I am so sorry about your cat P.K.

PK, I'm so sorry to hear about your cat. As others have said, remember that you gave your cat lots of love, caring, and FOOD -- lots and lots of food. You gave your cat happiness and a good life. I know from personal experience, it doesn't matter if your cat was old, it's always to soon to lose a beloved cat.

my Gracie kitteh was sitting on the porch this morning after breakfast, just watching the breeze and the bugs and whatnot, when the rather large male hummingbird who lives nearby came to check her out. He started dive bombing her! She had the funniest look other face- a mixture of fear and outrage - as she bobbed and weaved to avoid his dangerous beak.

It's Friday, a 13th

Did any black cat cross your path the wrong way


and no, I ak not asking if any chick or rooster crossed the street for whatever reason

More cat-related drama at the K house this weekend. You see, our foster/adopted cat, Clark, is a food thief. We have learned to keep all bread, cracker and chip products locked away from him, or he and his sister Ginger will break into the bags and eat them. He's especially fond of whole wheat bread. Cheese, butter and meat must at all times be kept in the refrigerator. Tomatoes and onions seem to be safe to be left on the counter, but not much else.

One of our vendors at work gave the secretaries some Hershey's Miniatures as part of a promotion. I am avoiding sweets, so I took them home to Mr. K. He ate one or two and left the rest (five or six) on the counter. At 5:20 a.m. on Saturday morning, he woke me up saying "I need help, Clark is sick!" The little dumbass had stolen and eaten at least one and possibly 3 of the Krackel bars - wrapper and all! He had diarrhea and his ears seemed warmer than usual. I called our vet (open 24 hours for emergencies) and explained the situation. After asking me how much he weighed, how much had he eaten, was it milk or dark chocolate, and what color were his gums, the person on the phone assured me that he was in no danger of anything other than an upset tummy. Later on Saturday morning, we found a pile of barf that was mostly chocolate and bits of wrapper. By Saturday evening he was fine, and glaring at me because I wouldn't give him chips and salsa.

Food ENTHUSIAST, not thief.

Our kitteh Spot loves bread, too. We have to put the bread in the refrigerator, to keep him from ripping up the bag and eating all of it.

Today is my beloved kitteh Spooky's 16th birfday.



She is a very good kitteh. Has become very spoiled and wants whatever we are eating since my son move back home and started giving her hooman food. She does not get into stuff like some folks have reported here, though. The most she has done is nab a couple of french fries from my son, although she always snoops to see what we are eating (never did that until son moved in).

She always uses her litterbox, asks to cuddle under the covers on cold nights (I am to straighten out my right arm and she drapes her petite little body along it with her head resting in my hand) and climbs into my lap for petting several times a day. She purrs freely. Since she is getting older, she will warn when she has had enough petting and wants to go to sleep. If I keep petting she will softly bite me. She loves to sunbathe so we leave the drapes open with the A/C on...

She is getting a few white hairs scattered around that are not related to the fungus she got a decade+ ago, and looks for the easiest way down from beds, chairs and her cat tree, but she still plays like a kitten (except she is now afraid of her wand w/feathers cat toys ) Will ask the vet about glucosamine on next visit.

She is my baby .

Awww! She's good for a kitty, huh? And a good birfday too! I promises not to bite her very hard if I sees her.

Hi Spooky!

Clearly Darwin doesn't have the last word.

Rosie is sitting next to me recovering from surgery to remove a skin tumor from her shoulder.

Good Spookeh kitteh! Good Rosie goggie! to both fuzzy kids!

I think the hunt club needs to retire these hounds.

Dum kat

Pretty kitty, GG.

Erich von Däniken's The Gold of the Gods described a system of caves on the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador. He said that deep in these caves a lost civilization, aided by extraterrestrials, had buried a treasure house that includes a library written on gold and silver sheets.

A team of explorers, following in the footsteps of earlier explorers such as Neil Armstrong, has finally discovered the Metallic Library.

As could easily have been expected, the Metallic Library features catz.

Beeyootiful cat, GG.

Cute bunny!

That tickled my funny bone no end!

Me too. I'm sure it was just the bunny.

I just returned from the vet hospital. My 14-year-old (today) guard girl rottweiler/shepherd became very ill over the weekend. When I took her in this morning, the x-rays showed her breathing was severely impaired because of fluid around the lungs and was most likely due to some form of cancer. She stopped eating two days ago and would not get out of the car for her usual walk in the park. I had to take my own advice from a few weeks ago. She seemed to know exactly what was happening and was ready to call it quits after 14 years of being a happy, healthy and devoted companion. She will be missed greatly.