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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!o
Shona
Steele (Australia) |
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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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WORLD ANIMAL DAY is on 4th October EVERY YEAR. Get INVOLVED.
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MEGA
THANKS TO MICK, TONY AND KIM of PC HOMECARE for making my
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Top 10 Cats’ Names
in 2009 |
- Max
- Bailey
- Buddy
- Molly
- Maggie
- Lucy
- Jake
- Daisy
- Rocky
- Sadie
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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
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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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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
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