Our beloveds have grown a little–though Ben–the all-black–stays slight and slim, perhaps by exerting more energy per metre than Usain Bolt winning the Olympic 100 meter dash this summer.
Beau pretends that he’s grown out of his crazy games stage–but fails to convince!
He needs the exercise–after hoovering up food from any spare plate.
(Echoes of Marmalade there….)
They appear unfairly matched–a heavyweight against a flyweight.
Nevertheless, young Ben is usually the attacker and Beau the only too-eager receiver.
More paws than claws; no biting either (as far as we can see) in the melées (happy about that!).
Younger brother vs. older brother more like.
Late evening, a sequence can run something like this:
Leap—roll—push off—pause(paws!)—walk away–walk back––languid lounge–yawn–wait—quick lick/scratch—pause—small haunchcrouch—couple of tail swishes—lean back and leap—repeat, repeat, repeat–retire.
They swagger back to their separate “corners” to catch their breaths before the bell rings for the next round and they hurl themselves at each other anew.
We are the exhausted ones at the finish.
Meredith caught them at full frolic–watched over at one point by disdainful a Pippa.
Robin Ellis 
Love these tidbits. They cheer immeasurably, which is much needed as I convalesce from a total knee replacement~!
So cute! I am a similar problem with my two cats. They are twins. One looks like Bagpuss and one looks like Twiggy! Don’t know how to curb Juno’s eating without starving Neo!
Oh Meredith and Robin they are delighful,make’s you out of breath just watching them play;and that look from Pippa is priceless, Thank you for cheering us all up,it’s freezing tonight and wet,this has warmed things up lovely.
Really appreciated the video and the commentary. Both were great. Reminds me so much of my cats. We are also blessed with three kittens now. They are so much fun, but we will be looking for them new homes soon, as we have already exceeded the number of cats our household can hold! Wonder if your cats know that they are French?!
That was fun! haven’t had two that wrestle like that for a long time now. Just lost my little 9 yr old calico Sophie to liver disease last week. Maybe a pair of kittens for spring…..
Gives you hope for World Peace, doesn’t it?
Great video Robin and Meredith! My Nova looks very much like Beau…so cute to see them sparring with each other. How nice they have such a lovely yard to play chase 🙂
this was laugh out loud funny, Meredith! I had two like that, brothers from the same litter. Only problem was, they SLEPT ALL DAY and TUSSLED ALLLLL NIGHT.
Best to you and the healthy menagerie,
Nancy N
I have cats. They are the most amusing pets! People who don’t like cats really don’t know what the’re missing and the joy they bring. x
Oh my, just adorable. I loved seeing them run all over the yard and tussle in the house. Two healthy young cats in the beginning of the prime of life. And one can see Pippa thinking, “Just don’t try that on me.”
Years and years ago when my daughter was a little girl, she was crawling in the hall as our two black-and-white boys, one 10 pounds and the other 12 pounds, came thundering towards her in the same sort of chase. She was sitting up, and I could not reach her before they did, so I could only watch. First one, and then the other sailed over her, carefully jumping clear while she watched them do it. She was far too young to remember what it looked like, but we have always wondered. From underneath it must have been a delightful sight.
Delightful–and no trauma!
Sounds a bit like Kashmir and Bertie…
Delightful! Just the thing to raise a smile on a freezing winter’s morning.
Dear Robin and Meredith, thank you! This was simply glorious…
Wonderful! Tears in the eyes!
Hi Robin,
Love to say hi and tell you, I love your cat -clip.
Tonight we celebrate our Sinterklaas feast in Holland (infact our Santa Claus), it’s a special evening, when we give each other presents. Even our little cat got a present: a cat tent and she is in it .She thought all the wrapping paper big fun.
Glad to hear you are into so much new recipies and you even went to Italy.
I think it’s the best way to recover, bit by bit!
Love Caroline
You have some fur carachters living in your house! Cats are hilarious! We all agree. My year and a half youngster cat- “Lord Calvert” was walking around last night with a paper bag on his head! It was one of those narrow long paper bags that they put wine in. He likes to stick his head in those bags because it fits perfectly. Then he starts walking across the room with it on until he panicks and trys to get it off. I really need to get a video of him doing this! LOL!
I LOVE THIS! It makes me sad, though, that I don’t live in a place where I can safely let my cats romp around outdoors. Love the banjo music, too – is it anyone we would have heard of who’s playing?
Testing, testing….Hi, Robin & Meredith, I posted a comment last night & it disappeared! Knew something was up when I didn’t get the “awaiting moderator” message. ??
Lost it again! Am I writing too long a message??
Both your last appeared–all is not lost!
Just to say THANK-YOU to you and Meredith!! The last few months have been tough for me with hospital treatment but your blogs and photos brought a smile to my face. Thanks!!!!
Are your cats going to be running up and down the Christmas tree? Our kitten called Herbie used to do that! My mum had lit real candles on the tree. Our friend, Martin was a fireman- he used to sit near the tree with a bucket of water!! Ha.
Herbie loved looking at his reflection in the Chrismas glass baubles on the tree, he used to stretch his paws out playing with them and broke a few of them of course. But we loved him. Cats are great fun!!
Hi, Robin, My name is Robin Ellis too! (But, I am a girl!) I just adopted two kittens – one is a black and white tuxedo and the other is silver tabby – I named them Linus and Sabrina (from the film)! I want to live and work in France – I love your blog, so inspirational! Best, Robin