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Cat Classics on Film: Breakfast at Tiffany’s

I will open this post by saying, if you have not seen Breakfast at Tiffany’s, something is
missing from your life, and that little hole could be filled completely if you would
just spend about two hours watching this film. Not because of the romance or the
comedy or because you could look at Audrey Hepburn for a very long time and
never get tired of it. No, it’s because of the masterful

Sunday Selfie: Paisley Takes Control

This week for the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by our friends at The Cat on My Head, we have this shot of Real Cat Paisley helping out with the blog recently. In fact, she was helping out while old SoLT was putting a different picture of her on the blog for a Sunday Selfie. So you might say that this picture is a selfie of a selfie.

Caturday Art: Paisley's Valentine

For Today's Caturday Art, Real Cat Paisley wanted to send you a slightly early valentine. She got some help from old SoLT to make this picture, which we are entering in Athena's Caturday Art blog hop:




Old SoLT made this in PicMonkey. Well, first she imported the original photo into Lightroom to crop it, adjust the exposure and lighten the shadows. Then it was over to PicMonkey, where she

Words with Webster: More Ways to Say “Cat” Historically, Plus Friendly Fill-Ins

Words with Webster




Hi, everybody! Webster here, with
a brand-new installment of Words with Me. Today I’ve collected a bunch more old
ways to say “cat.” This list continues the much shorter list I started last
year in this
post. Once again, the terms are from Oxford English Dictionary’s Historical
Thesaurus, and they’re arranged in order from newest to oldest:



Pussy: (1699) A
colloquial

Cats in Space: Cat’s Paw and Cat’s Eye Nebulas

People name all sorts of things after cats, and not all of
those things are on Earth. At least two of those things are way out in space:
the Cat’s Paw and Cat’s Eye Nebulas.





This image from the ESO’s Very Large Telescope Survey

Telescope shows the Cat’s Paw Nebula (NGC 6334) in the

upper right and the
Lobster Nebula (NGC 6357) in the lower left.

Image credit: ESO.





Cat’s Paw Nebula

Cat of the Week: Snow White in Washington, DC

Each week in this space, we feature a senior cat in need of
adoption or sponsorship. Please remember all the older cats in shelters. They
make great companions, and unlike kittens, they (probably) won’t climb the
curtains! Adopt a senior cat, and help him or her enjoy the best years of their
life.





Today,
say hello to Snow White, a beautiful white British Shorthair who looks like she
stepped

Book Review: Murder Go Round

On this Mysterious Monday, we bring you a brief review of
the latest book in the Witch City mystery series from Carol J. Perry. It’s
called Murder Go Round, and it has so
much going for it, it’s hard to know where to start. So I’ll start with the
basics.



A scryer, a storage locker, and a Russian princess

Lee Barrett is a young widow who lives in a pretty terrific
house in Salem,

Sunday Selfie: Webster at Work

We're joining the Sunday Selfies blog hop today, hosted by our friends at The Cat on My Head. Real Cat Webster actually showed up for work a few times this week (he's semi-retired now and only shows up when he's "in the mood"). One time he stayed long enough to take this selfie:

Caturday Art: Aqua Acid Paisley

Today we're joining the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by our friend Athena. Old SoLT kept it simple this week, choosing the first effect in LunaPic (Acid) that she liked and then hopping over to PicMonkey to add a frame. We like how Paisley's fur came out:





Here's the original:

Friendly Fill-Ins for February 3

Due to a looming deadline and lack of time, we have just one Friday feature for you on this fine day: Friendly Fill-Ins, from 15andmeowing and McGuffy’s Reader. They are a fun way to learn a little bit about the authors of the blogs you read. The first two questions, answered by Real Cat Paisley this week, are from Ellen of 15andmeowing, and the next two, answered by old SoLT, are from Annie