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Pyewacket thanks you all

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For the lovely third birthday wishes. :)

Christmas Day

2009-12-30T15:29:00.004+11:00

Trixie
Pyewacket
Tigger

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It's 9am and I've been up for three hours. Just now there was an upheaval from under the quilt at the foot of the bed and a mole like lump wriggled its way up to me. Sing with me, to that oldie, Good Morning Starshine.

Good morning PYEWACKET
The earth says hello
You twinkle above us
We twinkle below

Five random things about me

2009-08-12T11:48:00.003+10:00

Write down five random things you've never done before.

I've never:

1. Been swimming.
2. Been for a stroller ride.
3. Killed a spider.
4. Bitten my mother hard.
5. Slept through the night.

Now, write down five exotic/important things that you have done.

I have:

1. Eaten turkey for Christmas.
2. Been hunted by Trixie.
3. Slapped Tigger's face for her.
4. Written a journal entry.
5. Been a movie star at the drive in.

Gorgeous in Green

2009-07-31T14:56:00.002+10:00

Four years ago when Trixie was one and her boy, Alessandro, was fourteen.

Do I look beautiful to you?

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Trixie and Pyewacket

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This was Pyewacket quite soon after she arrived, two years ago.

Trixie's beauty spot

2009-07-01T21:32:00.003+10:00

Who is more beautiful?

Cindy Crawford, or Meowdonna or me?

Pyewacket

2009-06-28T09:21:00.002+10:00

I'm thinking up mischief!

Life of a Princess

2009-06-20T12:03:00.000+10:00

Thank you Zoolatry - I feel better now

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Oh Ann, thank you. Love and hugs from Trixie. XOX

I was feeling blue - until I saw you!

2009-06-07T09:04:00.002+10:00

Trixie

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Tigger

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Trixie on Christmas Eve

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Giancarlo and the Pussycats

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Easter photos

2009-04-21T12:52:00.001+10:00

For your viewing pleasure

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Girls will be girls

2009-03-28T06:09:00.000+11:00

From the top: Tigger, Pyewacket and Trixie.

Twas the night...

2009-03-09T16:35:00.001+11:00

I'm not spoiled

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Pyewacket pool shark

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Cherished Tigger

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Charlie is our darling

2009-02-21T07:22:00.004+11:00

Our friend Charlie of Charlie's DogBlog. Hands up if you love Charlie.

Tyger, Tyger burning bright, in the forest of the night

2009-02-19T17:34:00.008+11:00

This is the latest Avery kit by Lizard Dau Designs.

Happy birthday Tigger

2009-02-14T10:20:00.002+11:00

Tigger is ten!

An award from Eric and Flynn

2009-02-10T16:42:00.002+11:00

Our friends Eric and Flynn gave us this great award! We love it!

Happy second birthday Pyewacket

2009-02-03T06:27:00.003+11:00

Pyewacket is enjoying her Gizzy quilt that she got from the US for Christmas. It was designed in shades of lavender and wisps of leafy green.

Now that she is two,
we have to say,
that Pyewacket is practically perfect,
in every way.

Our Trixie rocks!

2009-01-26T10:51:00.004+11:00

Interesting evening at our house. 12.20am, Alessandro came into my room to get me, and woke me up and scared me, and when I yelled, he yelled. Trixie, our big, squishy black and white cat had a big huntsman bailed up.

While I was getting up, he came back in to hand me the squirming Siamese. We met in the darkened doorway and when I shrieked, he shrieked too, because we both scared each other. One should never try holding a squirming siamese, with no shirt on, while shrieking. He was very good, he didn't drop her, he placed her on the ground.

Ok, I very bravely went into the room next to the study where the spider was. Trixie was jumping up and down and stomping on it. Sumo wrestler style. THUMP! KAPOW! It was like a Batman movie. Holy cat whiskers!

So Alessandro is shrieking and waving a Baygon can, I am cowering and waving a Baygon can. The other two cats are cheering Trixie on and saying they would do it themselves, but really, as she is so good at it...

It was all over in a minute. Before he could get the cap off the can, I think the thing died of fright. Just as well. It picked the wrong house to wander into.

Dear Trixie

2009-01-24T12:54:00.001+11:00

Precious Trixie

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Gizzy quilt for topcatrules

2009-01-06T09:55:00.003+11:00

Pyewacket got a gizzy quilt from the US for Christmas. It was designed and hand made especially for her. She loves it!

Trixie means gift from God

2008-12-31T07:33:00.001+11:00

Happy 15th Barkday beautiful Charlie

2008-12-26T09:34:00.002+11:00

You can visit beautiful Charlie on Charlie's Dog Blog.

Merry Christmas from Australia

2008-12-25T07:18:00.007+11:00

A special thank you to MoMo for helping to organise this wonderful list of the kitties from Oz:

Have a wonderful Christmas! A BIG, BIG THANKYOU to the Zoolatry mom, Ann, for making the beautiful graphics for us.
Please drop by to visit the other Oz kitties:

Charlotte , Gypsy & Tasha, Fui & Suey, Bangles & Bombay
, Pablo , Vampy Vic & Mushka
, Pye, Trixie, Tigger, Huffle Mawson, Oscar , Diamond

Merry Christmas

2008-12-24T14:26:00.000+11:00

Trixie, last Christmas

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Pyewacket's first Christmas, last year

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I believe in Santa Claus

2008-12-13T09:02:00.001+11:00

Is this for me?

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No little Pyewacket - that was for Trixie.

Christmas - last year.

Pyewacket's stocking

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More Brag Book pics

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Mom's Brag Book pics

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This last one is Alessandro with Trixie and Giancarlo with Tigger - from last Christmas. We framed them with the Orchid and Jade Brag Book Pages by Lizard Dau Designs.

Trixie last Christmas

2008-11-11T17:01:00.002+11:00

My mom got LOTD

2008-11-09T08:12:00.005+11:00

She got Layout of the Day on The Digital Scrapbook Place, and it was for a gelato picture, not for one of me!
Oh dear - it was only about ice cream - that cold wet stuff I sneeze in when she's not looking.
Here is the picture:

Pyewacket Dreams

2008-11-08T20:47:00.002+11:00

All our cats like to dance - they really like to do the Blowfly Ballet.

They also love fev-vers.

Trixie is five!

2008-11-04T18:59:00.003+11:00

Journaling:
Precious Trixie turned 5 this week.
She chose Alessandro on his 13th birthday at the Pound.

Grungy Frame Stamps by Erica Belton of Digital Scrapbook Place.
These are the best frames in the history of digital scrapbooking!

Spring comes to Canberra

2008-10-31T20:16:00.007+11:00

Alessandro took this picture four years ago, when Trixie was one and we had just got a new and exciting 7 megapixel camera at school. It's still my favorite portrait of her. Trixie has just turned five!

Oriental Luck kit by Lizard Dau Designs.

Pywacket - Monday Musings of Fev-ers!

2008-10-27T13:36:00.004+11:00

FEV-VERS! I got green fev-vers!

This kit is called Jade and Orchid. It is designed by talented newcomer Lizard Dau Designs and is available from Kjoi Studios.

Pyewacket's Hallowe'en

2008-10-26T15:02:00.000+11:00

New Creative Team member

2008-10-23T20:26:00.008+11:00

Pyewacket, Trixie and Tigger and I are very honoured to be asked to be on a new Creative Team to showcase the designs of Liz from Lizard Dau Designs, up in sunny Queensland. What fun!

And here's ol' Tigger with Persia, who came before.

Happy Hallowe'en

2008-10-23T17:25:00.000+11:00

The Cat in the Moon

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The Great Pumpkin

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The Great Pumpkin by Zoolatry

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"We live in a land down under,
Where pumpkins glow and pumpkins thunder,
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."

Wordless Wednesday: Trixie

2008-10-09T10:25:00.001+11:00

Tigger and the pashmina

2008-10-08T21:27:00.003+11:00

I hear one can never have enough pashminas. This one was bought specially for me in San Gimignano, in Italy...

Coco Chanel says

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Lovely Forever Foster cats, Fui and Suey, have given us a beautiful award. You can see it in our side bar. We are very grateful and we wish to pass it on to:
Momo and Eric and Flynn and Camies Kitties.

Giancarlo and his girls

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Pyewacket and Trixie

Tigger with Giancarlo, last Christmas Day.

Look - I can see Floriade!

2008-10-01T10:58:00.007+10:00

I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world...

FEV-VERS! Swans at Floriade

2008-09-30T11:48:00.002+10:00

*An update on the outcome of the black and white photo contest - the students that won were Took and Rabbit with their entries Crazy Hair Day and Little Bird.
A big thank you to you - the judges!

See the stars

2008-09-28T13:41:00.004+10:00

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

How do you have your coffee?

2008-09-27T01:09:00.000+10:00

With lots of sugar and not sneezed in thanks!

Spring comes to Canberra

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Trixie is one cute kitty

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Vote for the best picture!

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Here is an example we put on to show the students what to do:

Do not vote for Trixie's picture, but please use the comments to vote for the best picture. Thanks for helping judge our class black and white photo competition!

Here is Took's, called Crazy Hair Day:

Here is Speedy's called Statue:

Slinky's is called the Playground:

Merlin's is called The Deer:

Here is Dolphin's called The Garden:

Soccer's entry is called Child's Play:

Puppy's picture is called The Flower Bushes:

Rabbit's entry is called Little Bird:

JB's entry is called Superman:

Bewitched

2008-09-15T06:54:00.000+10:00

What shall we watch tonight, Trixie?

Welcome Toulouse

2008-09-14T11:53:00.004+10:00

"Is it me? Is it me?"

"No little Pye - we are welcoming a new member of the Cat Blogosphere - Toulouse."

She walks in beauty

2008-09-12T06:09:00.000+10:00

She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes.

Close to you

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In the Pixie Forest...

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Commercial for cute

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Super new award!

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These are the rules:
1. The winner can put the logo on his/her blog
2. Link the person you received your award from
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs
4. Put links of those blogs on yours, and
5. Leave a message on the blogs that you've nominated

I'm nominating the following blogs:
Mickey
Zoolatry
Sweet Praline
Gandalf and Grayson
Cheysuli and Gemini
Charlie
Eric and Flynn

God bless little Pye

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Precious Trixie

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A to Z of cat breeds

2008-08-23T19:10:00.001+10:00

Come help my students play this game! It's on Pyewacket's Party - the daily doings of an IT classroom. If you want to play - and you know you want to - leave a comment on Pyewacket's Party with the next answer. I will update the list whenever there's a comment.

As Y was for Yao-lin, Z was for Zoolatry - according to clever Cheysuli and Gemini!

Current players are Victor, Daisy, Maggy and Zoey (who says C is for her as she is a cute cat), Parker, Wally, Ernie & Zoey, Mindy & Moe, Mickey, Tiki, Tavi, Cody, Camie and Miss Jade, Eric and Flynn, Derby, Alexi, Slinky, Marian...

Pyewacket tries really hard

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Layout made by Took - one of the talented class students.

Wordless Wednesday: Trixie

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When I was young

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Game - A to Z of flowers

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Come help my students play this game! It's on Pyewacket's Party - the daily doings of an IT classroom. If you want to play - and you know you want to - leave a comment on Pyewacket's Party with the next answer. I will update the list whenever there's a comment.

We are finished!

The players for this game are: Slinky, Took, Tiki, Tavi, Cody, Camie and Miss Jade, Dogs and Soccer, Movies, Arlene, Annie, Daisy, Derby, Black Rabbit, Thomas, Phoebe and Trixie ...

Trixie is a treasure

2008-08-07T07:46:00.001+10:00

New Game! A to Z of animals

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Come help my students play this game! It's on Pyewacket's Party - the daily doings of an IT classroom. If you want to play - and you know you want to - leave a comment on Pyewacket's Party with the next answer. I will update the list whenever there's a comment.

We are finished! There is a new game!

The players for this game are: Shade and Golden, puppy power, Slinky, Daisy, Derby, dogs and soccer, Cheysuli and Gemini, Took, Movies, Maggy and Zoey, Tiki, Tavi, Cody, Camie and Miss Jade, Thomas, Phoebe and Trixie, Miss Peach...

Pyewacket suggested J is for jackass, and Zoey offered J is for jiraffe. And Miss Peach offered us triceratops! Ms S says, "Good tries girls!

Oh dear - unicorns... h'mm, good try Took!

Who's Hot - it's Trixie!

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Zoolatry makes topcatrules a portrait!

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Where do you go to my lovely

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Pyewacket plays pool

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Game Over - A to Z of countries around the world

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Come help my students play this game! We are now looking at an A to Z of world countries. It's on Pyewacket's Party - the daily doings of an IT classroom. If you want to play - and you know you want to - leave a comment on Pyewacket's Party with the next answer. I will update the list whenever there's a comment.

Players for this game were:
Maggy and Zoey, Cammies Kitties, Meemsync, HOTMBC, Daisy, Miss Peach, dogs and soccer, Slinky, puppy power, Thomas and Phoebe and Trixie, Derby, Moe and Mindy, Missy Blue Eyes and ML, and we just met Huffle Mawson ... are you next??

P.S. We give an A+ for effort to Maggy and Zoey from Zoolatry!

Just another day...

2008-07-26T14:22:00.002+10:00

Background paper by Melissa McMullen.

So dear to me

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I made a wish

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... and you came true.

I feel pretty

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A - Z of place names game!

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GAME OVER - see the new game!
Come help my students play this game! I found this on my Digital Scrapbook Place site. It's on Pyewacket's Party - the daily doings of an IT classroom. If you want to play - and you know you want to - leave a comment on Pyewacket's Party with the next answer. I will update the list whenever there's a comment.

I got out a map of Australia - well, I opened up Google! Same thing. :)

Woo hoo! Thank you to those who are playing along! We are up to Z!

Players so far include Mickey, Camie's Kitties, Moe and Mindy, Shade and Goldie, Rossetti and Kirara, Gandalf and Grayson, Charlie, Movies, Dog Merlin, dogs and soccer, puppy power, Slinky, Sabrina and Sam and Simon, Marian and Thomas and Trixie and Phoebe, Daisy and Yao-lin!

Trixie says: My boy is back!

2008-07-14T07:42:00.012+10:00

Hey la, Hey la, my boy is back!
Hey la, Hey la, my boy is back!

He got back from England, just to see me!
He stopped playing pool in England just to pat me!

Hey la, Hey la, my boy is back!
Hey la, Hey la, my boy is back!

Press Play!

My boy was gone for 17 days! He went to England to represent Australia in pool, and he is only 17 and a half! And in one of his games he beat the Junior World Champion! He's my boy - I chose him when I was at the Pound, on his thirteenth birthday!

I talked to him on the Skype while he was in England, it's a 'phone system on our computer and it was on loudspeaker. I could hear his voice talking, and so I yelled really loudly, and he said, "Hey Trix, what you doin'? Are you being good?"

Dear little Pye?

2008-07-12T14:11:00.003+10:00

Home grown is best

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A Fairy's tale

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We graciously thank you

2008-07-07T08:33:00.003+10:00

To those (Miss Peach and Yao-lin) who have given us this special award:

“The ‘Arte y Pico’ award was created and to be given to bloggers who inspire others with their creative energy and their talents, whether it be writing, artwork in all media. When you receive this award it is considered a ’special honor’. Once you have received this award, you are to pass it on to at least 5 others.”

We would like to pass it on to our best woofie, Charlie, and to Mickey and Dr Tweety and to some of mom's students.

Hugs to everyone from the three of us:
Tigger the FBI Cat and Trixie and Pyewacket.

Just like Pooh and Piglet

2008-07-06T13:52:00.000+10:00

Trixie says happy 4th of July too

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PicJazz.com

Dear Miss Peach gave me this idea.

An Angel

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Shabby BoHo by Erica Belton