Pyramid Day

Well, dear Readers, it is almost Pyramid Day, one of the most wonderful holidays to the Hotep.  In Egypt we do not celebrate Thanksgiving, but we have instead Pyramid Day, a day of feasting and watching games involving kicking balls about on a level field.

I am beginning my rituals associated with Pyramid Day, and I am planning a special blessing for all my faithful readers.  In Egypt, we prepare feasts of minted mice and rat goulash.  Cheese and bread are available to upper echelon priests, as well as almond flavored milk.  We feline priests love to relax on Pyramid Day with a musical performance by the cattalus choir.    It is a fact that we like wild birds, and the ancient Ba is related to your American turkey.  The Ba contains an enzyme which, after eating, causes all Hoteps to fall into a slumberous state for several hours. 

Your Hotep will be dining on Catty Custard, a lovely substance made of milk and honey and cooked to a thick texture.  I do hope your feast day is as spectacular as I believe the Egyptian celebrations to be!

I have survived the Arctic Blast well, although the sudden sharp cold did hinder my appointed rounds in the city.  I got into a game of casting dies under the old wash house with Coach Lloyd's cats and was late with my curfew one evening.  I arrived back at my keepers' home to find them quite concerned about my wellbeing.  My fur coat was hardly damp though, thank goodness.

I have located a soft fluffy bed in a room which I have claimed as my own.  After a hard day of priestly visits and rituals, it is wonderful to dine and then make haste to my blue blanket whereupon I fall into a deep sleep for the night.  It is so cozy on this soft pallet that I do not awake until almost 5:30 am each morning.  I will post a photo of my bed if anyone is interested to see how ancient priests reclined for sleeping. 

That is all I have for now.  Just remember, as you celebrate your Pyramid Day, don't let the turkeys get you down!  This is your Hotep, wishing you a fabulous feast followed by a wonderful rest.

Halloween Hotep

 

 

Well, my Dear Readers, what do think of this fabulous Halloween costume?  I must say, no one recognized me in my stupendous hat.  You know how the Hotep loves a good hat, and this was just too divine to pass up!!  A friend from Fort Worth found this and with a bit of eye color and some Dixie Queen flour I was able to pass myself off as this fabulous sooth-sayer!  I was the most sought after and followed feline at the party.

I heard there were almost 100 children at the Trunk or Treat festivities down on Church St.  I think I like children - I'm not sure.  I haven't been close to many.  They seem to be very busy though.

My keepers' yard and garden were regally rolled with high grade toilet tissue Halloween night.  The festoons stretched all along the fence and even the porch rails of the house were decorated.  The Buddha in the birdbath had a lovely turban, and the garden looked as if it were decorated for a wedding.  My keepers enjoyed all the mysterious hard work the goblins did.  They remember in their younger days having been great toilet paper sculptors.

The last several nights have been very cold.  I discovered that one of my keepers had something under the sheet that keeps things very warm.  Last night I went to bed and enjoyed a whole night on the toasty warm thing.  The Hotep slept the sleep of angels, on my back, with my feet up in the air.  I was so refreshed this morning, I may again attempt to steal into that cocoon tonight!

That is all the update I have for today.  I just had to share my costume.  I had considered going as The Invisible Cat, but then you wouldn't be able to see my picture would you?