Happy New Year, everyone!!! This is a xmas morning cat, contemplating the latest toy to be added to the arsenal.
Enjoy the long holiday weekend, folks! Stay safe, warm and happy! (And don’t miss the first Ark of 2010!)
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Here are the two cats I’ve featured recently, only now they’re together and facing a mysterious other. There’s so much intrigue there, I had to add a little soundtrack (which do you like better?). Stay tuned, as next week, the shadowy figure will be revealed! Can you handle the drama?
Have a great weekend, everyone! We’ll be in transition here, as Emmie moves back to campus and we brace ourselves for the first day of classes on Monday (how this could be allowed to happen before Labor Day is a completely mystery to me!). Summer, we hardly knew ye! Of course, the creatures of the ark are steady as always…
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As part of the continuing series of creatures from my summer vacation, here is a housemate to the extremely gregarious cat I posted last time. This feline, though, is a bit standoffish, like a more typical cat, so we didn’t see her as often.
Happy August, everyone! It’s that transitional month between the pure summer joy and heat of July to the cool, breezy relief and busyness of September. Even while we’re trying to cram that last bit of holiday fun into our days, we’re also looking forward to autumn and the return to routine. And through it all, there are always and ever the creatures of the ark! Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!
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More of the creatures from my summer vacation… this one is a very active and friendly cat who just wore herself out. Fortunately, she found a nice patch of sun to nap in.
Be sure to check out the other creatures on the ark and have a wonderful weekend!
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I’m calling this one “Standoff!” A couple of weeks ago, you got to meet Boris, the Russian Blue who lives across the street, when he got stuck in a tree. Well, this past week, Nonnie got to meet Boris, and as it turns out, Boris has some balls of steel on him.
There’s a low fence that runs between our yard and the carport, to keep Nonnie from getting out into the road when we’re pulling cars in and out of the gated fence that runs around the perimeter of our yard. Ordinarily, Nonnie has to stay on the yard side of the fence. But when she noticed that Boris was poking around our yard, she became very frantic — running, jumping barking and causing all kinds of a stir. Other cats have come into our yard and gotten similar treatment, but they have always fled with all due haste. Boris just sat there in the carport and looked at Nonnie as if to say, “you bore me.”
It didn’t take long for me to get tired of the drama, so I figured I could get Boris to leave, thereby calming the dog down, if I just let Nonnie into the carport so she could chase the cat away. As I opened the gate, Nonnie quickly slipped through it, lunged at Boris — and then the unexpected happened: Boris stood his ground. He was not going anywhere. He drew himself up, puffed out his fur, flung out his claws and hissed his loudest at Nonnie. And that abruptly stopped Nonnie’s assault.
From that point on, they circled each other, neither willing to concede any ground and, after a few more lunges, neither willing to fight. I took some pictures for a few minutes but didn’t want to let things go on too long, lest they get out of hand, so I finally separated the two so that I could chase Boris away. He hasn’t been back so far, but Nonnie’s been keeping a very vigilant eye out, lest he should return.
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone (and a happy Norwegian Constitution Day and my mother’s birthday on Sunday)! There are, as always, creatures!
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There was quite the street drama here in the neighborhood last week when Boris, the Russian Blue who lives across the street, got stuck on the lowest branch of a very, very tall tree.
He spent the night up there and by morning, everyone in the vicinity could hear that he was very unhappy with his options for getting down. After giving over part of the afternoon in an effort to coax and/or prod him down, our heroic neighbor finally climbed up quite a long ladder to retrieve the cat, who was, by then, beside himself. Afterward, Boris did his best to pretend it had been some other cat up there making all that noise all morning…
Happy Friday, Mayday, Beltaine and International Workers’ Day, everyone! The creatures are, as always, boarding the ark all weekend. Have a great one (if you haven’t read it yet, check out my 2005 post about one of Chattanooga’s most bizarre May Day traditions)!
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G-Dog and I spent our holiday last weekend with friends, holed up in a cabin in Blue Ridge, GA. When we ventured out to explore the town, I ran into this enormous cat (the photo doesn’t really show his size, but check out his huge feet!). He wasn’t interested in any kind of interaction, but I did manage to snap this picture while he was trying to get away.
Have a great weekend! As always, the Modulator’s Ark has your full spectrum of critters!
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Well, here we are, back on the cusp of another weekend! And of course, we can’t get there without first paying our respects to the Friday Ark! Have a fun, safe and relaxing weekend, everyone! Here’s a monochrome cat to take you in!
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Since I’m posting this from western New York (after two long days in the car) and don’t want to miss out on family gathering fun, I’ll just let the cats of Turkey speak for themselves.
Have a great weekend (You know the drill!)!
Continue reading ‘Friday Creature’
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I met this incredible cat with amazing brown eyes when we went to visit an artist last week, just a few days after Christmas. The artist was brilliant and talked quietly about his work while letting us peak through the many pieces in his studio. We very much enjoyed our visit and while we were there, this cat fell in love with one of my ankles and would not leave it alone or let go (this second photo is by DD):
I hope and trust the new year is working out for everyone. Be healthy, warm and at peace as we all find out what 2008 has in store for us. And when you have a chance, go check out the first ark of 2008! Have a great weekend!
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