How often have you felt you were on ground zero and were dreaming of becoming a hero? Did you get there? Or maybe you didn’t know how? For your inspiration, I will tell you the story of Filippo, the hero-cat. Animals can teach us, humans, a lot Have you ever noticed how our human ways…
Even young and robust cats need to, sometimes, go to the vet, and normally they are not very excited about it. Mainly because they don’t know the place and are fearful of the unknown, or they know it already well and they might connect with it unpleasant experiences. Sunny at the vet – watch…
Cats and music – do cats like music? Do you like music? And do your cats like the same type of music? Maybe you have never thought about it, but animals are as much influenced by sound as humans are. And, actually, even plants have favorite types of music, believe it or not! But back…
How a handicap can create a tyrant – Kittie’s rise from an outcast to the boss. When we noticed that the cat which came to eat in our place was blind we allowed her to become an indoor cat. We had the best intentions – and no idea what would happen in the pet family…
Cats definitely love music – and this has inspired many people to create images or videos, even to write music for them and with them. In one of my next posts you will find amazing examples for this: stay tuned and Enjoy the gifs in the meantime! Thanks to Pixabay.com
Fear is not a bad thing. It has helped humanity to survive. And if you meet a rattlesnake or a lion, to be in fear probably would be an adequate response, especially the automatic fear reaction: freeze, flee or fight, which is imprinted in humans as well as in most animals. The question I am…
You may have read about SnowWhite’s early years and the first major misfortunes in her life. But she made it, heroically, and survived everything against all predictions. You would have liked to hear – “and she lived happily ever after”, but unfortunately, she didn’t. There was no end to the obstacles which this creature had…
On a sightseeing tour to Todi (in Umbria/Italy) we found a breed of tiny cats in an ancient stone container alongside the church. The priest urged us to take home one, at least one, and so I took a tiny gray creature. In those days I didn’t know much about cats yet and so I…
Do you know what “Pallino” means? Say it loud, change a little the vowel – and yes, you get it. It means “ball”, and more correctly “little ball” in Italy, where Pallino lived his 10 years as a snow white cat. He was a descendant of the famous Queen SnowWhite which already has appeared in this blog and certainly…
Arlechina means “Harlequin” in English, and you can imagine how she looked like: all patchwork, white, black, and red-orange spots in no particular order all over her body. She looked somehow funny. As if she knew that, she made herself up as something very special. She sat in her little basket in a certain upright…