Tag Archives: Cats

Jun1

The Numbers Game

Posted on June 1, 2026 by ghostmmnc

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The Numbers Game

For Judy’s challenge:

Welcome to “The Numbers Game #127.” Come play along. Today’s number is 744

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Random photos from # 744

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Novelty salt & pepper shaker = Dalmation dog lifting his hind leg onto a red fire hydrant

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Paolo (RIP) on a large tree limb

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Neighborhood black cat on tree limb partially hidden by green leaves

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Small red rose, and large red and white mingled color rose

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Neighborhood orange fluffy cat standing in green leaves on ground

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Neighborhood orange fluffy cat sitting in green leaves on ground

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Two purple socks worn by grand-daugher (she took the photo herself when she was very young)

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May7

Get to Know You

Posted on May 7, 2026 by ghostmmnc

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Get to Know You

For Kymber’s challenge:

Get to Know You #88!

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1. What’s the most unhinged thing you believed as a kid?

Lots of silly things, but one was that those steel wool soap pads ‘SOS” were highly poisonous. I tried never to touch one, but if I did when washing dishes, I had to rinse them extra extra good so no poison was left on the dishes.

2. What tiny joy do you guard like a dragon?

Can’t really think of anything, just maybe my usual daily routine. I don’t like it to be disrupted by anything.

3. What’s the craziest thing you’d name a pet on impulse?

We had lots of fun names for our pets, like their movie star name, their cowboy name, their wrestling name, and on and on. But we did name the outside neighborhood cats that came to visit, too. One was Wow Wow, and the other was Wee Wow, who was the daughter of Wow Wow. That’s because when they meowed they sounded like Wow instead of meow.

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These photos are from years ago approx. 2020.

I looked out our garage door window one day, and guess who I saw sitting up on the hood of our truck? It was Wow Wow! She saw me watching her, so came closer to meow and pose.

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Baby Wow Wow.

This little kitty we call Baby Wow Wow, or Wee Wow, because she is Mama Wow Wow’s baby.

She is white, black and brown, and very soft. I get to pet her sometimes.

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Feb1

One Word Sunday – Inside Out

Posted on February 1, 2026 by ghostmmnc

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One Word Sunday – Inside Out

For Debbie’s challenge:

Inside out

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Skulls painted on old window (found at flea market, hung in house as art) My daughter bought it and it hangs in her house.

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Neon on window at the Buddy Holly Center here in town.

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Looking out the kitchen window to the back yard, seeing a blue jay bird perched on the lawn chair.

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This fiery looking photo is just a wonderful orange and yellow sunrise looking out our garage window.

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Silhouettes of two of our cats looking out the window to the tree in the yard.

Inside cats looking outside

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And this is one of my favorite photos. I was looking in the window of the haunted house, seeing myself reflected in the house’s bedroom mirror, so looking at myself outside the window looking in. Confusing but cool. 🙂

Me, outside, looking inside a haunted house & reflected in the inside mirror of me on the outside

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I think this was Wee Wow (an outside kitty) up on the side roof of the house. I was looking out through my bedroom window, and the cat was looking in at me looking at her. 🙂

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Aug8

August Authors – Jim Davis – Garfield – International Cat Day

Posted on August 8, 2025 by ghostmmnc

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August Authors – Jim Davis – Garfield – International Cat Day

Author August: Else Hueck-Dehio & Stefan

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And I didn’t know it when I started working on this post last night, but today it is …

International Cat Day

Celebration

Bee says:

This month I challenge you to share one of your favourite authors every day. As an additional challenge also share a song that connects in some way with that author.

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As I mostly do, I’m featuring a favorite book instead of author. To me, favorite author means I get all their books and wish for more. If I like one book by an author, that doesn’t make them a favorite author, though the book might be.

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From Wiki article about Jim Davis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Davis_(cartoonist)

James Robert Davis

Jim Davis (cartoonist) James Robert Davis (born July 28, 1945) is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known as the creator of the comic strips Garfield and U.S. Acres. Published since 1978, Garfield is one of the world’s most widely syndicated comic strips.

THE TENTH GARFIELD TREASURY

“The Tenth Garfield Treasury”, was one I’d gotten at the library book sale a long time ago. I basically skimmed through the pages. I’ve read a lot of the Garfield books, and read the comics in newspapers for years. This one is a compilation of some of those, so are kind of recycled comics from another place.

It’s the usual antics that Garfield, the cat, gets up to with his cartoon family, Jon, and the dog, Odie. As always they are funny, and I love seeing the way they are drawn.

Garfield comics first made an appearance in 1978, the creation of Jim Davis. This book was printed in 1999, by Ballantine Publishing Group.

If you like comics, and cats doing funny things, you’ll like reading this one, too. 🙂

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Here’s some interesting information about the Garfield comics. The image in all products with the Garfield images, were illustrated by Mike Fentz, of Muncie, Indiana. Here’s a couple of biography and work related articles of his experience.

https://www.mikefentz.com/resumeclient.html

https://www.mikefentz.com/biocontact.html

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Now for a fun fact!

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My daughter used to live with Mike Fentz’s family in Indiana. She was attending college up there, at Ball State University, and needed a place to stay. Somehow she knew someone who made it happen that she was offered a place in their home for quite a while. 🙂

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“Stray Cat Strut”, by Stray Cats, is a single from their album, “Stray Cats/Built For Speed”. It was released in 1981 (UK) on the Arista label, and 1982 (US) on the EMI America label. It was written by Brian Setzer.

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Nov18

The Numbers Game

Posted on November 18, 2024 by ghostmmnc

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The Numbers Game # 48 – photos # 169

The Numbers Game #48, Nov 18, 2024. Please Play Along!!

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photos show:

pink flowers (from desert willow)
coloring book page with words ‘it’s the little things’
Terry the tarantula we saw in a parking lot
a box of yellow roses with a yellow ribbon
three cats in the back yard – one black, one Siamese, one gray
bouquet of pink tulips
a dollar bill folded like a shirt
my red painted ‘love’ rock, left on a large rock to find
some of my heart shaped jewelry on red background

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Sep28

Seven For September Squares – Cats

Posted on September 28, 2024 by ghostmmnc

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Seven For September Squares – Cats

For Becky’s challege:

Sometimes staying square is not easy

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Here’s another jigsaw puzzle we’ve done recently. It has 7 cats in the picture, all are relaxing and having a picnic by the sea. Some are wearing sunglasses and hats, some have cooling drinks, and the menu looks to be fish, chips, cake, donuts, and cherries. 🙂

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Apr11

The Numbers Game #16 – From Photos # 137

Posted on April 11, 2024 by ghostmmnc

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The Numbers Game #16 – From Photos # 137

For Judy’s challenge …

The Numbers Game #16, Apr 8, 2024

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Here are a few random photos I found …

Black cat on top rail of bird feeder post
Paolo (our cat RIP) looking at a cricket on the floor
Several cactus plants in cat shaped containers (white & cute)
A huge spider web and large spider (it’s white up top) that was outside our back door one time
An amusement park ride called the Space Shuttle

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Mar14

The Numbers Game # 12 – Photos from # 133

Posted on March 14, 2024 by ghostmmnc

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The Numbers Game # 12 – Photos from # 133

For Judy’s challenge:

Numbers Game # 12, Mar 11, 2024

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Photos show:

Brick arch and red and blue decor plus a large potted plant (at a Mexican restaurant)
Colorful red and blue wooden chair with a few painted on flowers (at the Mexican restaurant)
Our cat Gretchen, way up in a cabinet with some cereal boxes (long years ago)
A little white kitty sitting in a hanging flower basket (in – law’s cat many years ago)
An airplane in the sky with clouds
Me, with a replica (shiny silver) of a UFO, and a mannequin alien person ( at the Roswell NM UFO museum)
Texas Capitol building in Austin
Looking up into the dome of the Capitol building – a Lone Star in the very top