Posts Tagged ‘spike’
May 19th, 2011 [6 Comments]

We can’t Blaine him

by Angela

110513-burdock-4I’ve always liked the expression “he swears like a longshoreman.”

My liking hasn’t been tempered by the fact that I rarely swear and have never met any longshoremen. Or at least, I didn’t until Burdock came along.

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February 9th, 2011 [8 Comments]

The funky tuxedo finds forever

by Angela

Spike with his new MomThe time has come to end our sable-cat streak.

But I think we’ll all agree with Michael Jackson that when you’re talking ’bout this baby, it don’t matter if he’s black or white. Ah - make that black and white.

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June 15th, 2010 [6 Comments]

Eyes to see: Tanya

by Angela

TanyaFact: sometimes the eyes do not have it.

If they did, Tanya would have been gone from Tabby’s Place a long time ago. As it turns out, it’s a good thing the girl with the green platter-eyes wasn’t scooped up for her beauty…because she was meant to be chosen for her spirit.

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April 20th, 2010 [6 Comments]

The awesomest place in the whole wide world

by Angela

The solarium intruder, as he appeared to our intrepid cat quintetThere are cats, there are Community Cats, and then there are solarium cats.

Recently, the solarium cats enjoyed the adventure of nine lifetimes.

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February 2nd, 2010 [14 Comments]

Sometimes it doesn’t work out

by Angela

SteveWe talk a lot on this blog about adoptions that are meant to be.

But the fact is, sometimes they aren’t.

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January 27th, 2010 [8 Comments]

The funky tuxedo finds his home

by Angela

Darling SpikeSince he was black-and-white instead of gingery-brown, and since he was a boy, we couldn’t let the new cat keep the name Spice.

But, in all honesty, he never lived up to his slightly amended name, either: Spike.

Fortunately, even a series of ill-fitting names can’t keep a cat from the home that’s meant to be his.

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