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READ GARFIELD'S FIRST
CHRISTMAS LETTER
HERE!!!!
Praise for Garfield's First Christmas
Mewsletter ....
Please tell Garfield
that his Christmas Letter was one of the most heartfelt I've ever read. Ed
Kostro Dec 2005
CHECK OUT RICKY'S YOGA SESSIONS
HERE:
One cat is
company. Two cats are a conspiracy. Three cats is an attempted takeover.
Four or more cats is a complete coup!
Shona Steele
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5 GOOD REASONS FOR
HAVING YOUR CAT NEUTERED
DID YOU KNOW... |
Images brought to you
by
'The smallest feline is a masterpiece.' Leonardo da Vinci
'Dogs come when called. Cats take a message and get back to you.'
'Of course, every cat is
really the most beautiful woman in the room.' Edward Verrall Luca, essayist
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A morning kiss, a discreet
touch of his nose landing
somewhere on the middle
of my face.
Because his long white
whiskers tickled,
I began every day laughing.
JANET F FAURE |
| 'Dogs have owners.
Cats have staff.'
'In the
middle of a world that has always been a bit mad, the cat walks with
confidence.'
Roseanne Anderson
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Jimmy, the Resident Daily Mews Feline Columnist has his own place now:
click here
'Cats make one of the most satisfying sounds in the world: they purr ...
A purring cat is a form of high praise, like a gold star on a test paper. It
is reinforcement of something we would all like to believe about ourselves -
that we are nice.' - Roger A Caras
"Of all the [cat] toys available, none is better designed than the owner
himself. A large multipurpose plaything, its parts can be made to move in
almost any direction. It comes completely assembled, and it makes a noise
when you jump on it." -- Stephen Baker
Garfield: 28.03.86 - 12.06.06
Click on the cartoon to take you to Garfield's
tribute pages
GARFIELD and
those infamous 20th birthday pictures. See both birthday hats and more ...
LETTER FROM GARFIELD
is a final letter written with great love to his Mum ...
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CATS AND
DUCKS
by Clara Wersterfer
Texas, USA
There are three ducks who
think of my yard as their home. Two are females and one male. They come each and
every day from the river. Our home fronts on the river and is about 300 feet
from the water all uphill. It's another 200 or so feet to the street.
Each day the ducks come
and wait patiently for a handout. When we feed the outdoor cats, the ducks
shovel the food in faster than we can pour it out. Don't tell me to give them
their own dish, they love eating with the cats.
I knew one of the female
ducks was sitting on eggs somewhere nearby. She was missing for several days and
then appeared for only a few minutes one day. A sure sign that she had to get
back to her nest. It was a work day for me, and no time to watch and wait to see
where she was nesting.
About a week ago, I
discovered her by accident sitting in the yard about five feet from the street.
She was under the cascading leaves of a cactus plant, very well concealed. Now
came a time of worry. She was 500 feet from the river. I have several outdoor
cats. How was she going to get those babies all that distance to the water
without the cats eating them? My cats are big time hunters, I hate it, but they
are cats.
This morning I fed the
cats and later went to collect the newspaper. There sat the mother duck with ten
babies. Six are yellow and four are black. (Mom is black and white.) Apparently
they had hatched on Easter Sunday. She was surrounded by four cats that were all
sniffing the ducklings. The mother was not hissing or acting afraid of the cats.
This bunch broke bread together. None of the cats made any attempt to grab or
harm the babies! Just looked as if admiring them and then smelling them. I
didn't know how long it would take them to want to taste.
I was praying hard as I
walked slowly to them. I shooed the cats and gathered the babies, cramming them
into the pockets of my robe and holding others in my hands. I couldn't hold them
all and had to pull up the hem of my robe to form a nest to put them in. Once
this was done and I had them all safe, I opened the gate to the riverside yard
for the mother to pass through. Getting them safely to the river was a chore as
they kept climbing and jumping down. The mother followed me and several cats
followed behind her. What a parade!
None offered to snatch up
the little ducks when they jumped from my robe pockets. We made it without a
single loss!
I placed the babies on the
grass at the waters edge. Mom jumped in and called to the babies to join her. In
less than a minute they were all in the water.
I breathed a sigh of
relief as they all swam away in a straight line directly behind mom. Walking
back up the hill, I thought it was a perfectly wonderful day.
© Clara
Wersterfer
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Dear
Ollie, My name is Timber, and I'm on your side about this cat-food
thing. I mean really, my mum tried to serve me LIVER AND CARROT
MEAL!!!! I immediately walked away! So I'm so on your half
on this Ollie!
Love, Timber (USA)
To read
Timber's in-depth comments about food, please click
here:
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Top 10 Cats’ Names in 2007 |
- Molly
- Felix
- Smudge
- Sooty
- Tigger
- Charlie
- Alfie
- Oscar
- Millie
- Misty
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DID YOU KNOW ...
putting your cat's name on his collar
is asking for trouble?
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MEWSLETTER ARCHIVES is a
new section where all the past MEWSLETTERS are stored. Read
through them at your leisure or better still, subscribe to the
MEWSLETTER which is free each month!!! |
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Testimonials
Ollie's diary is the most adorable thing I've ever read!!
I've just found your website today, and I can't stop reading his
funny entries. My face hurts from laughing! Thank you for
brightening my day. Naomi Harris USA (May 2005)
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A Cat's Prayer'
Lead me down all the right paths,
Keep me from fleas, bees, and baths.
Let me in should it storm,
Keep me safe, fed, and warm.
Let the sun shine where I lay,
Keep me young so I may play.
And most of all ...
Bless the people I adore,
And guard me from the dog next door.
Lisa Malone
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PRAISE FOR THE OCTOBER
2005 MEWSLETTER
Thank you very much for another wonderful Mewsletter. I look
forward to it each month, and this month was especially fine.
There is enough in it to be able to read at leisure over several
days, which sets it apart from many more compact sites, which
are finished in a few minutes. Your Mewsletter is more of a
digest, which I can go back to for something new over and over
again. I appreciate very much the work that you put into it,
and the contributions of all your feline staff. Thanks to
Ricky, I may even take up yoga.
All the best from rural Belgium, Jared Kline |
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EVER HAD AN ELECTRIC SHOCK OFF YOUR CAT? Find out
why it happens here
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Pet, Skunk, Smoke and Dead
Animal Odor remover by Clear The Air Eliminates smells from dead
mice, skunk spray, cigarette smoke, pet urine, and foot odors.
For a wonderful website where animal
writers and illustrators are welcome, please go to:
www.iawia.net
The fantastic logo is by Jill Carpenter
MOLLIE'S BIG HEART*
is a website about a very
special cat with a very special problem. This heart-warming site is
temporarily off line while Mollie and his siblings relocate from California
to Pennsylvania. Don't worry folks - they'll be back soon!
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