Goodbye Little Tiffy

Jasmine just told me the very sad news about poor little Tiffy. It made her cry. It made me cry too. Jasmine got so upset about what happened that it gave her a headache and made her feel sick in her stomach. Poor little Tiffy was just a baby. How could anyone look at this darling little thing and send her off to be killed?

Sweet little Tiffy. Now gone forever, depsite the best efforts
of 5-Cat Style and The Flyer who tried desperately to save her.

I won't repeat the story here because it is too upsetting. If you want to know what happened, go over to 5-Cat Style and The Flyer and read the following entries:

• A rush to save Tiffy
• We were too late
• It could have been breakfast with Tiffy
• So here's what happened yesterday
  

Incidences like this remind us that not all beans a good animal beans. Some beans think that poodins are disposable items to be abandoned or killed when they don't feel like having them around anymore. No poodin, or woofy, or any furbaby deserves that.

When I read other poodin blogs, I am happy to see that there are plenty of good beans out there who love their kitties very much and give them everything they could ever need: plenty of food, a warm soft place to sleep, toys to play with, lots of love and scritches, and trips to the V.E.T. Yes, even the V.E.T.

I know none of us poodins like the V.E.T. but deep down inside we all know that our beans only make us visit the V.E.T. because they love us and want us to be healthy. And I know that sometimes when we want HAM our beans just give us crunchies, but seriously, if the worst thing that happens to us is that we have to eat crunchies sometimes instead of ham, and have to endure some V.E.T. visits, then we are pretty lucky poodins.

Obviously all poodins deserve to be treated with love and respect, but not all poodins are lucky enough to have such wonderful beans. Beans who treat their poodins with the same love and care as they would a little burpy thing or a little sticky person.

In memory of little Tiffy, I think those of us who are lucky enough to have wonderful beans should all give our beans extra big purrs and headbutts tonight to let them know that we really do appreciate them. And let's also be thankful for people like 5-Cat Style and The Flyer who try to do so much for poodins in need.

New furriend Myoo

I'd like to introduce another kitty blogger - Myoo. Myoo has been blogging for a long time (since September 2004!), but who may not be known to many of you. At least that's what I'm guessing since I haven't seen many links to Myoo from other kitty blogs.

Jasmine first saw Myoo's blog a long time ago and was the very first purrson to post a comment. :)

Kitty party

Ariel had a link to a very funny cartoon about kitties having a party!

Kitty clock

When I read about the new kitty clocks from the Crew and Mouse the Cat, I knew that I just had to have one too!

Introducing Tycho

This beautiful orange guy is Tycho. He lives with one of Jasmine's friends in Canberra.

Doesn't he have lovely shades of orange? :) Tycho lives with his beans and his woofies. Even though the woofies are significantly bigger than he is, they are still quite gentle with him, and if they ever get out-of-line, Tycho reminds them who's boss.

Rececntly, Tycho, his beans, and his woofies have adopted a new little kitten, Miro. We'll post some pictures of little Miro too.

New purple kitty toy

Two Sundays ago, Jasmine and Peter went to the seaside town of Brighton. When walking along the waterfront, Jasmine saw a person selling kitty toys. They weren't actually being sold as kitty toys, but as soon as Jasmine saw them she knew that any kitty would love to play with them because they had dangly fluffy bits to wave around! Obviously, Jasmine bought one.

When Jasmine got back, Pretty Kitty was hanging out in the stairwell, so she asked Pretty Kitty if she'd like to test it out. Pretty Kitty said it was fun. London BK had a go too (and also approved) but Jasmine didn't get the camera out in time to take a photo. Maybe London BK will play with it again later and post something here about it.

When I teleport over from Canberra to visit Jasmine in London I will play with it too.

Introducing Pretty Kitty

Very occasionally I meet Pretty Kitty in the stairwell. I call her 'Pretty Kitty' because she is so very pretty, it's not her real name.

I always give Pretty Kitty a pat when I see her. She lets me, but she is very shy, and so doesn't come asking for pats like most of my kitty friends.


BTW, these photos were taken with a camera phone and so they are a bit blurry. Also, they don't properly show how pretty she really is. She is even more pretty in purrson.

Catolympics Torch Relay: distance after Day 9

Here's an update on how far the torch has travelled!

Day 1: Bombay and Bangles take the torch from Singapurr to Fat Eric in London (10863 kms/6750 miles)

Day 2: Fat Eric takes the torch from London to the Caturday gang in New Hampshire (6229 kms/3871 miles)

Day 3: Harper, Miss Ramona and Brendan take the torch from New Hampshire to the
Meezers in Rochester, New York (599 kms/372 miles)

Day 4: Miles takes the torch from Rochester to the Cat Crossing gang in Colorado (2320 kms/ 1441 miles)

Day 5: Dino, Egypt and Tuxie take the torch from Colorado to Timmy in Mew Jersey (2617 kms/1626 miles)

Day 6: Timmy takes the torch from Mew Jersey to Smeagol and Strider in Pennsylvania (320 kms/199 miles)

Day 7: Smeagol and Strider take the torch from Pennsylvania to Sanjee, Boni and Mini in Virginia (217 kms/ 135 miles)

Day 8: Sanjee and Boni take the torch from Virgina to Finnegan and Buddy in North Carolina (525 kms/326 miles)

Day 9: Finnegan takes the torch from North Carolina to the Manx Mnews gang in Northern Florida (618 kms/384 miles)

Total distance: 24308 kms/15104 miles!

BTW, Jasmine asked me to tell you that she doesn't know which cities many of the poodins are in, only the state, so she just picked a city in the state, so the distances are an estimate only.

Other uses for your laptop

There's more us poodins could be doin' with our laptops than just blogging. Check out this kitty!



Found this link on Ariel's blog.

Catolympics Torch Relay: distance after Day 5

Fat Eric was wondering how far the Catolympics torch had travelled. Jasmine looked up a website which has distances between cities and told me the following...

Day 1: Bombay and Bangles take the torch from Singapurr to Fat Eric in London (10863 kms/6750 miles)

Day 2: Fat Eric takes the torch from London to the Caturday gang in New Hampshire (6229 kms/3871 miles)

Day 3: Harper, Miss Ramona and Brendan take the torch from New Hampshire to the
Meezers in Rochester, New York (599 kms/372 miles)

Day 4: Miles takes the torch from Rochester to the Cat Crossing gang in Colorado (2320 kms/ 1441 miles)

Day 5: Dino, Egypt and Tuxie take the torch from Colorado to Timmy in Mew Jersey (2617 kms/1626 miles)

Total distance: 22628 kms/14060 miles!

BTW, Jasmine told me that there were some cities with the same name as cities in other places, so if she wasn't sure, she just guessed which one was right!