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Sometime next year, this bookcase that Helena’s crouching on will probably be replaced by cat shelves. I have a feeling she can’t wait.
Monday is Cat Week: The Condo Life
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Helena proves that the best things in a cat’s life are free: your attention and cardboard boxes.
Monday is Cat Week: Login
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Helena puts the lion in Mountain Lion.
Monday is Cat Week: Splendor
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It’s week three (or maybe four) of Helena’s first-ever indoor grass patch. I’ve yet to catch her chillaxing on the turf, but the cat-shaped imprint there tells me all I need to know.
Monday is Cat Week: A Bird in the Paw
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Monday is Cat Week: Helena at Home
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She’s only been here five months, but Helena pretty much owns the place now. Nobody’s complaining.
Monday is Cat Week: Cold But Cool
It was 25F outside, but that didn’t stop this cat from having a grand old time on the hood of this parked car. He would lick the hood, then tumble around.I don’t know what he was tasting, but it must have been delicious. I’m just glad his tounge didn’t stick to the metal.
(Bayard St, Manhattan)
Monday is Cat Week: Hurry Up Already
The cat inside the Prius is not nearly as amused by the roadside photo op as I am, even though I’m the one braving 20 degree weather to get the shot.
(Darien/I-95 Service Area, Darien, CT)
Monday is Cat Week: Stranger at the Door
Marla hasn’t come this close to another cat in years, and judging by her reaction to her uninvited visitor, I don’t think she’s missed the feeling.
(Uptown Vets, 116 St, Manhattan)
Monday Is Cat Week: HNL Cat
(Bureau of Conveyances, Honolulu, HI)
Monday Is Cat Week: Cheap Thrills
Oh, the simple joys of cat life — and cat ownership.
(Marla)
Monday is Cat Week: Dry The Rain
(Clemente’s Maryland Crab House, Brooklyn)
Monday Is Cat Week: On Grand
I love dogs too, but they will just never be as cool as cats.
(Grand St, Manhattan)
Monday Is Cat Week: Going Your Way
(6 train heading uptown, Manhattan)
Monday Is Cat Week: Drinking Problem
When even the Drinkwell isn’t enough to quench a kitty thirst, Marla finds another solution.
Monday Is Cat Week: Sleeping On Your Dime
It’s a fact: you’re slaving away at your day job while your cat stays home, mostly sleeping. And if they didn’t look so darn cute doing it, you might actually do something about it.
(Bklyn Blggng HQ)
Monday Is Cat Week: Last Looks
Moving can be a pretty emotional experience. (Not for me, of course, because I am a bad-ass. I refer here to others.) After you’ve packed and emptied the place you called home, it’s hard not to be reminded of your mortality when you see all that empty space. Soon, someone else’s stuff will fill that void. Soon, someone else will call that place home.After ten years in Brooklyn, I sure will miss the place. My new home in Manhattan is a big step up in just about every way, but I’ll always have a soft spot for the people and places on the Q train. Do cats get wistful, too? Or is Marla just wondering where her litterbox went?
(Bklyn Blggng HQ)
Monday Is Cat Week: 3 Speed
Not unlike an old bike, my cat has exactly three speeds:
1. Begging for food whenever I walk into the kitchen.
2. Hopping on the table and trying to eat whatever I happen to be eating.
3. Looking all cute and whatnot when sleeping.
(Bklyn Blggng HQ)
Monday Is Cat Week: Mac, Cat, Jack
(Bklyn Blggng HQ)
Monday Is Cat Week: Reserved
I love cats — and this one is a cutie — but I tell ya, if I ever eat at this [unnamed] restaurant, I’m gonna ask for a seat in the No Cat Butt on Formica section. Just saying.
(West 42 St, Manhattan)