Amazing and beautiful photographs of the Cat’s Paw nebula in the constellation Scorpius taken by the Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment (APEX) telescope in Chile.
and this one:
The story, from Bad Astronomy on Slate, explains that the flame-like filaments of star-forming materials are actually, in this case, mind-bogglingly cold, at around minus 445 degrees Farhenheit.
Thank you, Katie, for Texts from My Cat via Sad and Useless . . . to read the entire post, click on the image above.
Cats and knitting.
And my push-me pull-you, 2-headed cat – Sam-Murphy.
They are also “helping” me quilt.
Koko is the gorilla who was taught American Sign Language by researcher Dr. Penny Patterson. Koko is particularly fond of kittens. The connection is another gorilla story. Glenn Cravath (American artist 1897-1964) was born this day. He is the artist for the book cover for King Kong, published in 1932, and for comic strip style advertisements for the movie based on the book. The film was released in 1933 with Fay Wray playing the hapless bride. A remake was done in 2005, starring Naomi Watts as the female lead and Jack Black as King Kong (no, that’s not right.)
I know this is not anything to do with sappy cats, but I thought it was interesting. I found it on Why? Because Science.
This is sappy cat blogging:
For Sappy Car blogging this week, I offer this story run on NPR in April about cats and the poets who love them.
Reference: Word Tapestry, with thanks.
Sappy cat bonus, Commander Samuel Vimes in repose.
When I sit in the chair of the person he obviously loves best, Sam boxes me about the ears with both front paws and tries to eat my hair. Just last night, in fact.
I thought this was cute – and below, my handsome Murphy.
Firearms, fibers, any news or behaviors that make me say, "hmm, let me take another look at this."
I still miss my man, but my aim is getting better.
Gunsmoke and Knitting 