Tag / cats

Marigold
by greg-in-washington

Reflections 7

“Reflections” is my series of cat photographs that were never published, or published on posts that were never viewed, and later deleted, or only appeared on my now deleted Blogger blog. They pre-date Scooby so he is absent here.

(This is a BONUS post as this is the 5th Wednesday in August. We had an exciting month of August. Scooby went outside for the first time in a harness. I visited Northwest Trek Wildlife Park twice! I had deer in the backyard. I had my 6th blogversary. I purchased my own domain name. The cats had many fine weather days allowing them to play outside in the backyard under supervision. Scooby climbed his first tree.)

cat in box

Zeke in a box

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Marigold
by greg-in-washington

More cat fun outdoors

Today we show more photos of cat fun outdoors. Scooby was having fun with his harness, so I had to let the others out as well. Zeke does not go outside as he is a “fraidy” cat. He is afraid of everything. He will not be harnessed. We will stay out of the woods.

Marigold

Marigold

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squeaky cat postcard
by greg-in-washington

Vintage Squeaky Cat Postcards

This post is about squeaky cat postcards.

The squeaky cat postcards below were all given to me as a gift. I had never seen them before. Squeaky postcards of all kinds were made in the 1950’s and early 1960’s. Cats were not the only subject. Two pieces of paper were glued together with the squeaker placed inbetween the layers. All the cards have a bulge in the middle. The squeaker is the same sound regardless of the photographs displayed. I did no photo-editing at all on the photographs. None of mine were ever mailed so I have no definitive date on any of them. Someone must have just been saving the cards. They are devoid of publisher except for #2 which was made in France. All of the others were made in Japan. I saw many for sale on the internet with asking prices varying from $1 each to double digits–good luck with that double digit asking price!

I made a short video so you could hear the “squeak” and watch Marigold who was sleeping being disturbed by the noise.

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Marigold Scooby
by greg-in-washington

Watching over the Scoob / NW Trek / Blogversary

As usual Marigold is watching over Scooby as he rests in his favorite blanket.

Marigold Scooby

Marigold and Scooby

Northwest Trek

Since this post is only one cat photo long, I decided to add something else. Northwest Trek is a wildlife park located not very far from where I live. Wildlife photos follow:
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Scooby on woodpile
by greg-in-washington

Scooby’s walk on the wild side

I found an old cat harness for use in walking cats outdoors. I decided to try it on Scooby. It was a bit tight, but it worked. Oddly, Scooby was very still and purring when it was being put on. He did not fight at all. This made me very suspicious that he may have been in harness before. Going outside my suspicions were confirmed. He was very good about walking about in his new harness. He enjoyed himself immensely outdoors. I bought a larger harness. It is for a small dog and pink with a dog paw on front. It is OK because Scooby thinks he is a dog who solves mysteries. He goes out on his walk on the wild side in the back yard every sunny morning now. Some photos follow:

scooby

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