Happy Birthday, Your Majesty: Now we are Five!

It's a puddy tat's life ... really! Zolie has had a great year: some dental problems that were soon sorted, leaving her as rambunctious as ever, and fast: zooming at the same speeds as she did years ago, running up trees, pouncing, climbing everything in sight. Oh yes, it's a cat's life. In fact --

Life is an adventure:

Helping to clean the a/c filter

Helping to make sure the roof is still in the same place

Helping to find a certain carton in the shed

Helping to change the sheets

Helping to make sure there's enough whipped cream on Dave's dessert

Then, it's time for an exciting episode of Action Cat!!

Going to be Indiana Jones's stuntman...

Soon to be seen in Queen of the Jungle

Phew. After all that running and jumping, it's time for a nap. Good thing that "life is a cat bed" too...

Yaaawn. Stetch. Purr. Yawn again. Revitalized after the nap, it's time to let those humans (hereafter known as "the staff") know that what a real, red-blooded cat needs it OUT!!!

Mmmm ... that's enough of being Queen of the Jungle for one day. Life is also about kicking back and taking it easy, perhaps indulging in a manicure or a bath...

And then again, when you're entirely done soaking up the sun and recharging those solar batteries (upon which feline types are well known to run), life can be a window...

Her evil twin appears in ghost-mirror form

Any chance of a cuppa?

Making sure the cars are still there

Outside the widow on the second kitchen back there

Inside the blind, outside the window. Outside looking in -- don't wanna come in, of course. Miao.

Pretending to be an Egyptian statue ... waiting for those pesky humans to get home!

Queen of the Jungle, Episode 47: Stripes Apocalypse!

That's Tarzan, making all that racket. Must need my help. Again. Sheesh. Third time this week. 

Shall I go help Tarzan, or let him figure out for himself how to tie a boot lace?

Where did she go?! The art of CATOUFLAGE

Nah. Figure it out yourself, Tarz. Me and Simba's taking naps.

Which just about covers Zolie's year! She's had a grand time, been into everything, and didn't even seem to mind the extreme heat, when the state set a new record at 117 degree F. She knows where the cool places are, as soon as the a/c turns on. And --

That's all, folks!