Cartoonless cat cartoons

Here’s a novel concept: the Cat Cartoon without the Cartoon.

Dec. 26:

Santa appears to be at the North Pole, sleigh piled with gifts, elves standing in the background looking on. The jolly old elf is holding the reins, looking on at his team of coursers who, this time, are cats.

The cats are in all manner of poses: sleeping, sitting, fighting, and just ignoring their own situation.

The title to the cartoon is: Christmas was a little late this year.

The Rubaiyat of a Persian Kitten

For your amusement: The Rubaiyat of a Persian Kitten.

And that Inverted Bowl of Skyblue Delf
That helpless lies upon the Pantry Shelf—
Lift not your eyes to It for help, for It
Is quite as empty as you are yourself.

Original quatrain:
And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky,
Whereunder crawling coop’d we live and die,
Lift not your hand to It for help—for It
Rolls on impotently as you or I.

Marlowe is back!

Home at last

After two weeks we were still calling and listening. This morning we heard a cat meowing outside, and a while later Marlowe came up the cherry tree and in the porch window, meowing, growling, and very cautious about the other cats. But she needn’t have worried: they still defer to her.

She seems fine, in good health and well groomed but skinnier. Her fur smells of hay and several of her claws are shredded. We don’t know where she got to or how she stayed alive, but we’re very glad she’s back.

My next task is to take down forty or so ‘Missing Cat’ posters.

Marlowe is missing!

Lost cat!

.	Tortoiseshell-tabby: cloudy grey & brown Long haired with plumy tail Spayed female
	No collar but microchipped Very friendly and vocal Likes to roam & visit Lst seen July 13 at Pape & Fulton.
	She may be injured or frightened—please check your garage, shed, or under porch. She may be dehydrated—please put out water near hiding places.
	If you have found her or seen her (alive or dead) please let us know.

First rat of the season

One of the cats brought in the first dead baby rat of the year. It was already cold, but he still wanted to play with it, dropping it onto the kitchen scatter rug and then wrestling with the rug. I tucked it under the rug for him, so he could fish it out. I heard some crunching sounds shortly afterwards, so I don’t think I have to worry about finding a rat corpse.

Our old cat used to drop mice into the SO’s shoes so he could have the fun of fishing them out again. Occasionally he would forget about one and wander off…

Our previous cat

As the spring and summer progress, the rats get larger until the cats are dispatching full-sized ones. These are black rats or “roof rats,” not the march larger brown or Norway rat.

New breed of cat?

Every once in a while you come across a cat of a different colour, such as this one:

Photoshop(tm) or food colouring?