Caturday felid: A warm spot
I had a Caturday felid post in draft, but am too weak to work on it, so here’s a timely contribution by reader Peter N., who notes “cats do love a warm spot.” And this moggy has found a huge warm spot!
I had a Caturday felid post in draft, but am too weak to work on it, so here’s a timely contribution by reader Peter N., who notes “cats do love a warm spot.” And this moggy has found a huge warm spot!
We are now in Cadiz, Spain, at the location below that’s circled in red. and visited a small underground archaeological dig from Phoenician times. There I saw remains of a cat from the 8th century BC: Here it is below. I believe the earliest evidence for cat domestication is about 10,000 years ago from Cyprus. … Continue reading Tuesday felids
I got more cats from readers than I expected, which is great. Here is the promised panoply of readers’ cats in Christmas poses (and one video). Each reader has named their cat and provides a bit of information (indented): From Paul T. Please find attached my Christmas cat shot. This is one of our cats, … Continue reading Caturday felids: Christmas edition with readers’ kitties!
The idea for this picture post came from reader Lee Beringsmith, who wrote me an email with a picture of his “Super Scratcher”. To wit: I have a suggestion for a future Caturday. As a fellow cat lover, how about asking for photos of readers cats with multiple digits? I have a favorite barn cat, … Continue reading Caturday felid special: Readers’ polydactylous cats
It’s Caturday, and that means you get three—count them, three—cat-related news items, plus lagniappe to boot. First, from LoveMeow, we have a cat whose face is all screwed up and asymmetrical. But, Ceiling Cat bless her, a woman fell in love with the animal and brought it home. I’m a big fan of people who … Continue reading Caturday felid trifecta: Asymmetric cat gets adopted; Japan’s biggest cat cafe; On the Origin of Felids; and lagniappe
The friends I’m visiting in Cambridge have two daughters, and we visited one of them yesterday. This daughter, a nurse, has a special love for animals. So does her husband, and they have two cats and a dog. This is the story of how one of the cats, Jack, accidentally fell from his third-floor apartment, … Continue reading Caturday felid: The unfortunate fall of Jack the Cat
I’m running a Caturday felid post with only one item today, as I have three other tripartite posts lined up, but this one is time-sensitive, and if you live in Los Angeles you may want to go. This is Colossal has announced a free Cat Art Show that runs in Los Angeles between October 14 … Continue reading Caturday felid unifecta: Free cat art show in L.A.
Today we have just one item, but it’s a website that you can peruse for hours. I’ve consulted the wonderful site The Great Cat for a while, mostly to see cats in art, but haven’t called attention to its depth and variety. Click on the screenshots to go to the site. Note that in this … Continue reading Caturday felids: The Great Cat site
I have allowed a few entries to slip by the deadline (noon), but please don’t send any more photos of black cats. We’ll do this again next year, perhaps at Halloween. I’ve been inundated with black cats, which is good, but now I have work to do. Thanks!
I don’t ask for much, but if you have a black at, I’m asking for one photo and a few words, including the name of the moggy. Today is Black Cat Appreciation Day, and what better way to show your appreciation than sending ME a photo. We have only half a dozen, which is absolutely … Continue reading Send in your black cat photos!