Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for June 03, 2024

Oh dear! I don’t think Sophie is what one would call “an outdoor girl!” I think she may need some help (much like an ever-dignified reporter we all know needed help a few years ago). If Tommy is not available, I wonder if anyone else might be able to help. Maybe someone who appreciates her artwork more than anyone else we know?

Unexpected this is. But it could lead to some interesting happenings.

ALERT! ALERT! CAT OVERBOARD! This would be a great time for Gutter to come to Sophie’s rescue. Or at least let her know how he feels!

I gasped!

Oh dear! Sophie, nooo!

Terrible construction crew workmanship. A small cat leads against the window and it opens out leaving someone outdoors not knowing what to do.

Oops !

That’s what I hated the most about the replacement windows I had installed. The screens do not lock into place. You can easily pop them out. They don’t lock into place the way the old ones did. I didn’t realize that until it was too late. I worried that Jasper would manage to pop them out and escape, so I kept close watch whenever the windows were open. Whenever I read about a child falling out an open window, I think they probably have the same kind as I do.

I hope they’re on the ground floor!

Sophie is doomed!

It beginnnsss…what I dont know but it begins

Oh, I can’t remember the raccoon’s name. Time for star-crossed lovers to meet.

Recovering from her broken heart, poor Sophie suddenly find she has become a “fallen woman!”

Falling from a windowsill might cause physical harm to an unprepared cat, but it’s even more likely to cause. “A.F.E.S.” — Acute Feline Embarrassment Syndrome. This is especially true if the event is witnessed and — OH HORRORS ! If the cat is laughed at by an unsympathetic Philistine audience. This has happened to a couple of my furry pals, who responded with glares of incendiary (but “dignified”) hatred. Has anyone else had similar experiences ? Let’s hope this particular event went unnoticed, especially by a certain young raccoon…Unless he’s adept at first aid,

Ouch.

OMC

You know what this means! (Insert romantic music)

Oh, no! Tommy, you’re needed! (Or is this Gutter’s time to shine?)

I almost lost it for a second there until I saw it was just the screen and the “CRASH!” was her falling into the bushes.

But, soft! what cat through yonder window breaks?

It is a beast; our Sophie is undone.

Surprise, fair one, you’ve acted like a clumsy goon.

Who’s feeling sick and pale with grief

That thou hast made thyself a fool to see….

I just remembered. Sophie was declawed by her previous people! Tommy, quick, get help!

Sophie will be so scared! And no bureau to get under….

:O!!! THIS is WHY I don’t like David to leave the third floor bedroom window wide opened where Trubby likes to perch at night!! I swear he could fall out if he tries to move about or bat at something! :( I sure hope she’s OK! I mean, it’s like on the first floor, right? So she should be fine. Probably a certain brave racoon will come to her rescue! ❤

oh no!!!

OMC Sophie! I didn’t gasp aloud (hubby is sleeping next to me…) but I inhaled a breath and held it for a bit while my hand covered my mouth in surprise. Looking forward to this story!!! ☺❤

Oh no Sophie! Hope she runs and finds Burt or Baba….

Her window has betrayed her.

Zut Alors!

Now she needs to hire a personal injury cat-torney.

Yikes !!

Cats have very interesting shoulder structures. I’ve seen videos of them falling from great heights and land on feet with little to no injury. One was a snow leopard that fell off a CLIFF, got up and ran away!! Hopefully Sophie will do well, but still may need help from a friendly raccoon!!

Gravity seems to be working well. Carry on!

Double BoCH.

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I’m betting on Gutter to the rescue of one poor little declawed indoor kitty. I hope she’s not too scared of him!

Our raccoons live right alongside two very determined feral cats, one giant black male we call “that spooky booger” and a calico long-haired female we call “the floofle.” Another lady in the neighborhood has abducted and adopted the last batch of kittens the floofle had but so far no success trapping her to spay. Anyway, they ignore each other most of the time, but when it got to be baby season, Big Momma raccoon was seen chasing floofle out of the yard before leading her tiny ones outside. Don’t want anyone getting overly excited and causing an accident!

Oh carp! Maybe Sophie will get rescued by her not-so-secret admirer?It took me a bit to figure out what had happened as I’ve never seen a window that opened like that.

Is this the start of a big summer adventure for Sophie?

If there was ever a cat meant for indoors, lying on fainting couches and hiding under the chifforobe, Sophie is it. If she just stays there and calls out, I am sure her people will rescue her. But, alas, I fear her nature will make this more complicated.

Now what the….

Mabel

I love you, Mabel

Love you as much as I am able

But, oh, Iím crazy

For little Daisy

She is the one girl for me

Fickle

I may be fickle

But it’s a dollar to a nickel

That when I’m kissin’

The one I’m kissin’

She is the one girl for me

Carrie, I love you, Carrie.

But I don’t think that we will marry.

’Cause that would hinder my love for Linda.

She is the one girl for me.:

Yes folks these are the actual lyrics for The Great Escape Theme song. They were never used in the movie but did play for a short time on the radio back in 1968 when the movie came out. Now for the Sophie Version………

Michael

I love you, Michael

Love you as much as I am able

But, oh, Iím crazy

For little Ozzy,

He is the one boy for me.

Fickle

I may be fickle

But it’s a dollar to a nickel

That when I’m kissin’

The one I’m kissin’

He is the one boy for me

Larry, I love you, Larry.

But I don’t think that we will marry.

’Cause that would hinder my love for Harry.

He is the one boy for me.

Oh! My!! CAT!!! Sophie!!! Darling baby!!! Who cares how/why it happened, what about Sophie!?!?!?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!

I hope Sophie’s covered by ’cat’astrophic insurance. Not so much for the pain as for the suffering and humiliation!

Oh horrors! the Cat-manity!~!

Obveeously it one of em eevil ghost cats who is push poor hapless innocent cat to her death. Them diabolical invisible fiends. Time to puts an end to them demonic spectres of eevil. Who you gonna calls?

See? This be why cats should always bewares of MOANDAYS!

MAY DAY! MAY DAY!

Ohwaitsaminute. It already June.

Oh no! Will Gutter come running, when he discovers that his lady love, is in trouble? Will the construction guys come back and find out, their baby girl is really a bouncy, baby boy? Tune in tomorrow at this same, cat time, at the same cat channel!

Oh, no! Sweet Sophie, please stay where you are and meow pitifully. Someone fill find you and guide you back home where you belong.

That is not good! I hope Sophie’s outdoor adventures prove to be briefer than Elvis’, although I do hope there is some adventure to be had.

Uh-oh.

Uh Oh! Thats not good.

Are we going to have another scenario like what happened when Elvis got out that one time?

I love all the cheesy rom-com plot ideas and comments out there. Laughed all the way through the comments today. If only it were a little darker outside, Gutter might have been pining in the bushes (perhaps checking on the new window) and Sophie could possibly have fallen right into his arms… I’m sure Georgia has something much better up her watercolor-stained sleeve. Can’t wait.

I’m guessing this is the beginning of Sophie’s summer adventure!!

Window screens aren’t kitty proof. I had a very determined stray slit a screen to get out and my very large orange boy was able to pop them out.

Oh no! Sophie is so not prepared to be an outdoor kitty … she has delicate paws!

Nooooooooooooooooooo

Also…. is a raccoon abut to meet the kitty of his dreams?

Sophie, may all your landings be happy ones!

Gutter, that’s your cue!

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

At the Artisan’s Studio

Maat-Tilda: I think this tapestry is not only beautiful, but fun.

Arachna: I thought I’d weave a net to hold flowers in.

Adobe Style: And I’d like to add some of Fe-Anaro’s jewels to look like stars.

Sometime Later

Tillie: It’s really nice, but it does need a little something extra.

Adobe: I think Sophititi was planning to add some flowers.

Ari: Where is she? I haven’t seen her for awhile.

Adobe: Maybe she went to Cosmo’s Nursery for Trevor-Hotep’s latest flowers.

Tillie: Let’s ask Emma Peelia.

At the Royal Stable

Emma Peelia: I know my husband Avenger was planning to go to the Cosmo Nursery today. He should be back this evening.

Adobe: Did anyone go with him?

Diana: Yes he went with Uncle Loopy. And I think Soph.

Ari: Hopefully she’s in good paws. Or at least good hooves.

Emma: Just remember which flowers are in bloom right now.

AAAAAAAArrrrgghhhh! <—- my immediate reaction.

Knowing Georgia, this will be a verrrrry interrrrrrestink tail.

Hey, I once came home to a popped out screen and had to go looking around the building for a cat. Fortunately I found my totally indoor cat Jeremiah hunkering under a bush around the corner and very relieved to be brought back inside. I’m not suggesting “Jemmy” ’s extreme roundness was why I immediately assumed he had broken the screen out, rather than worry about burglars.

In a word: WHAT

Anyone who hasn’t seen Georgia’s Patreon post today, GO THERE NOW! It’s uttterly ASTOUNDING!!! Our Georgia has FABULOUS talent!

Poor Sophie! The builders should’ve done a better job installing her window.

We had screens like that in our Victorian house several years ago. Our daughter’s cat wound up at our house, and could push out the bottom of the screen to get out in the yard. Then she would sit on the porch looking indignant until someone let her in.

Georgia said on facebook: “Not quite comic related, but I thought you might enjoy seeing another creative project of mine, similar to the Easter Bonnet contest back in April. For many years I’ve wanted to make a Glinda costume, from ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ That was my Nana Dee Dee’s favorite movie and we all watched it many times with her growing up. Nana Dee Dee’s real name was Dorothy and she was 10 years old when the film came out. She told us how the children in the audience weren’t told the movie would be in color, and how everyone in the theater gasped when Judy Garland opened the door to Oz.I had originally planned to make this costume for comic conventions or Halloween. However, as Pride approached this year I felt like I knew the perfect setting to debut this costume. It became a labor of love, as I hoped to bring the loving, light, firmly-protective, hopeful, optimistic energy of Glinda’s walking, talking image into my town’s Pride event. I hoped it would bring a smile to folks and be something fun to share with everyone.I made the costume out of a quinceanera gown, thin plexiglass stenciling plastic (that’s the crown), a copper pipe, a Christmas tree topper, scrapbooking glitter stars, craft store rhinestone appliqués, holiday tinsel, and a whole heck of a lot of glitter. I’m incredibly proud of how it came out, and it was a joy to wear.I’m thrilled to say it was a big hit! Folks young and old reacted like I was the real thing. I was so happy to see surprised, smiling expressions whenever I turned a corner or came into view. I spent the day hearing what the movie meant to others and sharing what it meant to me, giving hugs, and having my photo taken. It was such a lovely experience! A few folks got a little teary, and so many people throughout the day thanked me for being Glinda at Pride and how happy it had made them to see me. It was a loving, affirming event full of caring, kindness, acceptance, and friendship. I had a wonderful time walking”

Oops, the bottom pane must open and wasn’t latched correctly. Probably meant for ventilation. Poor baby.

The plot thickens

OMC no! Poor Sophie!

Poor Sophie! Life can be so trying!

Screens do pop out

Oh no!

When we moved into this house two decades ago my Mickie after taunting a sibling was being chased. Her plan was to bounce off the screen to evade her perused. Instead she bounced through the screen from a fourth story window. She surfed the screen down and landed face and chest first. Messed up her mouth and bruised some internal organs. After some tooth extraction and rest, she was OK. She was a hard headed cat.

Hmm I’ve had several cats find their way through a window before but never by popping the screen out with their “fluffy” end. Sophie you’re quite talented! My Nosey-Cat found his way IN through a screen, but the method involved 8 sharp claws and a lot of shredding.

Now she can share a being outside story with Tommy who can commiserate and understand her.

Oh no!!!

I kind of expected a casement window. This is a shock.

O.T. – Vile Monday, to quote Bob the Writing Cat

Now I’m kinda wondering if Gutter will take her back to the dumpster to live with the racoons.

I haven’t been feeling great for a few days, sort of weak and running about one degree of fever, but functioning. So I went to P.T. today, and wore my Ora Zella “Consequences” shirt, which people enjoyed. I should have stayed home, or at least off the interstate, and now I am experiencing the consequences. Traffic was heavy on the way home, and along with quite a few others, I was in the passing lane trying to get around a bunch of semis. Couldn’t see far ahead. Suddenly, I saw one of those orange and white striped hazard barrels that had obviously been run over just inside the left lane (there’s no shoulder there and there was only one other barrel there, which was upright and undamaged right up against the guard rail). The car directly in front of me managed to avoid the loose barrel, but the air generated by its passing started the barrel bouncing and flipping, and the !@#$%^& thing slammed into my car, leaving a big scrape, denting the fender and quarter panel and causing a place over the tire well to bow out. (Continued)

Oh no Sophie!

Why are there now 2 reply links for each post one separated from the like link by a dot and the other underneath the like link; and why do the ones directly to the right of the Like link suddenly have numbers next to them that do not seem to coordinate with the number of actual replies?

Face palm

Today the dreaded large gray/grey box has appeared. What a pain!

While my first thought "was “oh, no, poor Sophie!” I remembered that Georgia doesn’t let the animals come to true harm in the strip, so my next thought was “is Sophie going to have her own adventure?”