Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for November 14, 2023

I so love the look of complete insanity on Lupin’s face. That, and Ora Zella sitting atop her throne, whistling?

NOT a question to be asking, Lupin!

The master learns a new challenge…

Yes,Lupin it does! You should try it next.

Actually, Little Cat’s activity raises that question. Smart as these cats are, somehow they haven’t yet begun holding formal debates.

The little cat is thinks the floor is lava. What is the name of that orange cat by the way?

Since Puck is the climbing expert, I think Lupin should look to him for wisdom. Oops, did I just mention Lupin and wisdom in the same sentence? Nevermind….

Forget climbing up the frame of the door, one of our previous cats, Tepo, would somehow scale the door itself and stand on the top of the door with all fours. We would ask him “How do you do that?” as he stood there nicely balancing himself like a gymnast on a balance beam.

Elvis would demand a ladder.

Ole Fuddy Duddy there putting the kibosh on FUN again. ( adorable ole Fuddy Duddy)

Doorframe, DoorFrame, doorFrame or doorframe

But I pray that door frame is super-glued to the wall.

OZ is a bad influence on Lupin. What’a poor dad cat to do?

My wife would have a fit, but I would love it if Lil’ Baby Frodo could zoom up a door frame.

So, I’ve been thinking he is about 3-1/2 to 4 lbs. We weighed him 910 grams – roughly 2 lbs. Since he is almost a year old, I don’t think he is going to be getting much bigger. The vet thought he might be part Munchkin since he is so small and has shorter limbs. I think his earlier injuries kept him stilted, and stunted his growth. But he is healthy now, and he’s happy, which makes us happy. He is going to look like a kitten for a really long time.

Elvis you knew when you adopted two more children you still had one who never fully grew up. All you can do is tell puck I told you so and have him get these two down.

Oh? Does Puck have a challenger to his past climbing records?

Is hanging out the same as being stuck?

Ora reminds me of my first cat, Pixel. He climbed on my bedroom door and just hung out. When he heard me fill the food dish, he came running.

I’m not sure OZ is hanging out, so much as waiting for the Woman to walk by — POUNCE!

♪"She’s sitting on the frame

Yes, sitting on the frame

What a glorious feeling

And she’s happy again"♫

I sort of imagine Lupin and OZ as comic book heroes that, even though they saved the day, also left a wake of destruction behind them. I can see them in their costumes now: Captain Kaboom and the Flying Flamethrower!

Katy Perry: Firework

Do you ever feel like a lightning bolt

Racing through the house, ready to strike again?

Do you ever feel like a gust of wind?

Everything’s a breeze, creating quite a din!

Do you ever feel already at the top?

Climb the door post, sing, and always do your thing!

Do you know that we love all that you do?

Cause there’s a spark in you

You just have to run and climb and we are there!

We know you could be anywhere!

…….

Ora, you’re a firework!

Multicolored tortitude!

You make us all go “ah, ah, ah”

As you run down the Big Pink House’s hall!

Ora, you’re a firework!

Multicolored tortitude!

You make us all go “ah, ah, ah”

As you leave us all in awe, awe, awe!

Lol! Didn’t see that coming, ay?! Nudge nudge, wink wink!

What goes up must come down

Ora’s paws don’t touch the ground

Talkin’ ’bout her hustle

Entices fearless Lupin

Like a happy pony

Lets his willing zeal win

Cute and funny, chaos-prone

Leaves poor Elvis all alone

Talkin’ ’bout his troubles and

He’ll never learn

Indulge that crazy pony and

Let Lupin have a turn

Did he find a directing sign

On the straight and narrow door way

Elvis finds a reflecting sign

That brightly shines within his mind

Flashing the dangers that are real

Trouble is waiting just for two

All cats know that’s nothing new

Drop all the fear and give it a try

Climb a painted door frame and

Dig in, don’t slide

- David Clayton-Thomas – Spinning Wheel – Blood Sweat & Tears

The doorframe is the floor, if you beliiiiieeeeeve!

Common to the class, perhaps. This was Stella, also a Tortie:

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LOVE Lupin’s expression of inspiration!

This goes back to the 1970s, but we had a cat called Bouree, small even when fully grown, who outdid Ora Zella. She would leap from the cabinet that held our stereo equipment to the top of a door frame. She would then turn herself around on the top of that narrow door frame (it might have stuck out about an inch from the wall at most) and leap about 4 or 5 feet to the top of one of our stereo speakers, which was mounted on the wall a couple of feet below our high ceiling. From there she would leap another five or six feet to the other speaker, wash herself, and sit there observing everything.

We knew she was getting old when she would sit on the cabinet, look longingly at the door frame, and change her mind. But she lived over twenty years.

Look at Lupin’s eyes at the idea!!

Lupin is a pistol, for sure. He has the energy of a kitten. When I have foster kittens, Moose just watches them zoom around. I think it exhausts him just watching.

Up until recently Roy’s thing was Barbs canopy bed posts, he would climb up the bed curtains until he got too big. Later, he would leap from the dresser to the curtains and climb up. He would perch on the corner poles and meow until I would pet and praise him for being the “top cat”. These last few years, he would wait on the dresser corner until I was in range. He would jump on my back or shoulders, and claws, and make the trip up. Now, he shows no interest in his “salad days” I guess his hips are bugging him these days.

Elvis strongly disapproves.

Mountain goat genes

I don’ t know if it raises the question, but it will certainly raise Lupin!

“Can” and “should” are two different things …

It sure does! Anything is possible with enough motivation (or coffee).

Begs the question (of a fact or action): raises a question or point that has not been dealt with; invites an obvious question. So Lupin’s comment is not wrong.

Is Ora Zella perhaps looking for fairies on top of the door frame?

OT: Lily

I don’t think anyone has mentioned Lupin’s arm and hand postures. Try them out for yourself!

Elvis as the voice of reason is pretty well outnumbered in that house.

Yup, she’s content now. But wait until she grows up and there’s not much room for paws anymore.

OT: Just me whining

Lupin’s excited face in the last panel is everything. Such a happy little disaster-in-the-making.

No, you gotta be little. We had a little tortie and cream and she was always hanging out on door frames, ready to pounce on any unsuspecting human