Archive: April, 2011
April 29th, 2011 [3 Comments]

As(tor) you like it

by Angela

110415-astor-41I was going to begin this post, “I like big cats and I cannot lie.”

But even I have more dignity than that. Or, at least, the cats do.

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April 28th, 2011 [8 Comments]

Guest post: In memory of Yasmine

by Angela

img_1288This is the kind of post that wrecks and wracks a heart to write.

I am grateful beyond words that Yasmine’s longtime love, volunteer Larry, took on the unenviable labor of love to write this goodbye. Thanks to Larry for his words and the first two photos of sweet Yasmine below.

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April 27th, 2011 [6 Comments]

Gratuitous cat photos of the day: Astor

by Angela

110415-astor-4Take one Easter. Throw in the excitement of the Linda Fund.

Yield: one very busy blogger. Please accept my bigĀ mea culpa for the long stretch of quiet here on Felis Catus this week. Better yet…please accept one big giant enormous colossal cat.

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April 21st, 2011 [3 Comments]

How Ivan got his groove back

by Angela

110330-ivan-11What’s that they say about those who don’t learn from history?

Ah, yes: they are doomed to repeat it in summer school.

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April 18th, 2011 [10 Comments]

Bubbles and old ladies

by Angela

sprite1Alternate title for this post: Old Women Gone Wrong.

Horribly wrong.

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April 14th, 2011 [5 Comments]

Guest post: In memory of Lilac

by Angela

101003-lilac-by-jm-1There’s just no way to make this easy.

You’d think that, if there was such a thing as a “good death” or an “easy goodbye,” we’d have found it at Tabby’s Place by now. But there’s not - death is a thief every single time. Losing kittens is wrong. Losing elderly cats is wrong. Sudden loss wrecks us. A slow fade breaks us.

And losing one of our grandest grandes dames, Lilac, has hit us all - hard. Continue reading » » »