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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Don't miss next Sunday's Carnival of the Cats,

to be hosted at Mind of Mog!

Kitty Bipartisanship

Rocky: I admit it. Sometimes we don't always get along here at Artsy Catsy. Sometimes my staff doesn't like my CEO edicts; sometimes my Vice President Fracas tries to issue executive orders; sometimes our spokesmodel Lucy demands preferential treatment; sometimes Callie has major policy differences with all of us.

But these aren't just sometimes ... these are extraordinary times. The entire world is struggling and it's more important than ever not to sweat the small stuff, to take care of each other, to work together, to put aside ideological differences and everybody just get along.

So I asked my staff to be inspired by the magnificent video below, and it has worked wonders -- just look at Fracas and I enjoying a bipartisan nap effort, dreaming of better days ...

I hope you will be inspired by the video, too, so we can all join paws and hands to make the world a better place!

Mom Update

Rocky: I'm still here, everybody, and I wanted to give you an update on my sickly mom. She just finished 3 weeks of antibiotics and she saw the cardiologist last week who gave her yet another medication to try to control her heart rate problem (supraventricular tachycardia) in hopes she can avoid having her heart punctured (YIKES!) in a procedure called radiofrequency catheter ablation. I do NOT want him nuking part of my mom's heart, so I'm making sure she takes her medicine! The cardiologist also wired her all up on a Holter heart monitor, and I was very careful to continually paw and bite at the wires to make sure they were in the right place.

She's also taking three different blood pressure medicines, but her blood pressure is still too high. Twice every day I help her with her blood pressure monitor, again batting and biting at the tubes and cords to make sure they're in the right place. As you can see, all this pawing and batting and biting is wearing me out! ...

But don't worry, I'm going to get rested up in time to host Carnival of the Cats this week, so go ahead and submit your posts any time. And I'm also going to start getting around to visiting all of you, since I've gotten way behind on Cat Blogosphere goings on.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day

to all our wonderful friends -

we love you all!

Snoopervising Sickly Mom

Rocky: Hey everybody, I'm still here. But right now I'm immersed in the important task of snuggling in bed with my sickly mom ...

She's having a really hard time. First, her blood pressure went sky high, then she got hit with an acute attack of diverticulitis, then Tuesday night her heart went crazy and she had to be rushed to the emergency room with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia.

She's taking lots of medicine and feeling a bit better, but we're all still purring on her 24/7, so we may not get back to regular blogging or visiting our friends until she sees a cardiologist next week. In the meantime, we could sure use a massive Purr-In over here!

Rock the Vote!

Candidate Rocky: The polls will close soon, and it appears that I'm losing in a landslide for Coco. I humbly ask for your last-minute vote ... but please be assured that Coco has reached across the aisle for my help should she win this election. Maybe she'll choose me as her CatVice President ... since I have lots of vices!

Worrisome Wednesday

Rocky: My Campaign Manager Fracas and I are taking a break from the campaign trail (Phfftht! Catpolitics are exhausting!) to rest awhile and rev up some purrs & purrayers for our friends and for our mom, too ...We're so worried about our good friend Moki who, in his ongoing struggles, is very sick right now with both urinary and upper respiratory problems. And he'll soon be seeing a specialist to be tested for Systemic Lupus Erythematosis, a rare disorder in cats. Please, everyone, join in the purring & purraying for Moki!

Kashim and his family need our purrs & purrayers, too. Kashim burned his paws on a hotplate and is all bandaged up and in pain. And then last night Kashim and Othello's Awesome Man's 3-month old niece died, a terrible tragedy. Please keep them in your thoughts and purrayers.

And our mom has been sick. She's been having nasty sinus problems, then her blood pressure went haywire and the human vet put her on blood pressure medicine. Do you think if I give her some biteys to release some of that blood it will help lower her pressure?