Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for May 06, 2022

You know, for a kitten, Beatrix is a quick learner.

That’s a lot of trash talk…

Is that a little sleep mask on Elvis’s face? How cute! And yes, Beatrix is indeed a genius….

On this week’s Top Chef when one of the contestants realized time was running short, she called out “Oh my gato.” Is Elaine a BCN fan?

I wonder what Elvis is holding. It’s purple. Bedtime reading, maybe?

Yes, she is. What a super little kitten you have there, Dad Cat. Be proud.

Bea’s evil plan for good. And, Lupin? Goldie can definitely pick up more trash than you if you don’t start picking stuff up.

GENIUS. Just look at Goldie go!

Not just Lupin, but Goldie is also being challenged! Nice job, Beatrix!

That’s why Bea is your little girl, Elvis.

Very clever!

Clever is Beatrix’s middle name! Beatrix Clever Kitten! ❤

Lupin toe beans and paw pad!

SQUEEEEEEE!

I still love love, Step One, of Beatrix’s list…Send Elvis to bed! Ha ha ha ha!

Wish that would work on my grandkids

Go to bed, Elvis. That was step one and, thanks to Beatrix’s genius tricks, they are already on step six. Come on Lupin, Goldie is definitely picking up more trash.

the house is going to end up cleaner than when the People left.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

At the Royal Paddock

Avenger: Ready for our practice run, Lupinium?

Lupinium: All set. Let’s go!

Puckmosis: Looks like things are falling into place for tomorrow’s race.

Emma-Peelia: They sure are. I’m going to head over to the Cosmos Garden to pick roses pretty soon.

Puckmosis: Is Diana going with you?

Emma: No, Beatrixia is foal sitting her. Maybe next year she’ll be big enough.

Puckmosis: Well, I’d like to check in on Thomios and see how he’s doing with preparations.

At the Royal Kitchen

*Puckmosis: How’s the food prep going, Thomios?

Thomios: Just fine. I’ve got plenty of honey courtesy of Thalia and her bees, the catnip is ready for the julep, and I’ve got bacon ready for the Hot Browns*

Puckmosis: Sounds great. Looks like we’re all set for the Bowler Derby tomorrow.

Beatrix is demonstrating her management skills.

That kitten will be running the world, one of these days.

Elvis held guard to protect Beatrix when she was a tiny kitten, now she’s looking out for him. She’s a sweet kitty.

Manipulation!

They skipped step 1

OT – Wishing all the Moms in the ORB a very Happy Mother’s Day. This includes Cat parents, too! ( I am early because I won’t be near electronics for the weekend. )

Georgia did such a good job showing in Elvis’s eyes that he’s so proud of his little girl!

That’s one way to get it done!!!

I guess being polydactyl means you’re better able to push everyone’s buttons!

…was there ever any doubt?

Georgia did a drawing yesterday for National Cartoonist’s Day that includes the first drawing of Ora Zella.

I wonder if tomorrow the people will come home to a pile of sleeping cats and Tortimer.

Beatrix is indeed a genius!! And for a kitten, she’s a fast learner…

Nobody taught Hamilton how to be a cat!

No, I’m serious. He thinks he is a furry, pint-sized person. He was abandoned on the streets of St. Louis and picked up by the no-kill shelter we found him in. Unfortunately, his early development was woefully lacking.

Hamilton doesn’t meow – ever. He doesn’t know how to use his claws; he gets them hooked into all kinds of things, then tries to walk on and finds himself dragging a towel, bath mat, or even my pillow with him. He looks at me and seems to say, “why is this happening?” And, he isn’t afraid of much; even likes being in water, and will eat anything…cat food, dog food, salsa, potatoes, the list is endless (of course, he does not get those things, but his nose and curiosity make him want to taste everything.)

Besides needing to be totally involved in everything I do, he just doesn’t act like any cat we have ever had.

Third day without Puck. I guess he really did head for bed.

Elvis is not following directions. He was supposed to go to bed.

Well, better hop like a bunny, soon as guests blow

Cleaning rags ready, now go cats go

And don’t you stop ’til all shines anew

Well you can do anything but

Stop before the cleanup is through

Well, all knocked things down, better replace

And slather Top Job all over the place

Do anything that you want to do

But uh-uh honey, follow Bea’s list of clues

You got those wretched cleaning blues

You can do anything but lay off before you’re through

Now let’s go, cats (oh, dust the wall)

You can blame a mouse, but you won’t get far

Wish the mess away on the brightest star

Do anything that you want to do

But uh-uh baby, lay off the breakin’ news

Don’t you stop singin’ those down’n dirty blues

You can do anything but hang up your cleaning shoes

Rock it

- Carl Perkins – Blue Suede Shoes – Elvis

OT – I’m so sad…

Fifteen days short of the seventeenth anniversary of her adoption, I had to have my sweet girl kitty Silvia euthanized. She was nineteen and a half, and her kidneys finally gave up. My lap is empty. I miss her dreadfully.

The Big Pink House will be clean in no time.

Elvis, you are supposed to go to bed. Step number 1!

People don’t want to win, people want their enemies to lose.

Beatrix the Wonder Kitten. I may have mentioned this before so skip it if you’ve seen it. There’s a character who appears in stories about a group that works together. The character is a new hire who’s enthusiastic and smarter than most of the existing group members. We’ve been calling them the Beatrix.

Beatrix has the “frenemies” working together to clean up. Puck should be helping since he was part of the “let’s have a house party” crew.

Wow, Bea’s plan even works on Goldie!

OT: Update again

I want to hear what kind of trash talk they use while picking it up.

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I am a little dubious that Lupin even knows how to pick up trash

I must say I’m shocked. Not that Bea’s got some brains, that she included someone other than Lupin in the rest of her clean up list.

Although, maybe she isn’t such a genius. As long as Lupin and Goldie stick to clean up Bea’s a genius. But if they devolve into fighting, she made a huge mistake. The apartment could end up messier than before the clean up started.

Let’s hope they stick to clean up.

While they’re at it, I’ve got a fence that needs whitewashing too! ;)

Beatrix is such a sweet, sensitive kitten – she understands what makes cats tick and how to get ’em going. No wonder Elvis is so proud of her.

In reality, this only works with what I call “competitive eating”. Kirby once ate dairy-free cheese substitute because he saw the new kitten doing it. Boy, was he ever mad at her.

I grieve with thee.

I was rereading the arc where Burt and Baba were introduced. It may also have been the first time we saw the Robber Mice Gang. He mentioned that Baba had given birth to over 90 kittens.

I’m so sorry.