Bernie (The cat)

It turns out Bernie is a girl. I had already gotten used to the name Bernie so now it's just short for Bernadette. Bernie and Lida Rose are adjusting to each other better than expected.

Bernie

This little tuxedo cat showed up on my patio last weekend and it looks like he has found a new home. I named him Bernie.

Hugging Cats

I was at the Petsmart on Shepherd on Saturday and saw these two adorable cats who are available for adoption through Save A Cat Rescue.
http://www.saveacatrescue.org/

The Cat & The Ducklings (Animal Odd Couples)

I usually don't post videos but this one is too cute not to share.

Smokey LeGrand

My Dad and I adopted Smokey from the Houston SPCA in 1969. She was his favorite cat and lived a long long life with him after I left home. He loved her so much he had a portrait painted of her. Today would be my Dad's 98th birthday.

Relaxing after a long hard day keeping the mice away.

New Kitties

Here are 2 of the 4 kitties I've "adopted. " There is another orange kitty and a grey/orange/white kitty who I think is their mother. She is the only one who isn't completely feral so in the next week or so I'm planning to catch her and have her fixed. These kitties provide lots of entertainment for Ginger.

Cat Sandwich

Socks

Former First Cat Socks was euthanized on Friday. He was 19 or 20 years old and had been diagnosed with cancer. Socks was a stray who was adopted by Chelsea Clinton when her father was governor of Arkansas. When Clinton was elected president, Socks moved to the White House and was so popular the White House had to issue a statement asking reporters to leave him alone. Socks had his own fan club and was featured in many books including one written by Hillary Rodham Clinton called Dear Socks, Dear Buddy: Kids' Letters to the First Pets. Not to be outdone by his family, Socks was involved in his own scandal when Indiana's Republican Representative, Dan Burton questioned the use of White House staff and postage to answer the many letters Socks received.

When the Clinton's left the White House, Socks went to live with Clinton's' secretary Betty Currie. She and Socks had become very attached over the years and she asked if she could keep him. In the last few years Socks made few public appearances choosing to enjoy the company of his family, his special home-made chicken dinners, and the occasional visit from his former family.

The Clinton's issued this statement: "Socks brought much happiness to Chelsea and us over the years, and enjoyment to kids and cat lovers everywhere. We're grateful for those memories, and we especially want to thank our good friend, Betty Currie, for taking such loving care of Socks for so many years."

Hungry Hungry Kitteh (from I Can Has Cheezburger)

New Year's Resolutions

The Good Life

The good life @ Yahoo! Video

Ringo

Here are 2 pictures of Ringo the neighborhood cat who likes to walk with the dogs when we do our walkies. He belongs to someone on another street but often eats at my house. He came in a few minutes ago to get out of the rain and entertain the dogs.

Ringo

Here are two more pictures of Ringo making himself at home in the guest room.

The blue in the quilt really brings out the blue in his eyes. Isn't he a beautiful guy?

Ruthie the cat

Here is a picture of Ruthie. Ruthie used to live in the parking lot of an apartment complex where I lived.
She was one of many feral cats who lived there. I managed to round up most of the cats to be spayed or neutered at SNAP www.snapus.org When I moved I brought Ruthie with me she continues to live happily outdoors (her preference)
SNAP is a great organization which offers low cost or free neutering or spaying. They are located on Durham
near I-10. See their web site for more information.

Videos

You may notice on the right hand side of my blog are 2 videos. Be sure and listen to the music that goes with them. I'm experimenting with all the fun features available on blogger. The cats and kittens one is for ancatexanca and all the other cat lovers.

Kitties

Here are some kitties I had before the dogs took over. Clockwise, starting with the black cat, are Slicky, Cricket, Sally, and Burke. Burke has on a Snoopy polo shirt and is sitting on my daughter's desk in our house on Catina in New Orleans.

Copy cataloging

This post has nothing to do with copy cataloging. My friend R showed me this web site with really funny pictures of cats like this one. Check it out at http://icanhascheezburger.com/