Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for May 18, 2023

As dignified as climbing in and out can be.

My Nadia used to try, successfully, to climb into my sister’s purse every chance she got. She wore some sort of perfume with lilac in it and kept a bottle in her purse. Nadia loved lilac. She didn’t mind my Sister either, she always told her she was pretty.

Whenever somebody (The Woman) in this house asks, “Which one?” the answer is always the same!

Awww…Elvis isn’t terrible. He’s just very protective.

But Lupin’s fine, though? He did leave you alone.

Eh, she’s taking it pretty well.

Didn’t the Woman have Elvis when she was in high school? So why wouldn’t he recognize her sister?

BEOC (Back End Of Cat)

Puck was the one on her back.

That is so Elvis. He is a one-person cat.

My first cat, Pixel, stuck his head in purses, but only to investigate them.

Don’t shame her garbage son.

Be sure to thoughtfully leave Siamese cat fur all over the guest’s purse and clothes, too, Elvis.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Elvis-Anum: I seem to be missing some of my brushes.. Has anyone seen them?

Puckmosis: When did you last see them?

Elvis: I was doing a poster for Lupinium announcing he’s accepting enrollment for his beginning tumbling class.

Puck: Was there anyone around? Did you hear any giggling?

Elvis: No. The Ladies were on a cheesetaking run in Afar.

Puck: I’ll look around and see if I can find them. Was that wall over there painted with a rainbow yesterday?

Elvis: No, at least I don’t think so?

Enter multicolored tornado

Ora Z: I can paint a rainbow!

Elvis: It looks like we have a budding artist.

While Elvis’ persistence is impressive, I am more in awe of the Woman being able to carry the tray at that angle without spilling anything. Or maybe it’s just perspective, since it appears the Intruder is still lying down in panel one. At least the rest of the clowder appears to be leaving her alone.

That’s our Elvis!

Supervision is not easy

I see that the Woman drinks coffee, and the Sister Intruder Who Sits on Cats drinks tea!

Which one you ask? Which ONE? ALL OF THEM!

I don’t know. Seems like Pucky was doing his part to annoy too. Elvis p, of course, is the master.

Elvis, if you leave her a going-away present, maybe she’ll go away!

When Marie and I were newly married, we had a Siamese named Snicker Doodle and a tabby cat named T-Tucker. Snicker Doodle was a quiet cat who kept to himself. However, T-Tucker was our sour-puss cat, slow to warm up and persnickety in the extreme. It has been so many years. I need to find our pictures of them.

Obviously Elvis do a full security check on intruder. And now he do full check on intruder belongings.

Horatio always tried (usually unsuccessfully) to climb into my bff’s bag anytime she visited. She was his favorite “aunt,”after all, and he had to make sure everything she carried with her met with his approval. Unfortunately for him, a roughly 35lb Maine C00n mix does not fit easily into a clutch sized purse. Never stopped him from trying, though.

Elvis: "I would say, in all modesty, “terrific” rather than “terrible.”

Elvis has it in the bag …

My ferret, Slinky, would steal leather items from purses, no matter how carefully they were watched, no matter how many warnings were given to folks about her proclivities. At the end of holiday party, one guest freaked out — her wallet was missing. We moved the refrigerator and found her purse, two sets of other folks’ keys in leather cases and two gloves (mismatched). Luckily, no one seemed to be missing anything else, so it was not necessary to upend the sofa and look inside.

A book on ferrets taught me that the word, “ferret,” comes from the Latin word, “furittus,” meaning, “little thief.” But the book also said that ferrets can’t climb. After reading that, I looked up to see Slinky climbing a brick wall, squirrel-like, to get onto the shelf atop the fireplace, where I’d stashed my purse. From which I concluded that ferrets can’t read.

(After having made a rather heavy investment in beekeeping books, we’ve come to suspect that bees don’t read, either.)

Which cat is in her bag?

Be sure to shed inside her purse, Elvis.

Akiro enjoys investigating visiting purses too; he really adored my Aunt Shirley – he left his favorite toy mousie in hers.

Oh yes, we all know exactly which cat she means!

Bags, boxes, and duvets.

Elvis, it may not be wise to antagonize The Intruder . . . she may have Damaging Information about your Sinister History! =)

Felix hated intruders. A knock at the door, his ears would go back, his head would tilt to the side, he’d start growling, and when I opened the door he’d lunge onto the intruders calf and not let go. One intruder always wore knee high boots, even in the summer. Eventually I got to the point of putting Felix in the bathroom until the intruder was inside. Then let Felix out. He would ignore the intruder.

OT – Melvin and Gloria have landed

OT: Cast of Characters

I have created a spreadsheet of the Ancient Egypt characters, but I don’t know how to publish it on the web. Info?

As long as he doesn’t leave any “presents”…..

My Mother’s Day present has arrived! Woo hoo!

I often refer to SIL as “my favorite SIL.” She is, of course, my only SIL, a situation my brother seems to have little interest in rectifying.

OT

Such a loveable cranky old man! ♡