Carnival of the Cats #99 ~ Valentine Edition

My cats and I are against racism in any form.
A special note for Valentine's Day, from LucyRand.

The cats below are Prairie Mary's companions, but her blog is too {ahem} dignified, grownup [and] sophisticated for cat photos. Apparently, she is unaware that this blog was in the New York Times! For cat blogging!

*Sigh* So soon they forget.

But, since Crackers and Squibbs (who seem to be rather explosive characters) can't be in the Carnival, they've agreed to present the Carnival, with the kind photographic and literary assistance of their human servant, who clearly does not adequately appreciate how dignified, grownup [and] sophisticated they are. 

 

I'm this big blonde cat named Crackers,
who ought to be Brunnhilde and carry a spear,
but I only work for praise and some snackers.
This is largely the reason that I'm still right here.

That other cat is my sister Squibbs.
I'd rather eat but she'd rather fight.
Somehow this calico always has dibs
But I patiently watch until she takes flight.

We're only posing together in order to show
on Valentine's Day it's good to love, so....
Sorry we only know how to write doggerel.
All we can say is Holy Mackerel.

Ain't Love Grand?

Let's see what it has to offer us this week:

Farm Boss Patchy Cat at Farmgirl Fare presents Decisions, Decisions

cb at cb.blog presents Millie Claims Her New Home

Jason at HMS Lydia presents Curious Sparky

srp at Melange presents Cat Lips and If Looks Could Kill

AC Missias at Just Between Strangers presents Thursday kittens -- Treehouse edition

Barry Campbell at enrevanche presents Guest cat: Meet Demerara

Kimberly at Music and Cats presents Feline Friday: It's a cat-eat-three-headed-dog world

Blueberry at Texas Oasis presents Friday double meatloaf stuffed donut

Debra Smith at Manxmnews presents There's A Cat in My SoupKitchen

Susan at pages turned presents greedy pig ways

Julie at i-pets.com/blog presents The Queen

Peaches at The Peach Pit presents Are we that boring?

Ammie at Sleeping Mommy presents Big Bully

Coturnix at Science And Politics presents Biscuit and Miss Marbles

maggie katzen at maggies meanderings and shameless plugs presents another picture of Carlos

Aloysius Katz at catymology presents Of monks and their cats

meemsnyc at Furry Paws presents I Wonder What Other Things the Cats do When We Are Not Around

Ferdinand T. Cat at Conservative Cat presents Supervision 

El Capitan at Baboon Pirates presents ChameleoCat? 

Storyteller at Scribblings presents Feline Friday:  Catching A Mouse

Nuthatch at bootstrap analysis presents cat in the tub!

Bruce Mckay at Bigcatheads - The Blog presents simple

Beth Donovan at She Who Will Be Obeyed presents And now for a moment of Kitty Zen

leucanthemum b at Composite Drawlings presents Catblog Friday: Besame Mucho

Omnibus Driver at Leslie's Omnibus presents Big Cat Blogging

Ogre at Ogre's Politics and Views presents Hunting Season

Elisson at Blog d'Elisson presents Feeding Time - With a Difference

Mr. Toast at Wind In The Wire presents Squirrely Cat Photo

Clare Eats at eatstuff presents WCB 36

Valerie at Val's Bien presents Pair-O-Cats

Romeocat at CatHouse Chat presents Only a cat!

Kimberly at Music and Cats presents First narcissi

Rahel at Elms in the Yard presents Cats about Town

Pipsqueak at The Common Room presents Drop me a line 

Michael at Curiouser and Curiouser presents Tinker

LadyGunn at LadyGunn presents Cat Scratch Fever and  Bible Study Partner

mensa barbie at Mensa Barbie Welcomes You presents Butterscotchspeare  

Rondi Adamson  at Begin Each Day as if it Were on Purpose presents We've Been Having These Secret Conferences...

Catherine at CathColl.net presents new family member

Josh Poulson at Josh's Weblog presents Feline Friday

Jack Cluth at The People's Republic of Seabrook presents Who has dared to awaken The Official State Cat of Texas? and Oops...someone has morning breath...and bedhead....  

Mira d'Oubliette at The Oubliette presents snow in alabama 

Catnabbit at Catnabbit! presents World�s Largest Cat Eats World�s Smallest Cat For Lunch

Zuleme at Caturday presents My Life in Cats Part Two

Laurence at Catcall presents OPEN THREAD: Favorite Cartoon Cat; and at IFOC, Mid-lick

Sissy at sisu presents In Solidarity; You are so beautiful to me; and Laugh, and the world laughs with you

Mog at Mind of Mog presents her usual plethora of lovely cats: Oliver; Keeping Kitties In; Warm Fuzzy; Beautiful Day; and Nutters

Ma~ at Skør i Skralden presents kattene i Haslev

[We've become international!]

John at StrangeRanger presents no extra words...

James Brush at Coyote Mercury presents Weekend Cat Blogging: The Last Thing the Spider Saw

Jeff at Athenamama presents Tres Hermanas (Three Sisters)  

Carmen at Diva Kitty and the Fluffies presents I get to be a Secret Paw!

Here at Watermark we have Cat Valentine

There's a lot to like in this Carnival, but I have a favorite. Perhaps it's impolite for a host to have a favorite, but this is the Valentine Carnival, and Valentine's Day is all about favorites, right? So, my favorite is:  Friday cat begging, from Dave Bonta at Via Negativa.   

Next week's Carnival will be at Bloggin Out Loud.

May we all have lots of love, plenty of purrs, sufficient sunlight, and at least a little dark chocolate on Valentine's Day.

All animations are by LucyRand

If I've neglected anyone, please let me know. And a word to our enthusiastic newbies: let me suggest a visit to the Carnival home page and a quick review of the guidelines -- even a visit to previous carnivals. These carnivals are lots of fun, and lots of work. Granted that some of us may go a bit overboard, but even a simple carnival takes a lot of time and work (I advise beginning your post several days ahead of time.)  This is one reason I prefer that folks use the The Carnival Submission Form -- it's still a lot of cutting & pasting, but it's easier cutting and pasting -- thank you, Ferdy.

Comments

[Laurence Simon]

It's not bad at all to have a favorite. Especially when you work so hard putting this together.

Great job as always, and I look forward to the Carnivals you have yet to craft in the future.

[sbpoet]

Thanks, Laurence.

And a special thanks to Squibs & Crackers and their well-humored human.

Also, it's been pointed out to me that the meant-to-be loving message at the top of the post, due to an unfortunate coincidence of timing, might be considered a comment on current events. This was in no way intended.

My cats support me in my point of view that, while I may be completely opposed to a given opinion, I will adamantly defend the right for it to be expressed.

[Mary Scriver]

Well, now these two explosive cats are demanding little wee director's chairs with their names on them. I've pointed out that they already occupy BOTH of my reading chairs most of the time, but they are unmoved. They say their agent will be by to have a little talk.

But they also say to thank you for the exposure and the kind comments. They are happy to be on such a distinguished NYTimes recognized BLOG.

Prairie Mary

[sbpoet]

Ohhh, wee little kitty director chairs!

I think there might be a business opportunity there.

[Sissy Willis]

A beautiful job. :) AND, an Instalanche! Prrrrr.

[marie tsangarie]

dear lucy
im a fellow cat lover
I LOVE YOUR SITE
I am making a web site for my cats I have Exotic persians and I rescue cats
how much doess it cost to display your banner and pics on my web page
a lot of people look at it and its good advertising from one cat lover to another
Im not as great as you at drawing or computers and would love to put your pics on my web page as I cant draw that well
await your reply
thank you
marie tsangaris