Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for April 02, 2023

Sunday Funday

I do hope Lupin finds his brooch, his brooch. Meanwhile, we’ve found……. HIS TOEBEANS!

At the height of the storms early Saturday morning, there were over 20,000 customers without power in my area. I was lucky my power stayed on despite severe storms and high winds. I keep flameless candles with built in timers set to make sure there’s always a few lit in all the rooms of my house except for my bedroom. I keep a small flashlight in the headboard of my bed.

Where’s Puck? All I see is an adorable suit and eyes.

My broach is missing! I’m missing something?

Puck is the British mystery movie expert, but I laughed every time Lupin shouted that his brooch was missing.

It seems Lupin has been joining Puck and The Woman watching British mysteries. Hopefully he’s learned to focus on the first 10 minutes of the shows or he’d be lost for the rest of the program.

Ora and Iggy are learning all sorts of family traditions.

Boy! Georgia sure knows when to schedule the weather incident strips! When are the People gonna buy that lottery ticket, huh?

(Hope everyone is safe!)

Yikes. Earlier this year we had a blackout while I was at work. The library had to close early because of it. If only there had been cats around to report on the situation!

Elvis once again doing his duty to protect the children. Mostly The Girl.

And for those who want to know more about unit baths, this site will help.

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Good to know the cats have an emergency plan.

Puck, you’re missing your chance to do a Lupin!

The lights off in the evening

And we ain’t got nothing to see

We’re home and do some mourning

It got too bad feeling a bit creepy

We ain’t nothing but frightend

Man, we’re just frightened and missing a brooch

Hey there, humans

We could use just a little smooch

You can’t start a board game

You can’t start a board game without a board

This brooch’s still away, dame

Even if we’re just playing in the dark, Lord!

(Bruce Springsteen / Dancing in the Dark)

I can so clearly hear Elvis’ caterwauling in panel 5.♥

Lupin, enough with the brooch, already. Lady Ashtabula’s pearl and emerald parure was just snatched right off her neck!

It’s always time for board games in a blanket fort.

Lupin never struck me as the brooch wearing type

Oh no, the dreaded crocogator is eating the Boy’s flashlight!

The Boy’s flashlight is alligator, okay.

The cats know their jobs.

OT, excellent article on NYT today for pet lovers

I guess Lupin was paying attention when The Woman and Puck watched British mysteries.

I’m wondering how Lupin repeating “My brooch” sounds to The People. “Meowooch?”

Oh no! There’s a match! Watch OZ carefully!

Even with all the lights off, there is enough ambient illumination from the outdoors that I can make my way around at night without turning on the lights. That is until I got two black cats. Belle and Hamilton don’t just disappear in the dark; they become mini black holes, consuming any and all passive light. Therefore, on the steps at night, they are quite invisible.

Our staircase has handrails on both sides. We installed them when we were caring for my mother and father, so they could hold on with both hands and climb or descend safely. Those handrails have proven very useful because you never know when you might step on something warm, furry, and squishy that takes offense at being trodden on.

I’ve found the brooch; it was on the mantle. [Affixes jeweler’s loupe to eye… studies brooch in candlelight… ] These stones are paste imitations!

The last panel is wonderful. I’m very fortunate, we haven’t had a power outage where I live since before Paul died. I think the last one was during his first bout and we came home from his radiation treatment to find lights flickering.

All those cat’s eyes will keep the room illuminated!!!

Is your family life as wonderful as you make it seem in the cartoons?

apparently for Lupin, there is no “After that.”

Constantly amazed at Georgia’s beautiful detailed work. That last panel is gorgeous – and the flame from the match – wow!

Eh, not you folks uses inverters or UPS system?

Invisible Pucky? That’s not something we see every day.

Now I want to build a blanket fort!

My conveniently expensive pinned on jewelry that I wear on my lapel!!

What a Sunday! Puck’s turn to be invisible! Alligator flashlight! A missing brooch! And RSO-in-the-dark-TBs!!

I used to really enjoy board games. My favorite one has always been Candy Land.

Next, Ora Zella either swats the game pieces, tries to eat them, or both.

Traditional: What Can You Do With a Drunken Sailor?

What can we do in a power outage?

What can we do in a power outage?

What can we do in a power outage early in the morning?

…….

Lupin says his brooch is missing!

Lupin says his brooch is missing!

Lupin says his brooch is missing early in the morning!

…….

What can you do with an invisible panther?

What can you do with an invisible panther?

What can you do with an invisible panther early in the morning?

…….

Lupin says his brooch is missing!

Lupin says his brooch is missing!

Lupin says his brooch is missing early in the morning!

And then they discover the body in the orangerie. Blunt force trauma, a protruding knife, and 3 bullet holes arranged to form the vertices of an equilateral triangle.

Goldie at the anchor desk! Puck sort of blending into the darkness! (I wonder if Puck would ever make himself invisible, if there would ever be a situation he’ d feel the need to shed his clothing…) Oh no, the brooch! Perfection as always. Love it!

Alert the people! Preferably by milling around their feet whilst they are trying to find a flashlight.

One of my kids & I decided to play a card game today.

And shortly moved ourselves and the cards to a cat-free zone to finish the game.

(We also have gotten in the habit of taking pics of our Scrabble games while in progress, just in case one of the cats leaps into the middle of the board.)

I love how committed Lupin is to the bit. Hard to see why the children look so scared when they have four cats and an alligator flashlight to protect them!

We never did blanket forts during blackouts. Don’t feel like I missed anything. Candles, flashlights, camp lantern, oil lamps, battery lanterns, we had plenty of lights. And then there was cards and boardgames for family interaction and books for reading to give something to do.

Residual from Georgia having grown up in Rhode Island. Power failures happen (or, at least, did when I was younger) rather regularly because of, among other things, the salt water being blown off Narragansett Bay and onto power lines. I went to visit my childhood friend in Colorado and one night the power went down. Her father woke me up to reassure me that he was leaving a flashlight in the guest room for me and he was a bit nonplussed by the equanimity with which I accepted news of a power failure.

Power outages are fun if you have gas heat and city water. Not so much if your HVAC and well pump are both electric and your house doesn’t have a fireplace (no light, no heat, and no water…). I have made a tent though – our of reflective survival “sheets!”

“My brooch is missing” ? Reference to an old movie?

Making the best of a bad situation!

The Woman knows about Lupin and open flames—why did she strike a match?