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Memory Lame

Memory Lame

Posted by on Apr 30, 2022 | 24 comments

Well, mama had her caturday art all ready to give me for my blog, but she got caught up in watching a French cooking show called Carnet de Julie, and just when Julie, the hostess of the show (every Saturday at 4:15) was visiting the cave of a mushroom grower (!), mama suddenly exclaimed, “Oh, LOULOU, I forgot to send you the Lunapic for your...

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Filling Fun

Filling Fun

Posted by on Apr 29, 2022 | 18 comments

SOLITARY CONFINEMENT? Are you kidding? Do I LOOK as if I could bear it? NO WAY, Jose. 1. In May, I may __go round and round the Maypole! Whatever that is. 2. Ten years ago, I (mama talking) was __10 years younger, haha, but I feel and act the same now, but could someone help me get up off the floor please, haha? 3. I hope for a future in which __all of us...

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Housesleeping

Housesleeping

Posted by on Apr 28, 2022 | 26 comments

Ooh..a nice stretch on MY bed. I’m thankful for MY BED and those nice anthros who do our housework (read: mama and papa). We are also thankful for Seal and Dad with GOOD health reports.  Well, I was supposed to help mama and papa vacuum, make the bed, hang the laundry, you get the picture, right? Especially that make the bed part…...

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Trauma Drama

Trauma Drama

Posted by on Apr 27, 2022 | 22 comments

HA HA HA… …except I’m not, really! No way, Jose. I won’t have to be STUCK IN THIS CAGE again and get seasick and pee in the shower and…well, you don’t want to know… …but I’ll miss the cozy little ferry closet… HAHA, JUST KIDDING! Have a wondrous...

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How Does Your Garden Grow?

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Posted by on Apr 26, 2022 | 20 comments

Hey, mama, why doesn’t OUR garden look like the ones in the video? Well, these gardens grow quite nicely, merci! Have a lovely tour through some of the most beautiful gardens in the world. Tuesday’s post is never full of woe, haha. Hey, life is just a good roll in the roses,...

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Monday Giggles

Monday Giggles

Posted by on Apr 25, 2022 | 18 comments

Okay, okay I know it’s Aww Monday but we finally figured out how to get these funnies into the blog and wanted to do it on Sunday but…maybe a sparkling giggle or two for today, Sometimes things take a bit longer around here, if you get my drift. And we take our hats off to Ellen Pilch who now has two new kitties in her family after MUCH hard...

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Moon Commune

Moon Commune

Posted by on Apr 24, 2022 | 27 comments

Well, this is my selfie today. I was having a little tete a tete with Mr Moon last week and had mama do a “shoot”…. Today is Ukrainian Easter and mama is making their bread, laced with raisins and to be served with a rich cheese called pashka.  But we didn’t have the ingredients for the cheese…sigh. Mama says it doesn’t...

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Illustration Station Upon Reflection…

Illustration Station Upon Reflection…

Posted by on Apr 23, 2022 | 23 comments

Well, high five me, mama. At least you tried. Well, mama tried to photograph art that is framed (and it doesn’t come out so well, mama…). Lots of sun behind you won’t help, mama, but I know it’s a pain to un-frame! Uh, could you have photographed before framing, duh? Oh, well, we’ll just stick with this for Saturday Art Day. A cartoon for a restaurant in...

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Friday Frankness

Friday Frankness

Posted by on Apr 22, 2022 | 18 comments

I love___holding paws with mama when we snooze. Okay, okay, I added one…mea culpa. 1. A book or movie I (mama, that is) recently read ( or saw) that I recommend is __Next Year We’ll All Be Laughing, a brilliant memoir by Jacqueline Wainspear, creator of Maisie Dobbs. 2. I prefer to shop __with mama on Ms Amazon or Zoomalia or eBay.o 3. I have a lot of...

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Thankful For Ukraine Funding

Thankful For Ukraine Funding

Posted by on Apr 21, 2022 | 20 comments

This is a smile, in case you are wondering… Well, today we are thankful for President Biden’s pledge to the Ukrainian people to support their resistance to the monster, no matter what. His speech said it all. Thank you, President Biden. There are no words powerful enough to describe the courage of the Ukrainians, 🌺🌺🌺 And now, for a little...

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Fine Tooning

Fine Tooning

Posted by on Apr 20, 2022 | 19 comments

Hey, you mean I can’t talk on Wednesdays? Well, okay, no words from us today except that The New Yorker cracks us up so often, especially the brilliant cartoonist, Roz Chast. We just love this one, NO offense to anyone intended, just funny! And now that we don’t eat so much meat any longer…are we Beef Jerkys,...

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Foot Note

Foot Note

Posted by on Apr 19, 2022 | 21 comments

Wha’??? It that what I think it is? Looks like a foot…er…paw. Is that MY PAW? Whew, that was close! I thought for a moment I had five...

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Lundi de Pâques

Lundi de Pâques

Posted by on Apr 18, 2022 | 22 comments

HEY, it’s the Monday after Bunny Day! Am I dressed for it or WHAT? Well, it is also called Little Easter in Italy, or pasquetta. Here in France as in Italy it is a time to have meals together with family, preferably something with eggs, like a nice frittata.  Or a picnic with all of the leftovers from Sunday. I guess we’ll have chicken salad as...

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AHA! HAPPY EASTER

AHA! HAPPY EASTER

Posted by on Apr 17, 2022 | 18 comments

YAY…MAMA CONQUERED LUNAPIC. DUH, mama… Well, at least it spruced up that OTHER thing. Happy Bunny Day to all. Our tea eggs were about as successful as mama’s work on my photo, haha. Oh, well, deviled eggs, here we come! YAY!  ...

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Saturday Toons

Saturday Toons

Posted by on Apr 16, 2022 | 16 comments

Mama, you goofed beyond our wildest dreams!  And you’re an artist! Whoa…Photoshop workshop, here you come. I have NEVER felt so silly in my life… Well, I thought I’d put in a couple of mama’s silly cartoons to get back at her with this ear thing. Personally, I don’t get them, but who am I to say?  I’m a cat. Plus,...

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Fry-day Feves

Fry-day Feves

Posted by on Apr 15, 2022 | 12 comments

Thank you from papa for all the nice birthday thoughts. I’m busy right now getting my scritches but I did do the fill-ins… Well, we were challenged by these afill-ins but we straggled through: 1. I hope the Easter Bunny brings me __more of this incredible food papa found for me, by Animonda. 2. My favorite part of the Easter ( or Passover) meal...

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BIRTHDAY BOY

BIRTHDAY BOY

Posted by on Apr 14, 2022 | 20 comments

From mama… …and me. Happy birthday, papa! Well, another year just whistled by, but boy, did we have fun, papa, right? I sidle up, I turn over slowly in my Tuxie kind of way and guess what? THERE’S MY TUMMY, and I’m just waitin’, just anticipatin’ for the best rub ever!  And I had them all year long! Bon anniversaire, papa, and take...

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Prequel To Pacques

Prequel To Pacques

Posted by on Apr 12, 2022 | 18 comments

Mama, maybe you should take an online lesson in putting ears on kitty-photos, no? Well, mama is just helping me get everyone in the mood for next Sunday… She’s trying to draw ears on a photo of me but is failing miserably.  My other problem is that all the eggs are brown here so we can’t color them!  Maybe we’ll make tea eggs,...

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Blown Away Monday

Blown Away Monday

Posted by on Apr 11, 2022 | 20 comments

That wind blew me right over INDOORS! Well, Mya’s mama sent this WONDERFUL story that is our spark today. We were a bit worried about those face-masks, but you’ll see that they are an invention for horses and donkeys that are really marvelous. Let’s hear it for invention. And remember what Einstein advused, “Keep it as simple as...

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