Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend. I spent half of mine visiting with family and the other half trying to be productive on my WIP (more on that project in a later post).
Of course, I had to make time for the Kentucky Derby, something DH and I never miss. It was a rainy day in Kentucky with a muddy track, and and equally rainy day in PA.
I bought some new play toys for my cat, Raven, called Neko Flies. They’re by far and away the best cat toys I’ve ever purchased, sheer genius on the part of whoever designed them. Picture a fishing rod with a life-like lure on the end. I bet the inventor was fiddling around with tackle one day when his or her cat went crazy.
Raven loves to stalk and hunt and turns into a predatory demon anytime she sees a bug, so as soon as I spied Neko Flies, I knew they were golden. Has anyone else tried these for their cats?
I picked up the Kattiepede and Kragonfly. The Kragonfly has beautiful iridescent wings (the picture on the website doesn’t do it justice). Next up, I’d like to get the Katarantula. You can order online or through Amazon, but I found Neko Flies at my local pet store. I have the regular wand, but want to get the telescoping rod, which looks like a small fishing rod. It’s currently out of stock at the store and online. What I don’t do for my cat—she is so spoiled—but, boy, is she getting her exercise! Including performing complex aerial acrobatics on a regular basis.
And speaking of being spoiled, it’s time to spoil yourself with today’s resource material on Story Empire where Staci Troilo shares Part 3 of her series on Author Media kits. Her topic is One Sheet and Author Biographies. As always, Staci delivers an information packed post with guidance, examples, and suggestions on implementing. Enjoy!
Thanks for the kind words, Mae. (And I hope you find the new rod soon… seems like Raven is having a blast!)
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She’s got me wrapped, Staci, LOL!
And great post today on SE. My pleasure to share!
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Fun post! My cat’s favorite toys right now are hair ties. I buy full packs for him and shoot them (like kids do rubber bands) across our kitchen floor. He chases them everywhere. If he’s feeling really frisky, I toss ping pong balls so that they bounce down our stairs.
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I never thought of hair ties, Judi, but I can so picture your cat scampering after them. Ping-pong balls are fun too. I usually always have one tucked away for Raven, who loves playing with them on the stairs!
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This was a fun read, Mae. I only caught a bit of the Kentucky Derby, but my goodness, it was exciting. I’m heading over to Staci’s article. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. 🙂
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My pleasure, Gwen! I always fine the Derby exciting–from all the behind the scenes hoopla and prep to the actual race. I’ve even been know to break out a big floppy hat on occasion, LOL. An exciting race indeed!
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A lovely post, Mae. My cats also love toys on the end of fishing rod style apparatus. Our little one will play for as long a someone is prepared to wave it around.
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Hi, Robbie. It’s always fun to hear about other furry felines having fun. It sounds like you keep your little one well entertained! 🙂
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I need to get Neko Flies for my Stella. She is so bored with everything. (Me included)
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I bet you’d become the sun and the moon for her if she had a Neko Fly! Raven loves to play, but she I can tell when she starts to lose interest in a toy. She goes crazy over these things and would play for hours if I didn’t tire first.
I think she loves them so much because they’re life-like in appearance and movement. They bring out that hunter instinct 🙂
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I’m off to look. Thanks, Mae.
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Those sound like a blast. I’m relatively certain Otto would love them too.
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I bet he would. The flies are so life-like in movement and appearance, I can’t imagine any pet ignoring them. 🙂
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I’ll have to check those cat toys out! My Harley goes crazy over bamboo 🙂 We cut a shoot out of our plant and swish it on the ground and both her and our Shepherd, Annie, goes nuts for it, lol
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I can just picture that, Jacquie! Bamboo would make a great toy. Apparently, even Annie knows that, LOL.
A good friend of mine has a cat named Harley. Love that name! 🙂
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My DH said he never wanted a Harley (motorcycle) so I had to prove him wrong, lol
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That’s cute! 🙂
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And here I thought we’d get a nice pic of Raven playing with her flies. We use a shoestring (gets tiring for the string mover, though 🙂 ), and we have a tail feather from a pheasant rooster we use. Our other cat used to play fetch with small paper balls. Zoey would much rather drop them into someone’s shoe and try to fish them out. 😀
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I was bummed I didn’t have photos of Raven with the Neko Flies when I wrote the post, so I have to come up with a few. My last cat, Onyx, loved playing with a shoestring. He’d take that over anything else and used to drag one around the house and/or drop it in front of my feet when he wanted to play.
Zoey sounds like fun 🙂
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Happy Monday to you Mae. Hope you have fun the reminder of the week.
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Back at you! 🙂
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I can picture Raven’s “aerial acrobatics.” So cute. Hopping over to read Staci’s post. Enjoy your week, Mae!
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You too, Sue! And Raven has been keeping me entertained with those performances 🙂
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I need this for my cats. They are bored with the toys they have now. If I can just keep my dog out of the way!
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LOL! Yes, he might try to edge in on the action. The flies are so life-like!
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If the toys are Raven tested and approved, Bond is interested. Need to check these out.
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Raven gives them an A+ and then some! Bond will love them 🙂
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I’d love to comment meaningfully, but I’m a dog person, and Honey doesn’t chase balls, she destroys them! Right now she’s looking at me with that ‘Isn’t it round about dinner time?’ expression, and I’m thinking ‘Isn’t it about time you had a bath?’ (Neither of us look forward to that, but she is one of those dogs that really do get dirty). So, that about covers my week…
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I remember your post on Honey. She’s a gem! 🙂
I woke up this morning to destruction all over the living room floor. Raven had ripped apart a new stuffed shark I got her two days ago….probably because I wasn’t there to entertain her with a Neko Fly.
I hope you and Honey both survive her bath 😀
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Contracts with the appropriate indemnity clauses are being exchanged…
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OMG, you are hysterical! 😀
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Cool new cat toys for Raven! Middy is still chasing her purple paper ball (crunched up note paper from years ago). She hides it well so her people parents can’t find it and toss it away…not that we would. She’s got a basket full of toys, but next Christmas I bet she’ll find Neko Flies under her tree. That’s right–she has her own Christmas tree. Cats rule! 🙂 xo
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I love that she has her own tree, Bette. I think I might have to get Raven one next Chrismas. As I type this, we are playing with the Kragonfly and she has reverted to one of her primitive ancestors. I think she’d like a purple paper ball too 🙂 They have a mind of their own and I completely agree that cat’s rule! 🙂
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Oh what fun! 🙂 xo
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Marigold would love those rods as much as Raven does, I’m sure. I’ll have to look for them. We have a rod with a long felt pink and black string on it. I can make her twirl and jump like a frog on a hot rock!
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LOL! It sounds like Marigold gets up to some spectacular aerial acrobatics too 🙂
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I love this…. that’s so Raven!
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LOL! Love your comment 😀
And she’s wearing me out with this thing. She could go for hours!!
Hope all is well with you! 🙂
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I’ll have to check for these, Mae!
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They’re amazing, Traci. My cat has several wand toys but she goes insane for these. I just bought her two more flies today 🙂
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