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Coming to you from The Catnip Den, deep within the bowels of The Nikita Institute For Feline Studies and The Opinionated Pussycat blog...
This edition belongs to a very special member of the pet blogging community... our friend Ann of Zoolatry and the Zoolatry Girls.
8 years ago, this month, they began a blogging adventure that has taken them to places they probably never dreamed they would go...affecting the lives of so many humans and their pets through their blogging and Ann's creative skills.
During this time she developed a serious case of OCCDPSD, Obsessive Compulsive Cat Dog Photo Shop Disorder)...and so many of us have benefited from her condition that to list them all would be impossible.
Daddy Kiril, Nikita, Sneakers the Texian Tuxedo and I, Elvira Mistress of Felinity, are deeply honored and proud to count ourselves among them (blog badges , T-shirt image design, a former blog header and a tribute image to Nikita).
"Time, energy and, I believe, imagination and talent go into each and every
graphic image created. Zoolatry Photoart has become
recognizable to many. Zoolatry Photoart is one-of-a-kind, always
designed to complement the look and feel of your own personal blog,
to visually help tell "your own story". It is unique and unique to you." - Ann, of Zoolatry
Through Dec. 2012 she shared her talent for free...before finally making a decision and creating something she calls "The Starving Artist Fund".
That Ann considers Daddy Kiril (and by extension us kitties as well) to be "A very witty, charming, industrious and always-good-for-a-laugh writer" and told her readers about our blogging efforts, means a lot to us...as have the many comments she and the girls have left over the years (Now that Daddy Kiril has a new hat and Sneakers has taken over for Nikita, we are contemplating a new version of this badge, hee, hee!).
Ann's popular blog is about "Life with all it's exciting and marvelous ups and downs" in her family life and the lives of her cats .
It is also about the awesome creative skills she puts to use for the benefit of the pet blogging community.
This month she has been celebrating their blogoversary with a series of posts and I encourage you to take the time to check them out (We are honored to discover ourselves a part of this retrospective and thank her so very, very much!):
"Seems hard to believe, and sometime soon among the days ahead, our 3000th posting will arrive as well. Life sure has changed for us over the past 8 years and there have been many times we've been very close to ending these blogging days. Though I must admit, I'm glad that day has not yet come. "
Ann, of Zoolatry - June 1,2015
1. MUZIKA MANTESSA, ZOEY AND ME
2. RETROSPECTIVE ~ June 3, 2008
3. RETROSPECTIVE ~ August, 2007
4. RETROSPECTIVE ~ July 10, 2010 [and INTERNATIONAL BOX DAY News]
5. RETROSPECTIVE ~ CATURDAY ART
6. RETROSPECTIVE ~ Sunday Selfies
7. RETROSPECTIVE ~ Maggy Monday, March 2011
8. RETROSPECTIVE ~ Meezer Friends, Meezer Colors Day
9. RETROSPECTIVE ~ Wordy Wednesday Challenge 2008
10. RETROSPECTIVE ~ THILLY THURSDAY
11. RETROSPECTIVE ~ Krazy Kitties and Wacky Woofies
12. RETROSPECTIVE ~ Zoey's Nekked Sunday Selfie (Sing A Song With Me)
13. RETROSPECTIVE ~ MAGGY MONDAY, 2010
15. WORDY WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE ~ with 34 Furriends
16. WORDY WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE Continues ~ 39 More Friends
17. CATURDAY ART ~ and more CHALLENGE Friends
18 and 19. HAPPY FATHERS DAY and the original tribute to Poppy Vic.
20. TWO TUESDAY CATS - The office
****The above collection will be added to, a few more times, until the end of the month****
In the Feline News Network News...
1. Why I Won’t Write for Huffington Post by Yvonne DiVita of Blog Paws & Scratchings and Sniffings.
2. Did you know that there once was a human car dealer who had strange notions of what a dog looked like? He even mistook the "big" cats for dogs!
Don't believe me? Let me introduce you to Cal Worthington...
3. There's a video of a cat taking a plane ride and, after watching it, Sneakers and I have differing reactions to it...
"Oh, HELL NO!" - Elvira Mistress of Felinity
"HELL YEAH! Tuxies Rule!" - Sneakers the Texian Tuxedo
1. Friday Ark #525 (actually #526, hee, hee!) - Cats, Dogs, Birds, Invertebrates, Other Vertebrates and the Extinct! Oh, my!
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 your cat photos and stories with us each week (Submissions accepted all week!)"
How nice of you to post a Zoolatry retrospective - Ann is such a sweetheart.
Posted by: Summer | June 24, 2015 at 09:42 PM
Ann is, she made the header for Meowza's site and badge for Meowza when he passed. She has always been there for the cat blogging community. Awesome carnival too. I will have much fun looking at all the kitties providing my browser doesn't crash.
Posted by: Mog | June 24, 2015 at 11:48 PM
ROFM! (ROLLING ON THE FLOOR MEOWING! OMC, THAT CARTOON WITH THE CATS WITH THE GLASSES AND THE REMINDERS PINNED THE WALL.... TOTALLY TAKEN WITH TODAY'S MULTIFACED INFO AND LOOKING FINISHING IT!! SINCE WE ARE NEW TO THE BLOGGING SCENE THIS WILL GIVE US A CHANCE TO CATCH UP!
Posted by: PEACHES AND PAPRIKA | June 25, 2015 at 05:14 AM
Ann is a sweetheart to always make badges when kitties need prayers and go to the bridge. She is a very important part of the Blogosphere. You are too :)
Posted by: Ellen Pilch | June 25, 2015 at 07:48 AM
How delightful to find this edition is in honor of long-time blogging friend to all, Ann of Zoolatry. We have been enjoying her look back over the years.
Posted by: jansfunnyfarm | June 25, 2015 at 09:00 AM
We love the work that Ann does! Mom Paula wishes she had a tenth of the talent Ann has. Thank you for featuring her!
Posted by: Sweet Purrfections | June 25, 2015 at 11:44 AM
hay ewe gals....what a total lee awesum tribute ta maggy & zoey & ther mom Ann, ewe & daddy Kiril rited two day....
a paws two ewe for it....
while we haz knot had de privilege oh knowin zoolatry az long az most, we iz way happee ta call them friendz ~~ ♥♥
Posted by: da tabbies o trout towne | June 25, 2015 at 01:08 PM
Oh what a wonderful Carnival!! Kiril!! We hope you are fine! Lets us know!
Your TX furiends,
Samantha & Mom
Posted by: Samantha & Mom | June 25, 2015 at 09:26 PM
Happy Anniversary to our very special friend, Ann from Zoolatry!!!! We are very happy that she suffers from that OCCDPSD as we have benefited so much from her amazing talents. Even more important, she is a wonderful and caring person whose friendship we cherish.
Woos - Ciara and Lightning and Mom too
Posted by: The OP Pack | June 26, 2015 at 09:04 AM
Ann is the best! We are so thankful to her, and for all she does for so many.
And we are thankful for you, too, dear pals. :)
Posted by: meowmeowmans | July 01, 2015 at 09:09 PM