Comments on: Feline Friday: Home where my thought’s escaping

By: Learay

Learay — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:17:14 +0000

Your cats are beautiful. I also have three cats that are my life. My husband and I have no children just our fur covered ones and I wouldn’t trade them for the world.

By: Luxspes

Luxspes — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 22:40:12 +0000

Hi!
I like the picture of your cat, really nice (I also own a cat), but I was about
to complain about the violin (because I have hear that cat guts were used to make strings for the violins) until I read:

Violin Strings
Violin strings are made from a variety of materials, such as various types of steel, nylon, silk, perlon and real animal gut wrapped in aluminum or silver or even gold. The gut strings are often referred to as “cat gut” but are in fact made from the intestines of sheep. A string made from real cat guts would be much too short and weak for use on bowed instruments.

So, why the term “cat gut”? The Encyclopedia Britannica states that an Italian term for violin was “kit” and hence a gut string would be called a “kit gut.” This in time developed into “cat gut.” Another explanation is that when gut strings were first manufactured in Europe, the best strings came from Catagniny, Germany. They were so superior to other strings that players demaned Catagniny gut or “Cat gut.”

http://www.geocities.com/seitzviolins/mythsandfacts.htm

By: Pia K

Pia K — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:08:05 +0000

Lovely pic!
And what a great expression “having a case of fur withdrawal” – which I also have when away, one week is ok, more than that and the absence is getting a bit too much…

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:42:03 +0000

You always have such beautiful pictures on here, with such wonderful definition of colour! I really love the picture in this entry, it’s so peaceful and calming. And it’s so true about favourite places to rest and being able to predict it – that’s so cute and shows that they were really comfy with their cat sitter!

By: TM

TM — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:25:31 +0000

Great pic! All of your cats are so photogenic.

By: sammawow

sammawow — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:01:03 +0000

Our home is exactly the same way! Our next door neighbor is our cat sitter – she has a really cute little dog and she enjoys visiting with my cats, without her dog, of course. And I love coming home to see two upturned faces. My husband says they even recognize my car because they are not at the door if he is home first, but they are always at the door when I come home. Love those kitties! And, no I’m not a “crazy cat lady” either!

By: astrid, kashim & othello

astrid, kashim & othello — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 13:42:05 +0000

This pic is soo sweet. I kno what you mean, I miss the boys very much when I have to leave them at my parents' thankfully this does not happen very often nor for long... But one needs holidays too, don't we? hugs'n'kisses, Kashim&Othello love, astrid

By: Rosa

Rosa — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 08:36:56 +0000

Your kitty looks very regal! A beautiful picture…

Yes, when I go on holiday, I also miss my kitties a lot! We also have a cat sitter that comes to visit and feed them…