Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for July 11, 2022

Aw. Tribute rerun. Candles held for the one and only Tommy.

Yes Tommy, they are all that….I love those flamingo pj’s on Tommy!

Ooh! One of the favorites! I can hardly wait for the peep toad hoedown!

I miss peep toads here in Suburbia. It is indeed a beautiful cacophony.

Lights a catnip sprig for Tommy

Thank you, Georgia! Hopefully we’ll see the very first Tommy strip and the one where he offers water to the racers and holds up a 10 and the one…….heck I want to see them all!

Love the flamingo pjs. Only Tommy could pull them off. Our peep toads have gone quiet. I have a creek to my west, and the new bank to my east has a large retention pond which is also now full of them. I had them in stereo for almost a month. And, yes, they are deafening.

That deaf dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball…

Ain’t got no distractions

Can’t hear no buzzers and bells

Don’t see no lights a-flashin’

Plays by sense of smell

Always gets a replay

Never seen him fall

That deaf, dumb and blind kid

Sure plays a mean pinball

and wears a wicked flamingo PJ Onesie

RIP Tommy

I notice that the original run for this strip was July 11, 2019. Is Georgia picking Tommy strips that match the current calendar or will some of the tribute strips be from dates that don’t match?

Try sleeping NOW, guys! (Esp. if the windows are open.)

RIP Tommy. I loved his choice of attire, so bright and colorful, just like himself.

Bill Jackson would have loved this. RIP our Bill ❤

Ah beautiful Tommy, RIP and Bill although unfortunately I didn’t have a lot of interaction with him, he seemed like a kind soul. (I now have a technical problem with my lower lip – it’s quivering).

Me heards of peeping Toms but never heards of peeping Todds before.

It’s been so dry here, our frogs and toads have been very quiet. :(

Poor Tommy. I don’t think I interacted with Bill, but from all of you, I think he must have been very kind. I can picture him sitting with Tommy on his lap, petting him, while they’re both reading the strip and the comments. *tear

Starry, starry night

Wear your pjs pink and gold

Listen to those peep toads bold

And report on the beauty oft untold

With your great big heart

Love the trees and the daffodils

The warmest nights and the winter chills

You bring color to the snowy, linen land

And we understand how your kind tranquility

Helps this tired old world find some sanity

And how you lived happy and free

In time we’ll heal, we don’t know how

We so miss you now ❤️

- Don Mclean / Elysa Sunshine / Vinny St. Martin – Vincent

Awww! Rest in peace Tommy, you sweet big ball of love and fluff!

R I P Tommy.

Better than pee toads.

Neil Sedaka: Laughter in the Rain

Late in the evening we hear the spring chorus

The tiny frogs singing joyfully

Our dear friend Tommy reports on their doings

In his flamingo jammies he joins the merry throng

Adding his joy as they sing their song

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Oh, I hear laughter in the night

Joining in the party with the cat we love

Oh, how I love dear Tommy’s laugh

And the happy way he makes me feel!

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Out in a world of deafening beauty

Tommy makes us all feel part of the scene

Happy all the while with his infectious smile,

Making it seem like a joyous dream!

And his love will forever remain!

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Oh, I hear laughter in the night

Joining in the party with the cat we love

Oh, how I love dear Tommy’s laugh

And the happy way he makes me feel!

We used to have frogs in a marshy empty lot behind out house (we life in a city), but then they raised the ground and built apartments. Not a good tradeoff IMHO.

love hearing them

RIP Tommy, and my deepest condolences to his people and all who love him at BCN.

“Peep, peep” Tommy.

I’ve been wearing favorites from my infamous Aloha Shirt collection in his honor since Saturday. May he delight in relaxing travels full of amazing sights, tantalizing smells and and merry meetings. May he find as much luck and love in his next post as he had in this most recent one.

Was there any advanced notice that we would be doing Tommy tribute week? This is a wonderful surprise to me! This is a good one, as it highlights Tommy’s wonderful ability to find pleasure in any situation.

Oh, I didn’t know – not on FB. RIP, Tommy, your expansive heart will fill the Universe.

Tommy energy touches us all……in pink flamingos no less.Heart and style…..that’s our Tommy. RIP

Every day is better with a Tommy smile. ♥

I was hoping you’d do a Tommy, today! Glad he will live on in BCN, with Lupin!

O.T. Suzie’s colostomy. She sounds much better and may go home tomorrow. She’s a bit down about all the foods she can’t have right now but is dealing with it. Her daughter just arrived and is staying for a couple of weeks. She appreciates and thanks you for all of the prayers and support The Orb has been sending. (As do i)

Sadness here at the losses, but JOY at Georgia’s keeping them alive in full furball activity.

Thank You Tommy, for reminding me how to live. Tell Roger me and Donna say hi!

A day without Tommy is a day without sunshine.

Ahhhh, spring peepers

OT: FrejyaRN

For those lucky enough to have access to the print version in newspapers, is this the same strip that appears in today’s newspapers? I wonder if it is just some sort of serendipitous synchronicity that this repeat appeared today or if Go Comics could swap it out more easily than the newspapers?

Went to a construction site at a remote location. They just finished painting inside, and the paint stench was very bad. Then I saw a frog clinging to the wall. It was very slick and looked like it was in bad shape. Carefully picked it up, took my water bottle and the frog outside to the tree line, rinsed the baby off, and set it down. A woodland frog native to the Pax River area. It hopped off while I was watching. I hope it survived.

OT

Fly free Tommy ! On to your next adventure – and reunited with your HuMom !

Can’t hear them due to all the cicadas.

In my neighborhood, we have what I call “Paul Revere” dogs. Their owners let them hang out the window of the car and bark incessantly as they criss-cross the town. It sets off every dog along the way to bark in return – more surely than the siren of a fire engine. Apparently, there is no known cure for the “bark deafness” of such drivers.

Love Tommie! Good kitty!

Toad (and frog) peeps, croaks, etc, are actually amphibian pick-up lines. “Single male peep toad ISO single female peep toad for one-night-stand.”