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Cat Travel: Gettysburg Museum Uses Cats in Civil War Dioramas

Friends, today we’re
excited to be kicking off a new occasional series about cat travel—not
traveling with cats, mind you, but
traveling to see cat-related attractions. And we’re even more excited to share
what we think must be the most interesting attraction in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Just in case you’re not up on your Civil War history, Gettysburg was the site
of a major battle between North

Cat of the Week: Abby in Baltimore

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 we’re introducing Abby, a lovely lady who is front declawed
and is really mellow. Abby

Book Review: Haunted Is Always in Fashion

On this Mysterious Monday (like our new button?), we bring you a quick review of a
fun mystery set in the South and filled with fashion, mystery, ghosts… You
know, the usual things.



Vintage clothing, murder, ghosts, and a psychic cat



Haunted Is Always in Fashion,
by Rose Pressey, is the fourth book in the Haunted Vintage mystery series, and
it’s the first book in the series we’ve

Sunday Selfie: Paisley Takes a Break

Today we join the Sunday Selfies blog hop hosted by our friends at The Cat on My Head. Real Cat Paisley was helping old SoLT in the office yesterday. She is most helpful when she curls up on the sofa and purrs loudly, as she was doing here:

Caturday Art: Webster Cubed

Today we're pleased to be joining our friend Athena's Caturday Art blog hop once again. Old SoLT has been having a lot of fun with LunaPic lately, so she went there again this week to create this cube of Real Cat Webster:







This image was created by first applying the Escher art effect and then applying the 3D Cube effect. Here is the original:

Test Your Cat Knowledge, Plus Friendly Fill-Ins

What's furry and fun and online?
The Pet Community!


We have two fun features for you this Friday. First, a
little quiz to find out how much you really know about cats. We’ll also
introduce you to a new thing called The Pet Community. It’s Facebook for pets,
basically. Then, Friendly Fill-Ins. Thanks for reading!



Cat Quiz

How well do you know cats? If you are like old SoLT, this
little

Flexy Paw Promises to Help You Take Better Cat Photos

Flexy Paws clips to your phone ortablet. The paw clip holds a toy or treatup to a half-inch thick.Photo courtesy of Paw Champs.


It seems so simple. Your cat is adorable and is constantly
doing adorable things, so it should be easy to get adorable photos of said cat,
right? Right?



Yes, we know how it really
goes. Your cat is being adorable, so you run off to find your phone, run back
to

Cat of the Week: Toby in New York City

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





Today we’re re-introducing Toby, a 12-year-old boy who we
think is quite handsome. We featured Toby once

Book Review: As Dark as My Fur

We are in love with this series by one of our favorite
writers, Clea Simon. As Dark as My Fur
is the second book in the Blackie and Care series, and it fully lives up to the
promise of the first book, with a darkness and grit that are engrossing but not
overwhelming. These are not the sort of lighthearted cozy mysteries we usually
review here. Simon’s characters live hard lives in a bleak

Sunday Selfie: Paisley's Face and Webster's Ear

Today we join the Sunday Selfies blog hop hosted by our friends at The Cat on My Head. This week's selfie was taken by Real Cats Paisley and Webster as they played the Cat Snaps game. It's blurry but cute, we think: