Ever wonder why there are âmewsâ in âamewzingâ?
This collection of cat poems will tickle your whiskers and your funny bone. Theyâre the purr-fect way to brighten your day and celebrate the furry friends in your life.
Prepare to laugh out loud as you read about cat adventures with magnets, candles, strawberry milkshakes, and plush ballsâbut donât let me ruin the surprise, youâll have to read to find out!
No Christmas is ever complete without at least one serving of Egg Nog, the holiday-themed cocktail drink that is popular in the United States and Canada. It is a frothy beverage that contains milk, cream, and eggs. You can combine this mixture with other ingredients such as alcohol, sugar, and spices. It is best served chilled.
You can easily modify the Egg Nog recipe below to be vegan-friendly (by replacing the eggs with silken tofu and by using almond milk instead of cow’s milk).
When I was in my twenties, I used to buy Egg Nog in the supermarket at Christmas-time. Nowadays, however, I prefer to make it myself.
My cat Avalon used to go all crazy whenever I pulled out the Egg Nog, so I started by making a cat-friendly version, just for him. It may sound a little crazy, but trust me on this one… Kitty Egg Nog is sure to please even the most discerning palates, and your cat will be eternally grateful to you for it.
On top of that, we are celebrating the French edition release of Avalon’s memoir, so we should all indulge a little extra this year, don’t you agree?
Here’s what you need to make Egg Nog for both you and your cat.
Egg Nog for you
Ingredients:
2 cups of milk
3 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla powder
1/8 tablespoon nutmeg
Πcup cream
If you like it sweet, you can add three tablespoons of sugar. Also, I usually make Egg Nog without alcohol, but if I do add some, I prefer to add rum over any other type.
Preparation:
Beat the eggs until smooth
Add the milk, cream, vanilla powder, and nutmeg (and any other ingredients)
Put everything in the blender
Serve chilled
Egg Nog for your cat
Ingredients:
200 ml cat milk
1 egg yolk
1 pinch of turmeric (don’t use cinnamon as it can be toxic to cats)
A little whipped cream
Preparation:
Put all ingredients in the blender, and blend until smooth
Serve in small portions, as it is a heavy drink, even without the alcohol.
Warning! Don’t use real milk for your cat’s Egg Nog. After all, the lactose in cow’s milk may cause diarrhea and other digestive problems in cats.
Let me know in the comments if you will be making Egg Nog for yourself and your cat this year.
Enjoy!
Avalon: a Heartwarming True Cat Story
Vanessa Morgan
Genre: Memoir / Cats
Date of Publication: June 4, 2015
ISBN:1511863633
ASIN: B00XC1NE4I
Number of pages:134 pages
Word Count: 31.468 words
Cover Artist: Gilles Vranckx
Tagline: Some cats need nine lives to make a difference. Avalon only needed one.
Book Description:
From Amazon bestselling author Vanessa Morgan, Avalon is the heartwarming and once-in-a-lifetime love story of a girl and her neurotic Turkish Van cat.
With humor, the author details how Avalon made other creatures cringe in distress whenever he was around, how he threw her dates out by means of special techniques, and how he rendered it almost impossible for her to leave the house.
Avalon was so incorrigible that even the landlord ordered to get rid of him. But beneath Avalon’s demonic boisterousness, Vanessa recognized her own flaws and insecurities, and she understood that abandoning Avalon would be the worst she could do to him. Thanks to her unswerving loyalty, Avalon transformed into a tender feline and even landed a major role in a horror movie. In turn, Avalon made it his mission to be there for his human companion.
Avalon is a memoir for anyone who has ever been obsessively in love with a pet.
Filming of The Strangers Outside took place in August and
September 2010. Avalon joined the set for two days. The location: a vacation
cabin in the woods of Sint-Katelijne-Waver, a place where shadows came alive
and danced with the rare patches of light. The perfect site for a horror movie.
Outside the vacation cabin, the film crew prepared for
action. Camera tripods and lights were set up. An actor in monk clothes smoked
his last cigarette before the shoot.
Two large tables with food and drinks sat in the shade, each
bottle of water labeled with the name of an actor or crew member. Avalon had a
bottle all for himself.
Avalon was remarkably at ease on set. He examined the
vacation cabin for about half an hour, sniffing his way through the dusty
corners, before settling into a deep sleep on the couch.
While everyone fawned over Avalon and fed him snacks from the
buffet table, the director gave us a quick rundown of the scene to come. âThe
camera focuses on Avalon lying on the coffee table. In the background, through
the windows, we see actors Pierre Lekeux and Iulia Nastase arriving home.
Avalon follows their movements with his head as they move from one side of the
house to the other. When the front door opens, Avalon jumps off the table to
greet them.â
âAvalon wonât do that,â I said. âJust like children, cats are
uncontrollable. Itâs a great idea for a scene, but Iâm afraid youâll have to
come up with something less demanding.â
Apparently, I didnât know my cat very well, because Avalon
did exactly what was expected of him.
The scene was shot several times in a row and Avalon never
missed a beat.
In another scene, while eating his Schesir
dinner, Avalon suddenly had to look up in panic. The fear in his eyes looked
genuine. He was perfect.
Sitting at the dining table, actor Pierre Lekeux watched Avalon
with incomprehensibility and admiration, shaking his head in denial. âI need at
least twenty minutes to prepare a scene, to enter a certain state of mind. But
this cat nails it in a matter of seconds. Avalonâs the best actor on set. Heâs
even better than me.â
Pierre was right. Avalon had this air–he carried himself in
a certain way, very much aware of his charisma. He was a natural performer. A
miniature star.
About the Author:
Vanessa Morgan is the editor of the movie reference guides When Animals Attack: The 70 Best Horror Movies with Killer Animals, Strange Blood: 71 Essays on Offbeat and Underrated Vampire Movies, and Evil Seeds: The Ultimate Movie Guide to Villainous Children. She also has had one cat book (Avalon) and four supernatural thrillers (Drowned Sorrow, The Strangers Outside, A Good Man, and Clowders) published. Three of her stories have been turned into movies. She has written for myriad Belgian magazines and newspapers and introduces movie screenings at several European film festivals. She is also a programmer for the Offscreen Film Festival in Belgium. When she’s not working on her latest book, you can find her reading, watching movies, eating out, or photographing felines for her blog Traveling Cats.
The fabulous cover speaks horror and I love it! A pet food company messing with Mother Nature…I know that is not going to end well. You may look at your pet a little differently after reading Claws. Is your cute, cuddly little bundle of fur looking at you funny? Is your sweet kitty licking your hand as an appetizer…getting ready to take a chunk out of it? LOL Will that make you sleep better, when kitty curls up on your chest wanting snuggles? The main issue I had was with the ‘romance’. The dialogue did not ring true, but, then, I look at a book like Claws as a B movie, not known for its sophistication, but still a very enjoyable use of my time. Greed and all that comes with it was expected. The head of the ‘operation’ will stop at nothing to get more of that all mighty dollar. Will he get his comeuppance? I loved the ending.
3 Stars
GOODREADS BLURB
I’d like to give special thanks to Jason Merrick for the great cover.
Alcorn Pet Food Corporation is working with an experimental cat food laced with hormones and appetite enhancers. The special food causes cats to add muscle, gain weight, and exhibit extremely aggressive behavior. When an employee threatens to expose the pet food as a threat to public safety, she finds herself out of work, her home ransacked, and all her carefully gathered proof missing. Meanwhile, animal rights activists release the cats involved in the testing because they are scheduled to be euthanized. These bigger, stronger, and more aggressive animals begin to prey on small game in the area. Then the ravenous cats turn their attention to people.
Lovers, runners, hunters, dogs, deer, rabbits, normal cats, and even motorists begin to fall victim to the predations of these enhanced felines. An unemployed scientist, a small special ops team, a grieving father, a chief of security, and a homeless veteran join forces to try to prevent a catastrophe.
When a murderer steals the secret formula that created the menace and sells it to eight foreign enemies of the United States, the stakes suddenly get a lot higher, because the most deadly biological weapon ever created has just been released. The genie is out of the bottle and the world will never be the same.
To make matters worse, the scientist discovers that the first generation offspring will be even bigger and more aggressive, and then they learn that the food also affects dogs and rats.
ABOUT RICKY SIDES (from Amazon)
Ricky Sides was Born in Florence, Alabama in May of 1958. He has a wife named Sue that he married at age 18. He has one adult son named Larry Dale.
The author studied martial arts from 1981 to the mid 1990s. He has been an avid camper and student of survival. The techniques described in his fight sequences are often from his own personal experience and training. He has taught women’s rape prevention seminars in the 1980’s that he conducted free to the public.
The author’s writing experience includes the ” Peacekeeper” series, the “Brimstone” series, “The Ultimate in Women’s Self-Defense,” and “Adventures in Reading,” “Claws,” which is a suspense / horror novel that will ultimately serve as the back story for an epic post apocalyptic novel that he will release in 2011. “Claws 2. After the Apocalypse,” and “Lina’s Story,” which is connected to the peacekeeper series.
Penny Nicols brings her âgiftâ to
Billington. Searching for her sister, sheâs determined to stand her
ground. One woman holds the keys to Pennyâs link between her past and
the present.
When is history better left buried?
When the Raven is the one telling the story.
Dinah, Pennyâs old advocate, is struck down before her eyes.
Pennyâs long-distance friend T.C.
continues to help her trail the whereabouts of her long-lost sibling and
solve the mystery. Musical clues and manic relationships crowd the
distracted Penny as T.C. supports her from afar.
Spades, the cat, charms the suspects as Penny untangles her omens.
Dinah may be victim number one, but Penny fears the Raven is just warming up.
Youâll love the sixth book in this binge-worthy paranormal mystery
series because Penny and her sleuthing sidekicks dig deep to uncover the
Ravenâs evil plans.
About Sarah Hualde
Sarah lives in California, in a home
that brings her happiness and hay fever. She loves God, loves her
family, and loves freshly brewed coffee. She has a husband who cooks, a
son who stop animates, a daughter who loves animals, a dog that follows
her everywhere, and a turtle who scowls at her condescendingly.
Her mother raised her on Mary Higgins
Clark, Diane Mott Davidson, and Remington Steele. Her grandmother shared
True Crime stories with her as they plotted how to get away with the
perfect murder. Itâs no surprise that Sarah became an award-winning
spinner of suspenseful tales brimming with quirky characters. Mysteries
are in her blood. Not that she could survive one of her own stories. She
confesses, âIâd be snuffed out by chapter two.â
Join Sarahâs Super Sleuth Squad and follow her on YouTube for behind-the-scenes insider info.
Shell McMillan and her feline friends must unravel a mystery where everyoneâs a suspect and no oneâs to blame . . .
With the grand re-opening of her Urban
Tails Pet Shop just days away, Shell McMillan has her hands full
planning entertainment for the festive event, including a
fortune-telling parrot. But her jubilant mood is soon threatened by
ominous rumors of the return of Johnny Draco, a former investment guru
who swindled money from most of the residents of Fox Hollow and then
vanished without a trace. And when the parrot predicts a dire future for
Draco and his dead body is found just hours later, no one can say
theyâre surprisedâbut no one will say who did it.
With virtually everyone in town a
suspect, the police turn their focus on a good friend of Shellâs who was
seen arguing with the victim shortly before his death. Determined to
clear her friendâs name, Shell begins investigating Dracoâs past, his
former employer, and everyone who lost money to him. And when the trail
of clues suggests there may have been a completely different motive for
the murder, Shell suddenly realizes sheâs uncovered a secret someone
would kill to keep hiddenâand that if sheâs not careful, the parrot may
be predicting she has no future at all . . .
About T.C. LoTempio
T. C. LoTempio
is the award-winning, nationally bestselling author of the Nick and
Nora Mysteries, the Urban Tails Pet Shop Mysteries, and the Cat Rescue
Mysteries. For more information, check out her and her cat Roccoâs blog
at www.catsbooksmorecats.blogspot.com and visit her website at www.tclotempio.net.
I am experimenting with Nextgen Gallery. I have had it for a long time, just never really used it. Now is the time, seeing Mr Wonderful is scanning images from our photo albums before they fade too badly. Unfortunately, the negatives have become damaged due to all the humidity down here and it is even more important to save them now.
Mobile, Alabama holds a Doo Dah Parade every spring and these are from 1997. I can tell this was still in the film days, because I had to limit how many photographs I took due to cost. I still like film the best, but I can click away with digital and that is an advantage I revel in. There are ups and downs to everything.
This is a slide show, but you can click on the individual photograph to see it better, then scroll through them using the buttons below the photograph.
Another Oopsie. I guess I’m trying to do too many things at one time, so I’m messing up on my scheduling. The silver lining for you, some fun and chuckles for all pet lovers.
**all images are linked to Amazon (I am an affiliate)**
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Hello everyone. Hope you have had a great week. Hurricane Irma has come and gone. Thank goodness those of us in the Panhandle did not suffer anything more than some high winds. We still have clean up to do and I will share that with you later. For now, enjoy this short video, shot when we went looking for shells on the beach, after the storm.
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