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Smiles and Surprises 2017

Smiles and Surprises 2017

Posted by on Dec 31, 2017 | 22 comments

Well, let us ring in the New Year with a laugh.  Thank you, Daniel, who sends me funnies all the time, for this one. I must admit that when mama or papa scratches me…er…near my tail, I go into paroxysms of joy, whatever they are.  But I go into them. Now, dear readers, please have a safe and bubbly new year with nice things to munch and good...

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Climb Every Mountain

Climb Every Mountain

Posted by on Dec 30, 2017 | 8 comments

MARY SENT THAT? Thank you, Mary, and happy new year, too. Mary McNeil sent this lovely ‘gift’, this wondrous kitty for the New Year, and I know you’ll enjoy the story.  So moving. So you see that kitties can accomplish anything, with love and care and determination. I am just back from that HARROWING (whatever that means) sea cruise and...

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Chill Out

Chill Out

Posted by on Dec 30, 2017 | 0 comments

I think I had better learn to make whatever this is for all those bubbly-sipping anthros. I guess chilling out means icing the bubbly for some, since in a couple of days anthros will be ringing in the New Year with that little funny baby anthro in his diaper as a symbol of 2018!  Bet he’s cold running around in a loin cloth!  Like mama’s...

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Czech-Up

Czech-Up

Posted by on Dec 29, 2017 | 13 comments

Well, I won’t be able to do my blog today or tomorrow because I am in transito, between homes, and in this case, countries, so I’m just going to put in a few nice pics to keep you amused until we meet again.  Mama suggested this title because she is from Bohemian heritage (Czech) and, as usual, wanted to make a pun.  Oh, well, you gotta humor...

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Ciao, Ciao, Gattina

Ciao, Ciao, Gattina

Posted by on Dec 28, 2017 | 10 comments

WHAT’S THAT?  WE’RE GOING WHERE? IN MY TRAVELING APARTMENT (better known as CAGE)? Okay, okay, it’s comfortable enough and it’s only for one hour to the WOO WOO MONSTER!  And then the next day, only two hours to HOME, SWEET HOME, wherever that is. They tell me MY garden is awaiting my illustrious presence.  You don’t have to...

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Oh, Hear The Angel Voices

Oh, Hear The Angel Voices

Posted by on Dec 27, 2017 | 15 comments

Boy, we could lie here all day listening to that sweet voice. Well, last year mama asked Raena Belle and Dezi if they could persuade their mama to sing a carol on Christmas, and it was such a lovely surprise to hear that amazing voice singing not one, not two, but three excerpts from carols.  What a nice Christmas present for us all. Thank you so much,...

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Footsteps To Follow

Footsteps To Follow

Posted by on Dec 26, 2017 | 12 comments

I could have worn this to the Santo Stefano carnival, but I think it’s far away. Well, today is Santo Stefano, St. Stephen’s day and this short history will tell you all in a few short paragraphs.  But what mama loves most is the lovely song about Good King Wenceslas who, with his page, went out on a snowy evening and found a poor man gathering...

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THE DAY!!!

THE DAY!!!

Posted by on Dec 25, 2017 | 13 comments

Or, rather, the night!!! I WAS NOT INVITED TO THE VIGILIA, as it is called in Italy, the vigil.  But I had a vigil of my own thinking about this TUNA AND POTATO Pesce Finto (fake fish) that the little grandanthro, Margherita, decorated all by herself.  My favourite part is the tongue.  I think we have a budding caterer in the family, and she’s only...

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Ecco Santa? (Santa Is Here?)

Ecco Santa? (Santa Is Here?)

Posted by on Dec 24, 2017 | 22 comments

Waiting How long did you say I have to wait? MAMA, ARE YOU FUNNIN’ ME? Okay, napping and waiting for whatever it is I’m waiting for. Well, I may be waiting for you know who, but mamma has gone round the bend on Xmas Eve, evidently waiting for saner moments! She’s talking to FAKE animals on the street who giggle and make squeaky noises and...

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A Tail of Two Kitties

A Tail of Two Kitties

Posted by on Dec 23, 2017 | 16 comments

SEE! SEE! I have a pretty skinny LEG, too! GEE, I come into breakfast and twist around their chairs and rub on their ankles and look adorable and PAPA says, “Gee, Loulou, are you getting a little round in the middle?”  And then mama says, “Actually, take another look. I’ve been working out with Loulou and I think she looks very...

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Kooky Cookies

Kooky Cookies

Posted by on Dec 22, 2017 | 12 comments

Mama, can I help you pat out the dough for the almond cookies? Uh, no offense, Loulation, but…er…maybe next time. Well, mama is urging me to give you this EASY PEASY recipe for almond cookies for the holiday or New Year’s because 1. there is no fat or flour or cream or anything fattening in them and 2. they taste divine.  Even I, in my...

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Globetrotter

Globetrotter

Posted by on Dec 21, 2017 | 14 comments

Do NOT make me go to Nepal, PLEASE!!! Well, today I am posting a story from Yoda, a traveling kitty who really went the distance!!! I don’t do this often, but I felt it was interesting to see how we kitties are so resilient, and there are some very good articles on what cats can and cannot eat and more on the website. Mama finally open the photo of...

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Four To Go

Four To Go

Posted by on Dec 20, 2017 | 10 comments

Well, sooo…one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready and the rest is history…whatever any of that means.  I think I’m getting it. FOUR days until you know who, Mr. Red Suit, Babbo Natale, Kris Kringle, you name him, shows up down our chimneys and makes little anthros squeal all over the world. Not a bad thing if you’re...

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Orlando Furioso

Orlando Furioso

Posted by on Dec 19, 2017 | 9 comments

OOPS. Published without being finished.  Sorry! YOU TOOK A PICTURE OF ANOTHER DOGGY AT A PARTY TO WHICH I WAS NOT INVITED??? Well, Orlando Furioso is an Italian poem about unrequited love between…well…a guy named Orlando and Angelica, and it’s sort of a similar poem to The Song of Roland with the same theme, unrequited love.  Poor...

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Weary Waiting

Weary Waiting

Posted by on Dec 18, 2017 | 7 comments

I’m dreaming of a white Christmuzzle, just like the muzzles I used to know…la la la… Actually I have not really known many muzzles but this Christmuzzle promises to be short and sweet.  The best kind, if you ask me. All this build up, gift-shopping, gift-wrapping, gift-giving, paper-ripping, ribbon-ravelling, and what for, I ask you?  You...

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Photo Finishers

Photo Finishers

Posted by on Dec 17, 2017 | 13 comments

Well, so many of your lovely and funny photos on various blogs really make me smile, but I just have to put this link in to the funniest animal photography winners for this year, because mama and papa and I fell off our chairs laughing at the little owl and the singing frogs!!! Boy, I wish these photos came with sound!  Well, maybe not the bears, haha. How...

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Cheered Up

Cheered Up

Posted by on Dec 16, 2017 | 11 comments

Well, mama saw that I was a little blue yesterday and she consoled me really well and gave me tummy rubs and talked to me about how nice it is to be here with the little munchkin grand-anthros and their mama and papa and with papa’s ex, whom we love, and with papa’s ex’s cousin, whom we love and so I snapped right out of my mood indigo...

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This Is Christmas Cheer?

This Is Christmas Cheer?

Posted by on Dec 16, 2017 | 4 comments

Well, I am a bit agitated and blue today.  And I really wish to be laughing so that the world will laugh with me, as the saying goes.  Maybe tomorrow… In fact, I promise that tomorrow sweet nothings will issue forth from my little pink bocca.  Here goes: Mamma reads me the mews in the morning and today it was disturbing beyond disturbing.  Millions...

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Faux La La La La

Faux La La La La

Posted by on Dec 15, 2017 | 20 comments

Well, I am so, so frustrated that I just feel like rabbit-kicking this bed cover to kingdom come, wherever that is. You know why?  Because every day, and I mean EVERY day, outside our apartment, I hear what I am SURE are sleigh bells…chuh, chuh, chuh, as if they are being shaken in a perfect rhythm by you know who. IN FACT, THERE THEY GO AGAIN!!! AS...

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Santa Claws? Whatever That Is…

Santa Claws?  Whatever That Is…

Posted by on Dec 14, 2017 | 15 comments

Nothin’ out there yet. Wait a minute…maybe I missed something!  Do I hear sleigh bells (whatever they are)? Mamma, there is NOTHING OUT THERE.  What’s all this hullabaloo about some guy in a red suit showing up? Okay, that’s IT! I’m sackin’ out…too much stress on all of this. ***** BUT, you haven’t lived...

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