Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for October 21, 2022

Guessing Ora Zella was the instigator behind the “let’s run away into the weather and see what happens!” plan these two have going on here. What a little whirlwind!

That’s sure a lot of words to say “I’m a tortie!”

Anyone here have the feeling that Ora Zella is a high-octane tortie?

Crazy kitty, what will you do next? Besides bounce off the walls..

Lupin’s going to have company with the decaf…

Oh, pretty kitty, your actions don’t quite match your words.

A semi-feral cat (started as a housecat, ran away…all the way across the street) lives in my yard now.

“A study in contradictions!”

Oh my gosh! Those claws! And toe beans, both front and back! I may swoon.

In panels 1 and 3, it looks like she may have thin bracelets on.

Thanks, Beatrix, for settling her down.

Ora Zella, you’re not vicious, are you? I doubt you have a mean bone in your unusually small body. You’re more like that line from A Midsummer Night’s Dream : “Though she be but little, she is fierce.”

Love Orza already! Such a great addition to the crew. And Iggy, too, of course.

Well, she seems like a calm presence in the BPH— NOT!

Is Ora related to the Shoutmonks?

Her nose looks a bit odd.

So, you’re a kitten. It’s okay to be a kitten, kittens are great!

I have to look at this comic adjectively noun and then…

Her and Lupin are going to cause chaos!

She’s going to be awesome in the next tusselmania.

The Impressions and Brian Hyland: Gypsy Woman

From nowhere, in the Purple Room

There was a sudden Thwump

A small but feisty kitty,

Performed an amazing jump!

She was easily startled,

But amazingly gentle!

…….

She was a tortie kitty,

She was a tortie kitty,

She was a tortie kitty!

…….

She danced and jumped around the room

Such a sight to see!

After a few tumbles across the floor,

How she showed such esprit!

Oh, how the Orb loves to welcome you!

You, and your pirate friend Iggy!

…….

We love you, tortie kitty!

We love you, tortie kitty!

We love you, tortie kitty!

…….

All through the Purple Room,

She was running, are we all doomed?

Bea was grinning ear to ear!

This cat who had no fear!

We wait to see adventures new,

With the both of you,

How we love you!

We love you!

Tortie kitty!

(We love you) Tortie kitty!

Tortie kitty!

(We love you) Tortie kitty!

I love this insane feral baby child and will guard her with my life.

FEARSOMELY ADORABLE

She just describes perfectly our tiny Tortie, PK short for “Personal Kitten” also known as “Pickle”. She is 13 this year and still a sassy ball of kitten sized bossy attitude. Tough, sweet, an amazing hunter, a great Cat Mom, Feral when it’s warm outside, a docile family cat and purr machine when the snow is blowin’. And still, I’m the only one who can pick her up and hold her after all this time.

Oh, I want her energy! <3

What a debut performance! No other new cat can possibly top this; I can hardly wait to see her meet Tabitha. But first, on her way is Baba Mouse!

All the lovely torties I’ve known have been so petite. Also, female. ❤️ Is this always the case? Does anyone know?

I love her ruffled blouse and pleated skirt, especially since it seems contradictory to her rough and tumble nature!

Can…can I have some of that energy? Please? I want to do zoomies!

X-treme Torties are so, so adorably independent and opinionated. My late, great Tweedle Diva (aka “Tweedie”) was a constant “reviewer/advisor” for 17 years. Talk about Royal Entitlement, LOL. It’s been 10 years, and I miss her still.

Ah, a black tortoiseshell. My sister had one and she was a 19 year roller coaster ride. Loved her human, attacked visitors.

My gosh, she’s Thimblefist, Lupin, and the July Bug all in one! We are not ready for this!

I thought my Tortie was a kitten when we got her. Nope. Just small.

I love her cute outfit!

That’s no cat. It’s an animated ping-pong ball!

How can it be permissible

She’s adorably unprincipled, yeah yeah

That kind of cat is mythical

She’s anything but typical

She’s a craze you’ll endorse, she’s one powerful force

Her energy’s boundless and delightful, of course

She acts happy and carefree, and we can plainly see she’s

Simply irresistible

Simply irresistible

- Robert Palmer – Simply Irresistible

She’s adorable!

Whatever you do…Oh my cat, whatever you do, don’t give that cat any catnip.

Think of Lupin with regular coffee and not decaf…only MORE SO!

And…Virtually Indestructible? What we have here is the T-1000 Terminator Cat

Will Babba make an appearance tomorrow?

Soooo… Ya think we have another two cats to live in the big pink house? Or will they get adopted and never be seen again?

My first cat was a rescue and a 6 pound tom. Since I did not know how old he was, I was surprised when I found out he was not going to get any bigger.

Tillie was a tortie too!

Yeah, still seeing nothing but upsides with this gal. :D

OT sort of: Georgia posted on Facebook yesterday that is donating 2 strips to Alley Cats and Angels of NC auction that starts this weekend. They are two strips from the cactus scratching post storyline.

I’m exhausted just watching her.

If they ever make Cats into an opera, she’d nail the audition.

OT: Speaking of adorable

More exclusive coverage on CN of: …

Ora Zella: The Sporty Shorty Tortie !!

Right after a word from the fine folks at Kitty Nom Nom Treats !! … :)

A perfect demonstration of the mathematically proper way to count cats:

Where n = counted cats, and nƒ = functional number of cats.

nƒ = n^n for all values of n > 0

Just do the math.

We had a tiny tortie too. Marbles never got over 6 lbs and was usually hanging around the 5 lb mark. Even though Scrappy looks huge in the picture he was only 11 lbs (he got down to a health 8 later), so you can see how tiny she actually is. https://imgur.com/a/309uCxc

{_SWOON_} I think I’m in love! That is the best self-description since Tabitha’s.

Guaranteed Tusslemania star in the future.

I AM CONTRADICTACAT!

BCN Tarot, & the 2023 Calendar!

The Wheel of Fortune: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj8SF7PpQ4b/

https://dumpor.com/c/1129206967205133592

Justice: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj-y8vopd10/

https://dumpor.com/c/4297063422842204592

“Many folks have been asking about the 2023 BCN Calendar! YES! I am going to make one, and I’m going to try to make it available in mid-November. I’ve decided to pick twelve of these cards to use for the calendar! Let me know your favorites today and as the month goes on. I may do a post at the end as well to get an idea of which cards to use! I’ll announce when the 2023 calendar is live in the shop next month.”

YAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!!!

what’s the difference between tortie and calico?

Great, Tumbling Torties, Catman!

OT

Ora Zella’s statements in the last 2 panels remind me of Alanis Morrisette’s “Hand in My Pocket”

I’m easily startled

Surprisingly gentle

I’m viscous yet humble, yeah!

I’m somehow not feral

Unsettlingly polite

And loves to kick too, baby!

And what it all comes down to

Is that everything’s gonna be fine, fine, fine

’Cause I am in this room with Iggy

And a friendly kitten whose name is Beatrix!

I have a lavender blouse that looks remarkably like Ora Zella’s.

A mass of conflicting impulses.

She either has a schizoaffective disorder, or she’s a kitten.

Yup, another kitten…… :-)

and hyperactive

This one cracked me up. We have a Tortie and she is ALL of those things. She’s a genuine Jekyll & Hyde.

Lupin with a functioning brain. That’s scary. Our current younger cat weighs about 7.5 pounds. She has boundless self confidence but is reserved.

“Unsettlingly polite!” she says, then promptly interrupts Beatrix.

Ora Zella is quite the bundle of energy and excitement/

And LOUD! I am LOUD!

Yes, we hear you roar!

And “humble” enough not to mention a fashion sense that rivals that of my favorite artist, the Marvelous Ms. Sophie. I do adore the pink and purple outfit. She just screams (in all caps) Grrrl Power.

Look at that face. Definately werewolf.

“Unsettlingly polite” … seems a bit of an oxymoron … but then—cat.

“How doth the little tortieshell Groom her shining tail,And pour the waters of your glass On every home detail!

How cheerfully she seems to grin, How neatly spreads her claws,And welcomes little fingers in, With gently smiling jaws!"Apollyloggy to Lewis Carroll

We had a tortie & cream kitty. CRAZY she was.

Lol im so used the beatrix big ole paws Ora Zella sure looks skinny in comparison.

ora zella <3 <3 <3 <3