Saturday, August 18, 2018

Friday Was Black Cat Appreciation Day?






















Was it? Really? Huh. Not like there was a pawty around here or nuffing. As usual, a day late and several chick-hens short. Well, back to my nap, then.

14 comments:

Michael said...

For your loyal subjects, every day is black cat appreciation day, Spitty. For your Human, not so much.

Megan,
Sydney, Australia

Catio Tales said...

Ruska is joining you in The Sulks

Lone Star Cats said...

Demand da whole weekend.

Summer at sparklecat.com said...

Binga is waiting (not very patiently!) for Tortie Appreciation Day!

meowmeowmans said...

Maybe your human was appreciating that you wanted to take a nice nap, Spitty?

Pam and Teddy said...

You mean there was no special celebration or treat or toy or brushies or ANYTHING? Gosh.....what can I say???

Hugs, Teddy

Kitties Blue said...

Spitty, you should have had a huge celebration with lots of nip, treats and cat grass. Sire hope your mom is making up for it today. You are looking quite comfy curled up napping. Misty May wants to know if she can join you. XOCK, angel Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy and Sawyer

Frank Blogger said...

In keeping with the all-too-fleeting Black Cat Appreciation Day (August 17) ….

THAT BLACK CAT SHE INVADED HIS DREAMS … She laid by his bared feet / at the foot of his bed / though in his dream they’d meet / which they did in his head. // For this sleek black feline / she’d been in there before / such she’d never decline / as that cat he’d adore. // A myth it couldn’t be / that her claws touched his toes / as the dreaming did he / was about that she knows. // The dream she boldly caught / that night she did invade / was the dream she had sought / the dream she’d long delayed. // Within she placed her claws / upon his sleep-bound feet / all performed with no flaws / then and there they did meet. // Though not feeling abused / by prickling on his toes / he still looked down confused / at each of five toes, two rows. // Naught of her did he find / in his dream created / though back to wakened mind / he saw her and stated // ‘Mimi, it’s you—you rascal!’ / yet he still adored her / while finding comical / her response a smooth ‘murr’. // From the thick mattress down / she landed without woes / as he said ‘You little clown— / you leave alone my toes.’ // Thought she, ‘Again we’ll meet / as you dream fast asleep / when the toes on your feet / from my paws you cannot keep.’
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Ode To SIMON's DRINKING PROBLEM ... It’s clear dear cat you’ve had a water drink / For it hangs thick and low from your thin chin / As a large drop through which light rays glisten / Then a flicker of your tongue’s tip quite pink / Comes with a sway of your tail, its kink / So noticed like that water drop again / (And you without a little silk napkin) / Your habit’s one endearingly distinct. // Plus your drinking problem leaves us no stink / Like old food stuff or hard liquor like gin / And into a bad thing you didn’t sink / You’ve committed naught resembling a sin / Habits can still be dropped in an eye’s blink / While having you near’s my mind’s medicine.
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THAT YOUNG BLACK CAT—SHE NEEDED SOMETHING … ‘If only I had something new,’ / she thought, ‘something adventurous / to do, like when the fields grew tall, fields from which wild fowl fed and flew’; / she, feline feisty and precious, / needed something or to climb the wall. // She walked over to the window pane / and looked out to the neighbouring homes / to where she hoped to find something / —something new, beyond the back lane, / rocky road, where she’d often roam, / to where her eyes would be wandering. // And when her attention was caught / by the towering shingled roof / sheltering the large corner store, / she at once decided she ought / to climb to its black peak as proof / of her worth to those who did her adore. // Through the yards one by one she went, / glancing around this and that corner, / over then under fences tall / till she stood at the wall she’d meant / to conquer, as a foreigner, / without any fear that she’d fall. // She looked to the two garbage cans / leaning against the wooden shed, / right next to the store that was so pink; / up she jumped, her feet and hands / reached the top by but a thread, / of no better place could she think. // Having achieved her noteworthy climb, / she gazed over to the swaying trees, / unaware that her hostess stood near; / at the bus stop, as passed the time, / the woman looked up, into the breeze, / and saw her pet feline who knew no fear. // Thus the feline had done something new / and not seeing her hostess’s stare, / she returned home fulfilled and content, / for from this day excitement she drew / and she thought again she’d climb and dare / those high places worthy of her scent.

Memories of Eric and Flynn said...

What!!! Do you mean to say you weren't appreciated yesterday of all days?

pilch92 said...

You poor guy, so unappreciated. XO

The Island Cats said...

Black Cat Day is every day as far as I’m concerned, Spitty. ~Ernie

Andrea and the Celestial Kitties said...

Are you telling me no one appreciated you on Friday? Well, I know you are appreciated all year long, so I'm sure you were, but your human needs to make up for it with many many chick-hen baby foods!!

Katie Isabella said...

Chick-hens aplenty. Come on over.

Eastside Cats said...

Spitty, you are getting the same thing that every black cat here received! A nap at the window!