Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for December 28, 2022

“Joyful hiss” I love it!

“And I may even answer to it!” Of course, that depends on your definition of “Answer to it,” which is almost certainly not the same as Ora Zella’s.

Paw of Nope from Goldie!

But not ever — NEVER — “Cinderella”. Ora Zella doesn’t need a prince to rescue her: she can save herself, thank you very much!

Jasper was my only cat who “answered to” his name, but only if I sang it twice.

♪e♭ ♪e♭ ♩b♭ ♩g

“Mortadella” also rhymes with Ora Zella. I’m guessing there are probably entire antipasti platters that Ora Zella could work with?

Heeeelp it’s too cute!!!

Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati: A Beautiful Morning

It’s a beautiful morning

And I’m lovin’ my brand new name

A whole new game

Just smile and laugh and run around

I just love the sound, new name found

It’s my chance to show and let the world know who I am

Gotta plan

For this beautiful morning!

…….

Ah, I feel like singin’ a brand new song

So long,

I’m gonna be on my way now

Maybe later I’ll take a nap

Or find a lap

Right now though I want to run all around, cover ground

It’s time to have fun while the sun shines

Never hide, all inside, let’s abide

Ah, oh, doo, doo-wah

Doo, do do-wah

…….

I love my new name, there may be a chance there

When they all call me I may want to answer

Seems to me that I really enjoy it here

More and more each day, as I lead the way

It’s okay, morning, evening, day time, 2 am

Ah, do, do-wah

Ah, do, do-wah….

What a name my lucky fella

Let’s hiss joyful “vita bella”

Break things when kung fu dancing?, well I tell ya

Then blame it just on Uri Geller

“UNSETTLINGLY POLITE! LOVES TO KICK!”♥

O.Z. fangs, panel three!

My girls are good about answering to their names. not necessarily coming as called though. Sara, lovely calico that she is, once even gave me a reply that sounded like she was saying WHAT! Just like i’d expect a middle school girl to answer her parents. highly annoyed.

A kitten to keep at arms length, Goldie?

We have two feral, gray tabbies that we feed on the front porch. The larger is male and we named him Fortran. He has been in several fights. The smaller is very small and extremely loud so we named her Dolby.

“And I may even answer to it” ? More likely if treats are involved (but still no guarantees)

Ooooh, the cute lil’ fangs! The cute pajamas, and she’s kicking her cute lil’ feet!! Just…too…much…cute..swoooon! (Thump!)

And thus her name is cemented. I also notice young Ora has really settled in. At first it was all threats of violence and kicking, and now it’s just joy at being named, playful kitten antics and kicking. I mean she’s still an agent of chaos and as seen with Lupin you never grow out of that, but she’s now a happy one. It’s also nice it really DIDN’T seem to take her long to go from being deeply paranoid of the family to throughly loving them. Though given the threat of her and Iggy being separated has clearly passed, it’s easy to see why, it’s just .. nice.

If you call the cats for dinner and good things, they’re more likely to answer.

Monroe knows his name. He doesn’t answer, just keeps bouncing around and such, but he does look at who is calling his name.

OZ seems pleased with her name.

OT a bit

A quick OT

Pucky white floof patch!

Ora Zella is high kicking like a kittie Rockette.

Her heart is brave and bold

Her quips a sweet surprise

You’ll love but never scold

She’s got Ora Zella vibe

She’ll turn her cute charm on you

You won’t have to think twice

You know as smol cats go

She got Ora Zella vibe

And she’ll tease you, she’ll unease you

All the better just to please you

She’s precocious, and she knows just what it

Takes to make us all crush

She got a presence you can’t deny

She’s got Ora Zella vibe

- J. De Shannon / D. T. Weiss – Bette Davis Eyes – Kim Carnes

@rs0204. I want to read more about Holmes solving mysteries.

There are cats who answer to their name?

The little one has pajamas with feet!

Ora Zella??? I think we had that last night in a rich pork sugo alla Bolognese.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Iggy Shipwright: Meet my cousin, Ziggy Starcrossed!

Puckmosis: Glad to meet you!

Lupinium: How did you get the name Starcrossed?

Ziggy: I come from a long line of navigators. I can guide you anywhere on land or sea.

Iggy: I’m glad to see you. What brings you here?

Ziggy: Recently I was the navigator aboard the ship Red Planet Spider. One day a terrible storm came up, but the fearless crew saved the day.

Puckmosis: What happened to the ship and crew?

Ziggy: We managed to get to harbor safely, where a pair of fisher cat brothers helped us.

Iggy: You must mean Fresh and Salty Water Cats. They’re great guys.

Ziggy: They’re out catching fish for the New Year’s feast fish course. Some of the crew are lending a paw. They told me you have a wonderful group of Artisans who can help with ship repairs.

Sound of Grumbling

Elvis-Anum: Who’s making all that noise?

Puckmosis: Elvis, meet Iggy’s cousin Ziggy. We’re going to the Royal Kitchen for tea and scones. Want to join us? (To Ziggy: Thomios always has something in the kitchen for late night snackers, and it’s no trouble to fix a pot of tea).

Elvis: Might as well. Glad to meet you, Ziggy.

Iggy: It’s almost 2 am. Want to join me in a before bedtime run after snackies, Ziggs?

Ziggy: Love to!

THANK CAT there are no toe beans today – a lot of you probably wouldn’t survive the cuteness! :-)

Yes! The first thing I loved about Ora Zella was her pure bombast, so I find panel 4 pretty fun.

Her name may be Ora Zella, but she answers to absolutely nobody.

https://poets.org/poem/naming-cats

Bartholomew does seem to recognize his name. When we were away for a couple of days, we set up the AlbertCam again (and that was painful). It has a talk function and Albert’s Man called “Bartholomew…” a few times and POP catface in the camera.

This was also the first time we left Bartholomew alone overnight and there seems to have been minimal destruction — the tree is still standing! He also seems to have missed us and snuggled with me for the first time this morning.

Slightly OT:

It’s not that cats do not hear you the first time you call. Most cats respond immediately by putting you on their Things to Do list.

With my cat Raz, all I have to do is step outside and call her name a couple of times, then go back inside. She always comes when called, within an hour. :)

Smudge and Mouse look up when I say their names, and then go back to what they were doing unless they want lovings, noms or treats.

(laughing) Joyful hiss!!!!

joyful hiss <3

O.T. Covid

I really like that name. It suits her perfectly.

A boy little kitty or a girl little kitty ?

My cat responds to her name… and “Mow Mow”..and especially “TREATS!” ..and “it’s bedtime!” and she’s learning “Birds!” (cause we have a new bird feeder behind 1 way film on the window so she can watch the birds without scaring them off)

PK answers to all her names, almost always with a response in the form of a tiny, short, gravelly meow. I drive Barbara crazy sometimes, because PK and I, we’ll get into a “conversation” of me calling here by her many names and hers responding. I think it’s fun, my wife not so much!

A cat, by any other name, is still cat.

I like panel three best, with her trying out her new name. I love how she loves to rhyme

Testing: ❤️

You are the cutest thing! (aside from Miss Beatrix, that is)

“Joyful hiss,” when our daughter was little and pretended to be a cat she often hissed for fun.

OT: Georgia shared about her great-great grandfather, an artist. Now we know where her talent began! “With the new Pinocchio movie out, I thought this might be interesting to share… My great great grandfather Rene Quentin illustrated the first American translation of Pinocchio, “Pinocchio’s Adventures in Wonderland”! It was published out of Boston, MA in 1898. Grandpa Quentin was an oil painter born in Paris, who immigrated to Canada and then later to Boston, before making his home in Providence, RI. He was my father’s great grandfather. He painted one of Queen Victoria’s Canadian portraits, and also the beautiful piece “The Fortune Teller” included at the end of this post. Many of his murals are still up today and you can see some of his artwork online in searches. My much adored Aunt Lizzie Dunn gave me this copy of Pinocchio from 1898 and I love it so much.If you’ve ever wondered if art or illustrating is in the blood… maybe?? I wish I had half of Grandpa Quentin’s ability to paint, though! Don’t get me wrong—I love my paintings! I’m a big fan of my own work. But look up some of his seascapes and landscapes…Simply gorgeous! I like to hope maybe I inherited a bit of his ability to tell a story in a scene. I would love to have had a chance to talk to him about illustrating and composing an image with characters. Maybe over a coffee, in Paris, Canada, Boston, or wherever his travels brought him.”

What, is Ora Z a believer in the old “Chuck Norris is so tough…” lines that she wanted a name immitating that?

❤❤❤ It works!

Jamie would answer to his name, but he wouldn’t come to me. He’d just meow back.

My little Angel asked me “Why?” when I told her “NO” when she wanted to jump up on my kitchen counter. I just melted at her look and told her I was so sorry…(；′⌒`)