Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for March 17, 2024

Ora Zella got a taste of his Lucky Charms! Serves em right! Nobody messes with our Lil Iggy!

Happy St. Catty’s Day!

The leprechaun’s wife then asked, “What’s eating you?”

I HAD wondered how it would go when the kits met the leprechauns! Ora Zella doesn’t disappoint!

Happy St. Catty’s Day everyone!

I like how the granny leprechaun — dang it, I can’t remember her name! — is taking care of Iggy, and seems more than happy to let Ora Zella discipline her obstreperous son. OZ for the WIN!!

I was hoping for the return of the leprechauns. A great Sunday treat.

That explains the March calendar page.

And here I thought our Roxy catching birds was bad. I can’t be certain of her life before she came to live with us, but I am positive she has never caught a leprechaun or at least never brought one into the house.

Okay, Ora Zella earned a LOT of points today. No one hurts Iggy.Plus, it could have been more retribution had Elvis not been manning the desk.

St. Catty’s Day should be St. Caddy’s Day, but then it wouldn’t work unless the strip was about golf.

Sunday Funday (St Catty’s Day Edition)

Happy St. Catty’s day, all!

☘ Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhaoibh! ☘

Happy St Catty’s Day!!!

The leprechaun learned a hard lesson about messing with Iggy where OZ can see you.

Goldie, sweetie… He started it.

Hee hee hee! Laughing…ha ha…too hard…to comment…WA HAH HA HA HAAA!!

You don’t want to be eating leprechauns, Ora Zella; if you get a bad one, you’ll be barfing rainbows for days. (Leprechauns are a good choice for those following a vegan diet, however, as the fact that they’re imaginary means they contain no meat.)♥

Get ’im, OZ!

(Previoiusly recorded) Iggy Toe Beans!

May St. Catty hold you in the palm of her paw.

♪"Nowhere to run to, Seamus (Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide)

Nowhere to hide

Got nowhere to run to, Seamus (Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide)

Nowhere to hide"♫

I never expected to be on OZ’s side. But she’s right. Eat the little pests, and help to free the world from Irishness.

Lupin looks appropriately aghast.

Ora Zella says, “Don’t mess with Iggy!”

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

At the Royal Snack Room

Thomios: I have tea, scones, soda bread, Eire potatoes, and plenty of ham and cat-friendly chocolate. Our guests should arrive soon.

Beatrixia: I have a feeling I know who they are.

Puckmosis: I’ve opened up the treasure room. The Artisans have all they need, so our guests can take what they want.

Serfig-Aro: I am pleased to announce the arrival of Duffy and Trish O’Doyle.

Lupinium: Welcome, friends!

Duffy: I hear Elvis has been working on Elvish scrolls. I brought him some scrolls written in Old Gaelic for him to translate.

Elvis-Anum: I have learned some Old Gaelic in my travels as a Dancing Corsair.

Trish: I think I can be of some help with that.

Thomios: But first, some good Irish tea and coffee, and snacks.

Aha, the last time the young leprechaun visited the house, he scared the kids and had to be reeled in by his Mom, nice to see that he did not foresee that Ora Zella was not about to let this intruder bully her best friend.

A bit OT: but since this is St Paddy’s Day,

Happy feast of St. Gertrude (patron st. of cats)

Watch out! Ora Zella’s snikted her death blades.

“May your thoughts be as glad as the shamrocks.

May your heart be as light as a song.

May each day bring you bright, happy hours

That stay with you all the year long."

–Irish blessing

“Low dog growl” – yep, I’ve heard my kitties do that before (sans ’eppercon, as far as I know!)

From Georgia: “Well, Ora Zella tracked a leprechaun as far as the Boy’s room but lost the trail! The Girl had a new approach to her leprechaun trap this year. She set up a cozy chair with a little blanket, a notebook for journaling, and some of her shamrock shake. Her hope is that a leprechaun gets comfy enough to fall asleep until morning (with a trip wire and a basket overhead just in case) Hopefully one of them takes the bait before dawn, cozies up and drifts off”

Good girl, Ora Zella. You teach that nasty leprechaun a lesson! Goldie shoulda let you finish the job! Nobody messes with poor Iggy and gets away with it.

Happy St. Catty’s Day. Everyone is a little Irish today.

Avoid the ire of anyone in whose mouth you would easily fit.

Why did Seamus happen to have a bucket of green paint?

Happy St. Gertrude of Nivelle’s Day, and St. Paddy’s Day, too!

Seamus didn’t make a good impression on OZ when he painted Iggy green, and you know you’ve angered a cat when they utter that low growl that’s combined with a whipping about tail.

The leprechaun had it coming though.

Do leprechauns taste like Irish whiskey, Irish stew, or corned beef and cabbage?

Not sure I am on Ora Zilla’s side here. Chocolate is not good for cats. While painting him green may not be nice, keeping him away from the foil covered chocolates could save him a lot of pain.

“Georgia, Georgia, Georgia, how many times do we have to tell you, quit buying those cheap cat-nip infused cat toys from the Dollar Store. They are cheaply made, a chocking hazard, case illusions and hallucinations and stir up lots of trouble. Get them some high quality educational cat toys to keep their little, and I do mean little, minds occupied and life will be much easier for all. Preferably one they can start and manipulate on their own.

You don’t want to be known as the Crazy Cat Lady that lives in the Big Pink CRAZY House on the Hill now do you? You didn’t name the boy Norman by chance did you??

Yeppers this one’s a keeper (clicks push pin)

OOHHHH, you do not go around painting Iggy green!!!! The teeth on little OZ and a very, very unhappy expression. That leprechaun will not ever mess with OZ that’s for sure. (whip crack tail flick) And the Beautiful leprechaun queen cleaning up Iggy. All he wanted to do was to put them into nice straight lines, he had no other interest than that. “low dog growl” with little legs sticking out. And the look on Lupin’s face says it all.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Poor Iggy! That nasty little leprechaun needed to be taught a lesson.

That foul leprechaun deserves to be retaliated for picking on Iggy. He’s a real jerk.

Happy St. Catty’s Day!

Slightly OT:

If I had been having a party, An interesting idea came to me yesterday. It was to bake my chocolate syrup cake, but pour the batter into mini cake pans, rectangular mini bread pans? So as to give the effect of serving everyone their own brick of turf. LOL Long used as fuel in Irish chimneys. I actually have a briquette or two for my fireplace. Instead I baked myself some chocolate chocolate chip cookies. But the lil brick cakes is an idea I will put a pin in for another day.

And let us not forget our beloved St Gertrude, patroness and protector of all felines!

An Encore Presentation From the Past:

Celebrate love and beauty!

Let’s join with St. Trudy

Rejoice in a new way!

Let’s all join in,

And rejoice on St. Catty’s Day!

……

The rainbows are shining bright,

They make such a lovely sight!

Kibble along the way!

Enjoy the bounty

Found only on St. Catty’s Day!

…….

Snakes hiss in joyfulness

Mice dress in great success

Cat ears all abound,

Catnip to go around!

…….

Who cares if we squeak or hiss,

Today we cannot miss!

We’re all cats today!

Keep the spirit in our hearts,

Of St. Catty’s day.

No particular melody

Kitten growl !! love it

Oh, the ‘eppercon’ in my mouf. I don see no eppercon!

“Drop the leprechaun,” love it!

Happy Saint Gertrude’s day everyone! I now have a new resident, Shelby. She is a dilute tortie, 2 years old, and formerly abused. She hides under the bed in the “isolation” room and only comes out to eat and use the litter box. With much coaxing, she will come out for “pets” and I can pick her up now (after 1 week). She is so scared of everything, poor kitty. My other three are no longer interested in checking her out. I think they decided she is no fun. She wasn’t going to get adopted because of her fear of everything so my husband figured she needed him (he picked her out and named her). I think in time she will trust us but I doubt she will ever socialize with the other cats or other people. At least she now has a safe, forever home. The cat rescue group told me I could trade her out for a more social kitty but I told them she deserves a permanent place. I do believe they were happy to hear that. Anyway, that is how we decided to celebrate this year, adopt.

I like to think that Lupin’s horror is because of the green paint. Been there, done that, gotten that bath. Otherwise I’m sure he’d be right in there with Ora Zella!

OT

Completely OT: Three Body Problem

Happy to see the tables turned on the leprechaun as his mischievous acts tend to be a little mean-spirited! The gentle Iggy was only lining up the chocolate coins, not stealing them.

This comic gets a Like x 17 ka-jillion!

(And I love the tie-in to this year’s calendar!)

(Also the little kicking legs sticking out of Ora Zella’s mouth!)

Apparently Goldie does both detection and enforcement.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to those who identify as Irish.

“It’s not easy being green.” —Kermit

Happy Saint Gertrude’s day!

That will teach the epercon!!

In honor of St. Patrick’s day, I’m baking a batch of Irish Soda bread; I hope it turns out well because today is the perfect day for some nice warm bread, fresh from the oven.

Today I am wearing a long-sleeved dark-green T-shirt with the logo “Save Earth: it’s the only planet that has cats!”

March 17 is also St Gertrude’s Day, commemorating the patron saint of cats.

I just introduced St. Catty’s Day (and by proximity, BCN) to my coworkers.

Love it! Adorable as always!

He came back?! Also let her eat him. Once was forgivable,twice is “this is going to keep happening”