Noll's Christmas Wrap-up

Christmas time!

Time for the predictable beans to tie a bow around some

(slow) unsuspecting cat's neck!

A festive, though slightly grinchy-looking Luigi watching from afar.

Tiggy waits for the signal to begin unwrapping.

He smells Temptations!

What's been nipping at Uncle Keak's nose!

Patrick and Tiggy talking about all things ginger.

Corrie, my Christmas rainbow.

Uncle Keaks recovering from all the excitement.

Me & MY Christmas present!

(OK, it's for all of us.

And, as it is Christmas, I will gladly share.)

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TWAS THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS...

Yes, these laser eyes are focused on you, Tiggy!

Noll Wishes You a Merry Christmas

Jolly old St. Nicholas, lean your head this way

Noll has a wish or two

And this is what he says.....

May all my friends receive blessings

and peace in their hearts,

today,

tomorrow

and always.

Merry Christmas!

Noll Shines Up His Nose

Just in case Rudolph has other plans,

Noll is all shined up and ready to go.....

Noll's Thankful Thursday

Noll is "Thankful" that Christmas

is just DAYS away!

Christmas, Christmas

Time is near.

Noll can hardly stand the wait....

Nor can he remain "good" much longer.

Hurry Christmas, Hurry FAST!!  ;)

Noll asks "How cold is it where you live?"

Noll Remembers Tiggy's Gotcha Day

~12/12/09~

Happy Gotcha Day Tiggy

Tiggy's tale of "Gotcha" is very different from mine.

My Own literally stalked my shy ginger brother.  It took her five days to get close enough to snatch "Tigger" up and reunite him with me, "Noel."

Yes....You read that correctly.  My name was originally "Noel."  But it was a short-lived name.

A couple weeks after we had found our forever home, My Own and her daughter were fussing over us and admiring our now chubby bellies.  They simultaneously realized that, even though "Noel" would forever remind them of their 'sweet little Christmas kitten,' it was no longer appropriate. I was not a girl!  There was some laughter and then the rather odd remark about me "Looking like a Noll."  Whatever that means!

Anyhoo, this is supposed to be about brother Tiggy, so here is his tale.

http://nollsnip.blogspot.com/2009/01/noll-tells-tiggys-tale.html

Noll's Gotcha Day

"My earliest memory is of the crisp earth, fragrant pine

 and a voice that echoed with delight"......Noll

The warm sunshine that slanted

through the low evergreens,

beckoned me to leave

their safe shadows.

My hungry mom afield

in search of food

to nourish her still nursing body;

my ginger brother hunkered

down in the dark dank of a drain.

All I know is,

 at that precise moment,

I was meant to be seen:

Her daughter's chance glance out the window

and my brief walk in the sun,

became a ride through the air!

As My Own scooped me high,

Her face level to mine,

She told me

I was a "Kitten from Heaven."

And I believe it to be true.

On that day I flew!

From cold ground to warm embrace,

as if on angel's wings!

Noll Gets into the Holiday Spirit

Tis many a day before the holiday morn,

but Noll is already in his nip patch

dreaming of a white Christmas,

and a visit from Santa Paws ;)