At Emma's!

All three, and that lovely scent!

And you're letting me play with your mousie!

Chilling with Ruggles

Did you see that huge squirrel....

New catnip toys

Rotley shares his catnip toy

Ruggles is such a gentleman

Try it, Fraser
Two cats pounce.
Um, I think this one's mine, Ruggie.

Nap time, Fraser....Ruggles is tired.
Please let's nap..now!

I had a wonderful time at Emma's house with her kitties. I am now off to visit Mittens! I can't wait to see what happens to me next.

at Pennsic with Siobhan

Fraser at Pennsic War 39 at Cooper’s Lake Campground near Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania

If you have a Flickr account, you can see a lot of Pennsic photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/master-phillip/sets/72157624669725659/with/4930539215/

I was unable to download any of them to add to Fraser’s story.

You can also see more Pennsic photos at the official Pennsic war website:
http://www.pennsicwar.org/penn39/GENERAL/photos.html

This is how I traveled to Pennsic War 39. This was a cozy basket, I had all I needed for a nice nap. I was safe and secure.
This is camping?? A king-sized bed?? With heated mattress pads?? I could sleep anywhere I wanted, but I liked this big bed! I think I’m going to like camping this way. Storms came and I was afraid, but we were safe. No leaks or drips, no wet fur, no tent falling down. We also had a very nice kitchen with lots of yummy food! This big tent was like an apartment! We even had rugs on the floor!

I am a shop cat. I had a job! I worked as the Shop Cat for a nice merchant lady and her husband and their shop minion. I worked around pretty jewelry.

My job is to guard the catnip toys! This was a very important job. Local farm kitties stole two toys from the basket at night when I was asleep! Naughty kitties!

Dressing in amber. Look at me! Aren’t I a handsome cat in amber? I thought so too.

This is more of the shop. We were open until Midnight on Wednesday night, that’s why the shop is lit up. Everybody comes out to buy at the shops on Wednesday night.

This is Siobhan, the nice merchant lady posing with me. Thank you for the picture, Lord Tarmach.

Scratching my nails on the signpost. Oh, this felt SO GOOD. Scratch scratch scratch

I visit the Bank at Pennsic. A bank?? At a camping place? These nice men were the bank staff. The man on the left is Mack Cooper, this is his campground (Cooper’s Lake). They were very nice men. I had to cash a TravelingCat check.

Hiding in the shop herb garden. Can you find me? I liked hiding in the herbs and flowers. I could watch all the people go by in the shade. Some days were very HOT and I liked the shade. Our camp was built around a big tree, so we had shade all day long. There were fifteen thousand people to watch at Pennsic! That’s a lot!
Checking out Norman armor. I did a little shopping on our street. Ours was the Street of Gold, and this was a neighbor. I liked this chain mail. Don’t I look ferocious? Grr!

I was a hit in my basket at class. I went to class! I learned a lot and everyone wanted to meet me and pet me. I made lots of friends at class! (And there wasn’t a quiz!) There were more than 700 classes offered!

The shop sign at night. This was on Wednesday night when everybody was open until midnight! I was very tired when it was all over.

Open late. Look at all the people in the streets! There was music, dancing, parades, parties… and lots of shopping! Over 300 shops!!

Partying in the streets. Lots of parties! Lots of people! Lots of pets for ME!

More party in the street. EVERYBODY comes out on Wednesday night! Some people dress very fancy for this.

Shopping at Midnight Madness. That’s what they call the special Wednesday night shopping time. It’s cooler at night and people like to come out and shop.
I visited an exotic shrine that was across the street from the shop.
Sup, Buddha, you got noms? People left all sorts of things for the Buddha, but no noms (sigh).

Long view, Midrealm Royal. Can you see me in the middle? I’m visiting a camp called Midrealm Royal, that’s where the King and Queen of the Middle Kingdom lived. Pretty thrones! I bowed a lot.
I met the King and Queen! Actually, I met their dolls, the King and Queen were very busy at Pennsic. The dolls told me a lot about being around a King and Queen. Sometimes it can be lonely, but they cuddle their dolls at night.

Ready to mail to WWM. I was sad to leave the shop, I had such a good time camping! But I can hardly wait for the rest of my adventures, so I’ll snug myself in the envelope and take a nap until I arrive in Texas! Bye everyone!

at WWM's

I arrived safely in Texas after having a wonderful visit with Siobhan in Michigan. But I was very tired after attending the Pennsic War, and I told WWM and Uncle WWM that I hoped we could just hang out and relax at home. Also, I discovered that it's quite hot in Texas. For just a few minutes, I thought that I had been deposited in that place where the evil kitties hang out! But WWM and Uncle WWM showed me this wonderful invention called air conditioning and things began to look up after that. We arrived home and I got the nip toys that Siobhan sent for Willow and Windi out of my suitcase and then we all settled in to spend some fun time together. Of course, it seemed that an inordinate amount of time was spent by the girls in sniffing me. I have no idea what that was all about! They loved their toys and here we are getting to know each other. Aren't we all pretty black kitties??????


Here I am with Windi. WWM had to remind her to share her toys with me!

Willow, as you can clearly see, is something of a toy hog. I might have to box her ears!

Well, maybe I overdid it on the nip just a teeny bit. For some reason, I got very sleepy!
That evening we had martinis on the screened in patio. I liked that because those huge Texas grasshoppers couldn't get to me. And there were nom's so of course I helped myself. After all, I didn't want WWM to have to wait on me! I like to be a good guest and pitch in by helping myself!

Uh-oh! Apparently those nom's were not for me! How embarrassing!



I had a nice fruit salad dinner with some of WWM's turtles. They were very friendly and didn't even try to bite or snap at me! In fact, they thought that I was extremely handsome, not to mention very polite!

What a friendly group!!! I even learned a few words of Texas Turtle Talk!

The next day we all got up and had a lovely breakfast. Willow, Windi and I played with so many toys and we were having such a great time. Then, all of a sudden, WWM goes ballistic and starts going on about someone named Hazel not showing up - again. Willow and Windi ran, and they tried to warn me but I didn't understand and couldn't run fast enough. Before I knew what had happened, WWM put all of us to work! Did you know that there is an incredible amount of dust to clean up in Texas????

I thought that I did a great job and that I would like to go and lay in the shade on the patio and watch the birds with Willow and Windi. But WWM had different plans..............................

Finally WWM said that we were through and that I did a very good job helping to mop up the cat hair. She asked if we would all like a treat after our hard work, but all I wanted to do was take a nap. She about worked me to death!

WWM and Mr. WWM showed me some pictures from their bike rides and I thought that a bike ride would be a fun way to see some of West Texas. So I hopped on WWM's bike and off we went to explore.

There was just one little problem - I couldn't see anything riding behind WWM so we decided to change things up a bit. Whee - this is much better!!! Faster, faster, WWM!!!!!

There aren't too many hills around here but we finally found one where WWM could go really fast. I'm not so sure that I like this after all! I think WWM has had too many martinis!!!!!!! SLOW DOWN, WWM!!!!!

Finally WWM found the perfect place for me to ride. Of course, I have no idea if I am coming or going!

We got back home after exploring the countryside on our bike. WWM pointed out all of the flora and fauna on our ride - I wonder if I should take a tumbleweed home? And I saw a tarantula, a lizard and even a squished snake!!! It's good to be home, though. It was getting pretty hot out there! And, this was kind of embarrassing, but I needed to use the litterbox after our adventure on the hill..........

I got so hot on our bike ride and WWM asked me if I would like to lay on a raft in the pool. Gosh, I forgot my Speedo!!! But she said not to worry, that swim suits were optional. This felt so good!

I think that I could stay in here all day! I wonder what time cocktails are served?

WWM said that she had someone very special, and very important, for me to meet. Who could be more special than I am? After all, I am Fraser the Traveling Cat! But just to humor her, I got out of the pool and dried off to meet her friend.

So this is the famous Bobby, who also travels? I have heard about this kitty and his world traveling adventures. We spent a nice afternoon talking about travel, what we have seen, and where we would like to go next. And I was able to give Bobby some tips on packing because I've become quite good at stuffing suitcases.

My visit to Texas went by so fast! I spent a few last minutes before my flight playing with Willow and Windi. I know that they will miss me!

WWM helped me to pack my suitcase and get ready for my next visit to someone in my TDK family. She even tucked in some new nip toys for me to share with my friends who are waiting for me to arrive! WWM and Uncle WWM took me to the airplane and gave me a kiss goodbye. I'm pretty sure that WWM was crying. But I told her, in the famous words of some big guy in the movies, "I'll be back"!