Carnival of the Cats #581

 

Good evening, felinity assembled, sorry for the real late CoTC.

 

Things should be better going forward. Our friends at Life From a Cat's Perspective have asked to just stick with submissions and being FNN Repurrters going forward as life has been pretty hectic for them so Daddy Kiril will update the hosting list over the next few days to reflect our taking on more dates.

 

For us Cat Bloggers the Carnival is a chance to discover blogs we might never have heard of, on subjects of all kinds!

It is an opportunity for us to reach an audience we might not otherwise reach.

It is a chance to promote a post or 2, each week, that we think will be of interest to others, and to pitch them using more than 140 characters or just a short sentence barely long enough to get a point across.

Submissions and tips can be sent to:  carnivalofthecats(at)gmail (dot) com

They must be received by 3pm EST, each Sunday (ideally we’d like posts submitted by Midnight EST Saturday, but know regulars who share Sunday posts), so the host can have time to post the current CoTC Sunday evening, or no later than Tuesday evening.

So, let's get started!

 

1 thru 3. We celebrated May Day by announcing the return of the Pussycat Purrambulator/Feline Utility Vehicle and Miss Sneakers adventurous first strolls. There are lots of photos to share and you can follow the links, beginning here.

 

4 and 5. Over at StrangeRanger...Maddie's human has begun something he calls "The Great Thank You Tour"...eloquently responding to those in the pet blogging community who paid tribute to Maddie in the aftermath of her going to Rainbow Bridge...These are MUST reads,especially the personal memories shared that go back to the early days of pet blogging:

 

The Beginning of the Great Thank You Tour

The Great Thank You Tour, part 2

6 and 7. Over at Life from a Cat's Perspective...Samantha is glad to have her Mom Human back! On Sunday Samantha takes it easy and even goes boxing.

 

8 and 9. Over at Sparkle Cat...In case you may have taken that month off...what Sparkle was doing in April 2011, hee, hee! Also Summer discusses the CATucky Derby!    

 

(PS: Also in April 2011...Mr. Nikita reviewed both of Sparkles books! -- Book 1 review with link to book 2 review)

 

10 and 11. Over at Marian Allen's blog...Ever wonder what happened to Katya Graymalkin when she moved on from this life? (Miss you, girl!) Also, the cats are helping Mom Marian do "A Stroy a Day in May". Munchkin is up first with "Two of a Kind".

 

12 and 13. Over at CatSynth...Alpine the Cat and a cat poses with something called a "Roland 626".

 

14 and 15. Over at Brian's Home... Brian has been fighting the "Pee Wars" but has been let out of the bathroom recently.

 

16 and 17. Over atAnimal Shelter Volunteer Life...Hubbell looking to be adopted! (No, not the telescope, silly!) Also, Moosey...the cartoon!

 

18. Over at Traveling Cats...An awesome look at cats in Rome.

 

19 and 20. Over at 15 and Meowing...the gang completes the A to Z April Blogging Challenge and Cat Scout Felix does a guest post.

 

21. 15 & Meowing was interviewed by the Funny Farmer Felines over at Mousebreath!

 

22. Over at Marks Mews...It all began in 2006...and now they are celebrating their 3000th blog post! Concatulations!

 

23. Over at Melissa's Mochas, Mysteries and Meows...Testing and reviewing the SkratchKabin!

 

24 and 25. Over at I Have 3 Cats...Kola is fitting in at his new home and the interesting tale behind Josie's interesting tail,

 

In the Feline News Network News...Our FNN Roving Correspondents have sent me news but I am going to have to dig thru a months emails to find them. That's how hectic it's been around here since the beginning of March.

 

For now, let's check my old Google Alerts:

 

1. Meet Bumpie the 3-legged kitten!

 

2. The Daily Mirror looked at cat micro-chipping data from Petlog to determine where most British felines live, and the most popular pussies in each area. The various statistics shared make for interesting reading.

 

3. "Any cat owner knows one of the most fatal things for a cat is cancer and it's not that cats get cancer more often than other animals, it's that it appears to be much more aggressive  in cats.There are some things that the average cat owner can do to help prevent cancer." - Stacey Cohen for ConsumerAffairs.com

 

4.  The Rising Costs of Health Care for Cats & Dogs by Arlene Weintraub, for Bloomberg Business, is an interesting story.

 

5. Absolutely fascinating! Cats & sun puddles...We can't live without our sun puddles! This time lapse video shows just how much work felinity assembled puts into being extremely lazy. Loved the 2nd full minute!

 

For your fix of the best in pet blogging I offer our share-fest round-up:

 

1. Friday Ark #518 - Cats, Dogs, Birds, Invertebrates, Other Vertebrates and the Extinct! Oh, my!

 

2. Camera Critters #369 - The oldest active meme about photos of animals/critters!

3. Rascal & Rocco has Pet Parade #90  

4. Blog Paws hosts a Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop

5. Pepi Smart Dog hosts the Thankful Thursday Weekly Blog Hop

6. Athena and Marie host the Caturday Art Blog Hop  - Enjoy creating and sharing arty photos of your pets (it doesn't have to be too artistic) then this the Blog Hop for you!

7. The Cat on My Head hosts the Sunday Selfies Blog Hop - "no photo of a cat can ever be a bad photo! But please remember, all critters (not only kitties) are welcome…horsies, woofies, chippies, squirties, piggies, buns or any other anipal. And, of course, you may include your human if they don’t mind."

8. Burnt Food Dude hosts the Feline Friday Blog Hop - It began in August 2012 with Mr. Steve admitting for all the world to read..."OK! OK! OK! I really do like cats. They really don’t want to take over the world." About that "TOTW" stuff...OK, if he says so, hee, hee!

9. The True Book Addict hosts a Cat Thursday Blog Hop with an always interesting topic. (There appears to be a tech issue with their Mr. Linky, right now, though).

10. Dogs N Pawz hosts the Tuesday's Tails Opt to Adopt Blog Hop - The blog hop that features shelter pets and tries to find them Forever Homes: All about it and how to help.

11. Create With Joy and her cats host a Wordless Wednesday with always interesting essay topics and photos of the resident cats -  " Share you cat photos and stories with us each week (Submissions accepted all week!)"

12. Pam & the cats of Sidewalk Shoes have a Happy Caturday Blog Hop.

Comments

[Summer]

What a coincidence that I posted that #TBT of Sparkle for the very same month Nikita reviewed her 2 books!

[meowmeowmans]

Nice job with the Carnival, Miss Elvira. We are sorry that things are so crazy for Samantha and her mom. Thank you for your continued (and awesome) efforts. :)

Hugs!

[Ellen Pilch]

Thank you so much for organizing another carnival :)