Never Gone

National Pet Memorial Day is observed on the second Sunday in September.

Our Celestial Eastside Cats:

Chucky

Angel

Sweetie

Paddy O'Malley

Sammy

George

Hobo

🪽 Gone, yet forever in our hearts. 🪽

❤️ 💔 ❤️

A Rogue's Gallery

Eastside Cats pics taken on March 16:

Celestial Sammy
3/16/2013

Celestial Paddy O'Malley
3/16/2013

Celestial Sweetie
3/16/2014

Celestial Angel
3/16/2017

Celestial Chucky
3/16/2018

Manny and Chili Bruce
3/16/2024

Henry
3/16/25

❤️  My babies! ❤️

Shadowy

 On Groundhog's Day in 2010, The 'O' Cats were checking their shadows:

Hobo didn't see his.

Nada for Sammy.

The PO'M was shadowless too.

Fast forward to 2020, and Groundhog's Day has much different weather.

Sweetie was shadowy!

The PO'M's tailio has a shadow.

Somecat even had a groundhog's physique:
round!

No matter what, we'll still have six weeks of Winter, yet it's fun to ponder future warmth.

Thanks to my sis for today's Punxsutawney Pommy idea.😹

It's Been A Decade

We started this cat blog on 22 September, 2013.

I enjoy it, because cats are highly entertaining, and love to read other blogs too.

Thank you all for your support!

Please enjoy this slideshow of some of the earliest photos of our cat ❤️❤️❤️ at Eastside Cats.

❤️❤️❤️

Love Week Day 5: My Outside Boys

I love Celestial George, Hobo, Sammy, and Paddy O'Malley, and am thankful for their presence in our lives.

George, 2008
Discovered in my office parking lot; I spent time before work, at lunch, and after work with George.
On the weekends, nearby friends fed him, and these are dear friends we still have today.
We finally figured out how to trap him; he was neutered and placed with a loving family.
George was named for the building security guard who'd brought his existence to our attention.

Hobo, 2009-2015
Hobo appeared in our yard not long after George was adopted.
Hobo never allowed us within a few feet, even when he once was covered in burrs.
Hobo escorted Sweetie to our food bowls, when she was heavily pregnant, but neither of her kittens looked like him.
Hobo would walk up and down the alley, and we later learned that he had other homes who fed him.
Sammy's appearance didn't bother Hobo, but when Paddy O'Malley arrived, Hobo stayed away from our yard to live at one or two of his other homes, with whom I kept in touch.
He just disappeared in the end; still makes me very sad.

Sammy, 2010-2014
Sammy always looked a bit disheveled.
He once wouldn't put weight on one of his front legs, and we trapped him to get him to the vet; an abscess, caused by a bite.
Later, Sammy's mouth seemed bad, and he was losing teeth.
Once again, to the vet for a dental, but the vet said he was too sick and infected for the procedure, so he was the first kitty I'd helped over The Rainbow Bridge.
Sammy was named 'New Guy', but when The Hubby went to pick him up from the low-cost spay/neuter clinic, he forgot 'Guy', and dredged up the name of his grandfather instead.

💗Paddy O'Malley, 2011-2021💗
Once Paddy discovered food, water, and shelter in our yard, he never left.
At first a bit shy, he became a love-bug, and was the only cat (so far) to NOT run away after being released from the carrier after being neutered.
The PO'M often had injuries; huge tufts of fur missing, or he'd scratch himself raw.
We trapped him several times, to get him to the vet, and the vet staff never quite believed that he was a community cat as he was the perfect gentleman while in their care.
I tried to coax him inside year after year, but he'd only step in just so far, before bolting back out.
In summer, 2021, I simply grabbed him from the porch during a rainstorm, et voila, he was inside.
I was over the moon happy, until he crashed and was too sick to go on.
The Hubby claims that he thought up Paddy's name, but he's mistaken.
I had traveled to Ireland in college, and Paddy's fur was the color of a poured pint o' Guinness, with eyes like Connemara marble.

Rest in Peace, my lovely, much-loved outside boys.
😽😿😽😿😽
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O Cat Sweetie

It's Sweetnesday!

Below are pics taken on April 20, 2014, when Sweetie was an outside cat.

Taken from under the Feeding Station.

Sweetie and Celestial Sammy using the sunshine for some warmth.

Not a care in the world!

Photobomber

 It's PO'Monday!

Celestial Paddy O'Malley knew he was a star, and really didn't like when the camera was pointed on some cat other than himself!

Sorry, Sweetie!

Again, PO'M steps into the frame!

Aha!  The tables were turned, and PO'M was annoyed!

Tock-tober 2021!

In honor of Angel Derby at Just Ducky! Cat Blog, here is a selection of Eastside Cats' 'tocks!

Inside PO'M's backend

Sweetie's 'tocks are lit by the sun!

Da Boyz, with tailios high, inspecting our antique bathtub when they first arrived.

Bonus 'tocks!
From left to right: Sweetie, The PO'M, and Sammy

I sat on the deck...

The Hubby has removed The Cat Hotel, The Stairway to Heaven, and The Feeding Station.

I am thankful that he did this while I was unaware; I would have cried.

He's tucked it all away, ready to be used again should a new stray cat come to stay.

I sat on the deck, alone, and remembered.

Below are the first photos that I have of all of our backyard cats:

Hobo, in February 2009.

Sweetie at the top of the stairs, with her guardian Hobo, in Summer, 2009.

Sammy, April 2010.

The PO'M's photo was shown on PO'Monday's post this week.

Hobo was the trailblazer, and I am thankful for the day he wandered past our open back door.

Once we noticed his behavior, we set out food.

And so it began.

Yes, I am thankful, as these outdoor cats taught me how to love at a distance.

Then, when Paddy O'Malley showed up, we were bowled over by his friendliness!

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PO'M Week: Day 3

 Wednesday: The PO'M plays well with others, unless you are the neighbor's cat.

Angel Sammy at left, PO'M in the middle, Sweetie is right

Nom nom nom...

Sweetie and PO'M napping

The neighbor's cat was a second away from being chased!
That's Ghost Cat statue in the middle.

Blogoversary: September 22, 2013

 Can it be seven years?

Thank you, dear readers, for your continued encouragement and help!

Thanks to my family and friends too, especially my mother.

Our 2013 cast of characters:

Sammy

Paddy O'Malley

Sweetie

Angel

Chucky...

...and Ghost Cat!

I love this blog, and I love my cats, the neighborhood cats, YOUR cats, etc...

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