Don't EVER try and plant spring plants in the garden when you are
supervised by Miss Lily Whiskers or HRFL Tiger. I have spent today busy
planting a whole load of new plants ready for summer. It took me about 4
hours as I had to prepare the flower beds, and water the various plants

Iowa Library's Cat Has a  Rich Second Life as a Biography
Dewey the long-lived library cat with one of his  future biographers,
Vicki Myron, a librarian in the small town of Spencer,  Iowa.
By MOTOKO  RICH

I had Annie cremated.  The pet cemetery that did it sent me a very
nice handwritten note expressing their sympathy, and they included
some poems I thought I'd share.
MISS ME - BUT LET ME GO

It was early in the morning, and chilly. Little Feet was between my
pillow and Senyah's pillow. Little Boy and Dulce Mae were down by my
feet. Buster was sleeping on Senyah's recliner, while Bucky slept on
my leather computer chair.

On Saturday morning there was a grey cat lying on the pavement outside
our apartment complex, obviously well-beyond any need of help...
There's a big grey cat name Katzu who lives downstairs in our
building, and he's been known to escape the apartment occasionally...

Since Stinky got home from the vet today, Dante has given him a wide
berth.  ;)  Usually, Dante is thoroughly disrespectful of The Big
Dood.  Since he got home today, Stinky walks through the room, and
Dante stares at him with saucer eyes, puffs up, says "HSSSSS!" and

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Pam S.

My mom left her bottom dresser drawer open last evening, and I guess
shouldn't have been surprised to find Dante's head poking out with his
usual smug little look. ;)  He made himself very comfortable.  The
following conversation ensued:

One of the wonderful things about cats is their purr.  I think that
there are a lot of different types of purrs that communicate different
feelings.
One type of purr is the purr of realization.  The realization of being

Miranda here. I have to warn all cats, because who knows when your
hoomins decide to bing in one of these scary monsters into your houses?
OK, starting from the beginning, our hoomin went out yesterday, and when
she came back, she brought in this harmless-looking thing, like a ...

We all awww when our little ones do the upside-downey head thing, with
their big, loving eyes, don't we?
Well, today Basho put a spin on his cuteness that Tom won't forget
anytime soon. Tom was on the computer this morning, while Basho surveyed

Idiot Sightings!!!!
Be careful, be very careful
IDIOT SIGHTING: Gene and I had to have the garage door repaired. The
Sears repairman told us that one of our problems was that we did not

If we all didn't like Baby Eyes' name so much, I would have to change it to
'Ms. Hairball' because she could probably take 1st Prize for her hairballs.
For the last week or so, she has been producing a humongous one *every day*.
I mean, a 5-6" long, 3/4" diameter blockbuster of ...

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Thgis morning, I was lying on the bed. Bucky was near my feet.
All of a sudden, a black streak zooms into the room, leaps up onto the
end of the bed, and swat!swat!swat! slaps Bucky. Then the black streak
disappeared.