Spokane Fires Almost 100% Contained!

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This the evacuation map from a few days ago, and now all evacuations have been lifted! There were firefighters from all over the country here helping, and even some from Australia! They all did an amazing job and we are so grateful.
Most of the smoke has cleared up and we can see across the valley again. And we can see blue skies !!! It is so great!
We had a young Cooper’s Hawk visit! He was calling out hoping his Mom would come feed him.
We are fostering a little kitten named Disneyland! She has enormous whiskers and is more fun than a trip to Disneyland. If anyone is looking to adopt a friendly kitten let us know!

Spokane Fires

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There are devastating fires in Spokane right now it is really awful we are so sad. We are okay! We are not in any of the evacuation zones! There are 4 separate fires and 3 of them have grown to make one very large complex fire. A lot of the area is forest and agricultural but it also includes a lot of residential areas and thousands of people have had to evacuate. It is just awful. t looks like half of North Spokane has had to evacuate. We may have friends coming to stay with us because they had to evacuate. As of this morning the California Interagency Incident Management Team 7 is assuming command of the Spokane Area Fires; so far the fires are zero percent contained. Our Spokane firefighters are doing an amazing job but it was extremely windy yesterday which caused the fires to expand very rapidly.
On a lighter note, we have caught the turkeys red-handed! Red-footed! Digging in our flower beds! They look so innocent but they are not!

I didn’t do it! (this time)

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For months someone has been digging in the flower beds and making a big mess with the bark. It was not me !!!! Mom goes out and rakes it back and the next day it is a mess again. The poor plants are not very happy about it either.
This raised bed container used to have bell pepper plants in it. Until today there was one left. Now there are none.
Here is the guilty party! For weeks there was a single wild turkey hanging around the yard. Mom figured he lost his flock or was a young male who couldn’t find a mate and he seemed so sad. Well now there are three of them and they love our yard they are here almost all the time lounging around and tearing things up looking for bugs to eat and leaving turkey poop on the patio ugh I have to be careful when I go outside to play. Mom says I guess it is nice to know we have a yard that wildlife likes to visit. Except these turkeys never leave! Maybe now that there are no more bell peppers they will move on.
We have 3 foster kittens! This is Elisaria the house panther. She is gorgeous!
This is Njal he is the troublemaker. Mom says that’s okay he was so skinny when we first brought him home he can play as much as he wants now that he has energy and is happy.
They all love to get in the kleenex box even though they barely fit! This is Isabetta isn’t she a beauty! It is so fun to have kittens again!

Dead South Concert !!!!

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OMG we went to see The Dead South! I got to go with mom! Not that little purse-sized cat, he stayed home. Here I am where we sat when we got tired of standing. It stays light so late this time of year it is still daylight for the beginning of the concert!
Here is a better photo of the band when we were closer to the stage. It was a really great show! I’m so glad I got to go with mom! In future she should get tickets only for concerts at venues where you can take a Tiger.

Bonnie Raitt Concert!!!!!

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OMG !!! Bonnie Raitt was in town giving a concert!! Did I get to go no I did not mom left me at home ON PURPOSE. Instead mom took this small cat that fit in her purse! Mom said I don’t squish in her purse and if she took me in a pack or satchel she might have to leave me at the coat check. Arrrghh!
This is the second floor of the Fox Theater lobby. It’s art deco and looks like a cool building but I didn’t get to see it myself. No one was allowed to take pictures during the concert which mom says was great but I wouldn’t know personally.
This is me next to the small cat I could have fit in mom’s purse if she had taken everything else out.

Bunny Grahams!

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Ever since mom ate all the Scooby Snacks I have been thinking about graham crackers. At the store we saw these Bunny Grahams and I convinced mom to buy them because on the box it says they have a Bunny of Approval which is better than a Seal of Approval and if I had any money I would buy them myself and I will never ever ask for anything again !
OMG these are the cutest graham cookies ever! They are tiny bunnies! And delicious! And they are so small it is okay to eat lots of them! Mom is eating lots of them too.

Scooby Snacks! !! !!

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About a week ago mom donated blood but she FORGOT to get pictures. Afterwards they want you to have juice and cookies and they had Scooby Snacks! OMG!
Mom took the Scooby Snacks to work and then one day when I was NOT THERE she opened them up and ate them herself!!! They look like dog biscuits ha ha ha mom ate dog biscuits! She says they were really good. This is her office cat who got to share the Scooby Snacks.
We got a flower shop for our foster cat Fritter! Fritter is turning out to be a long-term guest! She is a super sweet cat and is very playful but she is really scared of strangers and does not make a good first impression.

Spring is Here!!!

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The people that lived in our house before us planted tulips, or one tulip. Maybe they planted a bunch and only one survived. Usually it does not bloom but this year it did!
During the winter there was a really big windstorm and the arch between our house and the house next door broke apart and fell over. It was a really heavy duty arch and the honeysuckle growing on it had been holding it up! But after the storm mom had to cut it all down. Then we put in this new lightweight arch but it is supported with rebar that mom hammered into the ground.
We have been taking care of our friends fish OMG!!! Our friends have a whole bunch of aquariums and while they are on a trip they asked if mom would look after their fish! Mom used to have aquariums a long time ago and knows how to look after fish. Now she has a Tiger instead which is much more fun than fish.
When we walk over to the friends house we take our new Tiger satchel! It is just the right size for a cell phone and it has a little pocket and it came with a really truly small Tiger!
For the last couple of months mom has been working on a really big project at work and putting in a lot of extra hours. So that is why we have not been making Tiger blog posts very often.
It is best to play quietly or do internet surfing while mom is working. It will be a couple more months before the project wraps up so don’t worry if you do not see a lot of Tiger posts from me! But there are other great Tiger websites to visit while you wait.

No Kings Protest!

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Okay this was a while ago but mom FINALLY said she would help me organize my photos and make some new Tiger blog posts. We went to the Spokane No Kings protest!
There were so many great protest signs!
People are very creative and have lots of things to say.
While we were there everyone was polite and having a good time, exercising their right to peacefully assemble.

New Basement Flooring!

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We had new flooring installed in the basement!!! This is just some of the material that got delivered!
We had to paint some of the trim pieces ahead of time. In this photo you can see the carpet that is getting replaced it was not new when we bought the house more than 9 years ago and it is very worn out!
Here is the carpet ripped out and the cement floor cleaned up. Juan was our installer and he did an amazing job! The floor needed some leveling which was a lot of work. Mom did not allow me to go downstairs during that time because it involved wet cement and she did not want any paw prints.
This shows the padding and the floor being installed in the hallway.
Juan was very neat and organized! He had what seemed like an enormous amount of tools and equipment this is just a small portion of it.
The finished flooring looks fantastic and is about a million times better than the old carpeting!
We have started to put things back into the basement. Now we will not be embarrassed about the ugly old carpet when friends and family come to stay with us!