Oh boy Oh boy Oh boy we are going to carve the pumpkins!  Mom bought a totally awesome carving kit with stencils. There are so many good designs to choose from I had a really hard time deciding!  There was one that was Captain Kitty so we picked that one!

We decided to carve mom’s plain orange pumpkin first to practice on. The instructions said to get the pattern wet and lay it on the pumpkin as flat as possible.  But pumpkins are not flat!  Mom had a few things to say about that.  She also made some comments about the carving tool set such as who did they design these %$#&* tools for??

It was so much fun!!!  We ended up with a whole bowl full of pumpkin guts!!!  Mom said we need to be careful not to put that in the compost bin or we will have pumpkins growing everywhere in the yard.  But I think she said that backwards because we DO want pumpkins growing everywhere!!  It would be awesome to have our own pumpkin patch!   Hmmm.  Maybe I will just put half the pumpkin guts in the compost bin.

Here is the pumpkin all lit up!  I could not wait for nighttime so we are looking at it in the bathroom with the light turned off.  Mom said we will do the other pumpkins another day because the **#$%* tool set made her hand sore. At least she did not cut off a finger.

Look we also have a new foster cat!  His name is Kashi!  He is really nice and friendly and loves to be petted.  Also he is very handsome.

Kashi has some health issues and does not want to eat so he has a feeding tube. That is what is on his neck.  It is mostly just a big wrap to make sure the tube is secure.  He is fine with it and until he eats on his own that is how we feed him.

Today we hiked the NW Timber Trail at TIGER Mountain  Tigers Rule!

We met these really nice hikers on the trail. David and Thierry and Ginger the dog.  They were going to the summit and wanted us to go with them (because we knew the way) but we had other plans! David and Thierry were very handsome …but not quite as handsome as me. Ginger was really nice too and very happy to be going on a hike.

We crossed some pretty streams and I wanted to look closer at one. It was steep and muddy and mom said some interesting words on the way back up.

After walking in the woods for a long time we got to see some pretty viewpoints.

On the way back we hiked on a forest service road called the Power Line Road. Wow it was really big power lines you could hear them humming. Mom said stay close no scampering off. We hiked 6 miles count them 123456.   After we got back to the car and had snacks it started pouring rain!  We got back just in time! I hope Ginger and David and Thierry did not get soaked.

Here I am in the group Seahawk Shirt photo!  Can you see me? can you can you? I am just to the right of the big red arrow!!!     I am a small tiger.

We went to TIGER Mountain for a hike!  Dixie got to come too!

We got to play jungle tigers!  Jungle animals.  Jungle Tiger and Jungle Golden Retriever.

We looked for flowers for Dixie but there weren’t any. It was not that kind of a hike.  We did see lots of mushrooms.  You should not eat them unless you are a fungus expert or else you might get a tummy ache or worse!

Lunch time!

While we were having lunch this super nice lady stopped to talk with us. Her name is Lindsey she is from Madison Wisconsin and is here for a wedding.  She was really nice and friendly and totally gorgeous!  And she told us good places to go if we ever go hiking in Wisconsin.  We are going to put Wisconsin on our To-Do list.

Here are some pretty trees. Mom did really good we hiked over 4 miles count them 1, 2, 3, 4!   That is the furthest mom has been able to go in months!  The shots the doctor put in her paw foot really worked!

On the way home from the hike we stopped at a library one I had not been to before. Outside the library it was like a park!

There were cool sculptures and stuff in the library park.

It was the best library ever!!!  Look at the friends me and Dixie made!  All these animals live in the children’s section of the library and anyone can play with them!

Aaahhhhh!  It is a dragon  Ha ha ha ha!  I am a tiger I was not scared.  Not really. I was just pretending.  It is a lot bigger than me.

We had a super duper time at the best library ever!

After we got home I made a To-Do list.

Both me and Dixie got to go to work today with Mom.  First we looked at the internet.  Dixie got to pick what we looked at.

After work mom said we were going to have a special treat because we had been so good lately!    it was a PUMPKIN PATCH!!!  OMG!!!

It had real pumpkins growing there in the wild and everything!!!  It was so amazing!

There were so many fun things to do there!!  We had a great time!!!

Not all the pumpkins were ripe.  But that is okay we do not want to eat them we want to make Jack O Lanterns!!   It was realllllly hard to decide which pumpkin to pick!!! There were a gazillion to pick from.

Dixie even found  a pumpkin flower!

Look at these funky looking pumpkins!   I never saw so many different kinds of pumpkins!

Oh boy oh boy Mom let us each pick a pumpkin!  I picked one of these weird ones and Dixie wanted one of the pretty Pink Lady pumpkins and mom picked a plain old regular pumpkin.  We had the BEST time!

It was Seahawks Thursday at work so I got to wear my Seahawks bandanna.  A whole bunch of us posed with our Seahawks attire but I did not get a copy of those photos yet. Instead look at what I found on the internet while mom was at a meeting!  You can get your own name on a Seahawks shirt!!!   I hope they have this shirt in my size!!!

After work we went for a walk.  Mom is feeling better and saw a new special foot doctor who gave her some shots in her paw I mean foot.  Ow. But she can walk good now!  Dixie wanted to stop for photos with some flowers.

Oh wow this is a real good shot of us out for a walk riding in the satchel.  Mom’s hand is taking up  half the picture!!! Dixie’s foot is in my face!!  Ha ha ha!   It is a little hard to tell but Mom is wearing her Seahawks shirt.

Travelling is fun but gosh it is good to be home!  I shared my New Orleans Mardi Gras beads with Dixie and Jimi.

Mom has been sick with a cold so we have been staying home and watching movies instead of having adventures.  Mom does not get sick very often which is good because she has sure been crabby.

We have a houseguest!  Dove is staying with us.  Dove is a cat who belongs to one of Mom’s friends.  We are cat-sitting yes we are we are good at taking care of kitty-cats!  Dove is very sweet and beautiful.

On the weekend Mom finally felt better so we went for a walk. They have been busy at the construction site.

Me and Dixie found a machine that is almost the right size for us!

On the walk we found a great place to play jungle animals.

Look at this awesome pile of lumber someone left outside!

Dixie likes to look at the flowers.

The conference is over and it is time to go home.  We treated ourselves to a yummy breakfast buffet.  I wanted sausages and bacon and pancakes and biscuits and  French toast and an omelet but Mom picked fruit.

On the trip home we had something awesome happen called a layover!    This is when you fly somewhere in an airplane and then you get to get off and walk around a different airport!  It was so fun!   We were in TEXAS!!!   We bought more snacks and looked around.

I was hoping to get a cowboy hat and boots but mom said she was not going to carry One More Thing.

Here we are taking off again, this time leaving the Dallas airport.  The Dallas airport was truly amazing.  It was HUGE.  The pilot drove for about 10 miles past about 18 runways before he decided which one he wanted to use to take off.  We even drove over a freeway to get there!

Texas is very flat.

Here I am snuggling with Mom. The layover was lots of fun but it does make for a long trip.  I am wearing the special red Mardi Gras beads that Mom got for me red is my favorite color.

Look it is Mt. Rainier!  We are almost home!

We rode the St. Charles Avenue streetcar!!!!     It is the oldest continuously operating street railway system in the world!  It was great!!!

Here I am hanging out the window!  Look mom no paws!   ha ha ha!

This is the view from inside the streetcar. It is really fun to ride the streetcar. Everyone in New Orleans is really friendly.

We went to the Audubon Park it was fantastic! There were all kinds of birds just sitting there or standing around like in this tree.  But I was a good park guest and did not bother them.

OMG it is a swan!!

There was all kinds of fun stuff to do like walk over bridges and look at the water.  It all looks so different than it does at home.  We are in the South now, not the Northwest!

We rode the streetcar back and took lots of pictures. Can you see all the Mardi Gras beads hanging in the trees?  It must be a blast during the Mardi Gras parade!

One morning we got up early and walked to what is called the Garden District. It is very beautiful and the houses are so amazing.

It was hard to decide which house I liked best.

This is Dan he was out walking his dog through the neighborhood. He gets to live in this beautiful place. We saw lots of people out walking their dogs. But no tigers… I was the only one. We are kind of rare ya know.

Here I am climbing a cool old tree.