Cat Classics on Film: Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Today’s Cat Classic is Disney’s animated version of Alice in Wonderland (1951), featuring,
of course, the Cheshire Cat.




The plot and the cat

Young Alice (voiced by Kathryn Beaumont) is a rather silly
daydreamer whose imagination is so much more interesting than the boring old
real world. One day while she’s supposed to be listening to a reading about
history, Alice sees a well-dressed

Cat of the Week: Oliver

Each week in this space, we feature an
older adult or senior cat (7 years +) in need of adoption or sponsorship. Mature
cats make great companions, and unlike kittens, they (probably) won’t climb the
curtains! Adopt an older cat, and help them enjoy the best years of their life.



Today we’re featuring a cat we have featured before. Oliver is an 8-year-old gentleman who is so sweet and

Book Review: A Passion for Haunted Fashion

On this Mysterious Monday, we are pleased to bring you our
review of A Passion for Haunted Fashion,
the latest Haunted Vintage mystery from Rose Pressey. This is the series that
combines murder, fashion, ghosts, a generous dose of humor, and a cat who uses
a Ouija board to communicate. It is such fun!



The plot

In A Passion for Haunted
Fashion, vintage clothing boutique owner Cookie

Sunday Selfie: Paisley Undercover

A couple nights ago, old SoLT was putting clean sheets on the bed, and Real Cat Paisley decided to get involved (as cats will do). At the same time, she decided to take a quick selfie. So this is Paisley undercover:




It's kind of blurry, and of course that's entirely old SoLT's fault. She did put a sepia filter on it so you could see Paisley a little better, though.

We're joining the Sunday

Caturday Art: Sci Fi Webster

This week's Caturday Art is from Dreamscope again. This is another one that took only 24 hours to complete, and we think it turned out pretty cool. Real Cat Webster looks like he's gone sort of science fictiony:




By the way, we're pretty sure this is the Data Pagan effect. We'd show you the original, but old SoLT is having a "middle-age moment" (seems to be a permanent thing now) and can't

Pet Photo Fails: Blurry Tortie, Blurry Tabby

Welcome to the very first edition of the Pet Photo Fails Blog Hop! We're all here to have a little fun on a Friday, so let's get right to it.

Real Cat Webster is ready to kick things off with what was supposed to be a selfie, we think. Whatever it was going to be, it's a fail because old SoLT wasn't steady enough and she jiggled the camera. Too much coffee, old SoLT?:





Next up, we have Real

Tibs the Great: Number One Cat of the British Post Office (1950-1964)

Over the years, cats have held many official positions in government
and business. Often, their main duties were to control rodents, and such is the
case with our subject today, a 23-pound tabby named Tibs.







Tibs in his basement domain.


Tibs the Great, as he was known, served as the “number one
cat” of Britain’s Post Office Headquarters for nearly 14 years. Born in 1950, he
arrived at

Cat of the Week: Hunter

Each week in this space, we feature an
older adult or senior cat (7 years +) in need of adoption or sponsorship. Mature
cats make great companions, and unlike kittens, they (probably) won’t climb the
curtains! Adopt an older cat, and help them enjoy the best years of their life.







Today we’re introducing this handsome fellow named Hunter. He is an 8-year-old male who is medium sized and

Cat Classics in Print: Warriors Book 1: Into the Wild

Old SoLT has been wanting to read this series since it first
started in 2003, but somehow she has never gotten around to it before now. We
sort of wondered if the first Warriors book, Into the Wild, can truly be considered a classic when it’s only 15
years old, but considering the sheer number of novels, novellas, “super
editions,” manga, and guides it has spawned (not including box sets,

Sunday Selfie: Webster on a Rainy Saturday

Real Cat Webster paused on yesterday's rainy morning to take this selfie:





We're joining the Sunday Selfies Blog Hop, hosted by The Cat on My Head!

Caturday Art: Paisley with Bokeh Gone Wild

This week's Caturday Art is--finally--from Dreamscope. It's one that we started a while ago and finally got back last week:




Old SoLT tried the Bokeh Treats effect,and we think it came out looking pretty cool, although we do wish it hadn't softened Paisley quite so much.

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Caturday Art: Paisley Repurposes a Selfie

What do you do when you need something for Caturday Art in a hurry? Why, you take your most recent Sunday Selfie and use a couple LunaPic effects on it!




For the record, this is the Tattoo art effect at about 50% (old SoLT forgot to write down the exact number) and the Landscape art effect at 15% (because what's LunaPic art without a little Landscape effect?).

We're joining the Caturday Art

Words with Webster: Cat, Plus Friendly Fill-Ins

We have two fun Friday features for you today. First up is
Real Cat Webster, who has a really old feline word to share. After that, it’s
on to Friendly Fill-Ins!



Words with Webster




Hi, everybody! It’s me, Real Cat Webster. Welcome to Words
with Me. Today’s word is “cat.” Finally! I have been promising to do this word
for a while now, and this week Mommy said we could do it. I don’t know

Jimmy the Cat: Mascot of the HMS Renown

Some cats get around more than others, and Jimmy the cat, a fluffy, light-colored fellow who lived during World War I, had experiences on land and sea that most of us
can’t imagine.



Jimmy “transfers” from land to sea


This pastel drawing of Jimmy was done by Georgina Shaw Baker.
National Maritime Museum, Greenwhich, London. [CC BY-NC-SA].



We’re not sure where he started life, but

Cat of the Week: China

Each week in this space, we feature an
older adult or senior cat (7 years +) in need of adoption or sponsorship. Mature
cats make great companions, and unlike kittens, they (probably) won’t climb the
curtains! Adopt an older cat, and help them enjoy the best years of their life.







Today we are excited to introduce the lovely little China. She is a 13-year-old lilac Tonkinese mix. China

Book Review: CatStronauts: Robot Rescue

Today we are pleased to bring you our review of the fourth
book in Drew Brockington’s CatStronauts series: Robot Rescue. We love this series of graphic novels in which cats
explore space, and Robot Rescue may
be our favorite so far.



In this volume, Cat-Stro-Bot—a robot created by Blanket the
cat—is on the surface of Europa constructing a drill to search for water, and
possibly life. All

Sunday Selfie: Paisley Supervises

This week's Sunday Selfie captures Real Cat Paisley hard at work on her previous week's selfie. Really, nothing would get done around here without a tortie to supervise!





We're joining the Sunday Selfies Blog Hop, hosted by The Cat on My Head!

Caturday Art: Happy Cinco de Mayo!

This is the kind of day we're expecting this Cinco de Mayo:







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Words with Webster: Ounce

We have just one fun Friday feature for you today. Today’s
post is all on Real Cat Webster, who has a wild word to share.



Words with Webster



Hi, everybody! It’s me, Real Cat Webster. Welcome to Words
with Me. Today’s word is “ounce.” If you missed yesterday’s post about heraldry, you might be wondering what an ounce, as in “16 ounces in a
pound,” has to do with cats. Well, that’s not the

Cats in Heraldry

The coat of arms of Benin, featuring
two natural leopards rampant.


Our subject today is a big one: heraldry, and specifically
the use and symbolism of cats (mostly wild cats) in heraldry. The subject of heraldry
can get complicated fast, but we’re sticking to some basics to keep it simple.
First, we'll look at what heraldry is and where it came from, and then we'll explore what cats

Cat of the Week: Rusty

Each week in this space, we feature an
older adult or senior cat (7 years +) in need of adoption or sponsorship. Mature
cats make great companions, and unlike kittens, they (probably) won’t climb the
curtains! Adopt an older cat, and help them enjoy the best years of their life.





 
Today we are pleased to introduce Rusty, a handsome orange tabby fellow who is 13 years old. Rusty is a