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We at CatSynth are delighted to be hosting Weekend Cat Blogging #206!

We are ready to go, and unlike the special election here in California next week, we are looking forward to a large turn-out. To participate, please leave a link to your post as a comment, and we’ll add you to the round-up as the weekend progresses. As always, new cats and first-time participants are always welcome!

And so, let us begin.

We see Jules in silhouette in this photo from Judi’s Mind Over Matter. We at CatSynth are of course partial to black cats, but the window and the brick walls beyond also give this image a modern, urban feel.

Meanwhile, the M-Cats Club is having a birthday party for Mr. Tigger. Join us in wishing him a Happy 9th Birthday! Looks like quite a party, with friends, and sushi, but I’d watch out for that blue punch.

At the House of the (Mostly) Black Cats, Pepi is being a helpful mancat, helping his mom by keeping her calendar. This of course “shows off his midnight furs nicely, too.”

when she curls up to sleep on the back of a dark sofa. If it weren’t for her eye opening, it would be hard to tell her from a dark cushion. And as winter approaches in Australia, a warm kitty pillow can be quite welcome, a great substitute for a hot water bottle.

sidewalk shoes presents a portrait of Smudge, quite detailed and expressive, along with a quote about the consequences of scolding a cat.

Salome joins us from Vienna. “The Ladey” (aka Astrid) has been taking lots of photos, but hasn’t been helping the cats much with their blogging. But Salome does give a bit of a status update for Kashim and Othello as well.

We all know that cats can express their discontent through hissing and clawing. But so can humans. Indeed, the kitties at our family cat-a-blog found their mom fuming over a blog post demonstrating human irresponsibility in caring for pets.

We at CatSynth have a deep interest in mathematics, and so we were delighted to see Arthur and Rosie engaged in mathematical pursuits. More specifically, they are counting butterflies and apples, respectively. Of course, numbers can’t compete with a dangling tail for a cat’s attention. Follow the link to see what happens…

Maruschka is enjoying a lazy Sunday at Rosa’s Yummy Yums. It seems like a good plan, as our own Sunday morning unfolds.

Over at Cuisine Guylaine, it has been raining quite a bit, and the cats do their best to enjoy the garden from indoors. But Mr. Oliver does enjoy some time outside during a moment of brief sunshine.

We will continue to post entries as we receive them throughout the weekend, so do join us.

We at CatSynth are delighted to be hosting the 200th edition of Weekend Cat Blogging. That’s quite a milestone. The first edition was back in 2005, and we started participating in the summer of 2006, and we have met many cats and their humans through this weekly event.

So we’re hoping for a big turnout to come a celebrate with us this weekend. To participate, leave us a comment and we will include you in the round up.

First up, Cheysuli speaks up about the male and why he dislikes him. It’s a strange concept to us at CatSynth, where Luna seems quite fond of her male human.

Far away in Malaysia, Elin receives some awards, but hasn’t much time to post or visit because her human secretary is feeling ill.

From Malaysia we then go to Tennessee, where the old lady cat, Scrappycat, and upstart young kitten, Patchouli, from Sidewalk Shoes are pleased to join us for WCB #200, and we’re of course pleased to have them here.

We have found the source of Elin’s award, it’s from Pinky and Ash, where life is grand this weekend. And judging from the affection in that photo, life does indeed seem grand.

Some cats want affection from the humans in their lives. Others are content just to be fed. Cece was happy to get fed my Mog, without even having to beg. He has her well trained, it seems.

Meanwhile, Mog finds this photo of Meowza sums up her week in one word: dirt.

Butch and his shadow, Vincent are joining us this weekend from Judi’s Mind over Matter, and share this rather affectionate photo with us.

Our friends from The Cat Realm haven’t been part of WCB for a while, but they are joining us this weekend, too, and to help us get caught up they have provided this handy who’s who chart. Hey, they have a Luna there, too!

On to Florida, where our friends Samantha and Tigger discuss stripes. Tigger of course has stripes on his, while Samantha does not.

Arthur may look innocent, but he is a documented killer. Visit Gattina’s “My Cats and Funny Stories” to see Arthur successfully hunt, kill and eat a mouse. (They do have pictures. You have been warned)

We’ll continue to post links as we receive them through Monday, so there’s still plenty of time to participate.

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Other events this weekend include the Carnival of the Cats at No Cats Allowed, and the Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos hosted by The Meezers and Billy.

And of course The Friday Ark is at the modulator.