
I am a feline fanatic. My license plate reads “PRRFCT.” I have lived with and cared for 22 cats over the past 40+ years. The Cat on My Head is a website dedicated to the mostly comical and often exasperating antics of eight cats and their four- teen angel predecessors.
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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.
© Janet Buickerood Blue 11/30/2016
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.
© Janet Buickerood Blue 06/01/2017
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.
© Janet Buickerood Blue 11/30/2017
UNTIL
I miss you each day.
Until we meet in heaven,
The pain will remain.
© Giulietta Blue 11/01/17

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.
© Janet Buickerood Blue 01/03/2018
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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.
© Janet Buickerood Blue 11/30/2016
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.
© Janet Buickerood Blue 06/01/2017
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.
© Janet Buickerood Blue 11/30/2017
UNTIL
I miss you each day.
Until we meet in heaven,
The pain will remain.
© Giulietta Blue 11/01/17

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.
© Janet Buickerood Blue 01/03/2018
Hehe, my cat brother loves to get brushed! I’ve nominated you for the Super Sweet Blog Award, check it out at http://doxietimes.blogspot.com/2013/07/blogging-awards.html
Yow Guilietta lookz like yer n da kitteh hold gettin brushed dere….Mum tried dat once n me got all cwazy on her so we never did DAT again!! You are such a GUUD kitteh fer lettin yer Hu’manz brush ya!!!
Lub Nylablue xo
yeowzer! now that’s called furminating 101! Course, no way would I allow Mom or Dad to pick me up in such a position…nope…blood would flow
Impressive! We have to do stealth furminating at our house – the minute they guess what we’re up to, all the kitties and puppy disappear! We wait till they’re asleep, and hope they dream we’re just patting them!
You win for the best blog name!! Love it! ~ Paula
You sure do behave well when you have your hair done! We act like we’re going to die! Purrs, Ateret, Livia and Abbi.
our last kitty loved to be brushed. she had a special carpet with a big U shaped brush attached to a base on one end she could groom herself & she would lay on the other side waiting for a proper brush job. even tho she had short hair, she shed lots of them every day! she even let dad vacuum her! she was a good kitty, much like Gulietta seems to be.
thanks for stopping & commenting at GrammyMouseTails Faythe
The cat is cute . . . as long as it doesn’t get on my head.
http://joycelansky.blogspot.com/2013/06/wordless-wednesday-haircuts.html
I bet you could make another kitty out of the excess fur!! Love the expression 🙂
MeWow! You don’t look like you’re enjoying that.
DaMa received a Furminator last year but haven’t tried it on me yet. I think she too skeered to. MOL
I will stay still long enough for her to brush me with the rubber curry brush she used to use on the Dalmatians- only because it feels like I’m getting a massage. Come to think of it, she hasn’t done that in a few days. Hoo boy, she’s such a slacker. I better remind her I would enjoy a massage.
Happy Whisker Wednesday!
We’d love to see the “after” and how much fur came out.
That is one big cat
I once had a cat with a lot of fur like that. I sneezed a whole lot 🙂
for sum reezon…we think de fur minatorz gonna get a grate werk out !!! 🙂
MOL she doesn’t look super thrilled 🙂 Cody adores his Furminator, so far, Dakota? Not so much
Rumpy Bump: “Gee that looks scary. I mean yeah I have the longish fur that get all over and gives me little gray fur tubes to place around here but, I think we will pass on that thing.”
Dad: “Hmmmmmm”
Rumpy Bump: “Uh, Dad! Dad! We ARE going to pass on a furminator, right? RIGHT? DAD!”
Dad: “Well….Rumpy, I have heard that…”
Rumpy bump: “You better get those treats out! Humph!”
Hmm…..she doesn’t look THRILLED with the whole furminating thing……more like “hurry up and get this over with will ya???!!!!”
Pam and Sam
Aww! heheh! I had a cat the image of Giulietta he was a lovely cat called Jaime lovely memories 🙂
We don’t mind being FURminated though we aren’t exactly fans of it. What does your Mom do with all the fur? I think you can actually donate your furs to some organization who make those floating things to soak up oil spills in the sea.
Hehe what a good little kitty! I need to furminate Honey D. sometime soon I think…
I LOVES being Furminated, although I would NOT love (nor allow) myself to be stood up like that. Somebody would be making an unscheduled trip to the blood bank. Just sayin’.
Giulietta has been totally her daddy’s girl from the moment they met. She would never do anything to hurt him. The worst that ever happens is that she manages to wiggle out of his grasp.
AAUUGGHHHH! We hate the Furminator! Maybe its the way our mom does it? But we are convinced it cuts the hair out, not just remove loose hair cause we’ve read some beans have made their kitties bald with it. Its the one thing that is sure to bring out attitudes and pointy part in all of us.
Love, love your posts!
My Cornish Rexes do not have to be brushed, but they love the feeling of the brushing comb!
Digger loves a brush and comb, hes always so smooth after! Hes short haired, no furminator here.
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Oooh, Giulietta, we’re not sure if you look too happy about that. But we bet you’ll feel great afterwards! 🙂
I love to be FURminated but Pop would NEVER hold me like that to do my underside. He’d be in the ER.
Daddy tried that with Maui and got shredded. This year he’s getting shaved.
Maui, not Daddy!
It seems like it Furminator time everywhere right now 😉
Purrs
Sophie doesn’t enjoy the brush either! 🙂
Giulietta does not look very happy there.
That doesn’t look like it’s enjoyable. 🙂
Thanks for linking up over at Tales of a Pee Dee Mama
We don’t always enjoy the furminator, either, but our head peep loves how it takes SO much extra fur off of us. We live in the land of the Newton-fur tumbleweeds, so anything that minimizes it is something we have to at least tolerate.
Hmmmmmm, maybe it will take time to get used to that!
Maggie hates being brushed, too. I really have to wrestle her, which is like a fuzzy crocodile!
Giulietta doesn’t look thrilled – hey, I’ll step up for it! I LOVE being Furminated!
This is new for her. She was just getting used to being brushed. She doesn’t like having her tummy or her butt done.
Hmm, why do I think you’re not exactly enjoying that…