It’s Caturday, and the cats will play; a birthday tribute

in #caturday4 years ago (edited)

So, as I was saying, it’s my birthday weekend. And what that means is that I see everything through that lens. I’m not sure I can explain it any better than that. But I will illustrate.

For example, it just occurred to me that it was 15 years ago (give or take a day) that we adopted this kitten from the shelter. Our other cat had just fallen ill and died, and the idea of not having a cat around the house seemed so terribly sad.

So we adopted Angel. Actually, the shelter had named her Venus. And all of her fuzzy little siblings were also planets. My three year-old son called her by a word that rhymes with Venus but is a male body part, so we renamed her at once. She has been a beloved member of the family ever since.

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Angel has always been an indoor/outdoor cat. She has loved the game of chasing rabbits and squirrels from the beginning. No amount of effort helped us to contain her indoors. With a family of 5 coming and going — not to mention all the kids’ friends — we just couldn’t keep her in.

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Even though she was probably nine or ten weeks old when we adopted her, I still kind of think of Angel and I having the same birthday. I will never forget how adorable she was and how much my little kids fell in love with her, especially my oldest daughter who has always loved this cat more than any pet we have ever owned.

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She’s kind of picturesque, isn’t she? In the next picture she’s just chilling across the street at the neighbor’s house.

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I totallu get you. There was once a song in High-5 singing about travelling through outer space to Venus, my boy who was then only 3 years plus asked me why was there P___S at outer space? Hahaha.

Hi, Angel, you are as lovely as your family. Blessed are you. And stay active. =)

Thank you, @iamjadeline! I love your story. That made me laugh out loud. Kids are so entertaining aren’t they? Have a great day.

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Beautiful cat. And so great that the children love her.

They really do. In fact if it was up to the kids we would have two or three more!

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Happy Birthday! That must have been a nice birthday gift to adopt Angel. May you continue to be blessed!

Thank you @sgbonus. I appreciate your kind thoughts!

Angel is very photogenic. And these are very nice photos of her. Thanks for sharing this very nice story!

Happy birthday to the both of you!

And, of course, Happy Caturday!

!CATtip 100

Thanks @saboin! I need to learn about cat tips. How cute!

@saboin is sending you a tip of 100CAT

I love the story of how Angel got her name, hahaha!
I have a cat, Patches, that I tried to keep in the house. But we had battles every single time anyone opened a door, coming in or going out. Now that I let her out when she wants to go, she will also heed my direction "back" if it's a bad time for her to go out. And she's so much happier over all! On the other hand, I've got a feral cat, who lived in terror outside for a couple years, in my garage (waiting to be fixed before I bring him in the house) and even though he could get out if he wanted to, he doesn't seem to want to. I think he will happily be an indoor cat.
Nice post. Happy Birthday!

Thanks @owasco. I have a deja vu feeling. We may have had this discussion before! It can be so hard to keep a cat inside if it's really dedicated to being an outdoor cat!

Thank you for the kind wishes. I'm having a great birthday weekend!

Well okay, if you want then we can wish both you and Angel a Happy Birthday my friend Lol
Blessings!

Ha ha. Thank you, @papilloncharity!

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Just trying to get a smile out of you my friend.
Blessings!

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@jayna, Happy birthday and good to see that you've brought an Angel 😇 to your Home 🏡. Stay blessed.

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Thanks so much for the good wishes, @chireerocks!

Welcome and enjoy your time ahead.

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