There is a plethora of cats on Sappy Cat Blogging this Friday . . .
Found in Down East magazine, this tabby named Slim commutes from Badger’s Island, Maine to Portsmouth, NH over the Memorial Bridge. Click here for his story.
Thanks to my friend, Cindy for these racing cats.
And to HMS Defiant for this little cat clip from Moonrise Kingdom. Click on the image for the video. If you have not seen the film, look it up on Netflix.
This story appeared in the Daily Mail about an intrepid Norwegian Forest Cat defending his yard from this red fox. The fox appears not to be taking any chances. There’s more to the story here.
My Sammy (Cmdr. Samuel Vimes) is a Maine Coon and he has a more outgoing personality. I found in once him in the backyard trying to play with an opossum. Not smart – no damage, however. For this reason (and others), Sammy now dominates the house, but not the yard or the neighborhood.
Bonus Sappy Cat -Jill appears to know that her owner is going away for the weekend – and has plans to tag along.
And from my own collection – the most photogenic Cmdr. Samuel Vimes . . .
Finally, from the funny papers:
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:
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 