Weekend Open Thread

It’s another Caturday, and our visitor today is a fashionable fellow named Mr. Gray, who knows the importance of accessorizing. As sender-inner Julie W. explains:

This is our no-longer-feral cat Mr. Gray, rocking his bird collar. Looks ridiculous but reduces his bird kills from daily to monthly or less, and highly recommended for entertainment value too.

cat in colorful collar
I’m funny how, I mean funny like I’m a clown, I amuse you?

He actually seems to like the attention it gets him, and seems to view it as a status symbol. And it has reflective piping for night visibility!

cat in colorful collar
One does want a splash of color.
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30 thoughts on “Weekend Open Thread

  1. dubravkamcvmd September 26, 2020 / 8:35 am

    I’m agog that Mr. Gray likes his collar. That is amazingly lucky. He is beautiful.

  2. allein September 26, 2020 / 9:00 am

    Mr Gray is a lovely boy. With pink toebeans!

    I saw this yesterday and now I want to be the tennis ball god.
    tennis ball god 

    • dubravkamcvmd September 26, 2020 / 9:40 am

      That is so wonderful!

    • Ricky & Bibi's Mom September 26, 2020 / 10:02 am

      It is, indeed, the BEST.

    • Blue Footed Booby September 26, 2020 / 6:07 pm

      Few deeds are as noble as anonymous acts of kindness.

  3. Dan September 26, 2020 / 9:28 am

    Oh, Allein, that’s the funniest story! I love it! I’d be laughing my arse off if I got to witness that.

  4. AJ September 26, 2020 / 9:48 am

    What a great way to start a weekend – very handsome Mr. Gray and the tennis ball god story. The collar makes him look very dapper and my new life goal is to live in an apartment next to a tennis court so I can secretly throw balls to doggos.

  5. Ricky & Bibi's Mom September 26, 2020 / 10:04 am

    Mr. Gray’s toebeans are terribly tempting (to tickle).

  6. allein September 26, 2020 / 10:25 am

    This penguin has something to say…(I’m not sure what, though; I don’t speak penguin.)

    • dubravkamcvmd September 26, 2020 / 10:29 am

      Wow that’s cute! Baby is very emphatic about what s/he’s trying to communicate. You’re on a roll today Allein.

      • allein September 26, 2020 / 10:37 am

        I just got that one from CNN’s The Good Stuff newsletter from this morning..

  7. Jan B. September 26, 2020 / 11:29 am

    Mr. Grey is so handsome! I don’t know that I could get Lily to wear one of those though!

    Extra rainy this week, 3.3 inches over the last three days! Lily doesn’t care as long as there’s warm laundry to nap in…
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    • allein September 26, 2020 / 11:33 am

      It’s the sheep sheets!

      I need to do laundry but I don’t have any fuzzies to sleep in it.

      • Jan B. September 26, 2020 / 11:39 am

        Still lovin’ the sheep sheets! They’re just as comfy for people as cats!

    • birdlady26 September 26, 2020 / 12:00 pm

      I’ll take some of that rain. We are in severe drought conditions here in eastern Massachusetts. Struggling to keep my perennials and shrubs alive with hand watering. Hasn’t rained at all for 3 weeks now, and the rainfall has been paltry since the spring. This is unusual for us!

      Doing another dance to the rain gods.

  8. Duckie 🐥 September 26, 2020 / 12:22 pm

    Feeling very end-of-the-worl-ish today. Family members either very sick, or causing relationship schisms. One actually passed away yesterday, leaving a divide that can never be crossed now.
    Dark and rainy outside. Would love to spend the day cuddled up with kitties in sheep sheets. But duty calls.
    Please, somebody out there have a good day.

    • allein September 26, 2020 / 12:26 pm

      I’m so sorry, Duckie. I know it’s not much but sending virtual hugs.

      Here’s a good thing: I have a package coming via USPS and it shipped a couple days ago, said expected delivery Monday, and I just checked and it’s “out for delivery” today. It went straight from Illinois to Newark. (The last USPS package I got went from Minnesota to Texas to NJ and arrived a whole week late.)

    • dubravkamcvmd September 26, 2020 / 1:13 pm

      I’m sorry Duckie. Family strife and loss is intense and hard to navigate.

    • Ricky & Bibi's Mom September 26, 2020 / 2:10 pm

      I’m so sorry, Duckie. Sending virtual hugs, and Bibi adds puppy kisses.

    • Kar September 26, 2020 / 8:48 pm

      Duckie I’m so sorry.

      I hope that you are able to find some peace and comfort amidst all of this

  9. Tara September 26, 2020 / 2:23 pm

    Mr. Gray is so handsome and looks so content. The collar is really something!

    Allein, that story just made my day. Love it.

    Duckie – sending you lots of hugs. ❤️❤️❤️

    Had a better week than last week, in spite of yet another crazy news cycle. Had a long chat with good friend this morning, traded watermelon pickles for a lot of special yarn yesterday (DebG four skeins of Habu textiles 100% linen!) and started knitting bats for my niece and nephew for Halloween who are going to be “the weather.” One will wear a white hat (the cloud) which will have blue felt rain drops hanging from it and the other will be the rainbow. I love it. No trick-or-treating, but they will do a scavenger hunt in Gramma and Grampa’s back yard.

    • dubravkamcvmd September 26, 2020 / 2:42 pm

      That sounds like a lovely Halloween.

  10. julie wolf September 26, 2020 / 4:03 pm

    in case anyone else has an out of control birder….https://www.birdsbesafe.com/
    not in any way affiliated, just like to have our cat outside and not kill tons of birds. it really isn’t that big of a deal, very much like a mane on a floofy cat.
    thanks for posting our Mr. Gray and (earlier) ladybug, Mike!

  11. allein September 26, 2020 / 7:30 pm

  12. murkle46 September 26, 2020 / 7:50 pm

    • Kar September 26, 2020 / 8:50 pm

      Its like a banana biting back.

      • murkle46 September 27, 2020 / 2:43 am

        Look at it’s face.I think it just wants a cuddle.

        • allein September 27, 2020 / 10:06 am

          Looks like a happy snek.

        • Emsthemonster September 27, 2020 / 1:03 pm

          It is a real cutie.

    • Alice Shortcake September 27, 2020 / 4:06 am

      For a few seconds I thought it was one of those ‘banana for scale’ pics.

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