First of all before I start with my post for today I wanted to announce the winner of the $150 gift card giveaway. FINALLY!!!!!
The winner is: Desiree H. (You have been emailed!)
And now to my guest for today. I want you all to meet Lydia. She is from Germany and I’ve met her about a year and a half ago. She is so sweet and talented! I love living vicariously through someone that still lives in my home country.
So here she is:
Hello everyone, my name is Lydia from Pudel-design. I am writing about my art and many, many DIY projects I’ve done in the past years;) And of course about my two cats.
I am so happy to be here at Cuckoo4Design! I love to read this new series Julia created!
Love to see the pretty homes and pups;)
My family always owned pets and other animals because I grew up on a huge farm.
My mother always tells the stories where I dragged all the neighbors cats home with me.
I sure had a huge cat thing going on… But when we moved to Germany it stopped.
And I always wanted to have some pets again, so as my friend asked me if I would like to adopt a kitty I was thrilled to come and see the new pups;)
And ended up with two cute BSH kitten brothers;)
This was almost 4 years ago!
If I could I would be like the crazy cat lady from the Simpsons, not that crazy but with all of the kittens she owns;)
I tried to snap a picture of them both, but they don’t like to be picked up and hold still, so you get these to see. Please meet Coby(left) & Bam-Bam(right).
The two have also a sister, and I wanted a girl as well, but couldn’t separate the two little guys,
so we got two boys, and you really can tell they are!
They fight all the time over everything, food, water, toys, treats and of course our attention.
And they do snore! Anyone who have snoring pets?! Oh my 😉
But I can sure say they love each other really bad, they can’t be apart for long. Here are the kittens only 6 weeks old.
They love to sleep in the bathroom, because we have heated floors. So comfy for them.
And what is really unusual, Coby loves to play with water, if it’s from the sink, jumping in a puddle or just sitting in the rain. He loves to put his paws in his water bowl on hot summer days. But his all time favorite is the running water in the tub. It simply is his element.
The two love to photo bomb every shot I take, like they would wait for me to take the camera out.
It is really hard to get a picture without my cats. But as I said before, if I try to get them together in a shot, they don`t like it at all.
I really think that pets do choose their owners. In our case Coby had chosen me and Bam-Bam is totally my hubbys cat!
Coby loves to sleep as much as I do and is really curious and playful. Everything new is HIS!
He loves plastic bags as much as full grocery bags or empty boxes, but this is typical cat behavior, right?!
Bam-Bam, oh boy what can I say, he is totally a dog, trapped in a cats body;)
He is chasing bicycles and joggers! But also is very very cuddly! And he follows us everywhere.
And he retrieve things.
Whensoever I am in my studio or when I am working on a new project they always are there to watch me and “help”! They have to be involved;)
I hope you all enjoyed to read about my little furry friends. For me I can say I can`t live without them anymore. As I can say for my hubby too. They totally fill our lives with joy and happiness!
Now they are peacefully snoring next to me;).
And I am so happy to have them. Thank you so much for having us, Julia!
Have a nice friday Luvs!
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Lydia totally forgot to mention that she is a great painter and sells her artwork in her shop. She paints a lot of animals. Check out the portrait she did with Coby and Bam-Bam’s sister Lynn in it:
Isn’t she amazing? (please pin from her site, you can see more of the painting HERE)
She is currently working on painting her two boys.
I also love these paintings that she is selling in her shop (click HERE to see the shop)
Pretty cool, right?
Or you might have seen her amazing shed/barn makeover somewhere on Pinterest:
Click HERE to see more! I would love to have this in my yard to hang out in!!!
So head on over and pay her a visit!
One more funny thing I have to share with you for this long long post:
I went to the bank yesterday and when I came out I was all wrapped up in my thoughts, checking my phone, and in a hurry. I opened my car door and there was a strange woman sitting in my car. She screamed “aahhhhhh”….I screamed “ahhhhhhh”…and then I noticed that it wasn’t my car.
Ugh, yup my friends, I tried to enter the wrong white SUV and the lady must have thought that I was trying to rob her. How’s that for a story? I’m not your average airhead that’s for sure.
I keep laughing at myself and picturing the screaming goat because that’s probably what I looked like. At least I can laugh at myself!
They are so cute! I’ve always wanted to have two cats, love to watching them when they sleep and cuddle…but unfortunately mine don’t like each other. And one of them also snore, I’ts ok unless he decide to sleep ON MY pillow with his nose near to my ear…
Such gorgeous kitties! (And I definitely agree that photo-bombing is a cat thing.)
Your car story, Julia–hilarious! (My teenage son had a similar experience. He actually opened the car door and sat in the front passenger seat after practice. He then turned his head and saw a strange man with his daughter staring at him. They weren’t very friendly and my son was quite embarrassed that he got in the wrong van!)
Adorable cats! Love their color and markings!
Angela @ Number Fifty-Three
LOVE lydia! she is sooooo talented!
oh my gosh… the car story. Hilarious! Have a great weekend.
That is so cool. Those photos make me miss my cats so much. I LOVE the paintings. They are magnificent and the barn makeover: WOW!!
Those painting are great! Love the one of the Boston!
Oh my gosh, that car story! I’m waiting on the day that I do something like that! It definitely sounds like me! Have a great weekend Julia!
I love kitties! Lydia’s paintings are fantastic!
Beautiful kitty kats. Mine like to be in windows the best and then in the summer on the tile to cool off…… Florida ya know.
Your art is gorgeous.
What sweet sweet babies! I can’t believe they sleep on the tile floor like that. It looks so cold and non-cat-friendly lol.
Such pretty (and big!) kitties! I love littermates–we had a brother/sister pair before our current cats; they loved each other so much 🙂
Wow, those cats are gorgeous! I love the paintings and that cute little shed is to die for! Great post!
They are so cute! I’ve always wanted to have two cats, love to watching them when they sleep and cuddle…but unfortunately mine don’t like each other. And one of them also snore, I’ts ok unless he decide to sleep ON MY pillow with his nose near to my ear…
I have one that snores too. I think it’s cute. And she snuggles with one of my other cats all the time which melts my heart 😉
Such gorgeous kitties! (And I definitely agree that photo-bombing is a cat thing.)
Your car story, Julia–hilarious! (My teenage son had a similar experience. He actually opened the car door and sat in the front passenger seat after practice. He then turned his head and saw a strange man with his daughter staring at him. They weren’t very friendly and my son was quite embarrassed that he got in the wrong van!)