Hello Dear Fans!

A little chronicle from my files as I write ....yes from delightful, Vienna.

As I look down from my hotel bay window, humans are in a rush to get to the Konditorei for mid-afternoon pick me of mouthwatering pastries and excellent coffee!

Austria, is so remarkable, the sounds of music, and much more.  I love Vienna, steeped in history and culture......like a fine wine. Magical, fun, a trip of a life time......escaping from my human..just to get away from it all (cat snickering).

Jet lag will catch up - but not until I write - LOL

A Konditorei typically offers a wide variety of pastries and is like a little café. In Germany, Austria and Israel it is a very popular custom to go to a Konditorei to have a cake and some coffee or hot chocolate mid-afternoon.



There is a lot more ..................


on my blog (Diva Paws for Advise) here....City to City - Vienna

A Konditorei typically offers a wide variety of pastries and is like a little café. In Germany, Austria and Israel it is a very popular custom to go to a Konditorei to have a cake and some coffee or hot chocolate mid-afternoon - See more at: http://divapaws4advice.blogspot.ca/#sthash.r8YsnIPx.dpuf

A Konditorei typically offers a wide variety of pastries and is like a little café. In Germany, Austria and Israel it is a very popular custom to go to a Konditorei to have a cake and some coffee or hot chocolate mid-afternoon. - See more at: http://divapaws4advice.blogspot.ca/#sthash.r8YsnIPx.dpuf

A Konditorei typically offers a wide variety of pastries and is like a little café. In Germany, Austria and Israel it is a very popular custom to go to a Konditorei to have a cake and some coffee or hot chocolate mid-afternoon. - See more at: http://divapaws4advice.blogspot.ca/#sthash.r8YsnIPx.dpuf

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Take care ..............socialize for a PURFECT DAY.... (oh, my friends have just called me away for cream and cappuccino)!!!

....claps paws together...whisks out the a dramatic flurry...................

MEOW.................................!!!!!

I guess the CAT NAP will have to wait....

More Accessories - "Rhea Hawke" Clip-On Earrings

Hello, my Darlings - I'm back this time with more earrings!

Well, it was a day for shopping and getting those special items

no point waiting until the last minute!

She how hesitates is LOST or gets LEFT IN THE QUEUE!!

 This was a new version of "Going Down Memory Lane" or what you call "Retro"
It use to be you could find "Clip-On" earrings when it was all the rage! Then I guess modern with new styles Darling?  What's a girl to do... JUST GET NEW PROPS!!   Well for you ladies and gals you can now wear these "Up Market" earrings.  They look just like dangle earrings, I bet they feel great. Well, as i don't have very big ear lobs I have to cheat......ha ha.   Double sided tape won't do it - ha ha.

Wow these are really Sparkly!  Purrfect for the Opera or "Opening Night"!!  InspiredDesigns4YOU

I've heard these are extra special as they were inspired by a brand new book "Outer Diverse - The Splintered Universe Trilogy by Nina Munteanu  recently launched in Montreal on October 15, 2011.  Now Darlings, you can have your own earrings here is the link:

Outer-Diverse-Nina-Munteanu
For some great reading you can get the book too
I'm going shopping again to get mine while they are still HOT!!!

We saw these Southwestern "clip-on" style too!

I think my Auntie Maude will like these she's 'Classy"

Well Darlings, I had better get some "ZNOOZIES' in it's been quite an exciting day! See you next time!

Rainy Days and Contemplating the MUSE

Hello Darlings! Well, well, what is a kitten to do in the RAIN...simply get into the M U S E! That is it now:  paws poised, comfy pen ready, I grab that notebook and start to WRITE. That is what my coach Nina says! "Let the MUSE come to you and don't worry about it darlings"!  Well, I went to the beach!  No self respecting dog would wear those 'dog rain boots' and I'm no exception.  Simply take your Chauffeur along and make him carry YOU! That is what he's paid to do!

Who ever created the expression "It's raining cat's and dogs"! For goodness sakes, do humans think we simply DROP OUT OF THE SKY WITH PARACHUTES??  Ha ha!  Only in movies or IF YOU ARE LUCKY TO HAVE A GOOD STAND-IN! Then you'd have to pay them a years supply of cat food!

Well it's pouring Toronto so I am A+ MUSED

I decided to have a little picnic by the beach.....plenty of "fish to fry" here. I was a little out of practice.These Lake Trout are pretty quick, and I'm not swimming in Lake Ontario to get my DINNER...THAT IS WHAT HUMANS ARE FOR --"GO AND FETCH IT - NOW"!!



Did you know you can find plenty of treasurers after a BIG STORM!  The SEA does all the work for you - ha ha.  Simply "nip out early" to get the best spoils.  Dig like furry with your paws; keep looking around for these pesky crabs or other urchins.   I got caught once by a huge crab holding my paws in vice-grip and wouldn't let go, until I let out a HUGE HISS AND SCREAMED MY BEST OPERA VOICE !!! I even scared the kids!

That got me thinking about another fish story. I was visiting my family in England once --stay away from those nasty Fish Paste sandwiches, darling! They only bring them out at birthday parties and high church holidays or if the Vicar is expected at gatherings. Aunty Maude usually has this on her menu. Politely avoid those cucumber sandwiches (unless you like them, otherwise you have to wash them down with a Spider Plant for dessert and we all know what that does - ha ha!!!). I savored the robust aroma of a Lady Grey Tea. It tickled my whiskers, wafting through the crisp air, tickling my nose with vibrant scents.   A spoonful of honey - swimming in the tea cup as it cascades, swirling motion  bottom of the cup to be enjoyed later! Unless I get my paws into it first.....................!

Ah Yes DarlingS,  planing another scheme to out wit my HUMANS!!!

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Treasures at the Beach! You might find a PEARL or two for your wardrobe or even some Jasper Gemstones!

Ah yes, this must be McAngus "Beach n Residence" dog. Otherwise know as the Inspector

Someone left their Business card - like a note inside a BOTTLE!

Well Darlings, I found some nice jewellery to add to my collection. Purfect for those outings or at the THEATRE!!

When you are at a loss of what to do, use YOUR  imagination get that notebook and pen, simply A MUSE
YOURSELF!!!

Looking forward to seeing you next time ----- in the MUSE

Diva Demands and the PAWS Principle

September 30, 2010

“Hello My Darlings”:

Today, I’m going to share with you some ‘cat secrets’ and tools to manipulate your humans!  I simply call them Diva Demands.  We will be looking at how tools can be used during the day at feeding times.

Use the PAWS Principal: Persistence, Attitude, Will and Stealth.

Breakfast:  I call this the ‘dawn chorus;’ get those humans REALLY ANNOYED. Wake them up while they are trying to sleep!  Watch to see if their eyes are shut, jump on the bed and in a loud earth shattering meow scream in their ear! That should do it.  If they are heavy sleepers, sit outside of the bedroom door way or living room and use your best opera voice, the higher the octave the better.  They usually will respond.  If that doesn’t, see if a guest is in the house and use the same procedure.  Now you will have two humans annoyed, you get your breakfast and the servants have bowed down to your demands.  Remember: the Diva rules the roost.

Give it to ME or I'LL SCREAM MY HEAD OFF!!

Lunch:  You can be more creative here darlings, as the humans will be alerted to your ASB (Attention Seeking Behaviour).   Try to use a little strategy here, darlings! Think of humans as chess pieces that can be easily manipulated (at will).  When the food is on the table (and they are not looking) steal a morsel from one of the plates, whatever is closest to the edge or on top. Keep checking your field of vision and use your nose and ears to alert you of any movement. 

Keep a heads-up on the humans movements!

Ha yes, a little EXTRA drama to TUG at their hearts
---works all the time!!

Supper:  Ah yes, these humans are bound to be tired so you can get them at their weakest. Run around, scream in their faces. As they are preparing their meal, sit and observe them. In an operatic voice scream and howl until they are simply dizzy. Remember my story about the Pizza Party. Sit on the floor at the supper table, look at each one of them intently in their eyes.

I will hypnotize you NOW! "I will steal your food"

Well what! Obey me or ELSE!

 Screw up your face into scary mode, widen and make your eyes into slits….then meow braking their attention and conversation.  If there are two humans, move your head from right to left and maintain eye contact.  Use drama in your voice repertoire (trills, screech, meow and octaves) by changing up the tone and intensity.

Remember darlings, YOU always have the last word – humans are here to SERVE!!

Apply the PAWS Principles everyday – if you have any stories or tools to share, let me know.

So what -- think  I'm sleeping? Guess again - I'm planning THE  NEXT ATTACK!

Ciao, Darlings!


"Happy Birthday Sterling" &^. .^&

                                                             Hello My Darlings:
                                          Home massage is coming to ME today.
                                                             'Service with a Smile'
                                                    Purrhaps a delicious treat or two! Woo Hoo.

Love and Light !

The Diva Meets Another At the Spa

Hello my darlings! Welcome!  We are going to the Spa ... Woo Hoo!

I slept with my ‘SPA' certificate under my pillow all night! Can you believe it? Just when I thought I'd bug my human companion by getting up extra early - she beat me too it (sigh). I was being obstreperous.  I performed whirling dervish impressions just to annoy her. I slipped for a moment into daydream until the clang clang of the cat carrier brought me back into reality. My chariot and driver had arrived awaiting my orders!

I wriggled inside my cat carrier as we neared the entrance way to the spa. The air coming through the window of the car smelled fishy. We must be near the lake, I thought. Peering through my window I could see the grand drive way. Sparkling white French doors welcomed us. 

Delicate wafts of pomegranate drifted in the air; my whiskers and nose caught this like a bee to honey. Several pretty bottles on the counter ...

I thought ah would this be for me? I began to bob around, shifting my weight from side to side. 

My human commanded, "steady on girl! You almost made me drop you!...,settle, settle…" I smirked.  I thought, ha ha, sometimes my enthusiasm gets the better of me.

Just then, a woman dressed in a smart white uniform, (smiling sweetly), escorted me to my very own room. 

It was crisp and clean. A white towel with pretty green stripes was neatly folded on the table.  Other objects resembled gifts: a lovely salt lamp, minerals and other fun items; I was getting very excited.

I wasn’t quite sure about the toothbrush...


The technician began the treatment:

Teeth cleaning: Well, what can I say? It wasn't what I expected ... It was just like being at the Vet's. For a moment, my memory took me to a distant place: the vet tech (their eyes looking at the ceiling and shaking their head): "Miss Diva, this won't hurt ... why is she so difficult? ... Thank goodness, our patients are not all like this."


Segue to the present reality: my face felt like silly putty -- even the director at the theatre gives me some leeway. My paws were picked up one  at a time. I will not splay my nails for cutting ... Hey! Hey! This is annoying! My gut grumbled and rumbled from the from the pit of my stomach. I will display my physical self -- to scare them. Rise up like a puffer fish! ZONK! What if I left them a "bank deposit" from the Diva bank? ... Oh, it wasn't that kind of rumble ... My ears flattened. My head resembled a bristle board. I glared at the pleb. I AM THE DIVA ... WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT!

Massage: My human companion touched me affectionately and gave me a little massage. She told me to be good. The human tech better warm hands – I don’t want to jump out of my skin! (Rolling eyes toward ceiling -paws pointing out in defiance)!


Ears: Everyone knows how sensitive Divas can be. Humans just don't get it, do they? I splayed by ears, wriggled and carried on to show them who is boss!


Pedicure:  Someone forgot to tell them that I'm very ticklish - especially my PAWS!

Excuse me, did you ask MY PERMISSION?

Wait ... I feel a HISS coming on

Where's my MOMMA -- I am NOT AMUSED!

Treats and other delights:  The towel shrouded me in soft petals, melting me into a dreamy state.  An aroma caught my attention, lifting me out of my slumber, sniff, sniff (my blood-hound nose detected turkey or chicken).  

I gobbled it down with as much force as a wind tunnel vacuum cleaner. This is too good to share ...

My eyes averted to the door that was slightly ajar. A statuesque woman sashayed by, dressed in a Grecian bath robe and wearing a towel on her head. The thought passed …I wonder who this woman is ... she looks posh...Is she a diva too? ... How can I get a pair of those neo-classic shades?

I drifted off again relaxing into my experience once more with dreams of filet mignon in Paris overlooking the Seine, feeding on a delicious view of a couple kissing.  

Au revoir, my darlings!    

Diva Responds to Pedicure Treatment the Spa

Oh hurry up - get on with it - it's well over my tea time

Human servants - BRING ME MY ....MILK .... NOW!!

Life at the Spa...

"It wasn't what I expected...{hiss.....}"

The Pizza Party.....the Morning After

May 26, 2011

More Tales from the Diva Files:

The Pizza Party – and the morning after –

The welcome and arrival: Miss Diva was feeling the energy of the spring time, viewing the lush baby green leaves as they revealed their new coats she decided to have a Pizza. This was to honour her friends, Auntie Nina, Toulouse Le Trek and her cousin Pig cat.   

Toulouse Le Trek 

 Pig Cat

She had just been at the groomers and her coat shone like gleaming a sparkling lake. The Diva was ready to receive her subjects.  The excitement was much like the opening of a premier.     

Upon reflection, not until the menu planning was finalized did this invoke the kitten memories of when she was a pregnant mother. The yellow texture of the pineapple, married with the soft sweet ham, made a delightful combination.

Come and Get It!!

The silence was broken for a moment to ‘ding, dong’; her quests had arrived. Toulouse Le Trek the Cool Travelling Cat came with his Auntie Nina.  Pig Cat (her cousin) smiled with a wide –eyed grin as she recognized her friends. Miss Diva ran around the room distracted by the overwhelming aromas.  The table was set, polite chomping filled the air resonating with the classical music in the background.

Heaven Scent

      

Tummies full and sighs of contentment, glances of smiles were exchanged between Miss Diva and her guests.  It was a lovely evening with the chatter of memories and new ones.   The gentle tick-tock of the clock struck ten, reminded everyone that it was bedtime.  Hugs all around and promises of future gatherings filled her soul with delight.

The morning after:

Diva With A Mission

                             

Miss Diva awakes early feeling a little peckish (is there any more pizza left umm – a good way to tell whether a pizza is really good, is determined by how it tastes cold the next morning.   Ah ha if I sneak into the kitchen where the pizza box is – I should be able to get a morsel. I can do this without waking up the whole house hold?)

Stealthy, she creeps on her belly listening and watching, as she moved toward the kitchen where her reward will be found.  (I will use all detective skills to get what I want …for I am the consummate Diva).   She has squeezes behind the recycling. Plying open the box with her paws, being careful not to wake up her human companion she would be annoyed.  (Oh my, oh, my, I have to have that last morsel ….I will not give up on my mission I will be victorious. The box is standing upright…I wriggle my whiskers…pointing nose into the air …what do I smell….tomato ham and pineapple. There must be something left in the box.  I must stand on my toes, and use my paws to open the box!!

Miss Diva looks back into the hallway, glancing at the slightly open bedroom door where her human companion is ….all is good she is sleeping soundly. She stands on her hind legs stretching upward, grasping with paws on box (a little pressure. Good…good).   In deafening crash, thunk, thunk, came down the box, clanging like Notre Dame Cathedral.  Miss Diva feels the knot in her stomach; much like she does before performing…it goes away when she utters the first few words of a script.

Smack, smack went go her lips, tongue lapping in unison like windscreen wipers. Whiskers hovering in delight, pink tongue capturing the flavours of the night before.  (I am in my element).

She feels the eyes in the back of my head…my intuition doesn’t feel right. (I think I’m being watched)? She hears the movement of feet. It sounds like human footsteps (oh no, oh no, I’m in trouble).  


Silence breaks to a sound not of her own diva voice.  Bellowing out in a high pitched commanding voice, “Miss Diva, what on earth are you doing; you have woken the whole household…the kitchen is a complete shambles, who do you think is going to clean it up....hmmmmm?”
 

She looks up fearing to meet the eyes of her companion.  Their eyes meet for a moment, she reads her companions face, one of anger mixed with tough love.  Her companion uttered one more command.  “Go back to bed while I fix this mess…….we will talk about his later.” 

Life is Good in Diva Land

Feeling relieved, Miss Diva retires to her soft cat bed. She hears a muttering of the voice from the kitchen, "this is typical diva behaviour aren’t all of them like this – from one extreme to another."  Humans like to feel they are the boss, however I know differently!

My Favorite Things!

Happy Easter to my fans....we hope you had fun.....................I had the most glorious Easter morning surprise ...as I began to hear the dawn chorus of the birds in the twilight hours, I began to stretch, wash my face and observe my human parent sleeping.  The colours of the sky began to cascade into different hues moving from dark blue, blue with ribbons of warm orange, like a golden light.  It was majestic, like the glow of a fireplace that I remember as a kitten (you get absorbed almost transfixed as you gaze into the wood, wrapping it as if it were a blanket...drifting off into slumber). Oh where was I sorry....yes....the sunrise was brilliant as any fire could be, resplendent as if an artist has painted each brick with gold.  I ran to the living room table (quietly crept on the table as if not to wake the household).  I sat there watching the day unfold.

Easter morning  - nature reveals her splendid gown of colour

 

Have you wondered what a Diva does with her extra time when she'd not performing.  Well, I'll let you into a secret (if you don't tell).....like most females, we 'talk on the phone', do the 'retail therapy shopping thing with girl friends or simply ponder life or sleep the afternoon away.

There was so much hustle and bustle this Easter weekend, I could hardly contain myself. With extra treats (New Zealand lamb with my favorite veggie asparagus); On Easter Sunday we had a lovely treat, a small AAA hormone free marinated steak with orange segments and sliced ginger (wow it smelt so good)!  I kept running back and forth from the kitchen to the living room (wild eyed excitement, eyes glazed and whisker wiggling from the aromas).  My human companion banished me from the kitchen, so I could only watch from afar.   There was even some Scottish beer on hand - 'hoot mon' it smelt quite good.

New Zealand Lamb with garlic ginger and asparagus

Steak ala Orange, ginger, tomato and salad greens

    Cooking is a bit like an orchestra, all the players are in place.... the chef is the conductor .......madly encouraging, putting the food though its paces......suddenly as if by magic......food items to come into play! A crescendo of harmonized aromas.....simmering. Sharing space in a confined location, as if to be suspended in a until the unveiling of a triumphant movement of the announcement 'dinner is ready'.  

    I dance with glee I can hardly stand it..........................I sit waiting.................purring, .....slightly restless (like a child squirming in their seats).....what will it be ...what will it be.    I can smell the food, wafting in the air, I breath deeply my whiskers moving in anticipation, paws in the 'ready'.  The plate I see coming..............

Chicken Curry with turmeric, mango, fruits and Chefs imagination!

Well, you didn't think I would let you get away with out me performing - did you - did you?.

(Clearing her throat, and practicing her scale, la...la...la...la...la....la...la...)

My rendition of "My Favorite Things"....in this arrangement I've changed the words to fit me, we would like to thank Rogers and Hammerstein, the song reminds me too of my favorite movie 'The Sound of Music".   "Moist food and dry food, boxes and bags, 

Places to hide in, paper to chase, 

Chicken and lamb chops..... all smothered with herbs,

Seagulls that fly past by my window to tease....these are a 'few' of my favorite things.

   When it thunders, when the flight flashes and I'm feeling scared.

I simply look to my parents smile and then ....I....... don't feel so bad".

Is this for me?    I wonder?
Chocolate and vanilla ice-cream, with slivers of
chocolate browning and hints of mango. 

Ah ha - a rain drop of ice-cream - that is 'my dish'

                                                                                                                              

Well, when you had such a lovely day eating, relaxing a Diva can only do one thing......

you guested it......................

Easter Dinner..............ah......let me sleep.

Sweet dreams............dear fans..........until next time.



Take care....................until next time............Jenni