How to be a Gargoyle by ~Miss Bella~

Hello brother and sister house panthers...today, I'm going to show you how to be the perfect gargoyle. A gargoyle? Yes, you heard me correctly. You know those ugly looking creatures that hang out in high places leering and grimacing down at everyone?

Well, acting like a gargoyle is perfect for panthers who love to stalk and scare their humans. Here, I'll demonstrate how I do it...

First, find the right place that's high enough to peer down..See my place on top of a bookshelf?

I pretend that I am the queen of the castle and ignore everything and everyone below me...

By now my mother starts screeching at me to "get down NOW, Miss Bella!" You know how humans can get, so I cooly look at her with disdain...

And what really frustrates her is when I start washing myself to show her, I'll come down when I'm good and ready..

But, then she throws up her paws in the air and walks away from me, muttering and saying impolite things that I won't repeat here, because I'm a lady...I start to worry a little and tell her; "O.k. mom, I'm ready to come down, can you please help?"

And with a sigh, she gets up on this thing called a "step-ladder" she grabs me in her arms and my playing "gargoyle" comes to an end. Well, I pounce up on a smaller table that's not so high so I can retain at least a little dignity as a kitty gargoyle...

I hope you've all enjoyed my lessons on how to be a gargoyle. Now go out there and scare your humans...

Purrs to all,
Miss Bella

Miss Bella working on my tan...

Hi brothers and sisters,
Miss Bella here, and today I'd like to show you how I soak in the rays and work on my tan...

First, I make myself as comfortable as possible when lying on my lounge.

Then I make sure my paws are lined up perfectly for the maximum sun exposure..(and yes, my mom makes me wear sun screen but I told her it has to be invisible so that my fans don't catch me with white gunk all over me. Very unglamorous, if you know what I mean!)

Ahhh, the warmth of the sun, always makes me relax and I pretend that I'm in some exotic location listening to birds and dreaming of catnip filled days..you know, like that show "Paw styles of the Rich and Famous."

After a while, I want to fully stretch out, so I lay on the ground, just so...

Oh-oh, the pawparazzi have spotted me, it's time to go! So much for a star like me trying to get some privacy..sigh.

Thank you all so much for joining for another episode...Do you have any routines for sun bathing? I'd love to hear them.

The one that got away...

Hello, brother and sister house panthers...It is I, Miss Bella again to share with you a story about the "one that got away" grrrrrrrr......

I was  perched upon my favorite cliff hangout, when I heard IT... one of those little twitter thingy's with wings that I always want to eat. It was right outside, taunting me...

I started clacking at it "keh keh, keh", letting it know that I was onto it, I was ready to pounce on him. Then my sister, Sele, heard the hunting call and she joined me on the ledge...

I don't like it when she tries to hone in on my prey, so I kicked  her off, even though mom doesn't like it when I do that. I mean, come on, what does she think she is? Cats hunt alone and we don't like to share our treasures, right?

So, back to planning on how I was going to capture this twitter nuisance.

It came closer unaware of my presence...My eyes focused on every detail of it, knowing that it was going to be mine soon...

And then blast it all, it saw me and flew away from me...this annoyed me to no end!

Oh well, what's a cat to do, other than plot one's revenge for the next time?

Until we talk again, brother's and sister's, stay sharp and be ready to pounce when the time is right....

The importance of sleep...

Hello brother and sister house panthers...
I've had so much fun getting to know all of you and meeting other gorgeous panther cats like myself.  We are the most beautiful, are we not? And I know all of YOU know how important it is to get beauty sleep. So, today I'd like to share with you, how rudely I'm interrupted by my mom when I try to get refreshed.

First, when my mother wakes up, I climb back into MY bed and snuggle back down into the blankets.

I love the comfort of re-arranging of the blankets, just the way I want too. But then, my mother has the audacity to remove me from my blanket nest, so that she "makes the bed" (her words, not mine) and that upsets my whole sleeping routine, so I always shoot her a dirty look to see if she'll changer her mind, but it never works.

So, finally after much grumbling, I'm finally awake...

I show her how displeased I am that she makes me get out of my bed.

 After she apologizes me, I get back to the important matter of sleeping and prepare myself for a cat nap.

I start to tune out any annoyances from either my sister, Sele or my mother..I move around the bed a bit to find just the right spot to sleep, but I can feel my eyes closing...

And finally when everything is peaceful, I go back to sleep and forget the world...

So, the important lesson here, is don't let your humans distract you from the important things in life, like sleep. With enough determination, nothing can stop we cats from getting what we want, which is to sleep.

Purrs to all of you, Miss Bella

Miss Bella's Beauty Routine

Hello again, brother and sister house panthers, it is I Miss Bella who greets you today to talk about my beauty routine. Naturally, a cat, especially one's like us, don't need much to look beautiful, but my mother insisted on making me show to you, how I groom myself to perfection (as if I needed anything else other than to be my gorgeous, diva self!).

First, I check to see that I won't be bothered by anyone during this very important ritual..

I then start with my paws, as they make sure every hair is purrfectly cleaned...

I always make sure, I clean between my claws and remove any annoying mats that might be lurking...

I then go onto clean my beautiful face that has launched a thousand cat ships...yes, Helen of Troy had nothing on me!

We all know how graceful and agile we cats are, so these next few poses demonstrate our poise...I lift my leg in the air like a purrfect ballerina...

Our tails as you all know represent our cattitude in life and we must always make sure, it shines and looks its best...

Really, all of this is exhausting to do, brothers and sisters, so I get ready for my beauty sleep...notice my eyes softly gazing as they start feeling heavier and heavier.

I feel them slowly closing ready to dream...

I make sure I get as comfortable as I can, while always being mindful of how beautiful I am as I delicately stretch out...

Sleep finally beckons to me and I surrender, dreaming about how wonderful I am...

My mother envies me I know with my dark and lustrous fur, but that's the plight of humans, isn't it? Not all of us are fortunate enough to be cats.

Purrs to all of you, Miss Bella

My introduction and greetings to you all...I am Miss Bella

Greetings, my sister and brother house panthers...
This is my first post to you and I'd like to tell you a little bit about myself, before I share one of my most important jobs I undertake...

The name my human mother gave me is; "Miss Bella" but we all know that we cats have our own secret names which cannot be shared with humans, so this I keep secret. My sister, Sele (rhymes with "belly") and I came from a place where other cats waited for adoption. My mother saw my sister and I playing when in our cage when we were seven weeks old and knew that we had come into our life for a purpose.

I am all black (as you'll see, except I have a white diamond patch on my chest) which is why we all share the distinction of being "house panthers" and my sister, is what's known as a "tuxedo" kitty, (although I don't even know what a tuxedo is.)

We are very loved and indulged which of course is a cats right, isn't it? Today I'd like to share with you, how I am known as the "dread lizard queen" as I hunt these creatures who stalk our house. I am the huntress of the family and therefore my job is of utmost importance. My sister is the "cuddly" one and if I'm in the mood and feel like bestowing my mother with the gift of sitting on her lap, it is only on my terms..

First, I cooly gaze upon the hill in our backyard where these lizard dragons like to hide...

I have to climb this hill so that I can see any activity of the lizards before I stalk them...I sit on top of the humans who live next doors, trash can as the cool queen that I am...

There, a ha! The first lizard to be taken down...

This lizard will not escape my terrible clutches now. Notice my fierce claws ready to pierce the dragon lizard...

I can see it shaking and trembling as I gaze closer at it...

Drat it, this dragon lizard has buried itself deeper into the abyss, so it is lost for me today..Only today though. And so I saunter back to enter my house domain, knowing that this is not failure, merely mercy that I have granted today.

With one last look, I tell the lizards they have not won the war, they have just escaped with their lives for today.. 

My mother praises me and thanks me for my courage and ability to protect our house. My sister not liking to hunt anything, mumbles a quiet note of gratitude and I slink back into the house. Ready for my cat nap and dream of my next adventure with the dragon lizards..

Life is good when you're a house panther, isn't it? 

And so my brother and sisters, I wait to meet all of you, so that we can honor together the privilege of being a house panther. I am grateful to have found all of you.

My mother has a blog where my sister and I blog with our mother who is a witch. The good type of course. We hope that you visit us there and get to know us better.

Until the next time we meet, I salute all of you, with nose held high and paws up.

Miss Bella the Dread Lizard Queen