Happy Birthday, Uncle Scotty!

I'M READY FOR CAKE!!

With apologies to Emmylou Harris...

"It's all right, 'cause it's midnight, and I got two more bottles of wine!"

(Just a plug for a local winery in Wise, Virginia.  Mountain Rose Vineyards is located on the site of an old strip mine and they produce some wonderful wines.  If you like muscadine grapes, by all means try their Sweet Mountain Rose wine! Elmer doesn't imbibe, but he likes to drink by putting his paw in the water dish and then licking the paw.  I thought the water bowl was leaking for awhile until I saw him one morning.)

In Honor of Mother's Day...

"Where are you going, my little one?

Where are you going, my baby, my own?

Turn around, and you're two, turn around and you're four--

Turn around, and you're a big cat, going out of the door."

A rose by any other name. . .

"Is this all you get for winning the Kentucky Derby?  I was expecting caviar. . .  or at least tuna."

Cats in the news

"Oh, look!  I have a lucky Mocha foot!" ~Bonnie

There are so many unhappy endings for animals, it's nice to have a few words of hope.  Here's the story of Corky, a kitten born with legs on backwards who won the hearts of rescuers.  He's undergone major surgery and is recovering.  He also looks like Fred.

Corky

Musetta's human, Clea Simon, is an author.  Living with her isn't all deli chicken and cream, though.  Musetta has a few choice comments to share:

Musetta 

Finally, Fred, Bonnie, Mocha & Rupert appear artistically in Susan Faye's blog.  I love her artwork and commissioned a family portrait.  You can see it here.

Signs of Spring

"I can't believe my eyes...."

"It's a catterfly!"

Happy Easter!

"I trust there's a chocolate bunny for me in this."