Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for February 25, 2019

I love Lupin’s awed expression there. But I can relate; I love rainbows. :D

Love Tommy’s hat “hair.”

Your real world is a lot better than mine, guys.

“Ground recovered; void voided!” is probably my favorite chyron in all of BCN. Glad to see it make its newspaper debut!

We had 40 degrees and rain here in Michigan Saturday. Then Sunday the wind picked up (it picked up so much that it started picking up other stuff as well), and the temperature dropped back into the teens.

Tommy, you are so cheerful even when you’re standing in so much mud and sweatin’ your tail off!

Bless floofy, cheerful Tommy’s heart! Well if I was wearing a massive, thick fur coat, I’d be sweating too! Not to mention a thick, fluffy tail of fur! The rainbow is sooo beautiful Tommy! Can you taste it?

The awe in Lupins’ face… Tommys’ hat fur…

How do they know it’s the real world?

HA! Who knew that Tommy would love mud puddles. I don’t think he can convince Lupin to join him.

Don’t like the weather? Wait 5 minutes and we’ll get ya somethin’ different to try on.

And the best part of all is that the void brought them Beatrix.

The snow on the ground here does not go away until the end of May.

You’re lucky, Tommy. I’m sweating all over my bear fur in these hot tropics.

The real world is so beautiful! Also, I love the rainbow!

I know it was a part of Sunday World — but I hope Lupin checked to make sure all the spilled coffee was mopped up before putting his paw down on the news desk.

It’s the end of February and it feels like Spring here!

Yeah, Michigan, same here in Illinois; Sat’ was rain and 35’ and Sun’s was so windy I was surprised we didn’t have more tree damage and the temperature dropped from 35’ to 20’ before noon!!! And we clocked winds up to 43mph and gusts up to 56mph.

I wish I lived there, cause here in Nebraska we had a raging blizzard come through this weekend

Umm…cats don’t sweat, except a bit through their paws.

We seem to be going the other way. Saturday was in the 80’s; yesterday, we struggled to get out of the 60’s; this morning … yep, hovering near freezing. The South – where you CAN experience all four seasons in a single week (sometimes, you can run through them in a single day).

Tommy finds joy in everything. He is a good soul.

30 degrees with wind at 28 mph sustained and up to 60 mph gusts expected today. Birds and squirrels are chowing down on the seed/peanuts I threw out. Luna’s cat-bird seat is the window seat with the feeders about 18 inches away outside. She can see them but they can’t see her (one-way film on the windows).

If Vivaldi had lived in New England, he would have had to come up with a fifth concerto grosso for Mud.

Happy Funday, everyone! We have now and blowing snow and high winds this morning. The temperature is going to drop all day. Blech. However, the conversation between Lupin and Tommy is lifting my spirits.

Yup. And it’s snowing again this afternoon.

New England and the PNW both seem to be good at that.

I’m confused. how can Tommy’s jacket be open in the front in panel 5 when there’s no sign of a zipper or buttons in panels 2 & 3, or am I missing it? I just went back to the original and it’s sort of the same. & I discovered (‘cause I forgot) that the naming of Beatrice and Elvis’ interview with her came AFTER this weather report. Did anyone catch that??

I love rainbows, but not I’ve got the Muppet Movie song in my head. I’ve got little kids taste (mostly) when it comes to movies. I used to borrow a cousin or two when a new one came out and i was embarrassed to go alone. Now, who cares what anyone thinks!

Seriously, in this part of New England, Maine, we got another 8 inches of snow on top of the 103 inches accumulated. My husband keeps track of these things. We can’t see outside much unless we are upstairs.

I’m BACCCCK!

Idaho must borrow New England’s weather every now and then, because I see that same sort of thing happen all the time here.

The void has been voided.

It would be great if the BCNewscasters celebrated Mardi Gras!

Of course I had to do this. The Muppets: Rainbow Connection

Why should reality be lacking rainbows?

A mixture of sunshine and rain,

After the storm hits, there will be wind and some mud

But rainbows will return again!

Snow, wind and cloudburst may bring storm and sorrow,

But also bring new friends to see!

We’ll always have it,

The Rainbow Connection,

The Kitties, the Orbsters, and me!

…….

All of us under the Orb, we know,

That we share all the magic!

…….

Have you been sad or scared?

Or have you been lonely?

Come here and share with your friends.

Hugs may be virtual, but still very real,

You know that the love never ends.

Smile with Tommy, be grumpy like Elvis,

Now we can love little Bea,

We’ll always have it,

The Rainbow Connection,

The Kitties, the Orbsters, and me!

Aww I love this it’s adorable:)

Did Tommy forget his leash?

It sure has returned. We finally saw the sun again. The rain has stopped for now (not trying to jinx anything here). It’s like a swamp everywhere in the yard. I have to keep towels by all the doors because the dogs throw up rooster tails when they run and the undercarriage gets really dirty. Now we just need a couple weeks of dry weather and all will be well again.

“So much mud!”

I love Tommy’s comment, “you gotta love New England weather!” The Void is voided, now it’s all mud, a rainbow and sweatin’ one’s tail off!

Hello, All The Orb!!! I’ve been away since Thursday evening when my computer refused to wake up after a power outage. Very odd feeling to be cut off. I love the comments here and I know I’ll never be able to catch up!!! Incidentally, I my computer is still in a coma and I’m at the library. I take my computer to the doctor tomorrow to see if it’s terminal.

This morning I saw a post from someone commenting on Georgia’s posting of the real Beatrix’s pictures, but they didn’t have the URL.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BuMQmOYl0Yf/

I have a vet coming to the house today, so Sky doesn’t have to go to the vet’s office. He’s had heart disease for almost ten years, and I am very grateful for all that time, but he’s now also got kidney disease, diagnosed early Feb, and he’s taken a turn for the worse. I let the little feral who lived in my backyard for years live too long, when it was clear that he had intestinal obstruction. He wouldn’t let me touch him, and I kept saying"he’s better, he’s better", and putting it off another day. Sky’s hardly eaten today, yesterday, ditto, when I just sat with him in my lap all day, holding him and crying. I know everyone here understands. How am I going to sleep without him snuggled up to me?

Craziest thing around here! We have lots of white pines, and with the cold, constant wind from the west the last two days, the branches of ALL the trees are bent toward the east, even the needles!

It’s been calm and sunny since this morning, and the trees are still looking like they’re dealing with the wind. Very few broke off. Ma Nature is a formidable gal! ☼♥☼

Love, >^.,.^<

For a five year period starting in 1972, I was haunted/attended/watched over by “guardian rainbows” that appeared when I would face a grueling, agonizingly difficult decision. They’d appear pretty much the instant I had voiced my decision out loud.

The last one was an instance of “cloud iridescence” which I later heard are called “dragon clouds”. It was spectacular, but it also felt like a firm “goodbye”. I haven’t had the experience since.

I miss the reassurance.

Here’s one…

https://www.howitworksdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fire_rainbow_wallpaper.jpg

I remember there was a rainbow the day we got my Kerry Puppy. She was the puppy love of my life for 17 years.

I am gobsmacked by the fact that I spent three hours in the rain waiting to go through a firefighter’s receiving line and that the line was just as long when I left. I am annoyed by the guy who stood his toddler on the bumper of the black crepe-draped fire truck, then had the audacity to ask Jeremy’s brothers to turn on the flashing lights to make for a better picture. I am grateful for Jeremy’s station commander, who noticed, through his own grief, my wheelchair-bound wife having muscle spasms and escorted us inside and then to the front of the receiving line. I was delighted to bring even a fleeting smile to the face of my grieving cousin, who hadn’t realized I will happily drop everything and drive 700 miles for her. And I have discovered that the most gut-wrenching sound, ever, is “Amazing Grace” being played on bagpipes.

I never want to experience the past two days ever again.

We have high winds and snow up here in Ontario

Today was Conan’s third chemo treatment; it seemed to go well, but it was a long, grueling day for all of us; we arrived at Auburn’s small animal clinic by noon … we didn’t leave until about 6:30. It was almost 8 PM when we got home. Thank the Lord, we only have to do that once a month; all the other treatments can be done locally.

I’ve only just gotten on here today and will read the comments in a while; it’s been a rough day. Our Cinnamon passed this morning (he was 14—or 80 in human years). So hoping the Orb’s passed-through-the-Rainbow-Bridge pet-children (all varieties—cats, dogs, fish, bunnies, etc.) give him a warm welcome.

He’d been ill for about a year, although we never did get any idea what was wrong. The vet tested for thyroid issues, but the “definitive” test came back negative. I strongly suspect contamination of the dry food (good brand!) our cats had always been on. Our other three cats didn’t seem affected, but both Cin-a-bun and Stormie (his brother who passed at the end of October) began throwing up and losing weight. Cinnamon “firehose” threw up for ages and lost a ton of weight (and he had been “built like a brick outhouse”). We’d get the throwing up under control for a while and then, it’d start back up and we’d try different wet foods.

It helps to know that Cinnamon was feisty enough to jump in the tub last night for a drink (while I was still in there drying off!) and that he could be tempted to eat—especially any people food gravy, cheese and bits of pepperoni.

Cinnamon was so pretty—he was a dark orange tabby with a bull’s eye pattern on his sides and when he cuddled with any of the other cats, he had to lay on top of the other one to “keep his neck warm.” BunBun also had calico colorations on his mouth and I often accused him of smelling the Sharpie markers because he had little black dots across his nose leather. And of course, Cinnamon was a good boy and loved getting pets.

New kitty comic! https://www.gocomics.com/how-to-cat/2019/02/18

Pbbbbt! I have the flu.

One week til “Lupin Leaps In” arrives <3 got one for me and one for the grandkids, they loved the first book!

Tommy seems to be gradually stripping off his warm winter clothes.