finally managed to talk the cats into letting her play with. Off course whereas the cats are born with the rules built into their head, the same can absolutely not be said of any dog. Therefore the Sheppard had to take private lesson from the Model with King Tiny as an assistant trainer before she will be allowed into the official Maifrin Cat chess cup. If she will pass the course that is.

The Model say: “Unfortunately the will to play is NOT equal to actual talent. We started the lessons at scratch, and that was just to advanced, so we had to invent a completely new low level. We call it Dog Chess!”

The Cabbit does not agree with the lack of snack in the world.

The Cabbits delivery

The Cabbit was delirious of happiness when the delivery man called and asked if the Cabbit could arrange to have his delivery picked up in the village the next day. It had been a long wait, but finally his snack refill was arriving. The Cabbit didn’t leave anything to change, and his driver was put on 24 hours phone service, and the car was ready to go in a jiffy. When the package finally arrived the Cabbit went into a snack frenzy.

The cabbit say: “What do you mean? I can’t have it all at once?? But…. I have all ready put in a new order!”

Weather forecast!

We are hoping that this hot day is here to stay.

The Dogs recommend you to live for the moment.

ANNOUNCEMENT

Do you want to see your ad here?

Well, off course you do!

So all you have to do is to get in touch with us, and we will put it right in here, as soon as the payment is cleared that is.

Ref: LNBTT PR-dep.

The Model letting the weather know excatly how he feels about it!

The Cold Continues

The cold continues to bother the poor poor citizens. Fare enough, part of the days is now fog free, but otherwise the humidity is huge even then, and we never seem to be anything but below zero. The sheep, goats and goose still insist on staying outdoors, the rest, oh well, they really don’t get out that much. Even the hens have left their favourite hobby of foraging and seems to prefer the indoors.

Seniora say: “I have never understood the pleasure of staying outdoors anyway. Now, could anyone please switch on my heating blanket?”

Sheppard in the cold water.

Beauty in the cold water.

The first bath!

Yesterday somebody got the swell idea that it might was time to go down to the river. The idea was met with huge enthusiasm, but only from the dog department. A car arrived to taxi the 2 strangely enough happy dogs down to the riverside, while the rest of us totally ignored the stupid idea. Apparently the river was beautiful, and while the side part of the river had offensive ice all over the place, the main part of the river was surprisingly free from the blasted stuff. Still, almost 24 hours later, nobody have found any conclusion to why Sheppard thought it necessary to chose this time for her first bath this year. Not even her. Fare enough, the smell of dog is there, but honestly, it isn’t that bad, at least not when you are used to it like we are. We are happy to announce that the Sheppard did not catch any cold from her poor lack of judgement, but we do not recommend her any new trip to the river until the weather has approved with at least 15 degrees Celsius.  

Beauty say: “You know, this has gone totally out of proportions. Honestly, it is not like it was a proper bath or anything. She just vaded! OK, personally I vaded in a more shallow part of the river, but only just, only just. Than again, I vaded in the side part of the river! What, did she also vade in the shallow part of the river? Are you sure? I can’t really recall that sight.”

The spacious penthouse appartment.

Moving in?

It seems like it is getting more and more popular to become a citizen, which off course is highly understandable. We were therefore not at all surprised when we noticed that new building had occurred with in our borders. We still haven’t seen the builders, but we would like to congratulate them with their choice of property and welcome them to our gang.

Latte says: “Now, where did a put that left over wool from last season? Maybe they could use that as nest material?”

Mr Purr is shockingly observed on the wrong side of the duvet!

The purring quilt

At the same time it starting to get cold around here, some strange sounds started to occur underneath the cat department’s favourite duvet. While most of the cats is using the duvet in a proper cat fashion, heap sleeping to maximize the heat collection, some (as earlier mentioned) strange sounding sounds with attached vibration has been arriving from underneath the duvet itself. Serious investigations led horrified cats to discover that a certain Mr. Purr were no longer happy with the heat from the heap sleeping, and had moved underneath the duvet for an even warmer climate.

King Tiny say: “Please! Can anybody get that so-called cat a proper fur before he put us all to shame?”

NOPE! The weather doesn't look good at all!!

Weather forecast

It looks COLD! It looks GREY! It looks FREEZING!

The dogs recommend you to invest in the fleece marked.

ANNOUNCEMENT

Heating pads

Heating pads and heating quilts are urgently needed.

Ref: The citizen’s antifreeze program

Obviously the citizens do not have enough blankets!

Fleece

Fleece in all sizes is urgently needed.

Ref: The citizen’s antifreeze program

Wood transportation

Somebody to continuously transport wood from the wood shed to feed the fireplaces indoor is URGENTLY needed. This is a 24 hour job of the biggest importance.

Short application with a detailed CV and serious recommendations to be forwarded us immediately.

Ref: The citizen’s antifreeze program