Great Pet Net

Jen at Ideal Bite tells us why we love our animals.

1. Animals are pure.
2. Animals connect us. 
3. Animals don’t hold grudges.
4. Animals can make you laugh.

Read the whole post at Four Reasons Animals Rock.

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How cute is this?
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Photo by Stu Worrall on Flickr.

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Here’s the intro and link to a story by CLAIRE LUNA-PINSKER in the Pocono Record.

My husband adored cats.
I believed cats were sneaky, hair-shedding, furniture-clawing, mice-killing beasts. They had strange quirks, like staring you straight in the face. My son had a hyper Labrador, Jimi Hendrix, who I was already too much involved with. But my husband persisted, so for his birthday I accompanied him to the animal shelter to "just look" at kittens.
Since it was early in March, there weren’t any kittens available. My husband held several cats, but if we were going to be cat owners, I preferred to start with a kitten so maybe I could grow to like the furball. We discussed the issue further, and my husband insisted a mature cat would suit us better. He went back in and noticed an employee come out with a box of kittens which had just arrived from down south. Out of the box came a sandy-colored calico kitten. Rather quickly, Elvis was processed and in our car.

Non-cat-lover finds ’soul mate’ in feline friend

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Of all God’s creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.
Mark Twain’s Notebook, 1894

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Jay Farmer waxes poetic about Magico.

Magico

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Photo by Laurie on Flickr

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 Frank Ford’s cat.
via Ellie Finlay

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Farm kittens in a barn from rowcrop77 on Flickr.

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