Uh oh, is this a bit of foreshadowing??? Elvis, you’ve been there, done that and if you don’t have the t-shirt, well, just let it go. Or maybe Jules will show up early this month!?
Little Beatrix is able to get out of the bookstore quite often. I guess that is okay as long as she does not decide to climb any more tall trees and put the BCN neighborhood into a frenzy!
Hot chocolate is best with the cold whipped cream out of the can but nothing wrong with cool whip either!
Outside is great, as long as you know you have inside available to escape back to.
In other news, I’m home again, resting, and I am mostly comfortable. Giblet, Belle, Mitten have to learn that my belly isn’t open for their nightly ascent to my chest for purrs and boops. The last thing I need would be for a claw to puncture the bag. Ah, the new normal.
Thank you everyone for the kind words and encouragement. I guess I will use my enforced rest to write.
Queen Catshepsut the Golden: I would like to propose going to the Great Pyramid for a camp out.
Elvis-Anum: Wonderful! I can’t wait to brave the wilds like my ancestors of old!
Lupinium: Your ancestors have been aristocats for generations.
Beatrixia:What shall we bring in the way of food?
Elvis-Anum: We’ll have Thomios pack is a picanic meal with cat friendly cocoa and koffee. And maybe some nommy nom spider treats. Puckmosis, do we have any impossibly tiny boxes?
Puckmosis: Yes. I’ll grab some from the Palace storage.
Elvis-Anum: And we’ll need plenty of campfire wood.
The Queen: You had better make sure Kara and Vann are available.
Elvis-Anum: Oh, this will be so wonderful! We’ll show our ancestors what we’re made of!
Ah, the neighbors setting off fireworks into the wee small hours of the morning. Reboot doesn’t even twitch an ear when one goes off loud enough to make me jump. Database, on the other hand, jumps at every pop and crackle, poor baby. I often wonder what happened to her before she was rescued from the top seat of the tennis stands at school when she was just a tiny thing. No way did she get up there by herself. She hates outside, loud noises, other female cats, outdoors, heights, and going out of the house.
OT but totally on topic yesterday. My sister and nibling came over for the lame legal fireworks (plus potato salad and quinoa—whatever that is!—salad and patriotic cupcakes). In defense of our fireworks, they’re legally required to only be small fountains, with nothing going up in the air. And if they would mark them for which made the noises and which didn’t, I would happily not buy the noisy ones. Anyhoo, one of our fireworks made a louder than anything we’d heard before explosion and pieces of it flew everywhere. When we gathered up the pieces we found two parts of a tube that hadn’t burnt, full of black powder (?), and as I was wondering if we could set those off somehow, my sister up and asked the same thing. Which meant that I—the known pyromaniac—was forced to be the one to say “Every single story where the fireworks person goes blind, or loses a hand, or whatever starts exactly that way”. As I dumped the unburnt pieces into our water bucket.
And as we took turns igniting our remaining fireworks, I must say we all moved a bit more energetically to distance ourselves as the fuses burned. This was the most excitement I’ve ever had with fireworks, and just for the record I have a new appreciation of why we keep the legal fireworks a bit lame!
When did it become “hot cocoa?” In the ’50s when my mom included cocoa stirring in my sous chef duties we called it “cocoa.” She tricked me and assigned me things like creaming butter and sugar and stirring things that need to thicken.
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”—
Goldie is apparently perfectly fine staying indoors after some negative outdoor experiences… that’s handy. My family’s various cats were never content staying inside after discovering the outdoors. Although my sister did manage to delay the last cat’s discovery by waiting until he crept onto the porch and then dousing him with water (lol).
McColl34 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Why Elvis, you almost sounded like you knew what you were talking about!
RAGs over 3 years ago
“With whipped cream and tiny marshmallows on top?”
deadheadzan over 3 years ago
Elvis….what a let down!
sugordon over 3 years ago
Rather like youth being wasted on the the young?
deadheadzan over 3 years ago
I could go for some cocoa right now. But I’m too sleepy to go to kitchen….sigh.
Colorado Expat over 3 years ago
Are they watching “silly people tricks” videos?
Jayfbird1969 Premium Member over 3 years ago
I hope Burt has funny videos of Elvis’ sunflower impersonations.
Bill Thompson over 3 years ago
Tonight Maggie and Josette are avoiding the wilds of fireworks.
WelshRat Premium Member over 3 years ago
Not TOTALLY sure Bea should be an ‘outside cat’ but she’s safe with her current company.
Jungle Empress over 3 years ago
So, if People watch funny cat videos on the Internet, then do cats watch funny People videos?
Le'letha Premium Member over 3 years ago
Elvis, we love you, but you’re about as rugged as a flip-flop.
JDP_Huntington Beach over 3 years ago
Is one of those videos of a Momma’s cat stuck on top of the curtain, and too afraid to come down?
ikini Premium Member over 3 years ago
Love it when the devilish fangs come out!
ikini Premium Member over 3 years ago
Tommy’s got his pink flamingo jammies on!
ChristopherBacon over 3 years ago
Elvis, you had your moment of rugged roaming and it terrified you
Charliegirl Premium Member over 3 years ago
They all have good lives!
222jo over 3 years ago
Elvis shows his inner wildcat (for a second).
Gloria Fleming over 3 years ago
Uh oh, is this a bit of foreshadowing??? Elvis, you’ve been there, done that and if you don’t have the t-shirt, well, just let it go. Or maybe Jules will show up early this month!?
TampaFanatic1 over 3 years ago
Little Beatrix is able to get out of the bookstore quite often. I guess that is okay as long as she does not decide to climb any more tall trees and put the BCN neighborhood into a frenzy!
Hot chocolate is best with the cold whipped cream out of the can but nothing wrong with cool whip either!
Gent over 3 years ago
Well owl be darned. They is all cozied in the barn.
Sue Ellen over 3 years ago
Where’s Baba and the mice?
cat19632001 over 3 years ago
Elvis, don’t sneeze just as you’re lifting the mug up towards your face.
morningglory73 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Oh Elvis, tsk, tsk, you wouldn’t last one day outside on your own.
rs0204 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Outside is great, as long as you know you have inside available to escape back to.
In other news, I’m home again, resting, and I am mostly comfortable. Giblet, Belle, Mitten have to learn that my belly isn’t open for their nightly ascent to my chest for purrs and boops. The last thing I need would be for a claw to puncture the bag. Ah, the new normal.
Thank you everyone for the kind words and encouragement. I guess I will use my enforced rest to write.
GSD Mom Premium Member over 3 years ago
I sure hope we get to see some of Burt’s funny videos too! That sounds like almost as much fun as camping in the house.
Kitty Katz over 3 years ago
Meanwhile, Back on the Nile
Queen Catshepsut the Golden: I would like to propose going to the Great Pyramid for a camp out.
Elvis-Anum: Wonderful! I can’t wait to brave the wilds like my ancestors of old!
Lupinium: Your ancestors have been aristocats for generations.
Beatrixia:What shall we bring in the way of food?
Elvis-Anum: We’ll have Thomios pack is a picanic meal with cat friendly cocoa and koffee. And maybe some nommy nom spider treats. Puckmosis, do we have any impossibly tiny boxes?
Puckmosis: Yes. I’ll grab some from the Palace storage.
Elvis-Anum: And we’ll need plenty of campfire wood.
The Queen: You had better make sure Kara and Vann are available.
Elvis-Anum: Oh, this will be so wonderful! We’ll show our ancestors what we’re made of!
Michael G. over 3 years ago
Note how quickly those fangs retracted!
gadenbaby (aka LadyKat) over 3 years ago
Love Elvis’ fangs in the second panel!
OFF TOPIC!!
So, I’m back after a lovely week at the cabin. Yum Yum and Smudge are sort of getting along. At least, there was no blood on the floor.
La chat méchante over 3 years ago
OMC, I love Tommy’s flamingo shirt! That would look stunning on my Gracie.
ars731 over 3 years ago
All the Cats we have adopted that were feral never wanted to leave the house or even go outside. They knew all sweet they had it
Flapjack omelette over 3 years ago
FLAMINGO PAJAMAS! I only have penguin ones :(
scyphi26 over 3 years ago
Just because they’re outdoor cats doesn’t mean they’re totally techless, Elvis. ;)
FreyjaRN Premium Member over 3 years ago
Elvis, don’t. You are a creampuff.
prrdh over 3 years ago
Civilization isn’t all discontents; it has its contents, too.
Font Lady Premium Member over 3 years ago
Ah, the neighbors setting off fireworks into the wee small hours of the morning. Reboot doesn’t even twitch an ear when one goes off loud enough to make me jump. Database, on the other hand, jumps at every pop and crackle, poor baby. I often wonder what happened to her before she was rescued from the top seat of the tennis stands at school when she was just a tiny thing. No way did she get up there by herself. She hates outside, loud noises, other female cats, outdoors, heights, and going out of the house.
Santana over 3 years ago
Got his motor purrin’
Heads out without delay
Looking for adventure
In whatever comes his way
Yeah, Elvis
Go and make it happen
Embrace outdoors like a bold Kit Chase
Leave all of your plush at home
To explore nature’s space
He likes bugs of lightnin’
Unafraid of thunder
Racing in the wind
Watchin’ videos in wonder
Yeah, Elvis
Go and make it happen
Say buh-bye to your lovely place
Ditch all of your comforts at once
Bring a map just in case
Like a true nature child
He was born
Born to be wild
He can’t climb that high
But he’s quite dignified
Born to be wild
Born to be wild
(Mars Bonfire – Born to Be Wild / Steppenwolf)
mistercatworks over 3 years ago
Barn cats have a different life-metric.
sdjamieson Premium Member over 3 years ago
Is this the same Elvis who spent all last week complaining about camping?
CoffeeLvr over 3 years ago
Cozies? Hot cocoa? Isn’t it hot in BCN world?
Granny Roberta over 3 years ago
OT but totally on topic yesterday. My sister and nibling came over for the lame legal fireworks (plus potato salad and quinoa—whatever that is!—salad and patriotic cupcakes). In defense of our fireworks, they’re legally required to only be small fountains, with nothing going up in the air. And if they would mark them for which made the noises and which didn’t, I would happily not buy the noisy ones. Anyhoo, one of our fireworks made a louder than anything we’d heard before explosion and pieces of it flew everywhere. When we gathered up the pieces we found two parts of a tube that hadn’t burnt, full of black powder (?), and as I was wondering if we could set those off somehow, my sister up and asked the same thing. Which meant that I—the known pyromaniac—was forced to be the one to say “Every single story where the fireworks person goes blind, or loses a hand, or whatever starts exactly that way”. As I dumped the unburnt pieces into our water bucket.
And as we took turns igniting our remaining fireworks, I must say we all moved a bit more energetically to distance ourselves as the fuses burned. This was the most excitement I’ve ever had with fireworks, and just for the record I have a new appreciation of why we keep the legal fireworks a bit lame!
Hedgehog over 3 years ago
For Gent:
Bear time swim at the pool!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec-Ft1BigVA
Bear picnic at the lake!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNmbY88CrjQ
Omniman over 3 years ago
Elvis might not like the part about finding his own dinner “out in the wild”!
willie_mctell over 3 years ago
When did it become “hot cocoa?” In the ’50s when my mom included cocoa stirring in my sous chef duties we called it “cocoa.” She tricked me and assigned me things like creaming butter and sugar and stirring things that need to thicken.
asrialfeeple over 3 years ago
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”—
Ecclesiastes 12:1
smorbie the great and beautiful over 3 years ago
Um…Elvis….You aren’t so good at outside catting, yourself? Remember?
knight1192a over 3 years ago
Uh huh. SUUURRREEEEE Elvis.
over 3 years ago
Ooh, hot cocoa. Count me in!
Sue Ellen over 3 years ago
I know some BCN followers also follow @tavicat. For those who haven’t discovered it yet, today’s strip makes a good follow up to yesterday’s BCN.
https://www.gocomics.com/tavicat/2021/07/05
Taracinablue over 3 years ago
Goldie is apparently perfectly fine staying indoors after some negative outdoor experiences… that’s handy. My family’s various cats were never content staying inside after discovering the outdoors. Although my sister did manage to delay the last cat’s discovery by waiting until he crept onto the porch and then dousing him with water (lol).
leopardglily over 2 years ago
Outside is wasted on people too.