Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
Can you name all of us? 2 of us look a lot alike in black and white and one of us is still in color.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Noel was almost 2 back then (she is 14 now).
Zack and Cuddles (our Russian Blue twins) and Miss Constance Kitty (the funniest cat ever at the zoo) have been over the bridge for many years now. But we remember every cat with great fondness. Especially at Catmas.
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tuesday, December 21 is the Winter Solstice if you are in the Northern Hemisphere and the reverse in the Southern Hemisphere. On the Winter Solstice, we observe a Germanic holiday that pre-dates the Christmas holiday by thousands of years – YULE. Yule celebrates the wheel of the year with bonfires, decorations of holly, mistletoe, and boughs of evergreen trees (sound like Christmas?). There are also feasts and gift-giving. This is a celebration of the rebirth of the sun and the light that it brings to the Earth (remember from here on it starts to get lighter every day until Summer Solstice in the north).
It is interesting to look at the similarities between Yule and the Christmas traditions:
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tortie is short for “tortoiseshell”, a popular coat pattern seen on many cat breeds. In the world of cat fanciers, some coat colors elicit more curiosity than others. Tortoiseshell cats attract attention wherever they go.
Standard torties have a mix of orange and black fur, either finely interspersed (a brindle tortie), in big splodges (a patchwork tortie), or somewhere in between (just a tortoiseshell tortie!) Dilute tortie cats have a tortoiseshell coat pattern with one remarkable difference: instead of the striking, dark mix of orange and black, dilute tortoiseshell cats have a muted, almost blue and yellow color.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Because Mom didn’t already have enough medical stuff going on with Louise’s tumor surgery, I added a bloody eye for a few days to freak her out. Drat! She made me go to that Vet lady again. I was just there a few weeks ago for a claw that Mom could not cut that was turning into my pad. Oh no!
I was not happy about this and made it really hard for Mom to get me into the ‘cage of torture!’ I hid under the bed and every time Mom went to grab me I moved to the other side (see how smart I am). But, somehow she tricked me, and whoosh! she got me in the cage.Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
It always makes me sad when it is the last night of Hanukkah because I really enjoy the lights. Noel, on the other paw, isn’t sure that having this big hanukkiah (menorah) in her window, taking up a lot of space, is a good use of her favorite place.
From our Zoo to yours, may your lights burn brightly,
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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