Minty Mudpie #CaturdayArt

Visit more artsy kitties at Athena's Caturday Art blog hop!

And now our weekly answers for the Friendly Fill-Ins challenge, hosted by 15andmeowing and Four-Legged Furballs!

1. Finding Mudpie online, even though my heart was still shattered from losing Truffles just a few weeks before is the luckiest thing that ever happened to me.

2. A container of Trader Joe's chocolate mascarpone with Mudpie pee in it (for a urinalysis) is the most unusual item in my refrigerator. 

3. My patience is lacking. I always say when God handed out patience I didn't have the patience to stand in line for it! 

4. I have more than enough Halloween and Christmas decorations. Yet I look forward to shopping for more every year. 

What on Earth??? #PetPhotoFails

Meows from Mudpie!

Thank you for joining us for this month's edition of the Pet Photo Fails blog hop!

Bad news - I have to go back to the vet this afternoon! I was just there 2 weeks ago! Today is about fun bloopers though so I'll fill you in later.

Mommy snapped this picture the other day while I was sunbathing with the door open a crack. It turned out all sorts of wrong! My head looks like it fell out the door and there's a shadow of Mommy's phone on my side. This should've just been deleted.

That's my blooper...let's see yours!

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Memorial Day 2026

 

"We can never replace them. We can never repay them. But we can always remember. And today, that is what we are doing — we remember. Words cannot wipe away the tears or bring back those smiling faces. But if Americans just take the time to look into your eyes and tell you how much we thank you and how dearly we pray for you and how truly we love you, then hopefully you can find solace through your pain. And every time you see the sun rise over this blessed land please know your brave sons and daughters pushed away the night and delivered for us all that great and glorious dawn."

~ President Donald J. Trump, 5/29/17

Squeezie. Now. Let's Move! #SundaySelfie

 

We're joining our friends at The Cat on My Head for the Sunday Selfies blog hop!  

Caturday Art

Visit more artsy kitties at Athena's Caturday Art blog hop!

And now our weekly answers for the Friendly Fill-Ins challenge, hosted by 15andmeowing and Four-Legged Furballs!

1. I would be willing to pay more for anything Mudpie (or any cat) needs. I'm ridiculously frugal, but if a cat needs something, they get it. 

2. I refuse to spend money on air. Meaning, gas station air pumps. I recently bought a portable tire inflator so I'm never in search of a gas station with free air again! 

3. My house is a bit chaotic. I've been doing loads of decluttering lately but I have a bad habit of not finishing one project before I start a new one so nothing ever looks completely polished.

4. A fun fact about me is that I was obsessed with Nancy Drew as a little girl. I tore through the whole series thanks to my grade school library, and then bought all the original books with my own money at a flea market. Somewhere in the basement is that box of books, which keeps me going when I get tired of going through boxes! 

Feline Friday: Tuna Butt Protects Her Turf

Meows from Mudpie!

I've had a couple funny moments this week to tell you about. 

Wednesday night Mommy had a tuna fish sammie for dinner. I don't like tuna, but sometimes I like slurping up the juice. That particular night I didn't want it, and Mommy didn't realize it until I had managed to tip the bowl over onto the kitchen floor and sit in it! She called me "tuna butt"! 

Then Thursday afternoon Mommy decided to mow the lawn. While pulling weeds in the back she could hear a man talking very close by. She stepped into the driveway to see that a lawn service man had opened the side door to slip in his advertisement, only to find me laying right there! I don't know who was more surprised, me or him! Mommy is very thankful I'm not one to bolt out the door when it opens.

When she came to check on me I started screaming at her. I told her, "Mommy, a man just tried to get in! I scared him away!" 

Feline Friday is simple to join. All you have to do is:

Post a picture, drawing, cartoon or video of a cat (They may be silly or cute). 

Happy 19th Gotcha Day, Angel Tara!

Mommy here!

19 years ago today I brought Tara home. With the exception of the 6 weeks after she passed away before I adopted Truffles, and the month after I lost Truffles so unexpectedly before finding Mudpie, I've lived with a tortie for 19 years now. That's a lotta tortitude for one small house!

In honor of her Gotcha Day I thought it might be fun to share her PetFinder profile. I actually met her "in the fur" at the PetSmart adoption center before I went home and looked her up on PetFinder, which I'm really glad about because I don't think the posted pictures did her justice at all.

And yes, her name at the shelter was Kelly. My mom is the one who suggested naming her Tara because of our mutual love of Gone With the Wind...

Kelly

Cat

Dilute Tortoiseshell Mix

Size: Large

Age: Adult

Gender: Female

Notes: Kelly is a beautiful short haired cat with a sweet personality. As you can see from her pictures, the coloring on her face is half black and half brown and is divided at the nose. She is a pretty big girl who loves to sleep (even in her litter box if it is clean). Kelly would like a home where she has a big bed to curl up on and a person to give her attention. Kelly sleeps through most anything except when another cat goes by her cage, for this she will even get up and tell the other cat to back off. Because of this Kelly needs to be the only cat in the household.

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What has come to amaze me is how much of Tara I see in Mudpie. Many times I even refer to Tara as Mudpie's "grandma" even though there's no way they could possibly be biologically related. They're built the same, diabetic (even though Mudpie is thankfully still in remission), they react the same to other cats, their coat is the same...so many similarities. 

Tara was a middle-aged ladycat when I adopted her so we didn't have a lot of years together, but the memories she left behind will remain with me for the rest of my days. 

Remembering Tara

Adopted May 20, 2007

Rainbow Bridge July 7, 2013