At least I'm not taken for granite.
Cat’s Skin Condition Changes Black Fur Into Brilliant Marble Coat
My Modern Met, via Faye
I got a free ride, so at least there's that.
Engineer, conductor rescue cat that hitched cold train ride in Alberta
CBC News, via Andrew Y.
I hope he got slippers for me to chew as well.
Veteran Gets The Perfect Christmas Present To Help Him Heal
The Dodo, via Faye
Now she has lots of kids.
Woman Quits Stressful City Job To Raise Special Needs Baby Goats
Bored Panda, via Andrew Y.
And finally: A Purrfect Day
Murray C. sends in this video of a mama cat doing what mama cats do. Speakers UP for the squeaking and the purring!
Can I just get a loop of squeaky purry kitties to listen to all day?
I want, no, NEED to vote up more than once !!
They are all way off the cuteness scale!! And icing on the cake…mom and kitty…I am going to faint…
We should get one vote for each link..
That’s a fantastic idea. Mike, can you make it so?
Those are GOOD LINKS!!!!
Did you see the one under the marble cat story about Abigail the Pitty and her hat collection?
Scrappy is gorgeous! Stunning. I especially like his very black nose and lips. However, he does not look thrilled about that plaid bow-tie. And why would he? It’s too much pattern and clashes with the marbling. Daddy should have chosen a solid color. 😉
I missed the story about Abigail the Pitty so I’ll have to go through those cute pictures again. Such a chore.
Abigail The Pitty and her hats! Wonderful story. Maybe someone can post link.
Here’s the link to Abigail the Hat Lady 😉
Recovering Rescue Dog Keeps Receiving Hats From People Around the World
(Warning: her backstory is sad and there’s one somewhat upsetting picture in there)
I love the ones with a strategically-placed bow or flower where her missing ear should be.
Love the hats and so sorry she had a rough start to life. Did anyone else notice that Abigail had some painted toenails in a few pics. Such a stylish furbaby!
Thank you for the warning. My fave headpieces are the first one (interlocking pink/red wrap) and the marvelous ‘Rosie the Riveter’ polka-dot wrap – paired with a Wonder Woman top, no less!
Yes! I love that the wrap lets her other ear fly free. 🙂
Yup this is a good one! Thanks for pointing it out Allein! Love all the hats, the toe nail polish, and the wonder woman costume… What a special dog Miss Abigail is.
That’s the same place as the story we had before about the goat in the duck costume!
https://www.thedodo.com/rescue-goat-duck-costume-2107301918.html
The tiny puppy and the veteran?
I love how tenderly he takes off the bow…and watch the puppy’s tail going non-stop!
Animals do wonders for my PTSD. I hope these two go on to have the best life ever together.
Almost – 40 degrees omg. How nice they saved the kitty.
I would like to hug this beautiful marble cat and if I catch some skin condition that makes me beautiful in the meantime – so be it.
Did you know that -40 is where Celsius and Fahrenheit meet? – 40 C = – 40 F
This is interesting, I didn’t know that. The coldest weather I have ever experienced was -32 Celsius, it was in February 2003.
Is that mommy or baby purring right at the end?!
When do kittens start purring? Can such a tiny one already purr?
Nvm me, Iam just talking to myself 🙂 I have just read even a 2 day-old kitten can purr.
They purr like locomotives firing up. They purr so hard eating first milk or soft food in a bowl that they vibrate. One of the milestones in tiny kitty keeping: watching vibrating Kitties with tails straight out while they eat! Oh and seeing their tummies fill up. They get golfball tummies.
How sweet 🙂 I got the current kitties when they were 6 weeks old, so I missed these wonderful first days.
Even bringing them home was funny. The white one was shaking the bars of the cat carrier with the front paws with all the anger and seriousness of a 0.3 kg kitten and he also kept yelling in Felinese: heeeelp, this woman kitnapped us!
Aww! You made me think of 7-week-old Stars meeting Pablo for the first time. She went under the corner of the bed, arched her tiny back as high as it would go, fluffed out her fur, and hissed with all the ferociousness she could muster.
…Pablo was not impressed.
haha how cute 🙂
When they first start purring (at least the kittens I’ve heard), their purr sounds like a rapid tick-tick-tick-tick.