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Caturday Art: Paisley Stamped

We're joining Athena's Caturday Art blog hop with this image of Real Cat Paisley:






Old SoLT did this by cropping the original and applying the stamp filter in Photoshop, playing around with the settings until she got a result that looked something like a block print. She has loved linoleum and woodblock prints ever since she took a printmaking class in high school a long, long time ago. The

Words with Webster: Catshark, Plus Friendly Fill-Ins

We have two fun features for you this Friday. First up is
Words with Webster, in which he tells us about something…sharky. Also, be on
the lookout for three bonus words. This is followed by Friendly Fill-Ins.



Words with Webster



Hi, all! It’s me, Real Cat Webster. Welcome to Words with
Me. Today’s word is “catshark.” I picked this word because today, July 14, is
Shark Awareness Day, and I

Norwegian Forest Cat: The Official Cat of Norway

The Norwegian Forest Cat is a cat after my own heart because
it has been around for a long time and has appeared in the mythology of its
country of origin. Obviously I am speaking of Norway, and the mythology is
Norse. But I am getting ahead of myself. Let’s meet the cat first.



A sturdy, affectionate, and gregarious breed




Norwegian Forest Cats are known for being affectionate,
gregarious,

Cat of the Week: Tiny in Baltimore

During the month of July, several
shelters in our home state of Maryland are offering free cat and kitten
adoptions through the Maryland 2000 program. Most of the young kittens won’t
have any trouble getting a lot of attention, but there are also so many older
cats in shelters just waiting to be welcomed into a loving forever home. That’s
why each week in this space, we feature a senior

Cat Classics on Film: Bringing Up Baby (1938)

What do you get when you combine Katherine Hepburn, Cary
Grant, and a leopard? The short answer is hilarity. The longer answer is the
1938 Howard Hawks film Bringing Up Baby.



The plot



Dr. David Huxley (Cary Grant) is a paleontologist who is on the
verge of completing the brontosaurus skeleton he has been working on for four
years. All he needs is one more bone (the “intercostal

Sunday Selfie: Paisley Says No

This week, Old SoLT asked Real Cat Paisley if she would do just one more cute Sunday Selfie while she's still wearing her recovery gown. Paisley said no.




Anyway, we're joining the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by The Cat on My Head.

Caturday Art: Colorful Paisley

We're joining Athena's Caturday Art blog hop with this colorful picture of Real Cat Paisley:




We kept it simple this week. Old SoLT used the Flower art effect in LunaPic and then added a gradient background in Illustrator. Here's the original:




Paisley is due to get her stitches out next week, and then no more recovery gown! Yay!

Words with Webster: Whisker, Plus Friendly Fill-Ins

We have two fun features for you this Friday. First up is
Words with Webster, in which he tells us about something that is common to cats. This is followed
by Friendly Fill-Ins.



Words with Webster



Hi, all! It’s me, Real Cat Webster. Welcome to Words with
Me. Today’s word is “whisker.” I know, we all know what whiskers are, right?
They’re those “long projecting hairs or bristles growing

Simon of the Amethyst and the Yangtze Incident

The events we describe in this post occurred in 1949 on
China’s Yangtze River. China was in the midst of a civil war between the
Nationalists, under Chiang Kai-Shek, and the Communists. At the time of the
Yangtze Incident (also called the Amethyst
Incident), the British Embassy was located in Nanking (Nanjing), on the lower
Yangtze River. The embassy was protected by a Royal Navy ship.

Happy Fourth of July

Have a safe and happy Fourth, and don't forget about pet safety!