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A Cats Christmas. ( 2nd page added! Be sure to check it out AFTER this one More laughs and new great photos - link near bottom of page or click) Your instructors, Iris and Fern will demonstrate how to assemble and decorate a Christmas tree. A special thank-you to our talented girls for their expertise. Now an update ... Please ensure a safe season for your pets. Tinsel is not recommended or other similar items such as thin ribbon on presents. Every vet office has numerous stories of emergency surgeries to remove decorative items which pets have ingested! Have fun - but play safe! Jaz chewing a treat, Iris checking her stocking, Fern on a nip high.

We LOVE Christmas Day - Presents! Our 19 year old tree goes thru different looks, colours and ornaments. Is Julip helping with the tree? Fern would say NO! But Julip found the perfect task - Ornament Sniffing! A super important job Julip takes very seriously. Here's all 3 of us with our stockings. Our FIRST Christmas Day (2012) with Julip. All the best in 2014! 25 Ways To Cuten Up a Box With a Cat.

Cats are cute. Cats in boxes are even cuter. Cats are aware of this fact, and they make the most of it. Here are some notes from an unknown cat on 'cute sleeping in boxes' to make the owner "awwh". Pictures included. Complicate your positions little by little.Author: Julie1009 Your coat and tail must be used wisely.Author: oskay Try S-like positions...Author: ClausM ...or C-like ones.Author: PunkyBrewster Box-sleeping is always kind of an art.Author: Julie1009 But don't reveal your presence unless you really mean to.Author: Robert M.

Or make humans provide another box for him.Author: lake.sider Humans may wonder how you can sleep like that...Author: taurussun Perhaps they will not even notice you.Author: vaneea You can hide in an absolutely unexpected box.Author: simplybecka ...as well as this one.Author: Smeebot ...even if your idea seems impossible.Author: taelcat Practice makes perfect.

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Global Food Disparity: A Photo Diary. In an increasingly globalized world, it’s still sometimes shocking to see just how disparate our lives are compared with other human beings around the world. A book of photographs by Peter Menzel called "Hungry Planet: What the World Eats" ("©Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com. Ten Speed Press, published in 2005) makes a relevant point with great irony: at a time when hundreds of millions of people don't have enough to eat, hundreds of millions more are eating too much and are overweight or obese. In observing what six billion eat for dinner the authors note, "Today, more people are overweight than underweight. " It is these cultural differences, emphasized and reinforced by the author, which exemplifies the lifestyles and dietary habits of people around the world. You can buy the book here.

Meet the The Manzo family of Sicily. Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07. Lynea Lattanzio lives with 700 cats & Hungeree. The 'Cat House' located on a 12-acre estate in Parlier, California is home to 700 cats who live with Lynea Lattanzio in purr-fect harmony. Ms Lattanzio operates a no-cage, no-kill adoption sanctuary which is staffed by volunteers and funded by donations.

The sanctuary includes a kitten nursery, an intensive care unit for sickly cats, and a retirement home for elderly cats who are entering their golden years. The Cat House also offers low-cost spaying services and adoptions to help offset the sanctuary's US$40,260 in weekly operating expenses. Posts related to Lynea Lattanzio lives with 700 cats. Extreme Minimalism. I’ve drawn an unusual amount of attention to my minimalism project this week. First, Dan Patterson of ABC Radio News interviewed me about my 15 things. Dan is one of those amazing interviewers that you wish you were just watching instead of getting interviewed by. Each question was eloquent and succinct. Then came my answers. Then came a post by Scott at LaughingSquid, which really showed me the power of Tumblr. That night I had drinks with someone who had seen the story (on Reddit, which I can’t find), and I realized the story had spread.

Alex Hillman let me crash on his couch after a panel last week on Rethinking Shelter at P’unk Avenue. The winning caption in a contest is “floordrobe.” The first question someone asks me when I tell them about the project is “How do you define something you own?” I don’t have a permanent address or a second pair of jeans. It’s how I imagine telling someone my child’s name would feel like.

So, back to everything I own. Coffee cup? Favourite Cat Quotes through Time. Man has always been intrigued and fascinated with the cat so it's not surprising that there are so many cat-related quotes throughout time. This is a selection of some of my favourite quotes that I have collected over the years that I know all feline lovers will enjoy.

This page will be updated with new quotes from time to time so please feel free to come back again soon! "In the beginning, God created man, but seeing him so feeble, He gave him the cat. "- Warren Eckstein "A home without a cat- and a well-fed, well-petted and properly revered cat- may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove title? " "If animals could speak the dog would be a a blundering outspoken fellow, but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much "A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime.

" "I simply can't resist a cat, particularly a purring one. "Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the leash. "I like pigs. Girl Transforms Into Jared Leto [VIDEO] - StumbleUpon. - StumbleUpon. S Curiosities. Tell me that song isn't playing in your head right now. Go ahead and tell me.