Book Cat of the Day

Ginger by Charlotte Voake. - Ginger loves his food, his basket, and the little girl that loves him.  But then he has to learn to share. 

 

Photo Shoot

On Saturday, my mother prevailed and we broke down and went to the Portrait Studio of a giant chain of discount department stores and took photos of Nora against our choice of backgrounds and with various props. I had been resisting because the last time something like this happened, I ended up being photographed with my hands clasped against my cheek and my brother's photo superimposed as a dream bubble over my head.

Nora was very good, and I think I was too, since I heard a litany of complaints regarding our procrastination throughout this endeavor. The photographer was a nice young woman who works in special ed during the week and wants to open her own studio some day catering to special needs kids. Nora was enchanted with the various chairs, stools, cubes, and cubbies for her to sit and lean on - although she was denied the opportunity stand on them because that is Not Allowed. Nora decided (as you can see below) that Meowey Boom-De-Ay needed photographing too, and fortunately Meowey went along with the process without complaint.

After an hour of coaxing Nora to smile and look, not at the monitor, but at the three women jumping up and down in front of her, I dutifully paid for some package with a metallic title and we walked out with promise of more photos than we could possibly give away in 7 to 10 days and a glorious CD which cost way too much. I'm showing you the highlights here, but rest assured you will be getting your own little wallet sized version soon. I know you all will be disappointed that we did not opt for the giant poster sized version of Nora Fine Wall Art or have her face woven into a tapestry. Although, I was assured that it's not too late and we can come back at any time, but especially for the special princess photo shoot sometime in June. Mom's on her own for that one.

Here's Nora and Meowey looking adorable.


Jason has called this one Twombstones, given its memorial feel.


I haven't decided whether Nora is practicing positioning Meowey for the catshow circuit or if she is strangling him. Nor have I decided which is preferable. (For some reason this one wouldn't upload in the vertical and I don't know how to change it - suggestions?)

Cats I Have Known

The lack of cats in my immediate environment (and Carol's excellent kitty pictures) has led me to muse on the cats of days past. Here's a roll call:

Dyer Cats and Dyer-Murphy Cats
Mungo (saved me from having to have this name)
Stubby (a stripey cat, don't remember if a he or a she - but it did have a stub tail)
Stripe Hunnybun Dyer (stripey grey cat, he died in a joint snowstorm/dog attack)
Jake and Orvill (named after riverboat captains, there is a longer story about them, that I won't go into here)
Ceasar and Lady Paws (both were six toed cats, they were actually sequential, they didn't live with us at the same time, and there might have been another six toed cat in here too, but I can't really remember)
Boots and Biscuit (came to live with Jason and I in Arkansas)
Archie (remembered more fondly in death than in life)

Todd and Natascha's Cats
Gumby
Mycroft
Mrs. Hudson
Moneypenny

Carol's Cats
Murphy
Edie (granted, we haven't met in person...) and her three as yet un-named offspring

Bob, Sarah, and Zelda's Cats
Skunk
Spot
Meowy Cowgirl
Tiny Buckeroo (we too, have not yet met in the flesh)

Tree's Cat
Pepe Uriburu

Various Other Cats of My Acquaintance
Lucius -my grandmother's cat
Gauss - succeeded Lucius
Bogey -my aunt's cat
Scut Farkus - Ellen's cat (but formerly Laura's boyfriend's)
Rosie - Laura's cat
Picklepottomus - Ed and Elena's cat
Josie, Josie II & Bandit -Bill and JoAnn's cats
O-Boy - cat that stalked my parents neighborhood and fought with Archie
HB and the barn cats- Grant and Tim's house cat and the ever-multiplying mob in the barn
Gato - Pat's cat
Tasha - my parents' neighbor's cat
Lavender - Kat's cat
That grey farm cat that stalks Ted and Linda's windows - does she have a name? How do I not know it?


I'm sure there are many more that I've forgotten. Feel free to submit names. I feel like I should have sort of a big family tree like they have in the front of historical romance novels that explains who's who and who lived when, or at least pictures.

For Carol & Edie's Kitties

I don't have any kitties, but I thought your new babies would like to see the tiger cubs that were at the Toronto Zoo - they are getting too big to be considered babies anymore, but they sure were cute! Edie, I hope this inspires you to feed them up strong!