DEATH to ALL Cats!!

 

Sheba, on the right, was busy vanquishing a peacock feather. Cloe just CAN"T let Sheba have it to herself. 

Sheba takes umbrage

Cloe refuses to give ground. It's a good thing there's a human around to break things up.

Trixie Simply AdoOOORES a Bawth

 

Face

Chin

Ears

Washcloth

Contemplation

Bohemian Catsody

 

Pink Busts His Moves

Awesome break-dancer that he is...

Pride In Ownership

There's a saying, "Pride in Ownership" that has to do with one's house. Fortunately, I never suffered the affliction, but for those who do, here's a photo that conveys the Cattitude.

 

Stella the Toilet Paper Artist

 

Triptych

The Artist

Sing HO! For Piran the CAT!

 Piran saves a life.

https://www.newsweek.com/cats-persistent-cries-save-83-year-old-owner-who-fell-down-ravine-1619762

Catnip Party

 Michelle has a supplier of organic home-grown with names from the past such as: Maui Wowie and Purple Haze. Here're some scenes from the latest gathering.

"It's in here."

(note dilated pupils)

Getting off

Elizabeth takes out her latent aggression

Pink, in a world of his own

Discovering the source

Power struggle - Pink, Henry & Issy (Issy is orange)

Bert, Todd & Foxy

Bert Guaging the Distance

HAH!

Bert's Horrible Gaping Maw!!

Todd

 Todd's Horrible Gaping Maw

Foxy - One Tough Customer

She says "snaaaaaaaaaaaa" very softly

LEAVE MY TAIL ALONE!!

 

A neighbor of one of Michelle's client shared this video of her cats.

After Van Eyck

Remembering the Arnolfini Portrait

Foxy

Pepper The Tort

 

5 Story Leap & Soft Landing

https://www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/cat-jumps-from-burning-apartment-building

Cat Shocks Everyone By Making A Daring Leap From Burning Building

He saved himself ❤️️

By Lily Feinn

Published on 5/21/2021 at 5:42 PM

When firefighters responded to a call at a Chicago apartment building, they had no idea that they were about to witness a death-defying feat of feline agility. 

After his owner evacuated the burning apartment, a cat named Hennessy decided the best way to get out ... was down.

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“When the firefighters got to the floor and forced their way into the apartment, the cat was sitting on the other side of the door but would not come out,” Larry Langford, director of media affairs for the Chicago Fire Department, told The Dodo. “As they went into the apartment, the cat went deeper into the apartment and eventually decided, after they knocked the windows out to ventilate, to get on the window ledge.”

Langford was on-site taking video of the fire when he spotted Hennessy peering out the fifth-story window. He started getting nervous but assumed Hennessy would go back inside.

He was wrong.

Cats are expert climbers and fearless when it comes to heights. Their bodies are designed to survive falls and they instinctively know which way is down. This gives them the ability to align their bodies midair so they always land on their feet.

“They have a relatively large surface area in proportion to their weight, thus reducing the force at which they hit the pavement,” the BBC reports. “Cats reach terminal velocity, the speed at which the downward tug of gravity is matched by the upward push of wind resistance, at a slow speed compared to large animals like humans and horses.”

Hennessy appeared to consider the jump before he leaped from the window of the burning building. “He put his paws out like he was testing — he actually looked like he was trying to calculate [the fall] and then he just took off,” Langford said. “It was surprising.”

In the air, the clever cat spread out his legs, creating a parachute effect and increasing drag resistance. To Langford “he looked more like a flying squirrel than a cat.”

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As a crowd of onlookers gasped, Hennessy narrowly missed a retaining wall and landed safely on the grass with a slight bounce. He then trotted off around to the corner of the building as if nothing had happened. Langford was surprised to see that the cat wasn't limping and was perfectly OK.

Turns out, Hennessy didn’t need anyone to save him that day. No matter what happens, the brave cat always lands on his feet.

Trixie's Rainbow

 

Exemplar

When the Exemplar of futures and derivatives trading commends to you her laptop you KNOW you're not just getting power and cachet, 

but STYLE!

Tac

With their sharp eyes and lightning reflexes, cats are superb investors. Here Tac takes to the floor as she navigates a particularly active trading period.

A Close Eye On the Board

The Moment of Decision

Placing the Bid

Contemplating Going Short

May 6th, 2021

 Those're MY toys, Budzo!

 Ahhh, sunshine.

In the Beginning

It's now over ten years that Michelle's been cat-sitting. The adage of cats being "clean and quiet" supposedly contributed to their appeal, but it was an early client who spoke the truth when she exclaimed, "Cats! And all their MESS!! Though Michelle enjoys the playtime and delights in helping the shy ones gain trust, the joke has endured.

Here are four drawings she did to commemorate the idea.

Cat Art

The Middens

Fishy Brown Mush

Sharing

See her fine art serigraphs here; Michelle Cook