Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for May 05, 2024

So lovely to see all the cats (and others), past and present, enjoying such a beautiful tree. If I close my eyes I can just about smell it’s blooms.

The bloomin’ tree is dropping its bloomin’ blooms all over the bloomin’ yard…

So many cameos… And I want to rub Burt’s tummy!

Aw, I see Sophie painting the tree in the bottom window! It’s beautiful!

And Sophie’s doing a picture of it!

Oooo SO pretty!!! Is it perchance a cherry blossom tree? ✿✿✿ Those are among my most favourite trees! We have so many here in Christchurch, NZ in my immediate area. There’s a park not too far away from where I live that is lined all along one side with cherry blossom trees. As soon as Spring returns to Christchurch, their gorgeous pink heads show their glory all down that long main road. ❤ My most favourite tree is the Texas Mountain Laurel whose aroma is that of intoxicating wine!

So much beauty! I love it all, especially blissed out Burt.☺️

A veritable nest of Who’s Who.

“Blooming tree, very pretty, and the blossoms are so sweet…”

In this area… we call the blooms Pink Snow. Petals make drifts in the landscape!

I spy Angus and Agatha in the bottom corner of the last panel!

Lovely!

It reminds me of hanami. That tree looks like a cherry tree, after all. This is the season for sakura-flavored treats. (Yes, I eat things full of flower petals.)

Sunday Funday

Our favourite ghosts have turned up.

Fire department? Hi, yes, there SEVERAL cats stuck in the tree outside. You’re gona need to bring some extra ladders

Any guesses as to what kind of tree it is? There’s nothing like this in Southern California.

Happy National Cartoonists day!

And I always thought “Bloomsday” would be on June 16…but I guess the plant didn’t have any other “Joyce” in its lack of TREEstesse with all the lovely kitties in its shade…

Does the Spirit Mousie have a name? I don’t recall if it’s been mentioned before.♥

BoCH as Sophie paints a new meowsterpiece.

Of course Ora Zella is calculating how to get out and Climb That Tree. She’ll have someone else deal with the consequences of her actions later.

The Big Pink House has a big pink tree!

HAPPY CARTOONIST’S DAY, GEORGIA!!!

A Shropshire Lad 2, by A. E. Housman

Loveliest of trees, the cherry now

Is hung with bloom along the bough,

And stands about the woodland ride

Wearing white for Eastertide.

Now, of my threescore years and ten,

Twenty will not come again,

And take from seventy springs a score,

It only leaves me fifty more.

And since to look at things in bloom

Fifty springs are little room,

About the woodlands I will go

To see the cherry hung with snow.

Love everything about this strip! And wishing Georgia a Happy Cartoonists Day!!!

So much pink!!! Let’s count the cats, ghosts, and other critters. I spy BoCH, Sophie painting the big pink tree.

Spring in New England is such a beautiful thing! And all the more beautiful for its brevity.

I adore the last panel with all the cats enjoying the tree.

This makes me think wistfully of our cherry tree. It would be covered in beautiful white blossoms this time of year.

A variety of factors contributed to its demise after 15 faithful years of bearing fruit and with much sorrow, we had it cut down last week.

We saved a good portion of the trunk, so Albert’s Man can make something with the wood.

Since last summer, when I suspected the tree wasn’t going to recover, I have been raising Baby Tree in a tub. Now that Venerable Tree has gone to its final reward, I’ll plant Baby Tree in its place.

It will be some years until we have the bountiful harvests of the past, but there will be cherries again.

I think that’s some sort of critter peeking in Sophie’s window. A mole? Gutter?

Why of course they is gives you fresh airs and treemendous joys.

Beautiful comic today!

Whar a sweet thought for a Suday in May!

Thank you for this beautiful strip on National Cartoonists’ Day, Georgia!

Until it’s roots grow into the sewer line. Sorry to be a downer. Just lost a loquat tree and $3600.

Is that Homestyle and Thimblefist in the tree?

Happy National Cartoonists Day!!!

ahh this strip is so pretty! and yay I spy tillie!! she’s my favourite kitty in the cast <3

Happy National Cartoonist Day. Love the strip today with both present and past cats included.

Lovely! My one apple tree is in full bloom, as are a couple of my lilacs. On the rare occasions that the winds die down the yard also smells “like flowers”.

I like how we can see Tabitha’s back paws, as she takes full advantage of the window sill! (This whole thing got me in the feels at first. I had to fight with a foggy monitor for a little bit; overall, a very happy fog.)

The cats are being agitated by the spirits of squirrels and raccoons in the tree.

There is a monster of a tree at the end of my driveway, it’s almost 4 feet at the trunk and around 10+ ft in circumference. An arborist told us it was at least 175–200 years old, and it somehow survived the widening of the main roadway 5 times in the last 125 years. I hope it will still be here after I am long gone. There is so little here that is close to being that old in my county that is still around.

I wonder if the tree inspired someone to paint the house pink as well?

When I moved into this house, there were five large oaks in the yard, the largest 5 feet in diameter. All are now gone, though the firewood from the last will be with us for years more. The oldest was at least 200 years old by tree ring count, but the center was rotted, so we are missing about two feet of tree rings. There are now two young oaks sprouted from acorns and planted by us.

Beautiful tree. Such a great Sunday’s page.

Does that picture in frame 1 ring any bells to anyone? I’ll swear I’ve seen it somewhere but neither the spreadsheet nor searching through the licensing link will turn it up.

The Old Tree has bloomed into a majestic beauty. Hi, Thimblefist and Homestyle!

Happy National Cartoonist Day. Georgia! Huzzah!!!

Atlantic Starr: Masterpiece

The old now tree is in full bloom

With blossoms pink and white

The air is full of sweet perfume

The morning sky’s alight!

Climbing through the branches, or sleeping underneath,

And now I give my thanks, give my thanks

The countless arbor joys we find

The love we find right here

For humans and for all creatures

Throughout the countless years

For now and for the future

Everything we see

And now I give my thanks, give my thanks,

…….

I’ve found a masterpiece right here

A work of art, it’s clear

That I’ll treasure for always!

I’ve found a masterpiece right here

A work of art, it’s clear

That I’ll treasure for always!

Okay, can’t remember all the ghost cats names. I know Tillie (in the tree, in the hat). And the mouse, Agatha. I remember the Scotsman reporter as Angus??? Don’t remember the other two (girl being chased and the boy). And of course, we have Thimblefist and Homestyle up in the tree.

I want to thank all of you who responded to my questions about cat food, cat treats and cat litter. To those objecting to my post about Victoria, I will refrain from any further political commentary on “BCN”.

Oh, by the way, there are 8 cats, down from 9 cats, and 3 dogs in my household. They are all loved. Three have never completely lost their feral nature; Georgie, Mimi, and CB (Calendar Bob), all rescues. It seems that this would be a site where you could post pictures of your Kittens and cats. Good day and happy Orthodox Easter!

Um… In the bushes outside Sophie’s window… Is that Gutter watching her paint the tree?

It’s always a special treat to see the ghost kitties.

It’s nice to see Burt taking an afternoon off.

Today is Revenge of the fifth!

A truly beautiful comic today, Georgia!

I love the detail of Sophie painting the tree!

I love that Georgia included the stone wall in the background. She packed so much detail into her artwork. I hope she knows how much we appreciate the complexity of her works of art. (Georgia, if you’re reading comments today, bookmark this for inclusion in the submissions for next years Reuben’s,)

Great cats of the past.

I enjoyed the strip, take care, eat soup, rest.

This is so heartwarming! ❤️ It is good to see the past and present. I wonder if the past can visit the present in the future? It would make a good month’s story!!! ☺️

Thank you, Georgia, for resisting the urge to mention that today is Cinco de Mayo. As a reminder to the Orbsters, this is not Mexican Independence Day; that falls in September. Today is merely the anniversary of a battle won by the Mexican army. To give some context, it would be similar to the USA, celebrating the anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg.

This is beautiful, Georgia!!! ❤️

Glad you are all on the mend!

Happy belated National Cartoonists Day, Georgia!!!

i lovelovelove seeing all the ghosties enjoying the tree still