Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for August 01, 2022

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More Tommy tribute!

Aww. Love the Tommy Tour of Spring.

Tommy always saw the bright side.

All those beautiful Tommy toebeans!

Awww … the real life Tommy was a sweetie—thanks for being such an inspiration to our Georgia Dunn that she shared you with us. RIP, Admiral Thomas “Tommy” Whiskerstache.

No signs of Spring in either hemisphere, but it’s lovely to see our Tommy and his oh-so-rubbable belly! ❤️❤️❤️

Sweet Tommy.♥

I always enjoy seeing Tommy, but curious what time warp we entered where snow is just melting and spring is in the air on August 1.

Snow? Ah, a best of Tommy.

For those who, like me, didn’t get the Spring reference and don’t use F/B, Georgia explained in a recent post that the family is taking (took?) a week off to rest up from a recent bout with COVID and we’re in for a week-long highlight reel of Tommy’s exploits. Georgia’s post said they have all recovered. A Sunday Tommy highlight strip is also scheduled for late August.

When the birds see them , the squirmy worms will be doomed.

Spring? In August? I did sleep in a little last night, but still….

I love you Tommy!

It’s August 1. Time to turn the calendar page. What have we this month? A trio of handsome boys, and Puck with a forward quiff furrstyle.

Ah-ha! In panel one, I see where Tommy got the inspiration for his BCW costume.

Thanks for the info, CatRanger! Feel better, Georgia and family! My Mom and sisters are getting over a battle with covid, too. Enjoy your week of rest.

Tommy epitomizes springtime of the heart.

Tommy, the eternal optimist.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Puckmosis: I’m glad we’ve solved the problem of the mysterious thefts. Now we can plan a banquet.

Violet-Ifa: Make out a list of what you need, and we’ll see what we can do.

Packer: Can I help?

Agnes-Ata: Alright, but you must do exactly as we instruct you.

Tash: That reminds me. Shouldn’t you-know-who be back from his travels now that it’s August.

Enter Jules

Jules: Hello, everyone! I’m baaack! (To Jane Marvel) And how are you, my dear?

Jane: I have been just fine, sir. And yourself?

Jules: Wonderful. I’ve enjoyed my July excursion as always, but it’s great to be back.

Jane: You’re just in time to help plan our Procurer’s banquet.

Jules: Anything I can do to help. And now I’ve brought you a flower as a token of my esteem.

Jane: Oh, how lovely. A Betty White Nylund Rose!

We’ll miss Tommy.

I’ve got the pre-newspaper syndication version of this on my refrigerator. Since 2015.

Do you remember how it was? All our lives before us, full of promise and glorious dreams. We were so young then. We walked in beauty every day and never knew it.

It is good to live on the same planet as Georgia Dunn.

Solar panel being recharged.

A huge, huge thank you to those who made this week of Tommy tributes possible.

Spare change – I used to check around parking meters !!

Spring?? It’s August!

The Orb’s Tommy

At the Vet’s

Narrator: Captain Whiskerstache is waiting at home until he sees his wife and kittens. Believe these kittens are the best of all, destined for great things, great call!

Vet Nurse: Three girls and a boy, Mrs. Whiskerstache, three girls and a boy! Three girls and a boy, Mrs. Whiskerstache, three girls and a boy!

Narrator: Three daughters and a son!

At Home

Mrs. Whiskerstache: Got a feeling three and one is gonna be a great litter. Especially if you and me raise them all together!

Captain Whiskerstache: Yes, I think three and one is gonna be a great litter! They’ll go out an make their mark forever! I have no reason to b over optimistic, but when we all smile, I can brave bad weather!

Mrs. Whiskerstache: What about their names? What about their names? Time to name them all!

Captain Whiskerstache: You are Samantha, and you are Sally, you will be Lady Anne, you will all have great names. And you will be happy and bring great joy to your people everywhere! And you are Tommy, and you’ll be and Admiral. Each one of you will have so much love to share!

Tommy tributes! Tommy has a special place in our hearts as a big, lovable floofball, and though the real Tommy has crossed the rainbow bridge, he remains in the comic. Get well, Georgia. (Hope Tommy is romping with Lupin)!

I thought in New England this season was called Mud.

Georgia…….It’s August. The temp is 104º F. The snow has melted, the pavement has melted, the grass is dying, the water level is declining and Tommy has been smoking too much catnip.

Whenever I see your smiling face

I have to smile myself

Because I love you, yes, I do

And when you sweetly report when out about

It leaves me with no doubt

There’s something about you, Tommy

Your heart glows

Isn’t it amazing a cat like you

Can be this way

Tell me how, I ponder

Do you express wonder every day?

Oh, such happy wonder!

- James Taylor – Your Smiling Face

In the West, as the drought continues, more bodies are turning up in Lake Mead as the water level falls. (And you thought drought was just about crops.)

Off-topic: disappearing cat

Raz disappeared at 4:00 a.m. on Saturday. She is usually the first one at the breakfast bowl and spends the morning in the back garden. After a very worrisome day of calling around the neighborhood and “spreading the word”, she showed up at the patio door at 9:00 p.m. No explanation – just a tremendous appetite. Cats!

It reminded me of the day I moved into a place four miles inland from Mendocino. The cats were spooked by the moving crew. Johnny Depp hid in an upstairs closet on top of a roll of carpet. Kirby disappeared into the woods.

After the movers left, I called for the cats. I had checked that Johnny Depp was no longer on the roll of carpet. However, after calling around I traced a faint meow back to the carpet roll; he had hidden inside.

There was no sign of Kirby for 48 hours and a thunderstorm continued throughout that interval. I called for him every two hours night and day. He finally turned up. Although he was a cat who normally meowed once a day, he meowed for ten minutes straight. It was some wild story about raccoons and bears and how they showed him a lot of stuff, then made him a Prince of the Redwoods and sent him home. I was skeptical but he was “Redwood royalty” for as long as I lived there and perfectly at home in the woods or the big, warm house.

What time of year is it in today’s episode? It’s August 1 where I am and 102 degrees F is today’s forecast.

OT: The Sphinx

Behold the Guardian of the Portal to the Underworld:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgt90a4OUNg/

https://dumpor.com/c/6988269758102425982

Where oh where in these great United States is there snow making the slow graceful transformation into mud and debris ??? Everything I see is burning or dessicating…

It’s what they call Mud Season in Alaska. Many there think it’s worse than winter.

I love the image of Tommy’s sun-warmed tummy. :)

Panel 2 is almost too perfect. It’s hard to go to panel 3.

I echo the many comments excited for Tommy tribute week! As usual, Tommy finds the bright side in anything, even the slow muddening of everything.

Ah, sweet Tommy – always the optimist … even about mud season.

rerun

♪"Why do bees suddenly appear, ev’ry time you are near?

Just like we, they long to be close to you

Why does sun shine down from the sky, ev’ry time you walk by?

Just like we, it longs to be close to you

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On the day that you were born the angel (cats) got together

And decided to create a dream untold

So they sprinkled moon dust in your fur

And sparkling star-light in your eyes of gold

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That is why all the bees in town follow you all around

Just like we, they long to be close to you

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On the day that you were born the angel (cats) got together

And decided to create a dream untold

So they sprinkled moon dust in your fur

And sparkling star-light in your eyes of gold

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That is why, all the bees in town, follow you all around

Just like we, they long to be close to you

Just like we, they long to be close to you

Wah, close to you

Wah, close to you

Wah, close to you"♫

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Written by: Burt Bacharach, Hal David

You have to sit through many minutes of me making peach fritters from a vintage recipe, but you can see footage of Bartholomew being an intrepid explorer. I was hoping he’d take after Albert, not Lupin… https://youtu.be/RJheHMWUSos

Ah. Yes. The first major lawn cutting of Spring. When I found my then $120 1/2in drive torque wrench, (which had disappeared when my kids decided to play swashbuckler), with my $300 dollar lawnmower, which was promptly totaled.

Is this the Tommy memorial week?

Wait, did Tommy not die when we were told he did and he just more recently died? Please let’s not be turning pets into celebrity deaths.

Tommy was the sweetest cat, right up there with my male black panther from long ago. I was sort of looking forward to this tribute week and sort of not wanting to think about the reason for the tribute week. It just broke my heart when Tommy passed.

This strip is not set in Australia. What’s going on?

Adieu Tommy. Through the magic of Georgia, I am sad for the loss of cats I never met. Bittersweet kitty love!

Yay, Tommie! ❤️

Ooh, a Tommy rerun strip!

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