Cat Lady No. 59... Secret Family Recipe

Cat Lady Betty is whipping up a fresh batch of molasses cookies under the watchful eye of Crocker. Her grandmother always made molasses cookies and kept them in a ceramic cookie jar that was in the shape of an alarm clock. The clock had a jolly face and was winking and at the bottom it said, "Time for Cookies"! Here is the Secret Family Recipe:

• 1-1/2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1 egg
• 2 cups flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1-1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground cloves
• 1-1/2 tsp ginger

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar together. Mix in remaining ingredients except 1/4 cup sugar. Form one-inch balls and roll the balls in remaining sugar to coat. Press with bottom of a drinking glass to flatten . Place on ungreased baking sheet; bake 10 minutes.

Enjoy!

Cat Lady No. 58...Sweetie Pies

Cat Lady and Baker Amanda is known far and wide across the county for her pastries. Each morning she wakes up at 4 a.m. and heads for her bakery, The Sweetie Pie, where she is greeted by alley cat Delilah.

Here is her secret recipe (and the secret is to use three different apples: granny smith, golden delicious and gravenstein). This pie is pretty sensational, but Delilah knows she will always be Amanda's favorite Sweetie Pie...

8 medium tart apples
1/2 Cup sugar
1/4 Cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon salt
Peel, core and slice apples thin. In a bowl, stir sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt together and toss together with apples stirring to coat. Place in pie crust and top with another crust. Cut vents in top crust and bake at 400 degrees for 40 minutes.

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Cat Lady No. 57...Fun and Games

When Cat Lady Sandy discovered a small and hungry cat on her doorstep, she fell in love and offered the little foundling a warm place to sleep, food, medical care and spaying, and the name Cricket.

According to Sandy, Cricket's favorite pastimes include:

SURPRISE YOUR FRIENDS WITH FURRY GIFTS, PURR-SISTANTLY
"One day I was watching a boring movie on DVD with 2 friends and the door was open a bit so Cricket could go in and out without bothering anyone. Well, she did go out and brought in her find, a little mouse." After guests captured the little gift and put it outside, it was no time at all before Cricket brought in another furry gift, then another, then another...

STEAL THE BACON
The trick is to wait until no one is looking, grab a strip, then run as fast as you can without tripping on it!

LIGHT-STALKING
Flashlights are not just for looking in dark places. They create magical skittering creatures called "beams" that are so much fun to chase when they go around and around in circles.

Sandy and Cricket have a talented niece who makes quilts that are auctioned off and the proceeds to go Breast Cancer Research. Here is a wonderful website that will tell you more: QUILT FOR A CAUSE

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Cat Lady 56...Cupcakes Anyone?

Cat Lady and Cupcake Queen Jovanna is always testing out new recipes. Mister Midnight loves baked goods and is always available for taste-testing. Today's recipe is for Gourmet Fudgy Chocolate Cupcakes and here is the recipe:

Gourmet Cupcake Recipe

Mr. Midnight gives it a four-star rating, reserving five stars for the day Jovanna comes up with a Seafood Delight Cupcake with Tuna Cream Icing. He may have a long wait...

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Cat Lady No. 55...Today is Spay Day USA

Cat Lady Tasha is enjoying a group hug with new Cat Mom Gypsy and her three precious kittens, all rescued from a local shelter!

Tasha knows how important it is to have Gypsy and her kittens spayed and neutered as soon as it is possible, thanks to information she learned from the Humane Society's Spay Day USA website.

Four million cats and dogs—about one every eight seconds—are put down in U.S. shelters each year. Spay/neuter is the only permanent, 100-percent effective method of birth control for dogs and cats and a proven way to reduce the vast numbers of animals who are born only to die prematurely and without a family who loves them. Learn more about why you should spay or neuter your pet.

Tasha intends to enter a photo of her new furry family in the Spay Day Pet Photo Contest. To enter your own favorite photo visit
photocontest.humanesociety.org

Cat Lady No. 54...In Stitches

Cat Lady Anna Lee keeps her feline friend Rex in stitches...literally. His current wardrobe includes 12 knitted sweaters in every color of the rainbow, three hats with pom-pom tassels, one set of booties and a striped scarf.

He has four different snuggly knitted blankets on top of a soft knitted pillow on his cat bed. Rex 's secret wish is that Anna Lee will soon find a knitting pattern for a toy mouse filled with catnip. Well, look no further, Anna Lee and Rex. Here is a link to a fun pattern for a knitted mouse toy! KNIT A MOUSE TOY

Enjoy!

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• 10 oz heavyweight natural canvas fabric
• Full side and bottom gusset
• 22" reinforced self-fabric handles
• Machine washable
• Measures 15" x 18" x 6"

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Cat Lady No. 53...Contest Time!

Cat Lady Keilana and island friend Malu enjoy a gentle ocean breeze at twilight while practicing their latest waltz moves. They are the newest members of the Society for the Preservation and Advancement of Waltzing with Cats (SPAWSCats)

Today they are most excited to learn about a contest that you too can enter! The prize is a Susan Faye Cat Waltzing Tote Bag, valued at $15.99, from my CafePress Shop .

This extra-roomy 100% cotton canvas tote bag has plenty of room to carry your dancing slippers, how-to-waltz videos, and so much more. It features extra long handles for easy over-the-shoulder carrying.

• 10 oz heavyweight natural canvas fabric
• Full side and bottom gusset
• 22" reinforced self-fabric handles
• Machine washable
• Measures 15" x 18" x 6"

Here's how to enter: In the comments link below this post please complete the following statement: My cat's favorite dance is_______and here is why:________.

You may also enter this contest at my Squidoo page www.squidoo.com/catwaltzing.

The contest ends on Saturday, February 28 at midnight PST and the winner will be announced on Sunday, March 1st. My panel of esteemed judges will select the winner based on best choreography, originality, and sparkliest costume--no, wait--we'll just pick the one that makes us smile the most.

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Cat Lady No. 52...Ahoy Matey!

Cat Lady Lorelei thinks that her Tuxedo Cat Handsome Horatio was a sea captain in his past life due to his obsession with tuna and Jacques Cousteau documentaries.

His other interests include whale-watching with Lorelei from their deck on the Oregon coast, and creative knot-tying, whenever he can get his paws on a good ball of twine...

Today they will scout the waves for whales, then after sunset retire to the den and watch Master and Commander for the 22nd time, while Lorelei sips a rum toddy and Horatio dreams of white sails and salty breezes.

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Cat Lady No. 51...Basic Instincts

Loving Cat Lady and freelance illustrator Mildred was recently delighted to discover Illustration Friday, a website that presents a theme each week, then encourages illustrators to submit an illustration about that theme.

This week's theme is "Instinct", so Mildred plans to make an illustration of new Cat Mom Dottie and her four precious kittens, all just rescued from a local shelter!

It's a very basic instinct for cats to want to have kittens so Mildred knows how important it is to have Dottie and her kittens spayed and neutered as soon as it is possible. She learned that Spay Day USA is on Tuesday, February 24, and found a low-cost spay clinic through very helpful links on their website.

In the mean time, Mildred's instinct is to love and cuddle and enjoy all of her new bundles of joy!

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Cat Lady No. 50...Knitting and Pearl

Cat Lady and long-time knitting enthusiast Pearl is starting her 5oth sweater to date, with the help of Stitches, her ginger tabby yarn wrangler. This sweater will be for her sixth grandchild, due in May. The other five grandchildren each have 6 hand-knit sweaters, not to mention hats, socks, scarves, and the occasional slipper booties.

Yesterday Pearl and Stitches enjoyed a visit from Granddaughter No. 3 and Pearl was delighted to give her a knitting lesson. They chose pastels: pink and lavender and sky blue from leftover skeins of yarn, and began knitting a scarf.

Stitches was very helpful and chose a ball of ginger peach (her favorite color...) to use for the fringe.

If you would like a lesson in knitting for beginners, visit this link:
BASIC KNIT INSTRUCTIONS

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Cat Lady No. 49...Under The Sea

Mermaid and undersea Cat Lady Lyra and her Cat Fish Georgio have the largest seashell collection in the grotto. Lyra's personal favorite is the scallop shell, while Georgio is most excited when he finds a Murex Ramosus.

For more information about collecting and identifying treasures from the ocean, click here:
More About Seashells

This original hand-painted miniature portrait of Lyra and Georgio is currently available for sale on my Etsy site: www.SusanFaye.etsy.com
It is in ACEO format and these very affordable mini watercolor paintings are adorable when framed and arranged in a grouping!

For more information on art trading cards, go to: ACEO

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Cat Lady No. 48...Garden Goddess

Cat Lady and Garden Goddess Sumi never gardens without her favorite pink hat and her faithful feline friend Suguru, who simply adores tulips.

Here are some tips for growing tulips from Gardener's Paradise:

If you are planting other bedding plants amongst tulips; it is a good idea to plant them before the bulbs, so as not to damage the bulbs with the trowel later.

Over crowded bulbs can also cause problems in your garden. If this occurs, dig up your tulips just before all the foliage has completely died down and divide by pulling smaller new bulbs from the base of the old bulb and replant them.

After flowering, it is ok to deadhead your tulips but always allow the leaves to die off naturally. If you are concerned about the appearance of the fading greens, try braiding the leaves.

Tulips make excellent cut flowers and usually last about a week in a vase. Don't forget to add a little sugar to your water to prolong the life of your bouquet.

Visit their website for more tips: www.gardeningtips.org/Tulip.shtml

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Cat Lady No. 47...Hail To Perspicacity!

Cat Lady Mabel and feline friend Abraham are bibliophiles; in other words, they are hooked on books. Today they are reading President Obama's autobiography Dreams From My Father in honor of Presidents Day, and find it quite inspiring.

Mabel is particularly delighted to have a President who has such a beautiful command of the English language and speaks so articulately and with such elegance.

Mabel loves words: obscure words, funny words, multi-syllabic words. Her favorite word today is perspicacious. She believes that our new president is perspicacous and hopes you will look it up in the dictionary, because it is a fun word to use once in awhile.

Abraham loves words too. A few favorites that he enjoys hearing are tuna, sun beams, and out bad dog. Abraham likes to think that he is perspicacious too.
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Cat Lady No. 46...Sweet Tooth

Cat Lady Adora is enjoying an afternoon in the kitchen with Cat Mom Snickers and her kitten SnickerDoodle!

As you might guess by her furry friends' names, Adora has a weakness for sweets.

The very first thing Adora ever learned to bake was a Snickerdoodle in Mrs. Nix's Seventh Grade Home Economics Class. The class had spent the first two weeks of class at the sewing machines, learning to fill a bobbin and making aprons out of gingham. They then advanced to the row of shiny ovens and learned the finer points of sifting, measuring, and mixing.

Fifty years later, her love for baking has not waned. She still has recipes from her Home Ec class, written in a careful scrawl on now-yellowed index cards. Here is a favorite and a classic:


Gold Rush Brownies

2 C. graham cracker crumbs
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 (6 oz.) pkg. chocolate chips
1/2 C. pecans or walnuts, chopped

Mix all ingredients together. Spread in a lightly prepared 11 x 7 x 1 1/2-in. pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 min. Cut into squares while still slightly warm.

ENJOY!

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Cat Lady No. 45...Hearts To You

This is a special Valentine to Cat Lady Carrie from six very special little friends with furry faces, as described by Carrie:

Finnegan: "our sweetie scaredy cat....I am the only one who ever gets to pet him and snuggle with him late at night."

Gus: "He is our tuxedo boy....most distinctive feature (other than the fact that his back legs don't work very well) is those long white whiskers against that black furry face. He is our 'special needs' child....he has a gazillion and one things wrong with his body/health and yet he is the craziest, purrbox on earth."

Rosie: "Our robust tuxedo girl....she is known as the 'Oozie Buddha'...I love her more than I can express...my bestest girlfriend. She is quirky and silly and makes me laugh constantly."

Teeny: "Our orange tabby pumpkin beach ball...she is our first 'child'. She is quite grouchy and wishes she had remained an only child. She loves her mom and no one else. "

Rooney: "The most handsome boy ever! He is a deep orange mackerel tabby with white accents including an adorable white milk mustache. Rooney loves other cats and all people. He is the all around, affectionate, purrfect boy. He is Brian's favorite for sure."

Heidi: "Our newest addition...she is a buff tabby...very slim and petite with a super long tail. When we rescued her, she was yelling at us as we drove by and is still hollering at us...constantly meowing. She LOVES to snuggle up really close to us...either on our shoulders or tucked in an armpit."

This is what these furry friends would like to say to Cat Lady Carrie, Artisan, Sculptor, Athlete, Spinner, Cat Rescue Angel, Spay and Neuter Advocate, and all-round Sweetheart:

"Thanks! We Love You! Will You Be Our Valentine? Purrs to you, from your favorite SnipPets

(And Get Well Soon Brian!)

To find out more about Cat Lady Carrie and all of her adventures, visit The SnipPets Blog. You'll also want to visit her online art gallery filled with fun and fanciful gifts for pet owners and animal lovers: The SnipPets

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Cat Lady No. 44...Nothing Up My Sleeve

Alaskan Cat Lady Donna is mystified by the mysterious slight-of-paw magic trick that Quincy the Ragdoll rascal sometimes performs:

"He has a treat - a spoonful of Fancy Feast - each morning and evening and he sometimes leaves a bit in the dish. I scoop those remains into a little mound to make it easier for him if he wants it later. Sometimes he comes back and finishes it -- but other times he leaves a definite message: Somehow he fills the food dish half-way with water from his bowl!

"I do not know how he does it. There is never any spill onto the mat or the tray beneath the treat dish or the water bowl. But the message is just so clear. . . 'I SAID I was finished.' "

When not performing mysterious games with his food, Quincy also amuses himself by playing hide and seek behind the shower curtain and by watching the chickadees outside the window. "How can people not have a cat?" Donna wonders. "What a joy Quincy has been to me for almost nine years."

Want to learn more about the Ragdoll breed of cats? Click here: Ragdoll Cats

And don't forget to help Quincy count chickadees today as part of the Great Backyard Bird Count!

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Cat Lady No. 43...Special Delivery

Cat Lady Jovanna is delighted to receive a very special Valentine, just delivered by Cupid Cat Caprice. The Valentine came all the way from Italy, from Jovanna's grandmother in the Tuscan countryside.

Caprice's feathers aren't the least bit ruffled after such a long flight all the way to Brooklyn, but nevertheless she is delighted to be offered a bowl of cream as a thank you.

While Caprice enjoys her treat, Jovanna regales her guest with a few favorite Valentine jokes that her 7-year-old twins brought home from school:

What do you call a very small Love Letter on February 14?
A Valentiny.

What do you call two birds in love?
Tweethearts.

What does Farmer John give his wife on February 14?
Hogs and kisses.

What did the boy octopus say to the girl octopus on Valentines Day?
I want to hold your hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand!

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Cat Lady No. 42...Secret Admirer

Cat Lady Jimena just received a Valentine from a secret admirer. Feline Friend Fernanda knows it's from the cute bicycle repair man down the street, but she's going to keep it a secret for now, and let Jimena guess who it's from.

Fernanda knows that once Jimena falls in love, there will be big changes in store: time spent whiling away the hours with a raggedy catnip mouse awaiting Jimena's return from that long bicycle ride, tummy growling for tuna awaiting Jimena's return from some giggle-filled evening at a seafood restaurant, and (it's almost too horrible to even consider) what if he has the audacity to be allergic to felines! She shudders at the thought...

So she will bask in Jimena's adoration just a few days more if possible and purr just a bit longer and louder to make sure that Jimena knows who the real sweetheart is.


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Cat Lady No. 41...More Snow!

Cat Lady Norah and her Himalayan beauty Priscilla PrettyPaws always wear matching striped scarves when sledding. Imagine their delight when they awoke this morning to find a fresh blanket of snow.

There's nothing like sailing down a slope at breakneck speed with the wind in your whiskers. It's especially nice when you have such a luxurious winter coat, not to mention a tres chic scarf that Norah's 92-year-old grandmother knitted by hand...

When not sledding, Nora and Priscilla PrettyPaws enjoy sitting by the fireplace and looking at their ever-growing collection of ACEOs, a type of artist trading card. They are the size of baseball cards and are fun and easy to collect by going to places like Etsy.com. For more information on art trading cards, go to: ACEO

It just so happens that this hand-painted portrait of Norah and Priscilla IS an ACEO trading card and it is for sale on my Etsy site: www.SusanFaye.etsy.com
These very affordable mini watercolor paintings are adorable when framed and arranged in a grouping!

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Cat Lady No. 40...A Surprise Visit From Cupid

Professor of English Literature and Cat Lady Joella has just received a special Valentine delivered by Boswick, a Cat Cupid. She is speechless.

Joella, previously unaware of the existence of Cat Cupids and her mind now reeling, searches for something to say to her surprise guest. The only thing that comes to mind is a poem, written by Irish poet Thomas Moore (1779-1852), which she feels compelled to recite:


"Cupid once upon a bed
Of roses laid his weary head;
Luckless urchin, not to see
Within the leaves a slumbering bee.
The bee awak'd--with anger wild
The bee awak'd, and stung the child.
Loud and piteous are his cries;
To Venus quick he runs, he flies;
"Oh, Mother! I am wounded through--
I die with pain--in sooth I do!
Stung by some little angry thing,
Some serpent on a tiny wing--
A bee it was--for once, I know,
I heard a rustic call it so."
Thus he spoke, and she the while
Heard him with a soothing smile;
Then said, "My infant, if so much
Thou feel the little wild bee's touch,
How must the heart, ah, Cupid! be,
The hapless heart that's stung by thee!"

Boswick is delighted by the impromptu poetry recitation and purrs contentedly as he glides off toward his next delivery.

Joella and Boswick can be found on a variety of Valentine cards, note cards, postcards, t-shirts and other gifts at: www.cafepress.com/SusanFaye.

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Cat Lady No. 39...California Girls

Jojo is Cat Lady Sarah's favorite, but shhhhh---don't tell the other seven adoptees that they live with. What makes Jo so special? That she likes to watch birds in the backyard or chase laser beams? That she has the prettiest eyes and sweetest face that could just melt your heart? There's more...

Jojo was a special needs kitten with brain damage when Sarah and husband Bill rescued her: "She could only scoot around in little circles and might only be a lap cat for the rest of her life. We came in to see her and just fell in love on sight! Even with the problems she had, we had to take her."

"We did physical therapy with her to help with her motion control and put a ramp up to the bed so she could get up there easier. She was very sick during the first couple weeks, and one night I spent the night on the bathroom floor with her with the humidifier. She has a special little Jojo walk, and when she jumps she overshoots her target, but there is nothing she can't do anymore!"

Jojo just turned eight, and her vet is happy to report Jo no longer displays any neurological symptoms; apparently her brain has remapped itself!

Says Sarah: "I like to think it's all the love that made the difference. She is our little miracle."

Jojo often has a starring role in Sarah's websites: SARAH HUNT PHOTOGRAPHY and OC PET PHOTOS. Check them out!

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Cat Lady No. 38...Nature Lovers

Cat Lady Dahlia and her furry friend Murray enjoy communing with nature.

This week they are priming the bird feeders with seed and suet ("bird bait" as Murray likes to call it, in his cat-humor sort of way), in preparation for the Great Backyard Bird Count which takes place Valentines Day Weekend, starting Friday, February 13.

Unfortunately for Murray, but luckily for the birds, all of the feeders are much too high and Murray is much too plump to reach any of the feeders. So he will be content to sit inside with Dahlia and her binoculars and count their feathered friends for a few hours each day.

If you would like to participate in the Bird Count (it's fun and easy, and educational too!!), visit their wonderful interactive web site: www.birdsource.org/gbbc

This watercolor painting, entitled "Nature Lovers" is available as a limited edition print at www.SusanFaye.etsy.com

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Cat Lady No. 37...True Love

Cat Mom Mercedes has lost her heart to these three little rascals, dropped off at the cat rescue shelter where she volunteers on Fridays.

Sadly, millions of little sweethearts just like these are destroyed each year because there are simply too many cats and too few loving homes. A simple solution is to spay and neuter pets and feral cats.

Mercedes has been volunteering to help get the word out about Spay Day USA, sponsored by the Humane Society, which will take place February 24. Events are taking place throughout the month...check them out here: SPAY DAY EVENTS

In the mean time, Mercedes will try to find loving homes for the triplets, and in return they will continue to be adorable and put a smile on her face. Now that's true love.

Mercedes and her kittens can be found on a variety of Valentine cards, note cards, postcards, t-shirts and other gifts at: www.cafepress.com/SusanFaye.

Cat Lady No. 36....More Waltzing

Cat Lady Celina and her feline, Felina, long ago decided it might be fun to join a few clubs. They formed the Celina Felina Mutual Admiration Society, membership: two.

They were so pleased with their new club that they never bothered to join any other groups. That is, until now.

Recently, Celina's next door neighbor Rhonda invited them to join the Society for the Preservation and Advancement of Waltzing with Cats, also commonly referred to as the Cat Waltzing Society.

Read Rhonda's story here: RHONDA'S STORY

So Celina and Felina decided to give it a whirl and they haven't stopped whirling since...

Want to know more about this latest dance rage sweeping the ballrooms across the country? Visit THE WALTZING CAT and you'll find waltz music, dance instruction, Official Cat Waltzing Apparel, plus much, much more to enhance your Cat Waltzing experience.

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Cat Lady No. 35...Sunset Time

Cat Lady Georgia and Mister Vincent often enjoy watching the sunset together at the end of the day...

Georgia is happy to note that the sun is setting just a tad later each evening. "You know what that means," she smiles as she scratches Vincent behind the ear. "Spring is on the way! Tulips, garden parties, longer sunsets! "

Vincent knows what it REALLY means. It means that it will soon be time to shed a remarkable percentage of his magnificent fur coat. It means being groomed with that nice soft brush that tickles just a little bit and makes him purr.

It also means more appearances of that wretched vacuum monster that screeches over the carpet and tries to gobble up cats.

But for now, Georgia and Vincent think that tonight's winter sunset is particularly splendid with its warm oranges and glowing yellows...

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Cat Lady No. 34...Sweethearts

Cat Lady Stella thinks her cat Ashton Grayboy is an absolute sweetheart. The feeling is mutual.

Today Ashton is helping Stella prepare for making pop-up Valentines in her third grade classroom. Stella won't let him play with the scissors, but he loves to help by knocking the pencils onto the floor and chasing the paper scraps about the room.

If you would like to make a pop-up valentine of your own, here are instructions: Pop-up Valentine

Have fun!

Stella and Ashton Grayboy can be found on a delightful selection of Valentine items including this colorful mug. Fill it with candy, pencils, or other small treats and surprise your sweetheart. You'll find more fine gifts at: www.cafepress.com/SusanFaye.

Cat Lady No. 33...Happy Whistle Pig Day

Like any good Party Animals, Cat Lady Janelle and her sidekicks Dapper Dan and Dame Dora will kick up their heels and bask in confetti at the drop of a party hat.

Groundhog Day is just such an occasion. Dan and Dora have spruced up their tuxes, and Janelle has the confetti and noisemakers at the ready. Soon they will be decorating the Woodchuck Tree and singing Whistle Pig carols and sipping 'hognog.

The best part, though, is the exchanging of the Groundhog Day gifts. Dapper Dan and Dame Dora always ask the Great Groundhog for rodents under the tree, but usually get catnip toys instead. This year Janelle will be especially surprised with her gift... a little something that Dan and Dora caught just this morning...right before they saw their shadows!

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Cat Lady No. 32...Temptations

Cat Lady Mona and Tabby Cat Budda are looking up Budda's favorite quote:

"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are." Marcus Aurelius

Budda wholeheartedly adheres to this philosophy, which might explain the endless temptations he faces on his road to enlightenment. These temptations include:

Plants: The temptation of climb them, shred them, redistribute their soil.

Impromptu Cat Toys: What's the harm in imagining that Mona's paint brushes are dangerous furry stick critters that must be subdued before they go berserk?

Unauthorized Napping Humans: As Mona recounts: "Budda’s most recent failure to maintain peaceful centeredness involved an incident while Mike was napping on the couch. Budda hunkered down as if stalking, then catapulted himself onto Mike’s chest. After a dramatic pause, he threw in a 2-pawed slap in the face, for good measure."

Water: Fascinations include food dish water, toilet bowl water, paint rinsing water, and the redistribution of said water throughout the art studio. This leads Mona to ponder: "How does a cat manage to get water all over the toilet seat, the floor, and half way up the wall, and yet he, himself remains completely dry?"

You can read more about the Adventures of Budda and his Cat Lady here:
Fur In the Paint

Budda also hopes that you will take a look at Cat Lady Mona's EXQUISITE pastel paintings of wildlife and farm animals at her online gallery:
WILD FACES GALLERY

And for an excellent how-to on using oil pastels, visit Mona's excellent tutorial:
Tips and Tools For Working With Oil Pastels

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