Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for December 18, 2021

Meatloaf, Sphinx, toebeans, jammies and Buzzy Mouse! All that’s missing are the robber mice.

Now there’s a panel to print or clip from the newspaper and put on the fridge, if not frame for the wall.

They are lovin’ the lights!

Any word on Lupin?

I love how Georgia makes those lights glow in that last panel.

Kitties under the tree, what more do you need?

Lupin, we know you just want that Gingerbread man to drop onto you/into your mouth.

And just to add to the festive season:https://victorianweb.org/history/poorlaw/poem.html

Foxy the Giant Goofball does Lupin’s sleeping posture all the time.

Such a cozy scene! ♡〜٩( ˃́▿˂̀ )۶〜♡ The toe beans are plentiful! I can hear the sounds of contented purring as the cats snoozily light-bathe. ❤ Love all the smiles! Elvis is the very picture of cat loaf contentment.

“There’s a Kitty Under The Christmas Tree”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INKnqiFAiSE

Hymn for Lupin

I burn a candle through the night

I burn it sure, I burn it bright

I pray that Lupin turns out right

Our healing purrs will bring the light

This Life shall always be a fight

The Biggest Spoon will hold you tight

Keep fighting Lupin, you’ll be alright

Ooh! {purr} I laid under the tree when I was two. It is my first memory.

Aw, they are so peaceful. The last time I saw anyone so happy and content is Opus in the final frame of Breathed’s Opus (Goodnight Moon, Goodnight Opus):

http://the-unmutual.blogspot.com/2008/11/goodnight-opus.html

Best outcome at the doctor today, brave little Lupin ❤️

“Life is unpredictable,

It changes with the seasons,

Even your coldest winter

Happens for the best of reasons,

And though it feels eternal,

Like all you’ll ever do is freeze,

I promise spring is coming,

And with it, brand new leaves”

― Erin Hanson

I have reservations against People going to bed with the Christmas lights switched on. But we wouldn’t have this scene, if they did not.

My favorite thing to do during the holidays <3

Beautiful watercolor painting of the lights, their glow, and how they tint where they touch. The tree lights, that classic shape and the pretty colors, is my favorite memory of Christmas.

This is indeed lovely and peaceful, but I hope those lights are on a timer and will turn off in a bit. Not a good idea to leave inside lights on overnight with no one paying attention to them, especially if they are the large old incandescent bulbs….fire hazard.

O Holy Night

Bathed in the light the cats are sweetly sleeping

It is the time to forget the day’s cares

Visions of ham and bacon they are dreaming

And if it snows they are unaware

A time of peace and joy they are having

The 2 am running is for another morn!

Enjoy your snooze!

Ignore the world outside!

O night divine!

As Cat watches over you!

O night divine!

O night, o night divine!

Um. I thought I read the comments carefully. Did I miss someone, anyone, swooning about three rear paws of toebeans?

The last panel has got to be a tee shirt or coffee mug!

Swoon.

OT – Dante

This morning, I am sitting in Connecticut, looking forward to seeing my son Macgregor perform in his last Nutcracker Performances at Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory* in Torrington. My thoughts are, of course, with my family and looking forward to his performance (tickets at the Warner Theater still available – I really recommend it if you are nearby).

However, I find my thoughts are on a little white cat 2900+ miles away who is going to the particular vet appointment today.

Good luck, vibes, purrs, hugs, and thoughts Lupin & family.

*https://www.nutmegconservatory.org/

Not a creature was stirring. Not even Buzzy Mouse.

Okay, who’s gonna be the one to pull the tree down first? My money’s on lupin.

In yoga, it’s called a corpse pose

I love seeing kitties in jammies.

Georgia, best wishes today for you and Lupin. I hope his appointment goes well. Also, your second panel is exceptionally lovely.

Today is a bit of a call-back to one of my favorites:

https://www.gocomics.com/breaking-cat-news/2017/12/17

I bought a print of that Sunday strip and have it hanging in my office every December.

I love how relaxed they all are here, especially Lupin

Uh… that thing stay on all night, does it?

Sending out strong {{{{{{Hugs}}}}}}, purrs, and positive vibes for Lupin today, and for the entire clowder, including the People.

OT: Caturday morning…

Coffee. Ravenous boss fed, watered, eye gooped, & skritched, now stretched out in her favorite warm spot, snoring. Gloomy & rainy outside, but the birdies don’t mind, lots of little juncos out there. Bach on the radio. Life is good. Wishing all my fellow Orbsters a good day…

Such happy kitties!

I’m re-posting a link to the “freebies” page from the original BCN website. Lots of fun holiday-themed coloring pages & ornaments to print!

http://www.breakingcatnews.com/freebies/

There must be a heat lamp in there somewhere. :)

They leave the tree lights on all night while sleeping? There goes the electric bill !

I just want to skritch under Pucky’s chin. Then under Lupin’s chin. Then Pucky’s, then Lupin’s, then brave Elvis’s deathblades, then pet Goldie ….

We have done that for a few nights every year since we put in solar. And still BC Hydro sent us a cheque for the power we sold to them.

nice color scheme, nice artwork.

It’s pretty, makes a cool ,festive night lite, but for safety, I never leave the tree lights on when I go to bed.

New photos of the BCN cats, including Iggy who is growing up fast, on the BCN Instagram page:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXhrmD0lkYH/

Lupin, WAAH! Elvis, waah! Puck wa… etc…

Ah peaceful! Wonder how long that will last?

Followed by a few laps up and down the tree.

Nothing like a good old-fashioned light-bath to warm the cockles!

And then…

I need a lightbath.

Aww, they are so precious.

Best light bathes are under a real tree. Laying there with the lights blinking on and off, the smell of fir or spruce filling your nose (or whatever your prefered Christmas tree is) as you admire the ornaments from below.

I’d like to ask the Mega-Orb to send “bon voyage” to one of my oldest friends who is leaving for the next world. He’s a cat lover too who once found a giant chocolate Maine Raccoon at the door, adopted him and called him Cocoa. He and I have been through a lot together. Writer, artist, gamer/designer, composer, worldbuilder, conlanger and dear old friend, Steve G., farewell.

I have a picture of Maverick taking such a bath under our tree after we put it up during his first Christmas with us. Ember spent a lot of time climbing it during her first Christmas but has settled down. I am hopeful that Mickey will not need to be crated 24/7 to protect the tree next Christmas.

This picture of the kitties under the Xmas tree would make a great t-shirt!

Why a light bath under the tree?

Utter cat bliss.