Twenty-Two

The Hubby and I became cat pawrents when we brought Angel and Chuck home on August 29, 2004.

Angel and Chuck, December 2004

Chuck, January 2005

Both, February 2005

Angel, February 2005

What we didn't know about cats at that time would have filled The Encyclopaedia Britannica, but we loved 'em, and we've continued to honor their legacy by adopting both inside and outside cats over the years.

You could say that Celestial Angel and Chuck were our starter cats!

❤️ Love you both! ❤️

For Caturday, I artified one of the images above with Prisma, the Moonlight filter.

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Gentled

It's Caturday!

Celestial Paddy O'Malley, in March, 2021, sitting on my lap.

Prisma app, with the Femme filter, adding zhuzh. 

The last artified pic of The PO'M made a difficult puzzle, so this is kinder.

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Thinking of Jackie

 August 15 was Jackie Avery's birthday, until she earned her angels wings earlier this year.

Her blog about Eric and Flynn was terrific, and all three are sorely missed.

Purrs for Ivor.

Therefore, for Caturday, I swiped an image from March, 2009 of those two container-loving gingers, artified it on Prisma, Star filter.

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Cats Rule!

August 8 is International Cat Day!

We all know that cats think that they run to world, but they haven't yet tossed out all of the politicians!

Nevertheless, we cat-loving humans are happy to cede control to our feline friends.

Get out there, and give big smoochies to every cat you see, 'cause they are watching us.

😹

It's Caturday!

Have been looking through gobs of Celestial Paddy O'Malley images, so I grabbed one, and artified it with Prisma's Party filter.

If there ever was a cat that deserved international status, it was The PO'M!

❤️

Click on the image above to enjoy a not-easy jigsaw puzzle.

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Without Kids

August 1 is International Childfree Day.

Love my nieces and nephews, and grand/great nieces and nephews...and their pets!

Am in total admiration of folks raising children.

The Hubby and I chose to not reproduce.

The above is all in good fun, y'all!

For Caturday, we have a pensive Henry close-up, artified with Prisma's Hot Tea filter.

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Peeking Chili

It's Caturday!

Chili Bruce was SO CUTE peeking out from under the pink blanket on the blue chair.

Artified with Prisma filter Spruce.

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Mom's Lap

James McNeill Whistler, born July 11, 1834, was an American painter based mostly in Europe, in the Modern art, Aestheticism, and Tonalism esthetic styles.

Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1 (1871), popularly known as Whistler's Mother, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, image found online

The iconic image is so renowned, that it is a part of our everyday life now:

"Whistler’s Mother and the Cat" by Sveta Petrova

"Whistler's Goddam Cat" by New Yorker cartoonist Kim Warp, image found online.

"Whistler's Mother" by artist Godfrey Escota, image found online.

Can't decide if she'd rather have had a cat or a baby dragon in her lap.

(Sometimes, a cat IS like a dragon...no?)

Am a fan of Whistler's work, and wish him a Happy Celestial Birthday.

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For Caturday, hope no one minds that I've got a cute pic of Henry...again...that I've artified with Prisma's  Jellyfish filter.

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Think Outside

Yesterday, June 19, was International Box Day.

A few sillies of cats and boxes:

📦📦📦

For Caturday, Henry was captured being incredibly cute, so I artified it on Prisma, Violinist filter.

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The Game Is Afoot!

"Philip St. John Basil Rathbone (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967) was an English actor. 

Born in South Africa and raised in Derbyshire, he rose to prominence in the United Kingdom as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in more than 70 films, primarily costume dramas, swashbucklers, and, occasionally, horror films." - Wikipedia

As a kid, we watched old black-and-white films on TV, and early on, I was a huge Errol Flynn fan.

Basil Rathbone played the very convincing villain to the hero in Captain Blood and The Adventures of Robin Hood  (movie screen grab above), and soon after began his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes from 1939 to 1946.

I easily joined Team Basil!

May I suggest his autobiography, "In & Out of Character"; it's very entertaining.

Years ago, I found a deerstalker-type cat hat, and here it is on our model, Chili Bruce, after being artified with Lunapic's Neon filter:

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For the Peter Frampton fans out there from yesterday's post:

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Penguins Rock!

April 25 is World Penguin Day, also known as Penguin Awareness Day, aiming to raise awareness about these flightless birds, to preserve their species and habitat so that future generations are able to see these remarkable animals.

Learn more at World Penguin Day here.

🐧 ❤️ 🐧 

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For Caturday, my old friend King Sly was out the other day.

Artified with Prisma, Walnut filter.

His eyes look so crazy!

Click on the image above to enjoy a jigsaw puzzle.

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Henry Update:

Henry is eating regularly, sometimes even cleaning a bowl, and then demanding more.

He's getting food multiple times a day, even at 3 am when he squeaks into my sleeping ear.

I can always nap, but he needs to keep eating.

Henry, laid out on top of the quilt, with his rear end and back legs against my body (gray & white stripes).

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#418NoDeclaw

 April 18 is International No Declaw Day, because cats have four paws, with 18 nails.

We all know the drill: cat's paws need claws.

Full stop.

Don't do it.

Learn more at the links below:

The Paw Project

The Wildcat Sanctuary

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Henry Update:

Paws crossed, the anti-nausea med has made a difference.

Friday morning, the full bowl of noms left overnight* was empty.

I put out his breakfast, and he ate it.

He ate the snack I put out (breakfast #2), then ate his dinner, and now licked up another snack.

Henry's become a gentle sweetie, tolerating a lot of handling with little collateral damage.

Keep on chowing down, dude, and we are all going to do a happy dance.

*We don't leave food out for any of the Eastside Cats normally, but rules were relaxed in an attempt to coax Henry to eat.

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It's Caturday, and of course it's Henry's mug that I've artified with Prima's Jellyfish filter.

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Don't Stray

April 4 is a day dedicated to increasing awareness of stray animals (pets who have been abandoned or lost, as opposed to domestic species born in the wild who are referred to as “feral” or "community" animals), and their neglect, abuse, malnourishment and suffering.

Get your pawed family member microchipped, and keep the online information up to date.

For Caturday, I artified Henry with Prisma, filter Surf.

Click on the image above to enjoy a jigsaw puzzle.

Henry Update:

He's eating, both canned cat food and churus.

We've successfully pilled (appetite enhancer), squirted (Gabapentin, to mellow him), and eye dropped (conjunctivitis eradicator).

The cone is removed, yet 'My Little Antenna Dish' will remain as a nickname.

Henry looks like he's hungover after a night on the town.

He eating, and he allows handling too.

❤️ Henry! ❤️

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