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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2006Cantate's Cat Pictures, finally!
Hi folks, I have read a lot of your posts but have been spending most of my computer time recently doing a blog on Yahoo! 360. I think you can see my cat pictures at http://360.yahoo.com/cantate7. You can't read the blog but I think you can see the pics. (There's not much blog anyway.) They're under Cantate's Cat Pics. I hope to be adding more; uploading takes a long time. Enjoy! Cantate and 5 Oh, yes, and if you can see my profile pic, that's me with Jona when she was a few days old. Cantate > Hi folks, > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Cantate and 5 Lovely pics! You have a great Chibi upsided0wyhead pic! Is Emma an Abi? I love her white outlined eyes. Gorgeous fur babies you have.  SignatureCheryl > Lovely pics! You have a great Chibi upsided0wyhead pic! Is Emma > an Abi? I love her white outlined eyes. Gorgeous fur babies you > have. Yes, Emma is an Abby and her registered name is Chiffin, but when we got her we had an A, B, C, D and had decided the next had to start with E! She is one princess of a cat (but a shameless pushover for attention). Chibi is my "noodle cat". Have you ever seen those cold Japanese noodles that run down a bamboo shaft of running water? She starts at the top of the stairs in the "upside down cute" position and noodles her way down the stairs to keep her chin in perfect skritching distance from your hand! She also noodles her way off the top of the bookcase if you scritch for a few minutes. She is also our "elevator butt" cat. No pics of that yet! Cantate > Hi folks, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > They're under Cantate's Cat Pics. I hope to be adding more; uploading > takes a long time. Your kitties are awfully cute! > Hi folks, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > They're under Cantate's Cat Pics. I hope to be adding more; uploading > takes a long time. Your kitties are very cute! > Hi folks, > I have read a lot of your posts but have been spending most of my > computer time recently doing a blog on Yahoo! 360. I think you can see > my cat pictures at http://360.yahoo.com/cantate7. You can't read the > blog but I think you can see the pics. (There's not much blog anyway.) > They're under Cantate's Cat Pics. I hope to be adding more; uploading > takes a long time. What beautiful kitties! But my goodness, how many do you have? I counted 5 or 6, though maybe "Cherry on the roof" is just a neighborhood cat? The very first photo is adorable, upside-downy head Chibi. (What does Chibi mean? The word is familiar to me but I can't remember the meaning.) Jona is also beautiful, and of course Emma is stunning. Who is that on the couch with Jona, the black and white kitty? The photo is called "nakayoku 2". Joyce Handsome lot. My God, that Emma really IS gorgeous. I mean STUNNING. > Hi folks, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Cantate and 5 > Hi folks, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > blog anyway.) They're under Cantate's Cat Pics. I hope to be adding > more; uploading takes a long time. Thanks so much! They're all great! I would like to see more of Chibi; for some reason that pic just whetted my appetite. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca Thanks for the compliments and questions! "Chibi" means "little". I didn't name her, my cousin did (she's in Japan too). When her family had to move into an apartment that wouldn't take cats, she was heartbroken, but I said (of course) that I'd take Chibi. Only four in the house, and Romeo outside. Haven't got a pic of him yet; he's still somewhat skittish, and looks like a pirate these days because he had a fight with somebody. He has, however, decided that our yard is his and that he is the defender and friend of all the ladies in my house. They like him, too. Cherry on roof is my first kitty, and that isn't the . She's the black-and-white one in nakayoku_2. Nakayoku means "getting along well" and it was so unusual to see any of the cats sleeping together that I just had to name it that! Cantate > Thanks so much! They're all great! I would like to see more of > Chibi; for some reason that pic just whetted my appetite. What you really need to do, Monique, is to come over and spend a couple hours skritching Chibi around the ears. It causes her to do the upside-downy face (called Noodle) or Elevator Butt. I think i didn't finish a sentence in the last one: I meant to say that Cherry on roof was not the best Cherry on roof pic I had; I forgot there were two. Will put the other up one of these days. Cantate Emma is B-E-A utiful ... very 'girlie' looking ... > http://360.yahoo.com/cantate7 > Hi folks, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > They're under Cantate's Cat Pics. I hope to be adding more; uploading > takes a long time. Awesome Pictures and great book list. I loved "In This House Of Brede," and "Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry." What other books do you like? Pam S. > Awesome Pictures and great book list. I loved "In This House Of Brede," > and "Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry." What other books do you like? > > Pam S. Books? Don't get me started. I especially like British children's novels: E. Nesbit, Noel Streathfeild, Miss Read (well, she's probably not writing for children but I like her books); other Rumer Godden books, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R Tolkien (they have been favorites since the 1970's), just about any book with ethnic flavor of any kind. My favorite cat book is Cats' ABC and XYZ by Beverley Nichols. I also enjoy "The Cat Who..." series and Cleveland Amory's "The Cat Who Came for Christmas" and his other books. I'm discovering many good old-fashioned books at manybooks.net-- at no cost! Also no storage space! My bookshelves are already overflowing. Cantate > I especially like British children's novels: E. Nesbit I read quite a few E Nesbit novels when I was in my 20s. The one I remember the best was called "Magic or Not?" It was the only one in that series (of the same group of kids) that didn't have explicitly magical events, but a lot of events were possibly magical, or maybe not. Do you remember those books very well? > Rumer Godden Ooooh... "An Episode of Sparrows". One of my favorite books from my young adulthood. I read it again when I was a little older, and it was just as good. Maybe I'll read it again. > I'm discovering many good old-fashioned books at manybooks.net-- at no > cost! Also no storage space! My bookshelves are already overflowing. Is that like an online library or something? Joyce > Books? Don't get me started. I especially like British children's > novels: E. Nesbit, Noel Streathfeild, Miss Read (well, she's probably [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I'm discovering many good old-fashioned books at manybooks.net-- at no > cost! Also no storage space! My bookshelves are already overflowing. I know what you mean by no storage space. We've overflowed Maude (Mike's Bedroom) and have branched into the living room, my bedroom, and need a library. It's not happening, but I can fantasize about it. My ideal house would be to renovate an old school. I'd have everything I wanted and more. Large library, big rooms, gaming room where the kids and their friends can play RPGs all they want, huge kitchen, enough room that the cats can have their own room and we can have as many people over as want to deal with the Shirk insanity levels. Of course there would also be the high taxes, heating and cooling bills, and idiots who want to trespass and get a glimpse of the famous Shirk insanity levels. I've never read any of the first authors that you've listed. I grew up on what a small inbred town thinks is appropriate for a person to read. I'm lucky they included Mary Stewart, Victoria Holt and my personal favorite Jane Aiken Hodge. When I discovered the library at college...well, I'm not noted for confining my enthusiasms. I discovered Science Fiction and Fantasy through my idiot sister and then again through Rob. I love the Cleveland Armory books, the series about Norton the Scottish Fold, most mysteries, though I prefer the more soft ones rather than ones by, say, John MacDonald, for instance. I told my MIL once that the best present anyone could give me is a gift card to Books a Million or Barnes and Noble. It hasn't happened yet. Pam S. >> Books? Don't get me started. I especially like British children's >> novels: E. Nesbit, Noel Streathfeild, Miss Read (well, she's probably [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > anyone could give me is a gift card to Books a Million or Barnes and > Noble. It hasn't happened yet. One of the compensations of getting older is the ability to really enjoy books you've already read once. As a confirmed library rat, it is wonderful. It isn't as easy for me to read as it used to be. Eyes don't cooperate, hands get stiff. Can't hear books on tape. Though I did enjoy a few before the hearing went bye bye. So I read in smaller doses and still enjoy. One solution to the storage problem is to firmly tell yourself books are meant to be read, and get them out there for others to read. Any book in my house is available to borrow or even keep. Except for a truly huge collections of cookbooks. Currently reading the Anna Pidgeon "Endangered Species" about Cumberland Island. Somehow I either missed it when it came out or read it after surgery or something and totally lost it from the memory banks. We vacationed on the barrier islands when I was a child to avoid ragweed. So its a double treat. Charlie has been in a funk with his teeth. The loose one is gone and he is sitting around waiting for the bone graft to get ready to accept a new tooth. Says he can't eat anything he has to chew. but when I took him out for Mexican Food yesterday, he was managing the chips and salsa. He has been watching way too much news on TV. I've got Master and Comander on tape around here somewhere. Maybe I'll make him watch that. Once he starts he will watch the whole thing. Maybe abandon him with Kayla as well. She is a very good therapy dog. Jo Got people going on books, didn't I? After I got home, I thought, "How could I have forgotten Charles Williams, fantasy and sci-fi, Celtic themes, etc...?" Maybe I should just take pictures of my bookshelves-- or catalog them, ugh! Jona did a "cute" for the roofing guy that came today; she was giving him the big-eyed owl look and he enjoyed it. Cantate > One of the compensations of getting older is the ability to really enjoy > books you've already read once. As a confirmed library rat, it is > wonderful. Also helps if you're brain damaged ;-) Rob keeps re-reading books from his basket that he swears he hasn't read before, but I've seen him with the book before, and know he read it as we discussed it. Multiple times. ;-) > It isn't as easy for me to read as it used to be. Eyes don't cooperate, > hands get stiff. Can't hear books on tape. Though I did enjoy a few before > the hearing went bye bye. So I read in smaller doses and still enjoy. I think I'd die if I couldn't read for a few minutes to an hour before going to sleep. My senses are well enough, it's the time to relax without all sorts of stuff hitting the fan. > One solution to the storage problem is to firmly tell yourself books are > meant to be read, and get them out there for others to read. Any book in my > house is available to borrow or even keep. Except for a truly huge > collections of cookbooks. LOL, we've donated so many books to friends over the years it isn't funny. It's a good thing, as we'd never have room if we didn't. If I could think of a way to be sure that they get to the remote posts that really need them, I'd donate a ton of paperbacks to the military in Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other remote areas. Anyone know of a way to make sure that the troops who really need them get any books I ship? > Currently reading the Anna Pidgeon "Endangered Species" about Cumberland > Island. Somehow I either missed it when it came out or read it after > surgery or something and totally lost it from the memory banks. We > vacationed on the barrier islands when I was a child to avoid ragweed. So > its a double treat. I love Anna Pidgeon. I used to fantasize that I was a forest ranger and lived in one of the forest watch towers. Sounds funny, doesn't it? Nevada Barr is a really good author and makes you feel a part of what is happening, doesn't she? I'm currently reading all sorts of short story anthologies for creative writing purposes. Someday, I'll actually be able to write without everything hitting the fan. And if you believe that, I have some great farm land for sale...complete with a bridge...and wildlife...and it's cheap at half the price. > Charlie has been in a funk with his teeth. The loose one is gone and he is > sitting around waiting for the bone graft to get ready to accept a new [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Maybe abandon him with Kayla as well. She is a very good therapy dog. Sending purrs for Charlie. Teeth problems are no fun. Gotta get him off the news, that stuff would depress a hyena. Pam S. >> Currently reading the Anna Pidgeon "Endangered Species" about >> Cumberland Island. Somehow I either missed it when it came out or [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > it? Nevada Barr is a really good author and makes you feel a part > of what is happening, doesn't she? Are they always so gruesome? DH bought a Nevada Barr book for me while we were on a mini ski vacation. I loved the writing and the character development, but wow, the events were haunting. This one took place in Rocky Mountain Nat'l Park (ie, locally) and involved a wheelchair-bound ex-climber, among other colorful characters. > I'm currently reading all sorts of short story anthologies for > creative writing purposes. Someday, I'll actually be able to write > without everything hitting the fan. And if you believe that, I have > some great farm land for sale...complete with a bridge...and > wildlife...and it's cheap at half the price. As far as I'm concerned, the most consistently great short stories are to be found in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. The yearly subscription is pretty cheap, and it's a tasty treat every month. Well, 11 out of 12. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >As far as I'm concerned, the most consistently great short stories are >to be found in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. The yearly >subscription is pretty cheap, and it's a tasty treat every month. >Well, 11 out of 12. I just bought a bunch of these (14!) from an opportunity shop (i.e. second-hand charity shop) near me and I've been less than thrilled with the standard of writing in them. We subscribe to Asimov's and find it really excellent and I guess I had high expectations from F&SF. The magazines date from the late 80s and early 90s. Mind you, that's not stopping me from reading each F&SF issue from cover to cover (beggars, choosers, and all that) and I have consistently enjoyed one or two stories per issue! I'd be happy to hand the bunch on to an Australian RPCA fan when me and DH are done with them, if anyone wants them. Forgive me for not offering them to an OS person, but international postage is exhorbitant. Tish >>As far as I'm concerned, the most consistently great short stories >>are to be found in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. The [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > find it really excellent and I guess I had high expectations from > F&SF. The magazines date from the late 80s and early 90s. Interesting. I first started reading them in the early 90s, I think. Me, I tried Asimov's a few times and wasn't so impressed. Must be a matter of taste. Although I haven't read Asimov's since many years ago, and I'm sure it's changed some, as I'm sure F&SF has, too. (Always thought it odd that Asimov had a regular column in F&SF, even though he had his own digest.) I usually find several of the stories in F&SF extremely enjoyable; if I don't care for one, I usually find that it was well-crafted, just not my cup of tea. I especially think this because DH and I usually have opposite takes on which of the stories were good. But then, I tend to find fantasy more compelling than science fiction. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >>> Currently reading the Anna Pidgeon "Endangered Species" about >>> Cumberland Island. Somehow I either missed it when it came out or [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > took place in Rocky Mountain Nat'l Park (ie, locally) and involved a > wheelchair-bound ex-climber, among other colorful characters. That was one of her more gruesome offerings. Though most of her bad guys are pretty creepy and others get pretty specific on fire and drowning and such. But that one did creep me out more than the others. There was just too much intentional cruelty involved. Jo > As far as I'm concerned, the most consistently great short stories are > to be found in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. The yearly > subscription is pretty cheap, and it's a tasty treat every month. > Well, 11 out of 12. Only 11, true, but 1 of the 11 is a double. Bud > Hi folks, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Cantate and 5 Great pics! I'm very much looking forward to more of them. Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek |
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