Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for August 11, 2023

It’s your grandmother’s job to save the throne. It’s your job to stay safe and survive!

It could be worse, Burt. There could be coffee in the raccoons. And then we’d see some chaos!

The moles wouldn’t stand a chance. Hmmmm…

Spork seems to be channeling Garfield here…. LOL.

Hmm, raccoon flavored coffee. I’m thinking it won’t catch on.

OT

Burt asks the question of our time: Why is there a raccoon in my coffee?!!! While Baba deals with raccoons playing with broken glass. We see why the raccoons are ruled by the females.

Poor Baba. I think she needs some help.

Oh no, broken glass and coffee are not a good combo for raccoons.

This is giving me flashbacks to the year my supervisory duty was to escourt the kindergartners down to the lobby to wait for the bus and then get them from the lobby onto the bus.

Gals, Baba needs your help. Yes, Bea, that includes you!

Hi, Bert!

Burt, that’s not a coffee mug: it’s a coffee spa! (And, yes, such a thing does exist in Japan.)

Carly Simon: You’re so Vain

You walked into the barn room like you were walking to find your throne.

One raccoon wearing a colander like a crown

Another dressed to take food home

The Crown Princess decked out in magazines,

The mischief level into the unknown!

And Bea and Goldie know this is complete chaos

It’s complete chaos! And!

…….

It’s insane

This song here is about sheer madness!

It’s insane,

The kits all bring about sheer madness!

Don’t they?! Don’t they?!

……..

It wasn’t so very long ago,

When Baba and Mags were enemies,

But they came through to the rescue,

When there was a tremendous need.

It’s like taking care of five Lupins,

And chaos is the result we see!

Burt asks them why there is Spork in his coffee

Spork in his coffee! And

…….

It’s insane

This song here is about sheer madness!

It’s insane,

The kits all bring about sheer madness!

Don’t they?! Don’t they?!

Oh my cat. My daughter is a raccoon. Everything makes so much sense now. I’ve been trying to raise a human when I should’ve been trying to raise a washbear.

Looka like Baba is going to regret her promise.

Oh my cat. My daughter is a raccoon. Everything makes so much sense now. I’ve been trying to raise a human when I should’ve been trying to raise a washbear.

Eh you should sees Jim’s raccoon diner on YouTube. It a diner for raccoons. They is looks kinda well mannered. Lotsa baby raccoons comes to eats too. Now if only someone has makes free foods diners for we bears too.

Panel 1: Baba Mouse toe beans! Panel 2: biggest frown ever! Panel 3: reminds me of the SNL skit with the Bag O’ Glass toy for kids. Panel 4: I guess the answer was no, you can’t.

Burt is so done.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Beatrixia: You guys were working on classic recipes. Now you have the ingredients you need.

Floofnet the Joyous: I’ve been wanting to try making pancakes with real maple syrup.

Bea: Have they been invented yet?

Thomios: Yes. There are scrolls from Greece that mention pancakes.

Bea: I’ll bet they’d go well with a side of bacon. Now I’d like to go through the scroll room and look at some of the ancient cook scrolls. Anyone like to join me?

Violet-Ifa: Sure. I’m always up for research!

Agnes: And I’d like to do some reporting.

In the Gold and Jewel Room

Obadiah Opossum: Look here! I found oPeridots and oPearls.

Sophititi: Is there a lot?

Obie: Looks like there’s plenty here.

Soph: Great! I’d like to use some for a sculpture I’m planning.

Maat-Tilda: These gems would be great for formal tunics. Elvis has been saying he needs a new one.

Adobe Style: And these clear stones would look nice on Puckmosis.

Tillie: I think I know what I’m giving everyone at Yuletide.

Now I’m wanting to add baby Racoons to my collection of kittens and kitties.

Have Goldie and Bea left the scene? And if Burt’s in the barn, who’s running the station boards? He does need an understudy.

Little known fact, (because I made it up) adolescent raccoons are called wreckoons.

Glad Baba took the broken glass away from the racoon kit.

That’s a extremely small racoon to able to fit in a coffee cup.

Poor Baba. They are a handful and then some. The princess needs to get it through her head that she can best serve by surviving and being free to take the throne.

Why is a raccoon in the coffee? Because it’s there.

Hot tub?

Baba, raccoons need to learn how to deal with broken glass. Just get some Elastoplast and iodine ready.

The best part of waking up. is a raccoon in your cup! No wait…that can’t be right!

I see things are going well in the barn. /sarcasm

Where is Ora Zella? These boys are just her speed.

if he’s soaking in really warm coffee, he probably had an accident. don’t drink it.

OT: Enjoying new motherhood

Oh, my, panel 2 is all attitude. She must be in her terrible teens. I think Baba is one (or two) strips away from the Lethal Weapon movie quote: "I’m getting too old for this _____. " LOL

I have an experiment in mind. We bring together Drumstick and Ora Zella; I believe critical mass will be achieved. Only we probably should do it away from the chicken coop and innocent bystanders. I suggest we build a tower somewhere out in the New Mexico desert for the attempt.

That is quite a frown in panel two. Welcome to the chaos, Burt!

Ooh, oh, ooh, oh

Ooh, oh, ooh, oh

Once ’Stick had a toy that could be a blast

Soon turned out it was a pile of glass

Seemed like a great thing, only to find

There soon could be a broom-tapped behind

Once Baba had peace and it was divine

With li’l scamps, she’s losing her mind

It seemed like a fine thing, and she was so kind

To take care of 6 kits and keep them confined

In between

Her plan to keep them safe is being undermined

Along with much confusion there’s no peace of mind

If she fears she’s losing them it’s just no good

They’re just always on the move

Once Spork sat in Burt’s mug and it was a gas

Soon turns out he’s in up to his mask

Seemed like a bad thing, only to find

Burt’s disgust, but a warm behind

Chaos inside

Adorable marauders that she cannot hide

We know that she can do this, we’re all on her side

They’re gonna make it through this, yeah

La, da, da, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

La, da, da, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

La, da, da, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

Yeah, riding high on Baba’s love and might

- Chris Stein / Deborah Harry – Heart of Glass

Racoon in my coffee…Sounds like a hit minseries

And no one is talking about that teeny-tiny, floofy, striped raccoon tail? OMC, that’s the cutest thing! It’s just so squee-able – I think you know what I’m saying… [sips raccoon-free coffee and smiles]

Almost as bad as ferrets!

We are going to pick up Lil’ Baby Frodo today. Surgery is complete, and seems to be successful, but we won’t know for several weeks/months.

We brought Samwise to be with Lil’ Baby Frodo during the night. If all goes really well, they should be able to come home tonight.

The vet wanted to keep Frodo immobile for a while, which could have led to a prolonged stay at the office.

That was going to be tough to do, so we talked about a harness or brace to keep his front paws immobile. It’s similar to a human cast – to keep the shoulders and limbs stationary during healing.

My guys are modeling and making 3D print prototypes in PEI (Ultem plastic) right now -instead of just a “brace” it is going to look like an armor vestment, Elven Mithril, just what a Hobbit Cat needs to go to Modor. We will also make an FDM version in ABS or Nylon. It should be softer and smoother.

Oh, and yes, the R&T team volunteered their time – and SABIC gave me the ULTEM material in canisters for the Fortus 900 3D Printing Machine to test and validate in place of Stratasys’ own version of Ultem filament.

I think the lab is tired of printing IRONMAN helmets anyway.

I choked on my coffee when I saw the baby raccoon in Burt’s coffee!

I had a dream, there were kits in my coffee, kits in my coffee….

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You’re so vain. I bet you think this filk is about you.

Raccoon + Coffee = Cofcoon (it’s so warm :)

Spork stirs the coffee!! … :)

Oh, Dear Baba! – Herding Cats is NOTHING compared to Herding Raccoons !!! … :)

Pro tip: if you want to see the cutest thing in the world, fill a kiddie pool for your baby trash pandas in view of your backdoor night vision camera. 2nd cutest thing, neighbor’s trampoline. But they really really love the kiddie pool in the middle of a hot summer.

My immediate thought on seeing Burt’s comment was the Lyn Hancock book There’s a Seal in My Sleeping Bag, back in the ‘70s. Doing a quick search on the title I’m reminded that she wrote several other books, including There’s a Raccoon in My Parka. Note to Robin – she’s a countrywoman of yours, though her wanderings throughout the world have led her to settle down in Canada. Her latest is Tabasco the Saucy Raccoon. http://www.lynhancock.com

Not only are kittens tough, they’re also EXHAUSTING.

Why ask permission to play with broken glass?

Rockin Rackittens!

I wonder if Georgia’s real Uncle Spork ever sat in someone’s coffee mug?

Did anyone order an oy! latte…?

Kits!

Poor Bert. And boy, do kittens get into EVERYTHING.

Baba Mouse Toe Beans!!!! Scavea, just for you, SSSQQQUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

This is getting too cute for words

I’m listening to some documentary on the TV that my husband is watching and a phrase caught my ear — there was a WBCN radio station in Boston! https://theamericanrevolution.fm/

I want a plushie baby raccoon just the right size to fit inside my BCN Peep Toads mug!

Lol! Burt’s expression at finding a raccoon (rapid googling) kit in his coffee!

Just an update about me…Had the surgery and the aneurism is gone and so is part of the artery, replaced by tubing. It had gotten so big the doc had to go through the heart to cut it out, so I was mechanically living during operation. Had to learn to breathe again as it screws up your lungs; kind of ‘word..breath..word..breath..word..’ when you talk. Doing much better now but have to behave for 10 weeks after. That’s the hardest. Thanks to all who wrote/commented.