Weekend Open Thread

It’s another Caturday in Cutetropolis, and reader N. Fritz shares one final look at this beautiful black cat for your viewing pleasure:

I’ve submitted Chiara before (Vanta black kitty) and this is probably the last time I’ll be able to photograph her. I’m moving to Vienna in a couple of weeks and she’ll no longer be my neighbor. On the plus side, I’ll be living full-time with Mutz, another Caturday Conversation Cat!

cat on postage-stamp pillow
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35 thoughts on “Weekend Open Thread

  1. Jan B. July 18, 2020 / 9:36 am

    Gorgeous house panther! Vanta black indeed!

    It’s bath time at Chez Lily where the chickadees indulge themselves in the birdbath on the back patio. The tousled look is very “in” now I understand!

    chickadee01

    • Dulcie July 18, 2020 / 12:56 pm

      Chiaroscuro indeed! And Vanna Black indeed! 😁

    • Jan B. July 19, 2020 / 1:54 am

      One of the fledglings born on my front porch has stuck around my yard and decided to get in on the bathing act!

      robins10

  2. AJ July 18, 2020 / 9:59 am

    Chiara is stunning. And good luck with the move, Vienna sounds like a grand place to live. Looking forward to more pictures of Mutz.

    Jan you are so lucky to have all those lovely birdies visiting you. My only wildlife I have are spiders. There are spiders making webs everywhere and anywhere right now. If you brush one aside within 10 minutes another one has been spun. Welcome to my own version of Charlotte’s Web but without the pig. I have to step carefully when I move around the yard. Thank goodness I’m not bothered by spiders. I figure they keep the fly population under control.

    • phredsmom July 18, 2020 / 10:14 am

      Yes, difficult as it can be sometimes, having spiders around is a good thing, except when one is
      found on the rim of one’s glass of water, staring back atcha.

      • Dulcie July 18, 2020 / 12:59 pm

        Ooh. Yeah. I would not be comfortable with that! Probably put the glass out on the doorstep!

        And hi Phredsmom! How are you doing?

      • N. Fritz July 19, 2020 / 1:47 am

        Hi Phredsmom!

        • phredsmom July 19, 2020 / 3:17 pm

          Nausea thanks to the cancer meds is making life unpleasant, but other than that,
          things are ok here.

          • Dulcie July 19, 2020 / 6:45 pm

            Oh dear Phredsmom. Nausea is so unpleasant. Hope the symptoms subside for you.

    • N. Fritz July 19, 2020 / 1:45 am

      Thanks AJ, moving is pretty traumatic for me (I think this is my 14th move) but I have a plan and I’m looking forward to a new life and new opportunities.

      • AJ July 19, 2020 / 11:36 am

        New opportunities are great, it’s just getting there is the hard part. And I know what you mean about moving. I’ve done 4 cross country moves, and at least 4 or 5 in town moves. Just the logistics of getting everything sorted, packed and ready to go makes one’s head spin. Almost forgot, I also did at least two moves for my mom when we moved her from one retirement community to another. First was all the stuff she needed immediately and then when we cleared out the old apartment. I won’t even go into sorting through all the stuff we moved into TWO storage units, let’s just say there were 10 extra large garbage bags filled with fabric.

        • phredsmom July 19, 2020 / 3:21 pm

          I can relate, esp. with the fabric. My mom must have thought she would live
          forever for all her projects. Fortunately found a quilting guild that took most
          of it.

      • Dulcie July 19, 2020 / 11:40 am

        Good luck with everything NFritz! New life and new opportunities – wonderful!
        I am trying to apply the same attitude to my impending retirement years. Much harder than I thought it would be though!! It is harder when the finish line is less blurry than it used to be! I am trying to take the advice of an older friend from years ago…”Make the absolute best of every stage of life you are in. Don’t rush them or fight them. Live them!”

  3. allein 🐾 July 18, 2020 / 10:46 am

    Lovely kitty. Good luck with the move, NFritz! Hope everyone is staying cool.

    “It’s wicked hot out there… Don’t forget to water your moose!”

    (Caption “borrowed” from FB post I saw it on.)

    • N. Fritz July 19, 2020 / 1:50 am

      Thanks Allein! Austria is undergoing unseasonably cool weather (in the 50s/60s) but I imagine that next Saturday it’ll be unbearably hot and humid while we’re loading the truck!

  4. Dulcie July 18, 2020 / 12:28 pm

    Love sleek black cats with slanty emerald eyes! Bewitching!

  5. allein 🐾 July 18, 2020 / 12:34 pm

    Bad Mabel! 

    • Jan B. July 18, 2020 / 1:23 pm

      “Disguise you as a pug” bwaaahaaahaa! ❤️❤️❤️

      • allein 🐾 July 18, 2020 / 1:26 pm

        I didn’t even catch that line until the second time I watched it. 😂

        • Jan B. July 18, 2020 / 4:54 pm

          That guy is a genius! (Posting thru cell signal, my internet’s been out for the last 3 hours…😡)

          • dubravkamcvmd July 18, 2020 / 7:21 pm

            He really is. I’ve seen maybe four or five of his videos and it’s amazing how he improvises a dramatic scene that incorporates the dogs’ activities and expressions into convincing story lines – and he’s hilarious.

          • ^oo^ July 18, 2020 / 10:56 pm

            Even I would watch football (American) if Andrew Cotter would do the play-by-play. And what he could do for baseball! Yowzer! No one would fall asleep.

        • Ricky & Bibi's Mom July 18, 2020 / 5:57 pm

          Me either! 🤣

    • 6rabbits July 19, 2020 / 9:18 am

      Who ever is is in charge of the camera phone needs to be strangled!

      • allein 🐾 July 19, 2020 / 9:33 am

        What, you don’t like to watch your impromptu piano concerts sideways?

        • Jan B. July 19, 2020 / 12:00 pm

          I think whoever was filming didn’t want the piano player (Joel? Really?) to know he was being filmed. It’s hard to keep the camera oriented when you’re being surreptitious!

          • 6rabbits July 19, 2020 / 4:48 pm

            That’s the only thing I could think of!

        • 6rabbits July 19, 2020 / 4:46 pm

          🤣…NO!

          My reply to Allein

    • allein 🐾 July 18, 2020 / 4:30 pm

      What the heck?! 🤣

      • dubravkamcvmd July 18, 2020 / 7:23 pm

        A very odd idea. Did the artist eat something that did not agree and caused nightmares?

    • 6rabbits July 19, 2020 / 9:16 am

      Some of those shark-cats are oddly cute-ish!

  6. 6rabbits July 19, 2020 / 9:19 am

    Lots of good vids/photos today, peeps. Thanks!😊

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