Cats
- Wordy Wednesday
My boys have many embarrassing nicknames that are used regularly. I thought I’d highlight a couple of Jimmy’s today. When I’m calling around the house trying to locate him I’ll say “Jimmy Jimmer are you upstairs?”, or “where’s my...
- Happy Birthday Judi!
A little birdie told us that there is a birthday over at Sammy and Andy's Place today... Kind-hearted Judi, thank you for all your help last year making a blog header and a Christmas card for my kitties. The...
- Christmas With Cats
I would never opt not to have cats in my life, but my gosh sometimes they are a challenge! I was just wondering how Christmas will play out this year with both Archie AND Jimmy experiencing it for the first time. We always have a real tree...
- Molly Has Been Hatted!
Sammy and Andy from Sammy and Andy's Place and their wonderful mum Judi have done a posthumous hatting of my Molly. They contacted me a little while ago and said they had Molly on their schedule but then she left for the bridge...
- My Fantastic New Header
I am a blogging neophyte to put it mildly! After five months, my blog is still terribly boring and I have no idea how to add links and feeds, or videos, or html flashy things, or maps of visitors, or what labels and tags are for. I’m not certain about...
Cats
Meet Jimmy
Before I get to my post today, I would like to draw your attention to my fab new header. Sammy and Andy's generous mum Judi took time away from unpacking her new home to whip together this wonderful header for Cat's Cats which incorporates the new addition to our clan and even has maple leaves in the background... 'cause we're Canadian :-) Thank you Judi for your kindness and creativity!
I have been thinking about why I feel the need to change Ash’s name. I know his coat is truly the colour of dark ashes, and the name is therefore apropos, but strictly speaking ashes represent mourning. I think I would like this little cat to have a happier name to carry with him throughout his life. Ellery and Winston both mean joyful so they were in the offing for a while, but I was never entirely sold on either of them.
In my head I went through all sorts of names trying to match something with our baby: Daniel, Vern, Isaac, Reginald, Rufus, Desmond, Dexter, Fritz, Lloyd, Tavish, Roland, Jeremiah, Jed, Zach and Jack but I didn't get that special feeling from any of them. So I toyed with Otis, Arnold, Wendall, Giles, Gabriel, Cecil, Tobias, Thomas, Beau, Earnest, Wilbur Wally and Martin. I hovered around Otis for a while, it means prosperous, which doesn't really hold any great significance but I liked the name.
Then last Sunday Robert and I were with my family for lunch and they were all asking after Ash and wanting to know what we had decided to call him. I started to tell them some of the names we had been considering and they threw out a few suggestions of there own...all of which were atrocious - lol! Then Robert (who btw has never named one of our cats) said "What about Jim"? Well I have always loved the name James which also lends itself nicely to many nicknames (the other cats have at least three each) and it just seemed to suit him once we said it out loud!
I have been thinking about why I feel the need to change Ash’s name. I know his coat is truly the colour of dark ashes, and the name is therefore apropos, but strictly speaking ashes represent mourning. I think I would like this little cat to have a happier name to carry with him throughout his life. Ellery and Winston both mean joyful so they were in the offing for a while, but I was never entirely sold on either of them.
In my head I went through all sorts of names trying to match something with our baby: Daniel, Vern, Isaac, Reginald, Rufus, Desmond, Dexter, Fritz, Lloyd, Tavish, Roland, Jeremiah, Jed, Zach and Jack but I didn't get that special feeling from any of them. So I toyed with Otis, Arnold, Wendall, Giles, Gabriel, Cecil, Tobias, Thomas, Beau, Earnest, Wilbur Wally and Martin. I hovered around Otis for a while, it means prosperous, which doesn't really hold any great significance but I liked the name.
Then last Sunday Robert and I were with my family for lunch and they were all asking after Ash and wanting to know what we had decided to call him. I started to tell them some of the names we had been considering and they threw out a few suggestions of there own...all of which were atrocious - lol! Then Robert (who btw has never named one of our cats) said "What about Jim"? Well I have always loved the name James which also lends itself nicely to many nicknames (the other cats have at least three each) and it just seemed to suit him once we said it out loud!
So, ladies and gentlemen...I would like you to meet James, Jimmy, Jimmer, Jimbo, Jim!
- Wordy Wednesday
My boys have many embarrassing nicknames that are used regularly. I thought I’d highlight a couple of Jimmy’s today. When I’m calling around the house trying to locate him I’ll say “Jimmy Jimmer are you upstairs?”, or “where’s my...
- Happy Birthday Judi!
A little birdie told us that there is a birthday over at Sammy and Andy's Place today... Kind-hearted Judi, thank you for all your help last year making a blog header and a Christmas card for my kitties. The...
- Christmas With Cats
I would never opt not to have cats in my life, but my gosh sometimes they are a challenge! I was just wondering how Christmas will play out this year with both Archie AND Jimmy experiencing it for the first time. We always have a real tree...
- Molly Has Been Hatted!
Sammy and Andy from Sammy and Andy's Place and their wonderful mum Judi have done a posthumous hatting of my Molly. They contacted me a little while ago and said they had Molly on their schedule but then she left for the bridge...
- My Fantastic New Header
I am a blogging neophyte to put it mildly! After five months, my blog is still terribly boring and I have no idea how to add links and feeds, or videos, or html flashy things, or maps of visitors, or what labels and tags are for. I’m not certain about...