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These pancakes are great when Fall is here and the days get colder.  They're filling and delicious, and the pumpkin makes them moist without being over-whelming.  Top them with butter and plain syrup, or try the orange syrup below.  Pumpkin Pancakes Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour 2...

Posting this article by Beth Hicks, All Breed Judge, TICA, if others would be interested in it, too: "Cats come in an amazing variety of colors and patterns. It is not unusual to see many different colors in the same litter of kittens. There are two primary gene-colors in cats - black and red...

Simba is adorable!! From what I know, it depends on where you live whether he'd be known as an 'orange' domestic shorthair (U.S.), or a 'ginger' tabby (U.K.)  Beyond this, their coloring can also range from marmalade, yellow, butter, caramel, to butterscotch in appearance.  And their coloring...

Wonderful ideas all the way around, but this sounds particularly fun.  So indicative of this great site!

Creamy Pumpkin Soup 1/2 to 3/4 onion, sliced 2 Tbsp. butter 1 tsp. curry powder 1 cup canned pumpkin Salt and pepper 1 cup half-and-half cream (or heavy cream, if you want a really thick soup) 1½ cups chicken stock Sauté onion in butter. Sprinkle curry over onion and cook another 2...

One of my cats will lash out if he thinks you're on the phone too long -- and it's invariably 20-25 minutes -- then he jumps in your lap, or on a nearby table, gives you "the look," and lunges for the wrist of the hand holding the phone.  So I also think, barring a medical condition, it's a...

Would love to see more pics of Oliver and Bear!  Oliver is adorable in your Avatar! I lost my camera during a trip this year, haven't replaced it yet, so haven't been taking a lot of pictures -- but Siamese, of course, do a lot of talking and when you know their personalities, it's almost as if...

Hi AJ and MServant . . . I also remember thinking it was a lot farther between "here" and "there" in England than I ever imagined -- my favorite "there" being a trip to Leeds Castle one time. Oxford? Cambridge?  One of those was another fun trip, but got lost walking around the grounds (also...

I think that's a great idea . . . let's talk about it, because it sounds like we're both interested in doing creative things, or at least starting up again after a few years' hiatus -- so that might be just the ticket for others who'd like to, too.  On this side of the pond, we call them...

Kai (who challenged the Shepherd) was fine from that, but he never recovered from the cat-fight injury.  Vet said his inner-ear had been severely punctured, and he had a balance problem the rest of his life. Perhaps it sounds overly-protective, but after that experience, my cats go outside only...

I’m a fan of “googling” when something comes up, so googled what the Russian Blue fur is like, and it sounds like Mouse’s thick, silky-soft coat is heavenly.  (It also said there’s a legend that fur-hunters would hunt them along with seal fur.  The thought makes you ill, on both accounts.) ...