Sparky Smells an Arum

Sparky and the Arum

Alice Nicolson wrote: "Sparky has just smelled the A. dioscoridis... this was in our old garden in Arlington, VA."

Cyrano: Every woman needs a little madness in her life.

Carol Allen said:
"Cyrano enjoys the greenhouse more than I do! He says, '...now, I smell chipmunk. Where did he go?'"

Carol is a self-described plant-a-holic, professional horticulturist and landscape designer. She lives in Germantown, MD, with several cats and lots of orchids.

Greenhouse Greeter

Kylee of "Our Little Acre" fame and garden book author submitted this cute black-and-white garden center kitty.

"Moo Shu was a stray that showed up at Young's Greenhouse in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Young's is the oldest greenhouse in Ft. Wayne -- family-owned sinced 1873!

"Moo Shu lives the good life at the greenhouse and was very friendly during Jenny's and my visit there, when we were gathering plants for our new book, Indoor Plant Decor."


If your garden center, home garden, public garden, or greenhouse has a resident cat or regular cat visitor, please share him/her with us!

Catnip Addiction

Brenda Parent  of the Access to the Garden blog  posted this photo of her cat barred from accessing the catnip plant in her yard due to over-browsing.

Brenda's blog is an awesome page devoted to making every garden, whether private or public, more accessible and usable by all people. The page will appeal to anyone with a disability, anyone getting older, or to anyone who enjoys gardening

Donation Jar

Hi fellow Cat and Garden Lovers -

I have added a "donation jar" to the right-hand column of this blog with the intention of using any funds collected to go towards my Versace's surgery bills (close to $3,000) and to donate a % to our local no-kill animal shelter where I adopted him and his brother, Santino.

Little Versace had an abdominal obstruction removed in April and I pray it does not happen to any of your kitties. It was an awful and stressful diagnosis process, proceedure, and recovery period. Thank God and the good vets that Versace is totally himself again like it never happened.

Here is a photo of him a few days post-surgery:

And here is his surgery scar:

I'll be taking a few days break from this blog as early August seems to be a slow time on the Internet all around as folks enjoy their summer vacations here in the Northern Hemisphere. I'll come back with many new posts in a few weeks.

Break Me Off a Piece of that Cutie-PIe

This is Kit Kat. She is a rescue cat that lives with the Walshs in Frederick, MD along with several other cats. She enjoys napping in the garden. I saw her on the annual Parade of Ponds Tour and she posed for me quite prettily. I just love her coloring.

Whispering Garden Fantasies

 

This photo was submitted by Sally Meitz. She says, "Here are Patrick and Lucy at home in Munith, MI, looking out the window at one of my ancient lilacs."