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Mondays With Merlin: Baths & Beach Blanket Bingo+

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Someone said I looked grungy. You know like old men in nursing homes drooling food into their beards. That’s what happens when liquids gets squirted all over the place: food, meds, sub-q and wet wash cloths don’t cut it. I was feeling pretty darn good after my illness until I heard a four-letter word: B-A-T-H. My total number of baths in 20 years? Zero! My bath total in the past six month? Three! It helped that #3 was on a hot summer “beach blanket bingo” kind of day.

Merlin cat bath

You want to know about old? I’m old but not that old. The world’s oldest human celebrated her 116th birthday on July 6th in New York. Susannah Mushatt was born in 1898 and attributes her longevity to “sleep,” clean living and positive energy. Why, that’s my secret to longevity too! Then, I found an old book from 1902 which features distant Siamese relatives of mine. My, how my breed has changed since then. At least cats aren’t called someone’s property like poor Pearl of Arrandale. But crazy cat names haven’t changed a bit like Abdul Hamet of Dingley. Notice all the cat owners are ladies. I chuckled over the tongue twister: “Mrs. Cratty’s Swiss Angora Jungfrau. But enough talk about cats and people from a hundred years ago. If want to see my drowned rat fur-do, Layla posts several pics daily, not seen here on our Cat Wisdom 101 Instagram page.

London Cat show 1902-cat manual

Here I am half dried. It didn’t take long in the 90 degree sun. Quite the delightful spa treatment and I enjoyed the special coddling.

Merlin cat bath-beach blanket Bingo

All clean and smelling almost kittenish. My furs are now softer than the puffy clouds in the sky. But best of all are chin rubs.

cat beach blanket Bingo

Merlin cat chin rubs
Merlin is April fresh in July after a bath.

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