Hi there and a very warm welcome to this first issue of The Scratching Post – your mid-month ‘in between Mewsletter’ which will have the latest Book Quiz and Caption Competitions, plus the winners from the last competitions, and a round up of the best in the links.
What do you think of the header? My friend, Anthony Smith, who has a ‘Learn to speak cat’ cartoon in the Metro newspaper every day, designed it for me. I think it’s great and as you can see, Casey has joined Sam and Ollie on the logo. See more of Anthony’s work here at www.learntospeakcat.com
BOOK QUIZ:
Jared Kline from Belgium was first to get all three book titles/authors correct – well done, Jared.
The Book Quiz for this month can be found on this link:
CAPTION COMPETITION:
Last month’s caption competition showed Ollie standing on the tower looking out of the window. Andrew Lane from Southampton, UK, submitted the winning entry:
"Oh where is he? He said seven-thirty, and the mouse-aka will be ruined if he doesn't get here soon!"
You can see all the entries here on this link:
This month’s caption competition can be found on this link:
As some of you are still experiencing problems with bounce-back with the email address given for both the book quiz and the caption competition, please just send your entries/answers to the usual address: p.dewberry@ntlworld.com by 7th July, 2013
LINKS:
Britta sent me this one about a bear ad on YouTube. I think it’s very funny – hope you like it too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT4ikdAS-P0
Britta also sent me this lovely link about Bonedigger, the beautiful lion who was born with a metabolic bone disease and couldn’t walk properly. He was brought up with a ‘pride’ of Daschunds:
http://thestar.blogs.com/dailybeast/2013/05/the-daily-beast-bonedigger-and-milo.html
Cheryl sent me this link of a cat ‘boarding’:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzlH5SDGoyA&feature=player_embedded
Several people sent me the link to Deucy, the two-faced (or Janus) kitten:
Many folk sent me this hilarious ‘Sad Cat Diary’ which I’m sure you’ll all love:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKffm2uI4dk
Ann in the US sent me the link to a cat that was a surrogate mother to 4 baby hedgehogs:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/02/cat-adopts-hedgehog-babies_n_2066996.html
Leny in Holland sent me the next couple of links:
Here’s a couple of links to 2 legged dogs that she sent:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAkRHTK21ug
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f1ovurzU2s
Robert Blau in the US sent me this link of the cutest pets:
http://www.today.com/pets/tag/cutest-thing-ever
Does your cat lick odd things? Robert sent this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbIOD_elAgo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
The power of words can reach more people:
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Hzgzim5m7oU&vq=medium
That’s all for now folks. See you soon.
Love
Pauline, Sam, Ollie and Casey
xxxx
"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