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Friendly Fill-Ins and Words with Webster

You are visiting our blog on a very
exciting day, one on which we are starting two new things that we hope will be
a lot of fun.





Friendly Fill-Ins

First, we are excited to be joining Friendly Fill-Ins for the very first time. In case you’re not familiar with Friendly Fill-Ins, they are basically fill-in-the-blank questions posed by 15andmeowing and McGuffy’s Reader. They are a fun way to

Did Vikings Have Cats? Of Course!

If you follow cats on social media,you probably saw lots of cats inViking helmets late last week. It'sall because of a new DNA study.Stock image by Chris Brignell, via Adobe Stock.



In case you are not tuned in to the cat news of the week, I
will begin this post by telling you about the recent kerfuffle (or should that
be kerFLUFFle in this case?) in the ancient-cat world. If you are plugged

Cats of the Week: Bonnie and Cordel

Well, it’s happened again. We went to pick out our Cat of the
Week and couldn’t decide on just one, so this week we’re introducing you to two
senior kitties who have both had some tough times in their past. Bonnie and
Cordel are both currently at the Washington
Humane Society’s Oglethorpe Street adoption center in Washington, DC. Let’s
help them find loving homes where they can enjoy the best

Book Review: Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d

On this Mysterious Monday, it brings us great pleasure to
share with you Alan Bradley’s latest Flavia de Luce novel, Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d. The book is beautifully written,
even in the creepy bits, and it has a cat.



Who is this Flavia de Luce?

If you’re not up on Flavia de Luce, don’t worry. We had
never read any of her previous adventures, and we had no trouble at all finding

Caturday Art: Webster Gets Framed

Welcome to our entry in Athena's Caturday Art blog hop. This week old SoLT chose a photo of Real Cat Webster resting among his toys (and by the way, resting among them is about all Mr. Lazy Bones ever does with toys). She went for a painting effect, which she achieved by applying an oil paint filter in Photoshop. She placed the result in a fancy frame from GraphicStock, and voila!





Here's the

Why the Cat Lived Inside and the Dog Lived Outside

A tale from Ireland, retold with some minor alterations by Miss Cuddlywumps




The cat had it made, spending her days
warming herself by the fire.
Stock image by wip-studio, via Adobe Stock.



Once there was a cat. 
Once there was a dog. The cat lived in a man’s house, where she liked to
warm herself by the fire and play with fun little toys the man brought for her.
The dog lived outside the

Book Review: Angel Catbird

I come to you today with mixed feelings. First, I am excited
to be reviewing a new cat-themed graphic novel called Angel Catbird, written by Margaret Atwood, illustrated by Johnnie
Christmas, and with colors by Tamra Bonvillain. I can’t wait to tell you about
the story and the art. But…



Well, let’s leave the “but” for the moment and get straight
to the good stuff.



The story

Angel

Cat of the Week: Emmy in Westhampton, New York

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! If
you can’t adopt but still want to help, look into sponsoring a cat in the
shelter or in foster care. It all adds up!











Wouldn't it be great to have a cat relaxing in your

Meow Like a Pirate Day 2016! Aaar!

Today's post is inspired by Meow Like a Pirate Day (or Talk Like a Pirate Day, if you happen to be human). Since history is  one of our themes, the Real Cats wanted to try out life as pirates from those days of yore when people said "Aaarr" a lot. We do not know if pirates had cats, or if they did, what those cats might have said. (Meeaarr? Meeaarow? These guesses are nothing more than

Caturday Art: Paisley and Webster Go Old-School

Welcome to our entry into Athena's Caturday Art blog hop for this week.  Old SoLT was playing in PicMonkey again, this time adding some old-timey effects to a picture of Real Cats Paisley and Webster:




She started with Fancy Focus to sharpen the focus on Webster in the background. Then she added a Daguerreotype effect, followed by Dark Edges, a Smudge texture to get the sort of grainy papery