January 22, 2026January 21, 2026 by greg-in-washington

OPIE the TV Star Dec 17 2010

Cats, Opie, reblog
cats, Marigold, Opie, Peep, TV Star, Verty
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Opie the TV Star Dec 17 2010. I should have posted this in December but too much was going on with Nicholas and Louisiana Louie. KCPQ FOX channel 13 Seattle used to put up pet photos people sent in showing pets and weather. I let my cats out one snowy day and took their photo. Then I let them go back inside to warm up. My photo got selected for broadcast. They notified me what day and time it would be on, The presenter is Erin Mayovsky who still works there. You can see Opie right front. They were a great cat family. I made a video and took the still photos from it. Whenever I see Erin, I remember that day so long ago.

weather forecast — petwalk forecast Erin Mayovsky

September 6, 2017September 9, 2017 by greg-in-washington

Life in the catio then and now

Cats, Scooby, Zeke
catio, cats, Data, Marigold, Opie, Peep, Scooby, Verty, Zeke
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This post is about life in the catio then and now.

THEN: I rummaged around my external hard drive, and pulled out some old catio pre-digital photographs. The catio photos are taken at my previous house, where I originally built the thing. Aside from a few repairs, it is still the same catio. The cats shown are Peep (Maine Coon), Data–long hair orange and white, and Verty–a tabby like Scooby. All crossed over the bridge quite a while back. They can be read about on my In Remembrance page. Interestingly enough in both locations, the catio faces East. My next door neighbors had cats, rabbits, and geese. When coyotes killed them all, I decided my cats were going to be indoor cats from then on. I could not bear losing them. And thus, the catio, or catrun, as I called it then was created.