Carnival of the Cats

Rocky: Welcome to Carnival of the Cats #286. And please accept my apology for the day's delay in presenting the Carnival to you ... all I can say is sometimes Artsy Catsy goes all Artsy Batsy!
Lots of videos in this week's Carnival ... and the first two up are which are more annoying, cats or dogs? (What? Cats annoying??) at Greg Laden's Blog.

Beauty abounds! This year’s Pere Lachaise cat, sunbathing on a gravestone in the world’s most-visited cemetery in Paris, France, is brought to you by The Poor Mouth.

Sunshine on our shoulders makes us happy! Pica is also working on her tan at LabKat.

Time to crunch some numbers: How much does a dog or cat really cost? Find out at The Digerati Life.

After that number crunching, you may need a lift. Don’t miss 23 pictures to help you through the day, brought to you buy Colors Magazine. And that they'll do, as you can see from just this one:

Silly Charlie offers a pictorial lesson about how to squeeze into a tiny cat tree house over at No Deep Thoughts.

And here's a video lesson: In Luna and Mouse, Luna teaches you exactly what to do with yes, a mouse, at CatSynth.

In The Bee, the Battle of the Bay Window and the Sill, Cosette gives an update on the multiple dramas unfolding at Hemi’sPhere.

In Still Life with Feather, Maddie proves at StrangeRanger that kitty pics and videos are not always on-demand!

Hop on board the Wienermobile! The Hams of the Werld Tour 2009 is in full swing at Life From a Cat’s Perspective. If these touring kitties eat another ham, they could start looking like pigs!

Now here's a soundtrack that may surprise you. Rush Limbaugh recorded a public service announcement for the Humane Society, talking about how he treasures his cat, Punkin ... brought to you by Vegetarian Star.

It’s that time of year again (itch, scratch) and you'll find some advice on avoiding counterfeit flea treatment products over at Flea Control Secrets .

And here's a list of quick & easy tips for removing pet hair from our homes, from Home Life Weekly. (Now why would we want to do that?)

One last video: I hope you'll all join Artsy Catsy in supporting human vet care reform and help make the world a better place. This original music video by one of my human artists will inspire you!

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Carnival of the Cats #259

Rocky: It's March 1, and what a perfect day for Carnival of the Cats - the first day of the month that brings us the end of winter and the beginning of Spring! It reminds me of an old song, The Circle Game ...

And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time

As we leave winter behind and look forward to the warmth and renewal of Spring, here's what's been going round and round in the cat blogosphere this week ....

Yes, all eyes are watching for Spring, but it's a rare stare that could compete with the powerful eyes of Hakuna at Blog d'Elisson!

Oh, but if your eyes are itchy, better learn how to Use Organic Methods to Help Heal your Pet's Allergies at Organic Family Circle.

Please send your purrs & purrayers to Mind of Mog, who this Friday had to help their their sweet Klarissa to the Rainbow Bridge ...

And Freya’s family could use your support in remembrance of their sadly missed Scampie, who went to the Bridge a year ago this week ...

Don’t miss the video, Jerusalem’s Coolest Kitties at Elms in the Yard, a tribute to all the cats who make their home on the grounds of St. Stephen's Priory (The Ecole Biblique) in Jerusalem.

Look at these innocent bystanders doing absolutely nothing wrong at Elms in the Yard.

Don’t miss the fresh air, sunshine, wet paws and a perfectly “happy ending" :-) at Perfectly Parker!

Beautiful Sanjee stakes her claim to some peace and quiet at House of the (Mostly) Black Cats.

Tristan gets down to a serious therapy session with a Really BAD Dog at Tabbylicious.

Maggie is dealing with a dilemma at Mélange … Where did all the birdies go?

But check out at Mr. Jones at AllanThinks – there’s not a single dilemma in his world!

Speaking of dilemmas, the economic downturn is on all our minds ... but at Catymology, Aloysius explains why cats can right the falling economy.

Get ready to give out some welcomes to new friends ... There’s a new “cousin” – sort of – at Momma Grace and Company.

And there's a new woofie brother, Maverick, at Life from a Cat’s Perspective.

Easy Like Sunday Afternoon brings out some handsome mancatness at iMeowza.

And at iInfidel, there's some spring cleaning going on.

The cat’s out of the bag! It’s Victor’s 4th purrthday today! (And someone else in his house has a birthday Wednesday) ...

Speaking of growing older, Loup-Garou at House of Chaos has some geezer mojo goin’ on.

Awww! Desi and Pushy display their overwhelming cuteness in days gone by at KeesKennis.

Maddie and Ivy share their cures for cold and dreary days at StrangeRanger. Never fear, warmth is on its say and Spring will soon be sprung!

And here at Artsy Catsy, we offer up a bit of Kitty Bipartanship with a heart-warming video, The Animal Odd Couple.

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Carnival of the Cats

Welcome to the 235th Edition of

Carnival of the Cats

Rocky: Since my humans are so busy with other things, I'm doing the Carnival all by myself ... so please forgive any typoCatical errors I might make!

I want to dedicate this week's Carnival to:

- Our good friend Daisy the Curly Cat and her family, whose beloved Pixie went to the Rainbow Bridge this morning after a long, brave struggle with advanced cardiomyopathy. Farewell, sweet Pixie.

- And to all our friends in Texas and Louisiana whose lives have been disrupted by Hurricane Ike. The entire Cat Blogosphere is purring that you're safe and that your lives will soon be back to normal.

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First up, at Om Shanti Handcrafts, Loiosh meets some orange, occasionally polydactyl kittens … then, wearing wings, takes a very interesting nap ...
Next, I think I agree with Lenny and Carl's dad over at MoneyGrubbingLawyer, who says, "Forget pet insurance; buy catnip and kibble instead!"

Whoa, hop on board! The Scratching Post's Maximum Leader is going tuna shopping!

At Nanashi, Inc., Denali and Isis are herding grasshoppers in their freshly mowed lawn.

Eric and Flynn are are also hunting in the green, green grass of their home in the UK.

At The Poor Mouth, Bebe is peering over a Robyn barricade.

What's this? Blog D'Elisson reports that Hakuna has been assimilated into the Borg Collective!

Perfectly Parker takes some new Breeze litter box systems for a trial run ... but runs into some woofie problems!

Don't miss the three faces of the beautiful Miss Abba Dabba (aka Abby) at Manx Mnews!

At Elms in the Yard, Missy exhibits the perfect technique for attracting belly rubs ...
Now, let's all go wish a Happy 17th Purrthday to Henry over at Texas Oasis!

Then rush over to My Cats and Funny Stories and watch the video of Arthur and Rosie taking over the bathtub.

You'll think you're seeing double at Sleeping Mommy -- but those look-alikes are Mo and Tommy.

At Catymology, handsome Aloysius celebrates his Gotcha Day.

Maus at Composite Drawlings wisely explains why there's no need for Chee-Tos when you have plenty of Mom-Toes!

Another great video! Watch Kismet show you just how to deal with a bug on the ceiling at Russ. Just Russ.

Oh no! Moi has a problem over at Bloggg! "Dey tuk mi feets!"

Yum! Babe and Tiny are sampling the Spring Chicken Delight at sisu.

At iInfidel, Cece the cow kitty perfects the art of wall lounging ...

... while some serious yard skulking is going on at iMeowza ...

... then it's back up on the wall again at Mind of Mog.

Jiminy Cricket! Victor Tabbycat and Nina the Torbie have a new toy - a Jug O'Bug!!

China Cat checks out some bunnies on the lawn from her cozy ham-mick ... well, that is, when Willow isn't in it!

The CatSynth kitties are exhausted and catching up on some rest … and some pats, too.

Ahh, yes. Psychic Cottage celebrates the joy of caring for grandkitties - especially when they're Bengals.

Hot(M)BC's Boni Maroni discovers that cardboard boxes don't taste like chick-hen - but they're perfect for packing up purrs to send to all our friends in Texas and Louisiana that they've stayed safe from Ike.

Finally, check out what we cats do on a hot day at Idyllic Dreams.

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Rocky: Round and round it goes ... where it stops is ... right here! We're all on board to bring you the greatest traveling cat show on the face of the Earth ... ("D-i-z-z-y ... We're so dizzy our heads are spinnin' ... like a whirlpool it never ends .....")

... Carnival of the Cats #227!

* First up, some major attractions! It’s the 2nd Anniversary of Cat Synth and Weekend Cat Blogging – don’t miss the great photo of Luna from the day it all began!

* But wait! There’s more! Today is also Eric and Flynn’s 2nd Blogiversary! Go wish them a happy one … and maybe wake them up ...

* But they're not the only ones taking it easy. Over at The Scratching Post, KT Cat is showing you how to conserve energy at mealtime.

* Not into conserving energy? Then you'll love the video “Simon’s Cat – The Sequel”, now playing at StrangeRanger.

* YAY! At House of the (Mostly) Black Cats, the Hotties’ mommy is home from her road trip! She visited Finny & Buddy & Jasmine while she was gone, and stopped to drool over some Irish Bachelors. Sanjee says, "Maybe we need to take Mommy to get her ray-bees shot in case dat's what's makin her drool."

* Can't humans ever get it right? "FACE!!! Not FEETS!!!" says Blueberry over at Texas Oasis.

* The humans have it right at Mind of Mog ... Meowza is getting some copious spoiling!

* There's some serious scratching post envy going on at the House of Chaos. Zorro has claimed the new scratching post as his and his alone. HISSS! ...

* So you think you can dance? Amber and Phillip are having a hula competition at Cat Yarns. Can you guess the winner … the kitty or the woofie?

* Stop the presses! After hiding in bed for weeks after flying to Britain, Balu at Cosmos actually got up during daylight hours … and even went outside to meet a squirrel!

* More open doors! Arthur, Rosie and Kim are outside hunting mice at My Cats and Funny Stories.

* At Sisu, Tiny and Babe are outside contemplating nature, while their humans contemplate paternalism, maternalism and politics.

* Oh, bother! At Catymology, Aloysius can’t go outside because a strange human is putting up ladders and stomping all over the roof of the house ... is he tearing it down?

* More bother! Since Kismet can’t go outside, he’s declared himself the official TacJammer bug hunter.

* China Cat, also stuck indoors, is enjoying Easy Like Sunday Morning with Robby Rabbit.

* Gemini at Chey's Place finds the outside and live bugs and expending energy totally unneccesary as she lies in the sun contemplating invisible dead bugs.

* At Anniemiz, Miles is sunning, too ... creating a veritable black hole of cuteness that will suck you right in!

* Ruse at Momma Grace & Company is practicing being cute. Hmm ... looks like he’s had LOTS of practice and has cuteness down to perfection!

* Check out Boo the shoe freak at Manx Mnews. This girlcat’s really got ‘sole’!

* And check this out! Tour guide Not the Mama takes Chica & Pumuckl on another tour of Egypt, this time to the Kom-Ombo Temple. But watch out for the crocodile mummies ...

* Uh-oh. The gang at This, That & The Other Thing is on strike. Cubby, Sox & Mouse have made it clear that they don't want to provide blog fodder at their expense so they've come up with some great excuses.

* Don't miss China Cat and Willow taking it easy at Sammawow ... in the same spot, then and now!

* Ho Ho Ho! It's Christmas in July at Willow's Cat Blog!

* Oh, yay, BAGS! Sebastian at Furry Paws shows you just how much he loves bags!

* Fish food! -- It's not just for fish anymore, as Tigger shows you at Pet's Garden Blog ...

* And finally, don't miss the Doodle Pets at Life from a Cat's Perspective!

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Okay, pack up the tents and lick the cotton candy off your paws ...
the Carnival is moving on ...

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Finally Friday

Rocky: I realize it's politically incorrect to disparage the handicapped, but .... my humans are INSANE!! I can't wait to tell you what they've been doing, (hint: it starts with an "R") but I've been thinking and thinking about it and my brain is simply too full of thunkenness to even go into it right now.

Instead, I've issued a corporate edict from my executive tower on the sun-splashed recliner ..."To all feline staff members: We are on strike!! To protest the humans' insanity, go to the room the humans have never finished remodeling, take up a position in the sun, and ... DO NOTHING!"

Yeah, Fracas, that's the ticket ...

Now, give it your best Finally Friday Do-Nothing Flop ... I think I'll join you in this protest ... C'mon Callie, show your stuff ...

Here we are, and here we stay, until our insane humans are normal again ... oh, wait ... they were never normal. Hmm ... this could be a very lo-o-o-ong strike.

Easy Like Sunday Morning

Lucy ...

Callie ...

Fracas ...

Rocky ...

Ahhh ... life is good.

Carnival of the Cats #218

Carnival Barker Rocky: Ladiezzzzz and gentlemen ... step right up to see the greatest traveling cat show on earth! For the modest price of internet access, you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll shriek in amazement at the magic and acrobatics and sheer wonder of cats across the world! .........

The Carnival's first attractions are real treats: It's a whirlwind of flying Temptations, towels, toys & toilet paper over at Missy & KC's, where the Texas Tornado (aka Faith Boo) strikes again!

And at This, That & The Other Thing, Cubby picks up where Sox left off in whapping out the Temptations hiding place. (On a serious note, their humans are having a difficult time, but Mouse is helping them take their minds off their troubles.)

Free treats! Devin kitty tests Greenies Dental Treats on Woman Tribune -- and tells you how to get a free sample!

Speaking of treats, Cece the cow kitty is waiting impatiently at iInfidel.

Now this is definitely a treat! Kashim and Othello's momma built them a great new scratching post for their balcony at The Catboys Realm.

At Life from a Cats Perspective, sometimes you have to recover from too many treats. Samantha and Mr. Tigger are recovering from Mr. T's surprise birthday/gotcha day party at M-Cats Club.

Oh, this is simply magic: A stunning photo of the actual Rainbow Bridge at Blog d’Elisson ... Oh, look! ... Who's that we see?

At Mind of Mog, the Friday Ark is NOT spam ... and Meowza drinks to that!

Now, feast your eyes upon this cuteness: Poppy, a little feral mom and her newborn baby kittens over at Cat Care, Breeds and Resources.

But This is Cyprus proves that a kitty's mom doesn't have to be a cat. Don't miss The Tale of Tessie and the Turtle.

Oh, poor Parker! She's lonely and in need of some serious scritches at Perfectly Parker.

There are kitties of all kinds in the Carnival ... and some are very busy ... At Chica & Pumuckl in Egypt, Pumuckl has assumed all entertaining and stalking duties while Chica is in quarantine ...

Estate manager Babe is busy snoopervising groundman Tuck over at sisu.

Edison has been very busy having whapping matches with Clara at anniemiz... and is sporting the scars to prove it.

Aloysius is completely occupied with trying to figure out why the humans at Catymology moved all his furniture.

Abby, Jinx & Gracie are busy waiting for the mysterious door to the forbidden room to open at Manx Mnews.

"Oh hai. In teh beginnin" ... The kitties at Meeyauw are busy presenting LOL Cat Bible: Lectionary Readings for the First Sunday after Pentecost and Ceiling Cat has the really hard job of creating the universe! ...

At Chey's Place, presidential candidate Chey is busy getting lost on the campaign trail. See if you know where she is!

That "uncooperative little cuss" Kismet is ... well, not too busy squeaking out a very quick video hello at TacJammer.

Meowza is busy rolling in the dirt over at iMeowza.

Their old friend Matilda is visiting the Ranger kitties while they're recuperating from the Snot-bonic Plague at Strange Ranger.

Mischief and Hi are involved in their exhibition of how two kitties can get along in the same condo at Your Moosey Fate.

They've been very busy at Cats with a wonderfully educational post about the African Lion.

Mr. Sebastian is preoccupied with using the laundry to demonstrate his skills as a hair relocation stylist at Furry Paws.

But not all kitties are busy. Things start to calm down a bit at Composite Drawlings where TiGrr and Peanut have called a truce and are doing an imitation of two attached meat loaves.

Luna stretches out to beat the heat -- as always, with style -- over at CatSynth.

It's all easy -- and very beautiful, too -- with Snow and Forest.

Pretty Willow is taking it gorgeously easy on her favorite chair and blanket at Willow's Cat blog.

China Cat was taking it somewhat easy ... until she was rudely interrupted by the flashy thing at China Cat's Blog ...

Jax, a rescued furbaby, is easily living the good life at Texas Oasis.

All the way over in Jerusalem, Missy enjoys peacefully gazing out the window over at Elms in the Yard.

Beautiful Bebe is a picture of purrfect contentment at The Poor Mouth.

Lovely Munchkin is luxuriating on video with some lavish mom attention at Cathouse Chat.

And finally, what would a Carnival be without goodies and games of chance? Don't miss your chance to win some wonderful signs that were donated by The Wren's Nest over at Cat Friends Helping Friends ... but you should go now because the raffle ends tomorrow, May 19! All raffle proceeds will help build up funds to help kitties in need.

Also, Auntie Deb & ML’s Auctions end in just a few hours -- tonight at midnight ET. 100% of the money goes directly to Mokie, Orange Boy & Sissy, who has kidney/liver failure.

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Sunday, May 25

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CEO Groundskeeping

Rocky: I've been away from blogging for several days because I've been snoopervising my human artist in some very important Artsy Catsy groundskeeping. Yes! I've been OUTSIDE!!

First I made sure our clematis is blooming properly ...

Next, I mowed the grass out of our garden plot ... I had to sound a floofy tail alarm about this weird thing ... I checked out the roots of our peony garden ... I made sure there were no invading critters in our catalpa tree trunk: I pointed out some weeding that needs to be done ...

I inspected the old wash tub my mom is going to paint and transform into a planter.

It belonged to her great grandmother ...

Then I visited the graves of our kitties who came before ... And I spent a long while visiting the grave of my precious Dustbunny ...

Finally, I took a long rest in the shade ... Whew! Groundskeeping is hard work!

Toes & Tails Tuesday

Callie: It's very important to position your toes properly when you curl up for a nap on the human's bed ...

Rocky: It's also very important to have a clean tail before you curl up for a nap on the human's bed ...

Callie: Hey, Mr. Doofus CEO Turkey Cat, it's MOST important that you don't shake the bed and wake me up! An 18-year-old ladycat needs her 22 hours of sleep a day!!

Snoozy Like Sunday Morning

Rocky & Fracas: **mancat snores**.... Oscar: ** manx mancat snorzzzzz** ....
Callie: **nose-in-the-pillow snurffles** ....
Lucy: **Sweet ragdoll dreams** ....
.... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Don't Mess with the Mancat Monday!

Knock it off, Callie! You had your turn on mom's lap!

Ahhh, yes, it's good to be the boss ...

Thrashing Thursday

Callie: Hmm, it's Thursday. Shall I do T-13 ... or shall I just lie here on Mom's bed all day? ...

Wait! I have an idea ...

I think I'll do some bed thrashing! Okay, assume the position, and ...

THRASH! Thrash back & forth faster than the eye can see ...

Ah, yes, bed thrashing is what keeps this 18-year-old ladycat young & wild-eyed!