GUARD CAT DUTY & FILL-INS

Feline/Friendship Friday

Cooper Murphy is on guard cat duty on one of the catio’s top perches. The entire backyard can be viewed from there.

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Cooper is participating in the Feline Friday blog hop at Comedy Plus and the Friendship Friday blog hop at Create With Joy. You can do the same by clicking on the badges below.

Friendly Fill-Ins: Week #277

Friendly Fill-Ins is a weekly blog hop hosted by Ellen (15 And Meowing) and Lorrianne (Four-Legged Furballs). The sentences to be filled in can be found on both blogs each Thursday. To participate in the hop, click on the badge at the left.

Kitties Blue let me down when it came to this week’s fill-ins, and I was forced to do them all myself. It wasn’t easy, but they are finished. My completions are in teal italics. If you haven’t been following us since early 2013, I think you will enjoy clicking on the link in #4.

1. I plan to spend more time in the swim/spa these last few days of August.

2. I am a stickler for good grammar.

3. Staying cool is proving difficult these days.

4. Have I ever told you about the time that I met Tom Selleck? (I actually have, but it was back in 2013. If you’d like to learn a lot about me that you may not know, click here to go to that post.)

Please join us again tomorrow for some Caturday Art.

Meezer'sMews&TerrieristicalWoofs says:

August 28, 2021 at 2:40 am

How cool to meet a famous actor!

Its hot here too, we have another heat advisory day for Saturday, the heat index will be above 100F. UGH.

Cooper Murphy, you sure are an intent guard! Make sure all is well, and stays that way, OK?!

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Summer says:

August 27, 2021 at 10:38 pm

I bet you are an awesome guard cat, Cooper Murphy!

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Marv and Mom says:

August 27, 2021 at 10:08 pm

Hi Cooper Murphy! That looks like a terrific viewing spot! We had one like that in the townhouse, but here, in Midway, we don’t. But we do have terrific bird watching spots! And We LOVED your Mom’s fill-ins! How exciting to meet Mr Selleck! Our Mom says he is one heck of a guy!

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The Island Cats says:

August 27, 2021 at 7:43 pm

Cooper Murphy is an excellent guard cat. Nothing is gonna get by him. How cool that you met Tom Selleck! Did you know he’s from the Detroit area?

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Ellen J Pilch says:

August 27, 2021 at 7:19 pm

Thank you for participating in the fill-ins,great answers. I love the photo of you and Tom Selleck. Have anice weekend. XO

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Timmy Tomcat says:

August 27, 2021 at 2:03 pm

We sure like seeing you up there Cooper. Good job keeping watch. Great fill ins too we always learn such interesting things about our friends

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Brian Frum says:

August 27, 2021 at 11:32 am

Looking good Cooper Murphy! Terrific answers and how cool to meet Tom Selleck!

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Leah says:

August 27, 2021 at 11:30 am

Very cool that met Tom Selleck! Love the picture of Cooper Murphy on backyard watch!

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Loulou says:

August 27, 2021 at 11:28 am

We are LOVING watching FRIENDS, which we did not watch in the 70s….cheers us up every evening before snoozetime. How lucky to meet him, really good actor. And have I told you about mama cutting Bob Dylan’s hair…?

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The Florida Furkids says:

August 27, 2021 at 8:18 am

Whoa…you met Tom Selleck???? Mom is jealous.

Cooper Murphy looks so handsome up there.

The Florida Furkids with love and paw pats and headbonks to Sawyer from Noelle

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Sandee says:

August 27, 2021 at 7:59 am

I love seeing Cooper Murphy. Tell him I love him.

Wow, you met my heartthrob Tom Selleck? Yummy man.

Thank you for joining the Feline Friday Blog Hop.

Have a purrfect Feline Friday and weekend. Scritches to all the kitties and a big hug to you. ♥

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Kate Isabella says:

August 27, 2021 at 7:48 am

WHOA Nelly! TOM SELLECK! The most handsome man EVER! Mom said that She is such a fan. I am surprised she didn’t drool! Wait……………

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Lucy and Xena says:

August 27, 2021 at 7:15 am

I’m a good grammar person too, and passed it down to my boys. Tom Selich! Wow. You didn’t explain where and how and why he was dressed like that…
Love that shot of Cooper Murphy.

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Pam and Teddy says:

August 27, 2021 at 5:34 am

WOWZERS……Tom Selleck is such a cutie. Lucky you. I have to say that I wish I had a catio like you guys have – Mom would be able to let me out to enjoy fresh air but I’d be SAFE and not wandering1 Great filling in……….and HAPPY FRIDAY!

Hugs, Teddy (with Tom Selleck comments by Mom)

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YOU
For Fiona

It seems like only yesterday…
You were just a kitten.
When I saw your pleading look,
I was completely smitten.

Now at only six years old,
You are getting ready to leave,
Soon you will have your wings.
I’ve already started to grieve.

You’ve fought hard for the past year,
And I’m not ready to say good-bye.
I can’t imagine you not in my life
I am so sad…today I had to cry.

I am grateful and blessed
For my six years with you.
You’ll live in my heart forever.
You’re one of the best ever Kitties Blue.

YESTERDAY

Many yesterdays have passed since
You gained your angel wings. Today
Is six months since you left us behind
To remember and mourn. Our hearts
Continue to hurt, and we miss
You as much as the day you left.
Giulietta whined from the catio
Yesterday as I worked in the yard.
I know you put her up to it. That
Was your way of getting me to,
Allow you to join me as I
Gardened. You were there with me
In spirit. With every meow
I thought of you and how much I miss
Your sweet face and disposition.
In these past few months, many friends
Have traveled your same path in your
paw-steps. I am certain you were
Waiting to greet them with purrs and hugs.
I pray you and your friends are laughing,
Frolicking and having fun together.
Picturing that makes me smile, but
Does not lessen my sadness at your
No longer being here to snuggle
And receive our love, care and kisses.
Fiona, please do not ever forget
You are still and always will be loved.

ONE YEAR MISSING YOU

One year has passed since you flew away,
And I still think of you everyday.
I see your sweet face in my mind’s eye
And wish we’d never had to say good-bye.
It’s nice you’ve sent us kitties needing a family,
But my dearest love, we are now at capacity.
You thought it would take more than one cat
To take your place in our habitat.
We love Cooper Murphy and baby Sawyer dearly
But thinking either could replace you makes me teary.
You were one-of-a-kind and will stay in my heart
Until the day I join you and we’re no longer apart.
When once again I can hold you in my arms
And revel in all your love and feline charms.
Together with you and all who have passed.
I will spend eternity contemplating how blessed
I was to share my life with my furry children,
Each and every one of you one-in-a billion.

UNTIL

I miss you each day.
Until we meet in heaven,
The pain will remain.

ONE OF A KIND

I don’t know how to say good-bye.
I thought you were invincible; though,
You used up many of your nine lives.
You ruled us all with an iron paw;
Never took “no” for an answer
And always got your way.
If not, you’d bark to signal your
Displeasure and sometimes raise a paw.
I always joked that you were bi-polar.
When I told people you were a calico
They immediately understood what I meant.
Today was unnaturally quiet in the house.
Can a home seem empty with eight cats?
I will miss waking up at night to find you
Sitting next to me and staring at me.
I will miss you yelling at us as you did
When you wanted breakfast and dinner.
I will miss watching you lounging and snoozing
On the porch settee on a warm afternoon.
But most of all I will miss your kisses!
When kitten Sawyer befriended you,
We suspect you were imparting your
Wisdom and secrets for controlling us.
Time will tell if he was a good listener.
But whatever he may have learned,
Neither Sawyer nor any other cat
Can or will replace you in our hearts.
Lily Olivia, you were one-of-a-kind.