From commentor Johannes: My wife, who occasionally comments as “La Caterina” helps operate a largish feral cat colony here in Brooklyn. One of her colleagues has found a 3 1/2 month old cat that she calls Sanders. She writes the he was found with one eye very badly damaged by a trauma, that he is …
Cat Blogging
Let’s Talk about Pets, Baby
I’m still kind of chuckling that as my father was lying, possibly dying, in a hospital emergency room, his primary focus was not seeing his firstborn son one last time, but making sure his dogs were walked, put to bed, and doted on. It really is crazy how much we love our animals. I’ve always …
Lemurs on Newt
Anne Laurie has already mentioned the Pets on Newt 2012 (#maynotbeitsactualname) website. You may not know it is now up and running. I stumbled upon it today and need to share it with you, because I am a vengeful old cow. I will excerpt the relevant parts, for those of you who don’t want to …
Mid-Day Open Thread
Been a shitty couple of days (except for that big win last night), so I think we all need a mid-day bit of kitty porn: I’ve never met another cat who makes relaxing look so natural. He wasn’t born to hunt and prey, he was born to laze.
Open Thread: Merry Xmas, Monkeythumbs
From commentor BD in MN: Guinness is the latest in the BD household menagerie, currently down to one dog; Bruno, and two cats; Guinness and Tigger. All of our dogs have been Humane Society rescues, and all of the cats just sort of found their way to our house. Guinness just showed up meowing at …
Balloon Juice 2012 Calendar
I just got word from Beth S. that she has completed the Balloon Juice 2012 calendar, and it is now available for purchase. I hope each and every one of you takes a moment to than Beth S. for all the hard work she did putting this together for us, as she picked up where …
‘Tis the Season of Giving
I was sitting here in the lazyboy, enjoying the solace, and my guilty conscience kicked in. You’ve been begging for pics for days, so I got up and took some: Speak and Whisper are hiding in the basement, and Rosie is guarding/chewing a chew toy underneath the spare bedroom bed and won’t come out.