Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for July 12, 2022

Poor Elvis!

Such different reactions! Elvis…..not impressed with the sweet splendor of spring!

Wait the headphones aren’t even over his ears

That cute li’l nose is pretty majestic, Pucky. I’ll contemplate that.

That’s a truly awesome grump face.

And lightnings bugs, too!!

Pucky toe beans and paw pad!

Elvis has a different take on the peep toads. We sold our cabin, with a pond surrounded by peepers, and I miss it.

Elvis has his ways of sleeping. He might even envy Lupin at times like this.

60 Minutes: Point / Counterpoint

See the latest Cat’s Cafe for a face similar to Elvis’s, lol.

Pucky is like me, I love to listen to the ‘toadie-frogs’ as we called them when the girls were little. Elvis is just such a curmudgeon. Gotta love him. We had tornado warnings last night, sirens and all and boy howdie did it rain and hail! Can’t wait to see the lightning bug light show tonight!

Easily aggravated Elvis. Predictably peeved.

I have a friend like Elvis.

I personally, love waking up to the birds, early in the morning. I LOVE the peep toads of July. Lightening bugs, crickets. – any sound of nature immediately relaxes me.

My friend, is an accountant from Toronto, who moved to the country.

Her husband told me that when they first moved in, she was up every morning at 5AM, swatting at the birds singing outside her window with a broom, screaming “Shut up! Stupid F*&$#ing birds! SHUT UP!”

I don’t think she “gets” country life…..

So many peeple out there it look like a crowd.

We use to vacation in Puerto Rico and the song of the Coquis was delightful.

So between Poof Mode and pressing his nose against the screen, Puck seems to have mastered the art of squirrel impressions.

No Tommy, but panel 2 is one of my favorite images of Puck. It is a wonderful thing on warm nights to go outside, stand still, and listen to nature.

I would find the constant horns, car doors slamming, alarms, and hubbub of city life annoying; it is all in how we are raised.

If you want to experience absolute quiet outside, stand in the woods during a snowfall. The snow absorbs all sound, even road traffic gets muffled.

OT: Good night, sweet Onyx…

As performed by Louis Armstrong: What a Wonderful World

I hear peep toads sing

And cat friends sing, too

They share the joy

With me and mew

And I think to myself

What a Wonderful World

…….

I see Christmas Tree bugs

They shine like the stars

I think of friends

Both near and far

And I think to myself

What a Wonderful World

…….

(Elvis) The song of the peep toads

Is much to loud

But I understand

They are all allowed

I know my friends are all here

Through the spring and the fall

And I must admit

I love them all!

…….

I see Tommy smile

I see Beatrix shine

I know everything

Will turn out fine

And together we will make

This a Wonderful World

Yes, together we will make

This a Wonderful World

Oh, yeah!

Elvis is definitely my spirit animal. I’m always glad when the peep toads are dead for the year.

My parents lived in in the middle of a big city, surrounded by car alarms, sirens, trash trucks, etc. but when the visited me in rural eastern WA, they complained about our ‘noisy birds’

Don’t think Elvis likes it much.

It’s rather like how cicadas are “charming” for the first five minutes, then you realize they are the sound-track for one of the inner circles of the Inferno, but … eventually … you get used to it.

Step 1. Shut the windows.

Step 2. Turn on the AC.

Step 3. Get a good nights sleep.

Way back when, in the 1980s, a friend of mine invited a fellow music student (who was a slick Wall Street partner-wannabe) to a weekend at his Pennsylvania cabin. Well…Mr. Manhattan finally turned up Friday night (early Saturday) around 2AM, wearing a three-piece suit, and asked “What’s that deafeningly loud ratchety sound?” When told, “It’s just little tree frogs rubbing their hind legs together”, Mr. Manhattan hopped back into his BMW convertible, speeded back out that dirt road, and was never heard from again.

You do realize that all that noise is a solicitation for?

Elvis does not have a spiritual side.

Thinking of you today, Lennie. We still remember Linda, and Ruth. Deep Peace to you today, and always.

Elvis: “If I hear ONE MORE PEEP outta You !!!” … :)

OT:

Elvis should count his blessings. I’m across from the nurses station and I can’t sleep. Yup, I’m in the telemetry unit with chest pain and a UTI.

If anyone was thinking about buying something soon from Georgia’s Zazzle shop, everything is 25% off for the next 12 hours or so.

(“I’ve already spent a lot for this month and I don’t need any more mugs.” I will try to keep repeating this to myself . . . for the next 12 hours or so.)

Maybe peep toads are nature’s po….. nope, I refuse to finish that as BCN should be a neutral zone. Some things should be kept out of the BCN comments.

Take a moment of silence for Tommy.

I’ve mentioned before that I reread my journals in 5 year increments. There is usually some sort of synchronicity to them. I wrote the following on this date in 2002:

“As I was putting the lawn mower away, I saw a teeny tiny toad in the loose dirt that the chipmunk has scratched out of the drain holes in the retaining walls. It’s about the size of the tip of my thumb. It had the right number of legs in all the right places. I picked it up, and it peed all over my thumb, but that was quite ok with me. I love toads! I’m going to have to be careful when I go back and forth through there that I don’t accidentally harm it. I asked the guardian angel of critters to keep it safe from snakes and birds. I hope it grows up to be a wise old toad!”

I have seen many toads in that general area over the years. One fall I was digging in my flower bed to plant daffodil bulbs. I accidentally dug up a hibernating toad. It blinked the dirt off its face, then started wiggling its whole body causing it to sink back down into the loose earth. I gently filled in the hole I’d started and found another spot for the daffodil bulbs. The fact that I managed to dig up the toad without harming it let me know the guardian angel of toads was still on the job.

LOL

If Elvis was the Fonz.

These cats need a catio =) (See Evan & Katelyn’s videos on Youtube if interested)

Puck is me, and Elvis is the majority of my friends in this situation.