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September 29 is both Maneki Neko Day and National Coffee Day.

Funny thing; October 1 is International Coffee Day.

That's just two days away.

Why?  Who knows.

Maybe someone didn't drink their coffee before setting up either holiday. 😹

These bamboo Maneki Neko socks were purchased at The Lucky Cat MEWseum in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Had a great time there; encourage any who is nearby to stop in and enjoy!

"The maneki-neko (招き猫, lit. 'beckoning cat') is a common Japanese figurine which is often believed to bring good luck to the owner." - Wikipedia

Coffee makes the world go 'round.

Even us tea drinkers know it.

As long as The Hubby can get a cup of hot-as-Hades/black-as-sin at any coffee shop, I'll get an Earl Grey cuppa, and merrily we roll along.

☕️ ☕️ ☕️ 

That Hard Good-Bye

Farewell, Magoo.

💔 😿 💔

My niece's cat Magoo experienced a sudden and unexpected downturn, and was helped to The Rainbow Bridge this past Saturday.

Magoo was a stray kitten found in the backyard in Ohio, and traveled to many places with his human.

I last visited with him and his fursis Eevee when in New York in 2025, and both cats slept with me on that occasion.

12/8/2019: Ohio

6/24/2022: Chicago

10/5/2024: New York, image by N.Y.

7/12/2025: New York

Love you, Magoo.

Hugs and purrs to his humom, and to Eevee.

Eevee in 2025; she's missing her big brofur.

Magoo was the first cat in my life to jump up to visit me in bed, and that is a memory that I'll always be thankful for.

💔 😿 💔

Jackie Avery from Two Devon Cats Blog, also known as Memories of Eric and Flynn left us recently.

Am sure that Celestial Eric and Flynn ran right up to her as she entered The Pearly Gates!

❤️

Let's Hop!

Wright Wednesday

As an aficionado of the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, the opportunity to tour The Westcott House Museum in Springfield, Ohio was much too good to pass up.

Westcott House was completed in 1904, and is a fine example of the Prairie Style.

Artified bird house at the front door.

Parlor

Dining Room

South Facade

To the motorcar garage

But wait!

There is MORE!

There are other FLW residences in the parts of Ohio we traveled, so we tried to do a few respectful drive bys:

Boulter House, 1954
Amberly, Ohio
Usonian Style

Gerald B.Tonkens House, 1954
Clifton, Ohio
Usonian Style
I wouldn't walk up the driveway; didn't want to be rude.

I've included links to websites for each building, in case anyone is interested in better photos.

Many thanks to my sister for driving the getaway car...so to speak..😹

Gorge, Cat, House

Finding cats while on vacation: the Ohio journey continued yesterday:

First, a trek around the Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve.

Then, a lovely visit with Spooky at Dark Star Bookstore, in Yellow Springs.

Spooky graciously allowed pets and chin scritches!

The last event of the day, besides the drive home, was a guided tour of The Westcott House in Springfield.

There are plenty more photos to share; didn't want to inundate y'all with my happy, snappy pics.

Am so pleased to have hit so many of my goals for this trip, besides the glorious company of my sister and her family, and just breathing in the new baby smell of my nephew and niece-in-law's month-old daughter.

Thank goodness this is a short week of work for me, as the office is closed Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday.

I need a bit of vacation after my vacation, knowwhatImean?

Lucky Cat MewSeaum

Lucky Cat MewSeum

Click on the image to enjoy a jigsaw puzzle.

Lucky Cat MewSeum in Cincinnati was a RIOT!

A few pics:

Hello Kitty! Maneki Neko

Have so many more photos; floor to ceiling maneki neko!

Was in cat heaven, folks.

Highly recommend y'all visit this terrific cat resource.

Let's Hop!

Post-Apo-clipse

Wow.

Just WOW!

Have witnessed partial solar eclipses, partial and total lunar eclipses, a myriad of meteorite showers, comets, and more, yet have got to say being in darkness during Monday's celestial event was incredible.  

Yes, we got stuck in traffic due to road construction...going both ways...but it was worth it.

The Hubby and I returned home about 5:45 PM, just 45 minutes behind Cat Feeding Schedule, and we were NOT devoured by Da Boyz immediately upon entering the house...lucky us!

Most of my photos came out poorly; being there was the thrill.

Maneki Neko Day

Today, the 29th of September, Japan celebrates Maneki Neko (Beckoning Cat) Day.

Maneki Neko brings happiness, good luck, and wealth to homes, businesses, and their customers.

Why was the 29th of September chosen as Maneki Neko Day?

In Japanese, the number 9 is pronounced as KU and that sounds like this verb ‘kuru’ 来る meant COME.

Then, the number 2 is pronounced FU and as l mentioned before the number 9 is KU so we can make the word FUKU福with the number 29. That means GOOD LUCK.

The pronunciation of 9.29 can be written KURUFUKU来る福as ‘Good luck is coming’ and that is related to Maneki Neko.

We are thankful to have two Maneko Nekos at Eastside Cats.

The cutie on the red stand, with a Lucky Cat book tucked inside, was a gift from my neice.

The larger one was brought from Japan by my boss.

There is the Lucky Cat Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio, which I would love to visit someday.

Go here for more info: Lucky Cat Museum

And for fun, here is a jigsaw puzzle for you!

Maneki Neko Jigsaw Puzzle

Let's Hop!

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Thank you all!

Thank you all for the kind Gotchaversary comments

for Manny and Chili Bruce!

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Instead of staying home and celebrating with them, however, my mother, sister, and I traveled to visit another sister (and I have one more...and two brothers...) in a far northern suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio.  My niece and two nephews visited for some family hilarity, and major chin wagging.

I'll post more about this mini-vacation later, but I HAD to show off this adorable statue that I found in a terrific shop in Lebanon, Ohio.  

IT'S MANNY AND CHILI BRUCE!

Close up on the cat heads; one is licking the other!

Seriously, do you see why I couldn't pass it up?!?

My two housepanthers could have been the statue models!

So, it's a Happy Gotchaversary gift for ME!