Worming my way in, Wednesday

Don't you know I'm still standing
better than I ever did
Looking like a true survivor,
feeling like a little kid
~Annie & Elton

Four weeks tomorrow since I came to take over this too quiet geriatric ward they call a home. I was quite the rage at Pet Smart last Saturday, and even had an application submitted, but Mosaic Lady and the nice TAAG Lady just didn't feel that it was my perfect placement.

See that red sweatshirt I'm sleeping on in the laundry/litter/mud room? Walter slept on that sweatshirt during his move from Colorado to North Carolina, and it was still in his carrier on the last day of his life. It came back from the fur doctors, but he did not. You can see some of his furs on it if you look hard. It has not been washed since.

Mosaic Lady nearly threw the red sweatshirt away (along with the black t-shirt she wore that horrible morning, covered with his furs), but she did not. She folded it up and stuck it in the corner of this counter where it sat for three months, sorta out of view, sorta in view. Walter used to nap on this counter atop a big comforter. That did get washed and put away because it was too sad, always empty.

I started napping on this funky, thin, yellow hand towel. One day Mosaic Lady unfolded the red sweatshirt and put it on top of the yellow towel for me.
For her?

Cat Art Sunday - Mosaic Lady's Stuff

Thanks for all the nice comments about the Katrina Cats post of last Wordless Wednesday. However, Mosaic Lady can not paint. Or draw. Or even trace an object. That was a recent gift purchased for us at the Atlanta Folk Fest. We love it so much and were going to post it today but then the Katrina anniversary day came along and it seemed so very appropriate for all the sad memories and tributes of last week.

Here are some vases and carafes that ML has done over the years with kitties on them. All have happy forever homes.

This was the original Happy Birthday Kitty vase. It lives in Napa with ML's mother and grandmother. (This is our only photo and it's been cropped to use in some marketing material.)

This was the second Happy Birthday Kitty vase ML got out of that same mug. The expression on the kitty's face just cracks us up. (We think it portends how ML is going to look next February when she turns 50.) This one sold on eBay in early 2006.



This Calico Kitty Carafe/Crock was a donation we made to the Humane Society's silent auction back in 2006 when we lived in Colorado.


Merry Christmas Kitty vase also sold on eBay in 2006. Sometimes it's fun to use these whimsical coffee mugs, even though they are chunky and funky. Especially if they have cats on them. Mosaic Lady loves chunky, funky cats. (and Bianca loves Chunky Monkey ice cream.)


Phoebe's Wine Carafe is a very new piece just completed a couple of weeks ago. Phoebe sent ML a few broken Ralph Lauren dishes (her special pattern) and another china plate that had a chip. ML added just the Little Mae & Pets transferware cream pitcher images. It's a very special child's transferware pattern from England that dates back to the 1800s. The little girl, Mae, sits on a stoop with a dawg that looks like ours next to her, a kitty on her lap, and a white kitty drinking cream from a bowl by her feet. It is a very sweet and special pattern.


Mosaic Lady added the two cat brooches, of course, and also added some gold paint flecks to the upper rim after the photos were taken. She hated the somber, burgundy paint she chose.

Happy Cat Art Sunday, every kitty and persons!
Please go visit Miss Peach and Darling Adan to see the beautiful things they have posted for the day.

Wordless Wednesday - Katrina Cats

Tummy Tuesday - Couch Potato Walter

This is a scan of a color copy of a 35mm photo.
It is one of Mosaic Lady's top ten favorite shots of Walter. Maybe top 20.
Nearly every photo of Walter was tops.

Our hearts continue to be with Karl and the Staff, especially when they speak of learning to live with the Void left behind by the loss of Anastasia. It's been over three months since Walter left us, and the Void is as big, black, deep and painful as ever.

While all cats are forever remembered, some cats are forever painfully missed.

(PS: We apologize to our friends, Tyler, Miss Peach and Kellie. They were all kind enough to tag us for the catnip meme, but we are not nipheads. Only Walter was. That fact, coupled with the recent sadness over Anastasia, made it too sad of a meme for us to play with. We know you understand, and we thank you for that.)

Time to come home now, Baby Girl

Formerly Feral now Foster Friday!

Guest Blogger: ANNIE, Mini House Panther

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeey Kitteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!!
We all knew it was only a matter of days before I seized the blog. YAY ME!
And lookey here...I am Kat's Cat of the Day today! Foster Friday. It's ME.
Thanks Kat! (and thanks to the nice lady who called me Mini House Panther!)

So much good news!
First: the Dawg has finally stopped fixating on me and stalking my every move.
She is a pain in the a$$.

Second: Mosaic Lady and the Prez of TAAG talked today and because ML is hopelessly attached to me (who didn't see that coming, huh?) she can't bear to take me to Pet Smart adoption days on Saturday. She can't drop me off and then have me adopted by STRANGERS, nor can she inconspicuously hover for 5 hours, giving every possible adopter the evil mosaic eye of "you are not worthy" scrutiny. So it was decided that I will continue to live here and explore purrfect forever home finding in "alternative ways". (That's delusional human speak for buying time. Or, delaying the inevitable.)

Really -- ML would like to find me the purrfect forever home. But she wants to control it. I'm sorry..."remain involved".
Plus, she's hoping a few more weeks of terrorizing her cats will get it all out of my system and I will play nice with others in my next home. HA HA HA HA.

Seriously -- here I am sharing Willie's couch with him. (Bianca is living under her couch again. Bianca HATES me. HA HA HA HA.) Last night ML woke up to find me AND Willie sleeping at the foot of her bed. Unfortunately, her disbelief was so strong that she had to turn on the light to see it. We both dispersed, and when Willie tried to resume our amicable repose, I spat and hissed at him, chasing him out of MY bedroom. ML had to carry Willie back in and place him on the bed, reminding him that he belongs here too.
HA HA HA HA.

Here is a very blurry photo PROVING that I am making progress with Sadie. We are sharing HER table!
But that was yesterday. Today I spent the whole afternoon thunderstorm stalking her. See that corner next to the printer? I had her backed into it until ML rescued her. YAY ME.

And then I spent some quality time in the mosaic studio helping Mosaic Lady make a new wine carafe. Hey! If you like gardens and bunnies, pinks and greens... you need to see her latest one HERE.

See Faz snoopervising from a safe distance? Even he and I get along now!
From a safe distance.

Please don't let my honest confessions scare you away from adopting me!
I am confident and affectionate around all humans and Leah the Dawg; I eat ANYTHING and I eat a LOT; I am impeccably groomed and fastidious in my litter box habits; I come when called (and even when not called); I have the BEST reflexes and eye-paw coordination ML has ever seen in a four-legged! She calls me Air Annie when we play catch.

Other kitties are just hard for me right now. I don't trust them yet. I spent my entire life (all 9 months of it) outside around other cats where we only got fed once a day and I had to fight for every bite. And then I had babies when I was still a baby myself! It's a wonder I weighed even 5.5 pounds. Now that I am learning to share territory, and can eat good food at any time of day or night, I am learning how to relax and trust.
And I am finally growing into my paws!
I am going to be a gorgeous and sleek Mini House Panther!
(And a well-adjusted one. Even if it's the last thing Mosaic Lady does.
And it may be.)

Wordless Wednesday - Sadie's NOMSNSS Friend

Not of My Species Nor Sentient