@ashlandian
🏳️🌈 GenX. He/him. CT to MA, in NC now. Faves: Cats, New Wave, alt/indie music, baking, Buffy, Golden Girls, DWTS, Masked Singer, going to bed early.
Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day. One of the best feelings in the world is to be chosen by a cat. My sweet girl has brought me nothing but joy.
Not to underscore either of these situations, but dismissing and hiding bad news is Standard Operating Procedure for this administration and I’m wondering about all of the things we aren’t being told about. Our food chain, gas price manipulation, health issues, the US/Japan bond issue etc.
My vote is for Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor In ‘A Place in the Sun’ Both of them were just stunning.
Belle is having a hard time with the loss of Zippy. It’s breaking my heart even more than my own grief. In researching how to help her, I found a recommendation for music. Now, I love my baby but I’ll be damned twice before I voluntarily listen to smooth jazz.
Zippy (tabby) went over the Rainbow Bridge this week. I brought his body in to the bedroom for her to say goodbye and she sniffed him for awhile, went behind him. she put her paw over his body and laid her body on top of his and just pressed her head against him for a minute. She knew. #Caturday
During the pandemic, I stopped counting the number of people i knew who died at 31 people. That includes my grandmother, who is the one person i was closest to, and my father. I never shed a single tear. But with my beautiful perfect Zippy gone I’m just wrecked.
The Chief story thread (last one): I used to travel for work and he HATED it. He knew what the suitcase meant and he would leave his favorite toy in the suitcase, which I’d sometimes find when I opened the bag in some distant hotel. #Caturday
Chief Story Thread 3/: the Chief loved sitting in that chair so much that I did a painting of him in it. I moved before I could take the second art class where I would’ve learned about applying color so it remains unfinished. #Caturday
Chief Story Thread 2/ The Chief had a form of feline gigantism but his heart was the size of a normal cat. I’ll never forget the vet chuckling as she said “you’ll be lucky if he lives to be 7 y.o…he’ll certainly never make it to 15.” He lived to be 16. #Caturday
Chief story thread: he was born in my house. I did foster for the humane society. His mama had three kittens before midnight and he was born after, so he was the only kitten born on my birthday. He made it clear that he picked me to be his human very early in his life. #Caturday
To give you an idea of just how big The Chief was. He’s the black cat in pic on the left with Zippy. He weighed 27 lbs but wasn’t a fat cat. He had a form of feline gigantism. Zippy about 13 lbs. On the right, Zippy is with Belle who has never weighed more than 8.5 lbs #Caturday
Going back in time. He’s been gone ten years and I still miss him. #Caturday
Me: today’s the day, I’ve got so much to do, I’m really going to focus and get so much done… The universe:
Happy 8 year Gotcha Day to Belle. When I went to the shelter, two tiny arms reached through the bars to grab me. The guy next to me said “she doesn’t want anyone but you.” She is the smartest cat I’ve ever known. She’s small, 8.5 pounds of pure sweetness. My girl.
Star Wars is on TV and Belle was absolutely mesmerized by the Millennium Falcon vs Tie Fighters scene.
The Red Shirt Chronicles: a series of unfinished short stories because they don't live long enough to complete them.
In which McCoy and Spock give in to the obvious sexual tension between them