Archive: January, 2011
January 29th, 2011 [8 Comments]

Saving Sylvia

by Angela

110119-sylvia-51Sometimes it doesn’t even take four seconds.

Your lock eyes, your heart is gone, and you know that if the sheer force of love can save this cat, she will thrive for an eon. So it was with Sylvia.

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January 27th, 2011 [6 Comments]

Highly unusual flowering cats

by Angela

110110-gingko-3At the risk of making this the Maury Show of blogs, today we’re going to dish some dirt.

Never let it be said that Felis Catus is afraid to deal with the mucky, ooky, messy stuff of life with cats.

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January 25th, 2011 [9 Comments]

Guest post: The Pika belly

by Angela

photo0515Some pictures tell the proverbial thousand words.

Other pictures beg for a blog post. And so it was that I came to beg our very own nik11676 to pen a piece on a photo that was too-cute-to-be-true…except that it’s true. You’re in for a beautifully-written belly bonanza…

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January 21st, 2011 [9 Comments]

Forever loved: Chance

by Angela

100308-chance-by-heatherThe entire year we had with Chance was a gift, a “bonus.” He wasn’t “supposed to” have had a whole new life at the age of…well, we can only guess somewhere between 12 and 800.

That last, “bonus” year was the sweetest, and not just for Chance. His passing has left a tremendous, loud-meowing void.

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January 20th, 2011 [4 Comments]

Mystic loves pizza

by Angela

090904-mystic-6OK, I completely made that up.

We have no evidence that Mystic has ever loved, eaten or had access to pizza. No evidence except…well, when Mystic’s ginormous self hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore.

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January 18th, 2011 [3 Comments]

UltraViola

by Angela
Viola during her Tabby's Place time
Ring the bells, round up the hounds and bring your pappy to the barn dance: it’s time for a blast from the past, of the Southern variety. There may be just one of the original eight still at Tabby’s Place, but today we hear bell(e)s ringing and rejoicing from Ringoes to Raleigh.

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