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Solemn greetings, cat enthusiasts. I almost didn’t post this today as I thought it might be inappropriate in light of recent events but in the end, I decided to post anyway.
Kuroneko has been extra fiesty this week, probably due to the cooler weather. She spends a lot of her time alternately stalking and loving on me. I captured her in an old stalking spot that she hasn’t used in a while:
In our Kuroenko picture of the week, she’s in an old paper grocery bag between the kitchen cabinet and the laundry basket. She looks soooooooo guilty because I caught her trying to bat at my leg on the way by.
But somebody else’ cat grabbed my attention this week too. I came home from work one day and the ducks were back. They’ve been spending a lot of time in the area and since I had my camera with me, I decided to get a picture:
But who is that in the background?
Looks like a wary kitteh, trying to decide if ducks are good to try to eat. I didn’t hear any kind of commotion later though so apparently the cat made the wisest choice and kept her distance. (You can click on the image to embiggen it. She really is a beautiful cat and very friendly. Unfortunately she probably won’t be around long since cats disappear around here a lot.) Later I spotted another cat with her but by then, they were on their way around the building.
In lieu of our normal obligatory cute kitten photo, we have pissed off cat in holiday gear. Via I Can Has Cheezburger?
And since we haven’t had our fill of cute yet, we have this youtube of kids at play and I do mean kids! Thanks for the link Barb!
I hope everybody has a better week ahead. It can’t be stressed enough to be safe and be with the ones you love as much as you can. But whatever you have planned for the holidays please remember to set aside some time to spend with the animals who share your life. They give us so much and ask so little. I know my Kuroneko is my love and my strength on a day to day basis and I can’t imagine being without her. I care about you all so please have a safe and happy holiday season.
(I said “holiday“. I’ll be on O’Reilly’s sh*t list for sure!)
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Good morning. Remember to hug your cat, (or dog or budgie or ferret or boa constrictor or ostrich or whatever), today!
Caturday!
It’s good you posted, people need a place to gather together
Hi Ellie. Glad we’re back up!
Thank you for this post. Cats are so restful when one is stressed. And you should be proud to be on O’Reilly’s list! Happy Holidays to you, too.
Thanks for posting Margaret. Everyone needs a break and you’ve done that for me. FDL was un accessible from here for a couple of hours this am. Glad it’s up again.
You know why O’Reilly’s an idiot? (Well in this context anyway) It’s because “Happy Holidays” covers the whole week of Christmas and New Years because, let’s face it: though many of us work that week, most of us don’t work the whole week and none of us want to be at work. I think Bill O’Grinchy needs a kitteh.
Sure thing spuds. Glad you enjoy it. :)
NOT Inappropriate, but much welcome. And, Im sick, so I can really complain. Take care. I posted a note about january Sojourner’s piece on Idolatry of Guns, 9mm Golden Calves. Saw it last night; so timely.
Maybe someone else can find a link. BAck to bed….
Sorry you’re sick. Feel better!
What did any kitten ever do to possibly deserve Bill O’Reilly as an owner? Talk about cruelty to animals!
For SHAME, Margaret.
To you and everyone else. I used a service to ping it from 50 locations worldwide and it was down down down …
Nice to see it up and running again.
mfi
Hmmm, I said O’Reilly needed a cat, not that any cat deserves O’Reilly…
Hi Margaret.
Woohoo! Hi Janis. It’s been a long time. How have you been? Apart from the obvious I mean?
PS: Lucifer the Lion of London Zoo.
mfi
GM, animal lovers. Hugs all around.
I was able to love on Adorable Boy this week. His fur is very soft. All of this is Dangerous. But as long as Mr. Sadness is with me, AB will stay where he is.
So good to see you! How are your kittehs and projects?
G’Morning, Margaret and All Lovies
You did the correct thing in posting this, as Ellie and others have said. Many of us need to reach out to each other at this time.
Picky has spent a lot of time in the last few days on my lap comforting me and I’m grateful to him. He’s a good kitty.
(And, ps, it’s nice to be back.)
What a great picture! Musta been a roast in the box!
WB demi. Good to have you back too. This is a regular reunion.
Heh. BillO needs a fairly short woman with a ball bat.
Good morning Barb. I hope things get better for you soon.
And, a special wave to markfromireland. I’m glad they re-posted your Coventry Carol this morning.
I’ll tell you something. I had taken a week long sabbatical from the Lake and when I read your post, I realized that it was time for me to return and so I did. I want to thank you for that.
He apparently already has the loofah.
Neko is on top of the monitor again but showing me the other side this time.
Hi Margaret, I’m doing fine. Cooper, Ki-Ke, Rosie and Yoda are all doing fine. Margaret, is there some way I can contact you privately? I’m a little worried about a mutual friend….
Hi bgrothus! All is well here…kittehs are using the enclosure less and less because its been downright COLD around here lately so they’re usually all piled up at my feet on the bed or following me around the house wanting me to entertain them. (and I usually oblige) Projects are burying me as usual…still trying to get a Christmas wall quilt done that should have been done and hung on the wall months ago! How are you?
Friendly wave back, and you’re welcome :-)
mfi
I just couldn’t resist!
mfi
I’ve heard tell that’s how they say I love you, and who among us hasn’t been loved?
My sonny and I were just discussing that yesterday! Picky almost always turns his “tail” to James’ face when he’s laying on top of him.
Thanks, I’ll share that.
Funny, he always gives me his face. Hmmmmph.
Your just lucky that way demi.
:)
ROFL.
Janis, we have been sending good thoughts your way, but apparently we should have been sending “help with the sewing” thoughts as well.
good to see you, demi!
Okay, not a cat story, but riffing off of Janis’ christmas quilt mention.
After my divorce, 11 years ago, I was looking to hook up with someone on match.com and really found some nice guys who were smart and we just enjoyed chatting online. One fella, I finally confronted and said, you’re married aren’t you? I told him I already had a married boyfriend. His reply cracked me up. He wrote, You caught me and you’re right. Married boyfriends are like christmas quilts – you probably don’t need more than one, and one’s probably too many.
If that made you smile, good. If it didn’t, just scroll on.
Barb! You are such a positive person and a welcome voice here.
((you!))
LOL…your married friend was right, demi….one is definitely enough!
Oh, that is a good one, demi. Occasionally the truth comes out.
Thank you for the kind comment, also. I’m afraid where the news of the day is concerned, I am not positive except inasmuch as nothing will change, of that I am sure.
Look…I don’t want to bring everyone down here but I just found out that Our friend Southern Dragon has passed on. I hadn’t heard from him in a while and as life does sometimes, I was caught up in my own life when I realized that recent emails had gone unanswered. I mentioned it to my husband last night at dinner and first thing this morning I searched out, and found, his obit. I am devastated. Some of you know that we had a history…he was one of the best friends I have ever had…and he even helped my son and I out back in the 80′s and let us live with him for a couple months while I was getting back on my feet after a rather devastating divorce. I now have to call my son and tell him, and I’m not looking forward to it. I am bringing this up because, like a fool, I thought he would live forever and never die so I didn’t make any effort to get the phone number of his best friend Joe so I could call and get information (or share in some comfort) when this happened. Does anyone here know what happened? What happened to his cats? Was he buried or cremated? Is there a grave I can visit next time I go to FL? And how on earth DID THIS HAPPEN?
Oh, Janis. So very sorry that you did not know. It has been devastating to all of us as well, but we were also getting regular updates. It was sudden, lung cancer, and his cats have homes. Nagi is in CA with yellowsnapdragon.
Wow. You have been out of touch. The short version is that Richard went to the hospital for a heart problem and was discovered to have stage four metastasis in his lungs. He did chemo for a bit and then he passed away. His cats have been taken care of by his friend Nancy and I know that Nagi and one other has found a new, permanent home. Our OmAli was very involved with all of those events and is now helping with the cats. When she comes around, she can give you much more information than I can.
Sorry I was absent for a bit Janis. I was on the couch and Kuroneko was asleep on my legs. You can contact me at {deleted}. I’ll leave this up until you acknowledge receipt.
Wow…I don’t know what to say…. Thank you for the information.
Thank you Margaret…got it.
Janis, I am so sorry. During the exchange, I thought we had heard that you knew. What a terrible way for you to learn. It was so fast, we have all been adjusting. But most of us do not have the long history that you had had. You can read more about the journey to get Nagi and the opportunity to meet some of his friends. Please accept my concern and condolences; I am glad you had such a dear history with Dragon. He had become important to many of us. Hugs.
Thanks…yuk. ;) And feeling lousssy.
Cool and no problem. We thought you must be privately grieving. If you click on my name, you can see the last few Pull Up Your Cat posts and there is a great deal of information there.
Thank you RevBev. Where can I read more about the journey to get Nagi…etc.?
Richard was peculiar when it came to friendships..I knew he loved me and he knew I loved him…30-some years we’ve been friends. I’ve devastated that he didn’t tell me… he was SO brave about so many things but such a damn coward when it comes this kinda thing.
I literally just found out….and I’m sorry to be such a downer here today.
Ok…so the kitteh’s, except Nagi, are in a sanctuary? I should at least try to get Mojo and give him a home. Richard named his Mojo after my Mojo, whose photo has been posted more than once to Caturday. My husband is going to absolutely HAVE A COW at the suggestion that we take on another cat (we have four now)but I need to try. So is OmAli who I contact?
Janis, he really did not have time to contact people. No internet at the hospital. He went in on Saturday, October 6, his last post here was on October 5. I don’t know if he anticipated it at all, but once he was in there, he was diagnosed a few days later, maybe mid-week the next week, and he was gone in 2 weeks. Or thereabouts. If you search for Nagi on the site, you will see the story of that, and OmAli posted most of what we knew in those last weeks.
It is not clear what he knew; he had been a bit down, I think. Not feeling so well. Then at the end of one week in Oct., I think, he went to the VA hospital, the CA was discovered, and he was there only a very short time. Om probably has the most details. I think the Nagi trip was just last week, identified as a Transcontinental trip. I think you can link thru Yellowsnapdragon. Right after she was there, they were going to have a small memorial service b/c his brother was still in town, if I recall the details.
Plus, after the diagnosis, they put him on a hospice unit where he was only a very few days…..
Janis, one of the other cats was adopted, not sure which one, to an older gentleman, if I recall. The rest of the cats are with sadlyyes, I believe, at her sanctuary.
Janis, my sincerest condolences to you and your son. I think no one had an e-mail for you, so while we talked about whether you knew, I think we assumed you did, but we did not have a way to contact you. I am so very sorry. This is a huge loss to his virtual community here, so none of us can truly appreciate the depth of your loss. We have cried and cried.
Hi Janis!
Nice to see you. I haven’t read through the thread, but I hope we have some pictures of your kittehs today!
Janis, incoming email at you.
Mojo has been placed and yellowsnapdragon has Nagi.
Crap. I was worried that you may have been worried about SD. We are all still grieving.
Nagi is cuddling on my chest this very moment!. He made the trip from Florida to SF Bay Area with me last weekend. I’m so lucky to have him.
There is one who didn’t make it to the sanctuary last I heard, he hid in the couch when Georgeanne’s sanctuary peeps came to get the cats. As of last week he was boarding at the vet with SD’s vet tech friend. I’ll look up who that is, but that cat was adoptable as of last weekend. Mojo found a new home already.
So glad to hear Mojo has a home. Thanks for letting me know.
I’m so glad to hear Nagi is with you! Did you get to meet with any of Richards friends while you were down there? Margaret has my email addy…please write so I can hear all about it.
Nagi today
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73310045@N07/8278685580/
That is a beautiful cat….sure looks at home.;) Nice.
Oh, Janis, if you are still here. Many of us worried about you and whether you knew.
I actually posted a friend request on your facebook page, but had to use my real name, which of course, you wouldn’t recognize.
It was terrible for all of us, even though we hadn’t met him in real life. We knew you would be devastated. I can’t imagine how shocked you must be feeling.
Mojo, as it happens, is the other of his kittehs who found a home, with a single older gentleman, I believe. Nancy (the vet tech friend) and Joe took care of the kittehs from the time he went into the hospital, and then took care of finding a place for them. You can imagine how much we here in this group worried about them all.
OmAli did yeoman work collecting donations from the fdl community to reimburse Nancy and Joe for the cat food and supplies they were paying for out of their own pockets, and to make a donation to Georgeann’s sanctuary where most of them went.
Gabby, the last we heard, had hidden from Nancy and Joe, only appearing after all the others had been taken to Georgeann’s, when Nancy went to check on the place one last time. So he is staying at the vet’s office, in hopes of finding another home, for now.
Richard (we all call him by his real name now) had mentioned feeling poorly, but (of course) put off going to the doctor. Then when he did go, he never came home. He didn’t have a cell phone or internet. Some of us were working on getting him a phone or tablet when he passed away, early in the morning of October 30.
You can see discussions among all the fdl’ers who were stunned, and who still miss him. Without his daily Lakeside Diner, much discussion took place on fatster’s roundup, posted in early a.m.
If we had had your contact info, believe me, we would have let you know. It has brought home to all of us that something similar could happen to any of us, leaving our virtual friends in the dark. I’m so, so sorry you had to find out this way, but glad you came to the heritage version of Richard’s Caturday.
Thank you so much Bgrothus. And my thanks to everyone else that has sent their condolences. Richard sure has a great group of friends, and as its always been, his friends are my friends. :-)
I’m going to take my leave now and wander around the Lake for a little while before I get on with my day. I’m so glad, though, that we have a new cat place to hang on Sundays and I promise, I will be back. Hugs all around.
I met his friend Nancy briefly to pick up Nagi at the airport. Email me at yellowsnpdragon@aol.com and I’ll try to put you in touch with OmAli if Margaret hasn’t already done that.
And Nancy if you can adopt one of SD’s kitties. I can’t find the email with the name of that cat who hid in the couch.
Hi, ysd, it was Gabby who hid out. (see my too-long post above).
Such a great picture of you and Nagi. It is comforting to know he is with you. He looks a lot like my Pushy, who is here being a pain, seeking head rubs right now.
I’m so glad Janis said she will be back. Understand that she’s in shock right now. We’ve missed her, too, haven’t we?
Darn it, have to get ready to go out now. Have a concert to go to at 2:00, and need to get ready quick. Was just going to peek in here, and then saw Janis’s post.
It was Gabby but they eventually caught her.
You’ll be welcome when you return. :)
Thank you…You have all been so comforting for me…I can’t stop crying but I know I’m amongst friends and others that loved Richard too. I KNOW how close people can become over the internet, my best friend (female) I met on a quilting list 12 years ago and I love her dearly.
I shouldn’t have stayed away for so long…life just got in the way. I’m so sorry I was so difficult to find. I’ve been raking my mind all morning trying to remember Joe’s last name so I could call him…he and Richard were best friends way back when I lived with Richard and we do know each other but never kept in touch…I’m regretting that now. I should have got his number from Richard a long time ago and I’m kicking myself in the ass big time for not doing that so if ANYONE has his number, please let me know. I hope that the cat quilt I made for Richard went with the cats to the sanctuary. I can’t think of a more appropriate place for it.
I just don’t know what else to say today. But I’m off…this time I mean it. Thanks to all of you…I really mean it.
:-) Good to know…
Thank you Margaret for posting and hosting,
On and off drizzle, insects flying around outside and of course the mice are up and about thinking it is spring. Old M had two laid out on the door mat to the back room this morning. I learned to hit the light switch before stepping out there in the wee hours. I grind my coffee out there so not to wake the rest of the household.
M is sound asleep in her chair after protecting her food dish all night. Not much else to relate. Nice to see everybody who has stopped by and commented.
I’m pretty sure OmAli has Joe’s number; she kept in touch with him while Richard was sick and in preparing for the cats’ re-homing.
I hadn’t thought about your lovely cat quilt! No one has thought to ask about it, I’m sure. Joe or Nancy would know, I guess. Richard had no will, so his brother was his only heir. I don’t know what he did with Richard’s things.
Many of us here and at the Diner suggested auctioning his books as a way to raise money for the cats…many of us would have loved to have one or more of his books on politics, or any of them. Haven’t heard any more about that.
Om Ali doesn’t always come to PUYC, but she may look in later. She’s had a rough time healthwise herself and with her husband, lately.
And now I really must go!
Those ducks also think it’s Spring and were mating two days ago. Just another way a warming climate puts stress on wildlife.
I wrote her to ask if I could put Janis in touch but no reply so far. Probably out doing holiday/family things…
Janis, please shoot me an email. Om would like to talk to you. I can give you her particulars. She is running out the door now and can’t post here right now.
I don’t mind M stressing the mice that might think the laundry room a good place to park for the winter. Fortunately that is the only room and separate from the rest of the house where they can gain interior access.
My daughter’s science class was taking part in regional bird counts and she has been out for hours after the official 1 hour count period today, with her camera, watching birds. I have attempted to introduce this type of appreciation of wildlife, but it seems her science teacher has stoked something that “dad,” could not. Woot!
Simmered a family heritage dish (two gallons) on the stove yesterday and have a bowl ready for her if she decides to re-enter the house for lunch. Did two small loaves of pumpernickel rye yesterday to go along with the booyah.
A seriously nice sentiment, but if I were literally to hug Romeo, I’d most probably lose a portion of my face. Regards to all–I too am sick and am going back to bed with Kleenex and possibly with Romeo. If I move too much, I’m disciplined with a bite. He hates it when I cough or sneeze, though, and invariably leaves the bed in a huff.
Every now and then, Kuroneko will find a mousie under the stove. Eventually she kills it and then waits for sometimes months for another to move in but one always does and she eventually always gets it.
Wow, me, too….sneezing and feeling terrible. Hope you’re better soon. I had a small burst of energy, and I thought I could get to the store….Not yet, I guess. Margaret, thanks for gentle company. Such a sad day…this is the time of year, a year ago, when Angela was getting seriously sick. She had already seen her vet and an emergency vet…..so sad. But she is on the Bridge and comfortable. A year ago when SD was telling me about the Bridge for comfort….who would’a thought? Peace.
Gosh, has that been a year already? Seems like only yesterday.
In a way…also seems long. Yes, her death was in January not long after Christmas….we had a very cold Christmas day last year, and I came home very early to check on the kid. Thanks for remembering…
Just in from a slow walk around the fence line of this forty as darkness decended. No wind, damp, moved a couple of deer as one can be pretty quiet. Mcat insisted in coming out as her favorite rain puddles were holding water to drink. She stuck close to the house and hasn’t wanted to come back in yet.
Hot chicken soup and home baked bread on the way RevBev and gesneri. Get well.
That sounds perfect…;) Thank you. Feeling better already.
Sorry you’re sick. I hope you get better soon. Kuroneko also takes it as a personal insult when I cough or sneeze in her bed.
Wonderful, hope you like it with a little extra garlic, they obviously did not put in enough with the recipe linked @78. ;o)
Something to remember.
Peace and Resolve.
Hi, RevBev, nonquixote. That booyah sounds, um..nourishing, and possibly delicious. Too bad you can’t literally take Bev a big bowl of it. It is sometimes frustrating to be so far away from our virtual friends.
I suppose as we age the death of our human friends must become more frequent. I was at a lovely concert today, an annual event (scroll down to today’s date for description. It is held at the beautiful chapel of Incarnate Word University, where the only other events I’ve attended were a wedding (couple since divorced) and the funeral of a friend who died way too young, in her forties. So I always feel a little melancholy along with the joy the music gives me there.
Today, I looked up at intermission to see the partner of the friend whose funeral was held there chatting with the people in the pew in front of me. She remembered my name, and we chatted a bit. It was nice to see her after a long time, but of course, I will always associate her with our late friend.
Thanks, nonq! I just love that song. Had never heard it before seeing that PPM special years ago. Got the CD somewhere(hmm, let’s see, where did I put that?)
In case anyone returns or is still around, I just have to post this, which showed up on my facebook.I know all cat people recognize this look…
So, HopeSpringsaTurtle, are ya here? (peering around in the ether[net]).
Kitteh!
Just hard….I lost a really good friend during this year, and I have been amazed how much my thoughts were around how we spent time last holiday. When I had hurt my foot, she was the best to check in….Glad you could go to such a nice outing…..
That kitteh IS too cute!!! and he knows it. ; )
Sigh. It gets quiet around here early, lately. Suspect peeps are just busy in real life.
A melancholy day, but still, glad to see old friends like janis and hopespringsaturtle, not to mention markfromireland.
And Peggy, I meant to say earlier how cute your two pix are of the ducks and the lurker in the background. Glad that kitteh was smart enough to leave them alone.
Well, I went to make some Mexican chocolate and discovered that I’m out! Both the solid, tablet kind and ordinary cocoa. Probably all thrown last summer when I discovered a bug infestation and threw out all kinds of stuff. Gonna have to make a grocery store run.
BBL, though, in case anyone comes by.
I’m glad she was too. She’s about the size of Kuroneko and way smaller than the littlest duck. And there were a bunch more of them that weren’t in that picture. It wouldn’t have been pretty.
Nagi exhausted after chasing the red dot.
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Nagi spots Abner
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73310045@N07/8278550581/in/photostream/
Abner sees Nagi
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73310045@N07/8279609424/in/photostream/
Nagi walks away
http://my.firedoglake.com/margaret/2012/12/16/pull-up-your-cat-9/#comment-178529
Just finished wrapping up the kitchen for the evening.
Thank you Margaret, a much, much needed touchstone, today.
LMAO! I’ll bet that dot’s a lot of fun on those polished, wooden floors. Are the kittehs getting used to each other?
You’re welcome. :)
No, sadly. We are having a lot of trouble because Nagi is soooo high energy and Abner and Gracie are old kittehs with little tolerance for youthful antics.
I wanted to ask the community for advice on the problem but real life intruded on my chatting today and didn’t get a chance to put the question out there.
I guess that will about do it for me today. I’m sorry that Janis just now found about about poor Richard but I’m glad I was able to help put she and OmAli together. I’m sure they’ll have a lot to share with one another.
Thanks for all who stopped by and pulled up their cat. Thanks for all who read and lurked. And thanks Jane for providing us this community which lets us all get to know such wonderful people.
Goodnight and have a good week.
About all I can tell you is to keep them under your control until they get used to each other. That’s a common problem and cats don’t do change very well. Still, it’s just been a week so I hope that more time is all they need.
G’night, Margaret! Be well and watch for flying Kuronekos!
Stopping in late–thanks Margaret for keeping up with Pull Up Your Cat.
ysd, yes, it’s just a week. Bound to be some conflict. Exhausting Nagi’s youthful energy with play is a good idea. They’ll get used to each other eventually, I’m sure.
Margaret, thanks for the postnhost on this, another sad day. Of many, and many more.
So glad we are all here, as much as we have been and will be, for those of our community who find it a comfort or a place to go.
These are difficult times, and what would we do without our friends?
Best to all and have a good week.