Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for September 23, 2020

Beatrix has had a looong day/night/day. Goodnight!

Lupin’s look of pure joy is priceless. ❤

What a nice Mailman. I hope Puck’s photo comes out right this time! (And awww, that third panel. Look at them all – those smiles – the Girl included! I love it!)

Wait. Did Puck just get photographic evidence? Is there a memory card in there? He must have power because the flash went off. He doesn’t have it turned the wrong way around, if there’s memory, there’s evidence.

Well, evidence of a man in a mask carrying a bag that probably contains mail.

Hmm. Well, incomplete evidence is still a good start if he’s to prove the existence of the mythical Mailman.

Make sure you get his USPS label in the shot, Puck. Your mailman looks like my dentist.

Hopefully Puck will have proof positive to show to El-biss that the mailman is REAL! After picture is developed.

It appears that the girl has become 5th cat in the Big Pink House clowder. (No, spell check, I did not mean chowder.)

Once a figment always a figment.

Bea looks so sweet dropped off to sleep now that she’s safe home.

I doubt a photo will convince ElBiff of the Mailman’s actual existence since hugging him didn’t work!

It’s Toe Bean Palooza today!

While many are praising that MailMen are real… how about MailWomen… MailCarriers… MailPeople… oh bugger!… okay… how about Mail Cats!!!! (Grin!)

A fuzzy photo of a masked man in a blue shirt doesn’t do much to prove the existence of the supernatural being known as The Mailman.

The nametag says his name is Snuffleupagus.

I want to know how the Legendary Mailperson rescued Beatrix. Sweet little Beatrix, all tuckered out after being so long up in the tree…….Sleep well little cat child.

Faces of joy. Even Elvis is… uh.. half smiling?

Aww Bea flaked out. She must have been awake the whole time.

OT….Yen progress

Panel 3 would be a wonderful mug or t-shirt……hint, hint. The Girl is absolutely adorable as part of the clowder.

Little Bea is exhausted from her ordeal, falling fast asleep in The Woman’s arms in the last panel. And Puck’s Mailman saves the day!

Ah, look at all five kitties in panel three!

The Girl are kitty!

A clowder of happy cats. I wonder if Puck waits for the mailman every day in real life.

Is Puck using a Kodak from the 80’s?

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Awwwwww. Beatrix feels so safe she fell asleep in The Woman’s arms. So sweet.

Panel 3 – looks as though the Woman changed her mask and then back in Panel 5. It doesn’t really matter, Be a has been found, and yes, how did the mailman get her down. He climbs trees? or just tall enough to reach her?

Look at sweet Bea snuggling with The Woman…

Puck you have all you need, ignore the others if they fail to see. You are content

Beatrix is storing up energy for the reunion party. Break out the cat coffee!

OT:

NINE DAYS UNTIL SWAN EATERS!

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They have all seen the mailman now. Yay!

Aww. That last panel, Pucky coming face to face with his hero. Just so darn cute. Looks like the mailman is a cat lover. Squees all around.

I wonder if certain little kitten’s know better now than to climb so high in trees?

Beatrix is asleep.

Beatrix is finally getting a much needed sleep. Must be exhausted!

I just love that mailman!

Wonderful cat face mask on the Woman!

He got photo evidence! Now everyone has to believe him!

Panel 2 Beatrix is just so content. I am eager to see her reunited with Trevor. And to tell of her adventures at rapid pace. And to credit the woodland helpers.

Let Beatrice rest…..

OT: Kitten Yen update!

I just hope he wasn’t using flash, the window reflection would white out the image. If it’s autofocus, it might focus on the window instead. Always take backup shots from various angles and suppress flash where possible. (Or have the mailman send you a postcard of himself.)

FYI, Georgia posted that they now have the individual interviews up from NCS Fest if you haven’t see Georgia’s yet and want to get to it easier, https://ncsfest.com/.

I knew the ending of this arc was going to make me happy, but I’m so happy for sweet Puck getting to bond with the mailman that I may have slightly misty eyes. Everything about this strip—Bea’s little Zzzzs, the girl and cats in the window, Puck’s perfect toe beans—makes me smile. Thank you Georgia!!

Maybe as Beatrix relays her adventures to the BPH kitties, we’ll get to eavesdrop on the conversation.

Today is:

National Checkers Day —Okay, but what are the national checkers checking? And is this legal, or an abrogation of our rights? I’ve always been suspicious when someone says, “Crown me.”

International Day of Sign Language —Certain gestures seem to have nearly universal meaning … especially in international relations.

Celebrate Bisexuality Day —I really don’t understand what all the fuss is about. I mean, we have only two. The Venusians, according to William Tenn, have seven. You’d think we could work out relations between just a measly two. (Yes, I know that with LGBTQ et al we are working on a vastly expanded and complex number, probably involving the square root of -1. How you “identify” is, and should be, none of my business unless one of us asks the other for a date. You see, I practice that most endangered of American virtues: TOLERANCE.)

National Great American Pot Pie Day —No, not another way to get high, though I’m sure someone will make them with cannabis, if they haven’t already. Although similar to “meat pies” the term distinctly American, and good ones are “rare fine ballast for an empty stomach.” In truth, savory pies, or pie-like creations, date to ancient times, and probably to the first use of flour. Now I’m hungry.

National Dogs in Politics Day —They could certainly do at least as good a job as the incumbents. Any pooch for President! (I have a button that says "Any turkey for President!’ but we’ve already done that, multiple times over, and I’m all for equal representation.

Innergize Day —This is the day to set some time aside just for yourself, do what you want to do, rather than what you think you have to do. I was supposed to do this yesterday, so I’m doing it today. Hope you can do the same.

Moody Blues: The Voice

Won’t you take me to my home?

I took a long time to go and roam,

Climbing high up in a tree,

…….

Oh, won’t you please rescue me?

Oh, can you hear me?

Oh, can you take me back home?

Tonight!

…….

Each and every friend can hear,

They are concerned, that’s very clear,

Thimble Fist and Homestyle are here,

Old friends and new are very dear!

…….

Oh, won’t you please rescue me?

Oh, can you hear me?

Oh, can you take me back home?

Tonight!

…….

A mythical being’s here, I perceive

I’m no skeptic now, I do believe,

The fine letter carrier,

Is bringing me back to all of you!

I’m afraid of falling,

But I know that you’re all out there,

And you’re there for me, it’s true

I know you exist,

And I know that you’ll come through!

…….

Carry me to my best friends’ home,

I know that I won’t be alone,

Right now I am done with trees,

What I need now are lots of ZZZZZZZZZZZ……

…….

Oh, thanks for rescuing me!

Oh, I am safe now!

Oh, can you take me back home?

Tonight!

Tonight!

Beatrix has crashed in the Woman’s arms, Puck has been vindicated, the Mail Man has been verified, and there’s a party on the porch! All in all, a perfect ending.

happy sigh

Bea is finally out of the tree so now she can sleep in the woman’s arms.

Aww, Beatrix snoozing in the Woman’s arms…

awwwwwww

Yay! Puck got his camera!

squints in sudden realization. GD has just been waiting for an excuse to draw the Man, the Woman, and the Children with cat faces hasn’t she? Well call me a kitten and paint a silver lining on those clouds. :3

I’ve named a trope after Beatrix. In many stories about a group of humans or others who work together there’s often a young energetic novice who, in spite of being cheerful and kind, us obviously going to be running things soon. I call that one the Beatrix the Kitten Intern. On recent TV shows the Bea is usually female.

Tired little Beatrix, rescued at last, is enjoying a nice snoozle in her foster mom’s arms. Sigh…I fell better now.

Beatrix is such a cutie.

“He climbs up Trees. He rescues Bea. He makes deliveries!”

“He’s the Mail-man and he’s Okay!” “He is for real and he likes kitties!”

With apologies to Monty Python. :-)

We must hear from Bea about why she climbed up the tree. Maybe she was chased by a dog or scared by something else.

Maybe Bea’s Woman will meet the mailman to thank him for saving Bea, and a romance will develop so that Bea and Trevor can have their own Man (or is Bookstore Woman already married)?

I want to know exactly how the mailman got her down! Enquiring minds want to know! C’mon Burt, give us some of that great b-roll you always have stashed away. ;)

Oh I LOVE the smiley cat mask on The Girl! CUTE!! That and the puppy(?) mask on The Woman!

Puck now has proof! all the cats have seen him.

Who is the friend who is on the way? Bea is owned by the family, right? With Puck and the others. Oh wait. the lady talking has red hair, and the heroine has brown hair, right? I get confused easily.