Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for February 11, 2023

Aww, Pengy has his own book!

Pengo has his own bedtime reading! And of course OZ has to think of alternate ways the kittens could lose mittens. . . is The Boy reading her a story?

I love Ora in this entire strip! a fair deal! but better still? the owl is reading a bedtime story as well! nice side by with Iggy too.

What is Pengo reading? Maybe “Mr. Popper’s Penguins?” What are your guesses?

That was us back In the day when we lived in NJ. If it started snowing before we went to bed, it was hard to sleep thinking we might have a snow day. The fire siren would go on at 6 am if the schools were closed and I would be only half asleep all night waiting to hear it. And if it went off, me who wouldn’t get out of bed for school would be up and ready to play in the snow.

The fans of BCN lift my heart

Educating Ora?

“Did they bury them? Toss them out to sea? or explode them with six tons of TNT?”

Er… OraZ thinks she’s going out to play in the snow with the kiddos tomorrow (well, Monday, I guess)??? She’s not gonna appreciate it when she’s told she won’t be able to go out with them! Methinks she will find a way…

Isn’t The Woman’s premise (… the faster you fall asleep, the sooner you can …), the same one parents say to their kids on Christmas Eve?

I went back to make sure that this wasn’t already posted and didn’t see it but Burt Bacharach passed two days ago. He was one of the all time song writers with his lyricist Hal David. Fifty-two top 40 songs covered by many artists. He did some with Elvis Costello. Look him up, too many songs to list here. The Bacharach and David song book was my first many years ago. Trumpet player here.

If only cats slept peacefully throughout the entire night like that.

Waitaminute! The Boy is reading by flashlight. I’m pretty sure he is not supposed to be doing that!

Iggy sighting, panel 2. Do you suppose he sleeps with the Girl?

I’d go with out to sea. I do like the kittens cuddling with the other kids though. TI’s adorable. I also like how ora is also tucked in nicely.

Aww…Pengo is reading! That’s cute!

Little tiny Fair Isle mitten on the book cover! One more example of Georgia’s attention to fine detail. She is amazing!

Oh, everyone is reading. Nice!

There is a nursery rhyme about kittens losing mittens, I must be really old, I can’t remember it ;(

Not every kitten is an Ora Zella. If they were, that tale would be much more interesting. I like how Pengo looks so relaxed.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Sophititi: Have you thought about creating knitted wear, Tillie?

Maat-Tilda: Maybe I should. I remember creating mittens for my senior project in art college. My brother and sister loved them.

Soph: Did you celebrate graduation with pie?

Tillie: Of course. I made sure we didn’t lose them.

Acorn Style: Mittens could be just the thing for our resident tumblers.

Tillie: Of course, making mittens for Bea could be a bit of a challenge.

Acorn Style: I know you’ve never backed down from a challenge. Are you going to make mittens for the Royal Procurers as well?

Tillie: Yep. No problem.

Soph: I just thought of something. If everyone’s going to model our Wearable Art, who’s going to be there to watch the show?

Tillie: (Looking out to the Orb) They are!

Ora and “the boy” had me wiping away a tear this morning. Old grammas do that sometimes.

I like the Boy’s choice of bedtime reading material. I used to read poetry to my daughter when she was young. She was especially fond of Jabberwocky, and insisted on it several times nightly.

The wind blew some luck in our direction

We saw what was forecast today

We finally made a happy storm connection

And will get to stay home and play

Enough snow to fill the Atlantic Ocean

At least top off Narragansett Bay

Ain’t nothing like the sky to dose a potion

It may snow for days and days

Snow night

Feels right

Snow night

Sleep tight ❤️

- Bruce Blackman – Moonlight Feels Right – Starbuck

Let’s see if them kids makes better snow goons than Calvin.

One little kittens, they lost her mittens,

And she began to cry,

“Oh, human dear, I sadly fear,

That I have lost my mittens."

“What! Lost your mittens, you silly kitten!

Then you shall stay inside"

“Meow, meow, meow.”

“Then you shall stay inside.”

The one little kitten, they found her mittens,

And she began to cry,

“Oh, human dear, see here, see here,

For I have found my mittens."

“Put on your mittens, you silly kitten,

And you shall play outside."

“Purr, purr, purr,

Oh, you shall play outside."

The one little kitten put on her mittens,

And soon she went outside,

“Oh, human dear, I greatly fear,

That I have soiled my mittens."

“What, soiled your mittens, you naughty kitten!”

Then she began to sigh,

“Meow, meow, meow,”

Then she began to sigh.

The one little kitten, they washed her mittens,And hung them out to dry,

“Oh, human dear, do you not hear,

That I have washed my mittens?"

“What, washed your mittens, then you’re a good kitten,

But I smell a rat close by."

“Meow, meow, meow,

I smell a rat close by."

Pengo’s got a book!

O.T, Puppy Bowl Tomorrow. For those, like me, who don’t watch the Super Bowl, there’s the Puppy Bowl on at the same time. Half-time entertainment is provided by kittens. What is especially nice is that this is also an adoption event.

When it snowed at midnight down here in southmost Texas nearly 20 years ago, I went ahead & let the kids run outside and play in it.

But then down here, it hadn’t snowed in like 100 years, and there was NO guarantee the snow would still be around by morning.

OK, I know there was a previous strip about “The Three Little Kittens,” but I can’t find it. I need help from the other BCN historians!

The mittens were not buried or tossed out to sea. They were batted under the refrigerator or a heavy awkward piece of furniture. Ora obviously hasn’t been a house cat very long or she’d know that.

Looks like Ora is finding her feet with the new clan ;-))

Starlord has turned into Lupin!!!! He found the button on surge protector. He did turn it back on too. LOL

I haven’t read all the comments yet, so maybe someone has mentioned this. It appears, in panel 4, that OZ is “wagging” her tail. Or at least, that’s how I interpret the little lines on either side of her tail. Thoughts?

Seeing Pengo with his own book is pretty amusing.

O.T.

I’m just happy for our 60+ degree weather the last few days. NO SNOW NO SNOW NO SNOW.

“Where, oh where, can those mittens be?”

Aw, the children (human and cat) sharing a bed, reading together. And the penguin reading too. So cute! Is Iggy with the Girl, maybe? Simply adorable, all of it.

I always thought that withholding pie was cruel and unusual.

So Pengo is far from illiterate.

Happy Superb Owl Weekend Orbsters!

Ah, the Boy is old enough for the ancient tradition of nocturnal literary transgression