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Because you've played enough Chopin already
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Also dishwasher appreciation Sundays
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Because you've played enough Chopin already
henselpushers.org/links
Also dishwasher appreciation Sundays
🐈 🫧 🥣 🍴
Cats may be the archetypes of agility and grace. Not this one. She is beyond clumsy… utterly lacking in proprioception.
She regularly falls off of chairs while laying on them. She fails to jump onto the seat of our very low couch.
She regularly falls off of chairs while laying on them. She fails to jump onto the seat of our very low couch.
November 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Cats may be the archetypes of agility and grace. Not this one. She is beyond clumsy… utterly lacking in proprioception.
She regularly falls off of chairs while laying on them. She fails to jump onto the seat of our very low couch.
She regularly falls off of chairs while laying on them. She fails to jump onto the seat of our very low couch.
Let’s see, what else.
She sits like this when she is scared.
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She sits like this when she is scared.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Let’s see, what else.
She sits like this when she is scared.
(????)
She sits like this when she is scared.
(????)
She LOVES her backpack. We use it to take her to the vet and other places, which she HATES (she panics and cries).
None of the that trauma transfers to the backpack at all. As soon as she sees it, she rushes to jump inside it before you can even set it down or unzip it
None of the that trauma transfers to the backpack at all. As soon as she sees it, she rushes to jump inside it before you can even set it down or unzip it
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
She LOVES her backpack. We use it to take her to the vet and other places, which she HATES (she panics and cries).
None of the that trauma transfers to the backpack at all. As soon as she sees it, she rushes to jump inside it before you can even set it down or unzip it
None of the that trauma transfers to the backpack at all. As soon as she sees it, she rushes to jump inside it before you can even set it down or unzip it
Now we stop her when we hear water splashing but she’s gotten really good at doing it silently so we don’t notice. You’ll just step in these occasionally and get your socks wet
November 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Now we stop her when we hear water splashing but she’s gotten really good at doing it silently so we don’t notice. You’ll just step in these occasionally and get your socks wet
A newer bad habit is piggy dipping in the piggy pond (her water bowl). At first we thought it was cute—which is why there is video—but now there are pools of water on the floor and she doesn’t always have water to drink.
November 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
A newer bad habit is piggy dipping in the piggy pond (her water bowl). At first we thought it was cute—which is why there is video—but now there are pools of water on the floor and she doesn’t always have water to drink.
Perhaps my favorite of her inscrutable routines is that every two or three days, she closely inspects the two framed raptors we have in the living room.
Naturally, this is called Tap the Raptors.
Naturally, this is called Tap the Raptors.
November 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Perhaps my favorite of her inscrutable routines is that every two or three days, she closely inspects the two framed raptors we have in the living room.
Naturally, this is called Tap the Raptors.
Naturally, this is called Tap the Raptors.
Basically the only time she sits directly on a lap is when she is suckling on her blanket. This happens usually 2-3x a day.
We thought she would outgrow this but now I’m not so sure.
We thought she would outgrow this but now I’m not so sure.
November 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Basically the only time she sits directly on a lap is when she is suckling on her blanket. This happens usually 2-3x a day.
We thought she would outgrow this but now I’m not so sure.
We thought she would outgrow this but now I’m not so sure.
Mantissa will rarely sit directly on a lap or directly on the couch. She is always in her box, the Tub Boat.
(The box can be on a lap or the couch.)
(This is v2 of the box, she outgrew the first one like a hermit crab.)
(The box can be on a lap or the couch.)
(This is v2 of the box, she outgrew the first one like a hermit crab.)
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Mantissa will rarely sit directly on a lap or directly on the couch. She is always in her box, the Tub Boat.
(The box can be on a lap or the couch.)
(This is v2 of the box, she outgrew the first one like a hermit crab.)
(The box can be on a lap or the couch.)
(This is v2 of the box, she outgrew the first one like a hermit crab.)
By day two, she had her new name: Mantissa
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
By day two, she had her new name: Mantissa
Here she is that first evening. She played nonstop for about 12 hours
November 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Here she is that first evening. She played nonstop for about 12 hours
Among the 4 kittens left was a tiny tabby, swirly like a cinnamon roll called Billie, snuggled up on her sister, an even smaller tortie named Tumbleweed. Volunteers said their brother, an outgoing tabby named Rodeo, had been adopted the day before.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Among the 4 kittens left was a tiny tabby, swirly like a cinnamon roll called Billie, snuggled up on her sister, an even smaller tortie named Tumbleweed. Volunteers said their brother, an outgoing tabby named Rodeo, had been adopted the day before.
Our previous cat of 10 years died after a very long and hard illness almost three years earlier.
RIP Skillet, the chillest cat I’ve ever known:
RIP Skillet, the chillest cat I’ve ever known:
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Our previous cat of 10 years died after a very long and hard illness almost three years earlier.
RIP Skillet, the chillest cat I’ve ever known:
RIP Skillet, the chillest cat I’ve ever known:
It has been exactly one year since I adopted Mantissa aka dishwasher cat and I will be posting a super thread in her honor throughout the day today
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It has been exactly one year since I adopted Mantissa aka dishwasher cat and I will be posting a super thread in her honor throughout the day today
Maybe too sleepy for this experiment
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Maybe too sleepy for this experiment
Happy dishwasher Sunday!
(I’m not trying to ruin her fun, the dishwasher was just SUPER hot)
(I’m not trying to ruin her fun, the dishwasher was just SUPER hot)
November 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Happy dishwasher Sunday!
(I’m not trying to ruin her fun, the dishwasher was just SUPER hot)
(I’m not trying to ruin her fun, the dishwasher was just SUPER hot)
Fanny in a letter to Felix coordinating a gift for his fiancée Cecile, for which both siblings contributed some songs.
Both Fanny and Felix had written their own settings of “Feuchte Schwingen”, so she is hoping he didn’t select the same poem as her.
Both Fanny and Felix had written their own settings of “Feuchte Schwingen”, so she is hoping he didn’t select the same poem as her.
November 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Fanny in a letter to Felix coordinating a gift for his fiancée Cecile, for which both siblings contributed some songs.
Both Fanny and Felix had written their own settings of “Feuchte Schwingen”, so she is hoping he didn’t select the same poem as her.
Both Fanny and Felix had written their own settings of “Feuchte Schwingen”, so she is hoping he didn’t select the same poem as her.
Dishwasher kitty Sunday!
November 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Dishwasher kitty Sunday!
I’m working on henselpushers’ magnum opus. Mantissa is helping.
October 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I’m working on henselpushers’ magnum opus. Mantissa is helping.
Time to celebrate the dishwasher (kitty leggs at the end)
October 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Time to celebrate the dishwasher (kitty leggs at the end)
Strauss Johann I
October 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Strauss Johann I
It’s dishwasher day. Here she is in her cave of wonder…
October 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
It’s dishwasher day. Here she is in her cave of wonder…
Mantissa wishes you all a happy dishwasher Sunday 🫧🍽️✨
October 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Mantissa wishes you all a happy dishwasher Sunday 🫧🍽️✨