Notes from a parish cat and his author Julie Mackenzie

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I am Father Tom Fish, esteemed member of the religious team at Temptation of Christ Parish in the novels by author Julie Mackenzie. As to my background, I was invited into the rectory as a stray, laid on the charm, and was invited to stay, even honorarily ordained and no less spiritual than my sidekick Father Will. He dotes on me to high heaven and forgives all of my street cat proclivities, whatever the hell that means.

Monday, March 25, 2019

The Toes Knows

Hi, friends!
The weekend's kinda cool because it usually gives me something to talk about on Mondays, meaning the blog is like gathering around a water cooler similar to humans. We check in with each other and see what's new. In the peep world, everybody then goes to work. All caught up, we cats take a nap.

This weekend, I had a visitor. Sybil the squirrel dropped by to show me her nails. She always gets them done at the salon where she goes and she just has to show them off.


Doesn't she look like she's talking with her hands? Haha! Actually, she does talk with her hands, just not in this photo.

Her visit dd get me thinking. We cats will never get the kind of manicure she was so proud of. Sure, we get our nails clipped. But, we don't get a chance to be fussed over in a fancy place where they gently file your nails, buff them and apply a pretty polish. Too bad, in a way.
Cats have found themselves happy that we have the toe beans we show off now and then and our claws (nails) are handy only when needed.


And our toes are sooooofffft! And they get kissed on occasion, too!


All right, I'll stop now. I don't want Sybil to get jealous when she reads this!

All rosey toesy,
Tom

15 comments:

The Island Cats said...

Nice manicure, Sybil!

Brian's Home Blog said...

You got the cool toes fur sure!

TimberLove said...

Hawwwooo! Toes!! BOL BOL BOL,

NanĂ¼k

Catscue Cat Mom said...

Those are some fine jellybeans Tom! I think you're giving Sybil a run for her money on that front.

Eastside Cats said...

Tom, I fuss over all of the kitties toes, if they'll let me! I feel so very badly for declawed cats, and am doing all that I can to get people to stop having that awful surgery done. Angel curls her paws around my fingers every night, when I say "Night, Night!", and she purrs...

Greg_1948 in_WA said...

Claw trimming in a salon would be much nicer than wrestling here with amateur "Greg the Butcher" who tries to do it himself!

Memories of Eric and Flynn said...

I agree Tom, toes are soft and kissable and jelly bean pads are irresistible.

Ivan from WMD said...

Our mom would take cat toes over squirrel toes any day of the week, Tom!

Cat and DOG Chat With Caren said...

my Mama LOVES squirrels! Love, Cody

Melissa, Mudpie and Angel Truffles (Mochas, Mysteries and Meows) said...

She is SO cute! I adore squirrels.

meowmeowmans said...

We love squirrels, but we'll take your toesies over squirrel ones every time, Tom.

Cathy Keisha said...

My furrend Alexandra gets nail jobs. She gets softs paws in different colors.

Katie Isabella said...

Mom absolutely goes bonkers for my toesie jelly beans and my soft fluffy toesies...the whole paw. Smooch smooch smooch!

Katie Isabella said...

and she doesn't;t care where they've been. I even put a whole paw pad on her mouth at night sometimes.

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