Memorial Day Meows, Our 5th Blogoversary and more!
Instead of Mondays With Merlin, it’s Memorial Day Meows as we salute our U.S. military for past and present service.
We created new shareable graphics but the beauty of blogging for 5 years, is accruing a massive archive of content including images.
Cat Wisdom 101 is turning 5 this week!
What an amazing journey and we couldn’t have done it without you because we’ve done it for you! Over 2000 posts from fun to factual, cat care and behavior, cat culture to causes, sharing thousands of our own images and graphics, hundreds of cat products reviews and giveaways, hundreds of cat book reviews and more! Chances are if you do a search on any cat topic, something will pop up from our archives.
Our readers mean the world to us and our loyal subscribers are angels. Some of you have stuck by us from day one, through life’s ups and downs, tech woes and changes in direction. Every comment, email, private message is welcome. It’s been a privilege to serve you and build our wise and wonderful tribe of cat lovers.
Thank-you for making time in your busy day to stop by and thank-you as always, for loving cats.
Odin is turning six and Nou Nou is turning 3!
Technically, we launched our blog on June 1, 2011 but will be celebrating all week, featuring two giveaways this week and another special giveaway next week. Stay tuned for the exact day. It all depends on whether we can get the finishing touches on our Kickstarter completed this week for our black cat anthology launch next week. Whew, we’re ready for hammock time!
We’d hoped to launch our new website design this week but the Fates had other things in mind. Let’s just say for now that the past few months will go down as the most challenging personally, in my entire life. A perfect storm of multiple events could be called life-changing, transformational or hell. I’m not ready to divulge any of it yet, but will in June.
I’ve always believed everything happens for a reason. Divine timing is perfect even when it feels like a catastrophe and crash course in life lessons. How it will impact my blogging remains to be seen. My renewed commitment and mandate is to help cats and the women who love them. That’s the easy part and I hope you’ll join me on the next step of our journey at Cat Wisdom 101.
Peace, Love & Purrs of gratitude,
Layla
For Americans, this holiday weekend is our official kick-off to summer. For us it means spending most of our time on the porch or garden, having picnics with the cats, BBQs , hammock time and going barefoot as much as possible. It also means doing daily tick checks on all of us which includes grooming with a flea comb. To stay hydrated, we use water fountain plus one on the porch for easy access. The porch is our summer office and these words are written tapping away while gently rocking on a rocking chair. The warm moist air is heavy with honeysuckle and the promise of summer fun.
Summer is paws down our favorite season for us Memorial Day Cats. How about you?
50 Comments
skeeter and Izzy
We would like to say thank you to all of our veterans and active military! We thank you for all that you have given and continue to give!
Happy 5th Blogoversary!! Happy Birthday to Odin and Nou Nou!!!!
Layla, we are so honored to be a part of this blog and have learned so much from both you and your followers. We look foward to so many more wonderful times!!
Luvs
Skeeter and Izzy and the Feral Gang + Twig & Peanut & Romeo & the Angels >^..^^..^<~
Dorothy
? Congratulations❣ You should be very proud of the incredible work you’ve done and the number of lives you’ve touched. ? I’ve been a reader since the Spring of 2012 and look forward to whatever you have planned for us next. ? No matter what you have in store, if past is prologue, we can be assured it won’t be boring. ✨ No matter where life leads you, may the Fates always bless you with joy.?
Andrea and the Celestial Kitties
Happy Memorial Day! Happy Birthday! And Happy blogoversary!
We celebrated our five year blogoversary in April and I canNOT believe we’ve been around longer than you! (not by much, but still!) I was sure you’d always been here! Well, we love you and love your blog, even if we don’t comment as often as we should!
Mark's Mews
Concatulashuns on yer 5th Bloviversary! That DOES take some werk…
Layla Morgan Wilde
Thanks so much and it sure does!
Sweet Purrfections
Congratulations on 5 years. Our 5th blogoversary is in July.
We remember those (man and animal) who gave their lives for our freedom.
Layla Morgan Wilde
Thanks, wow, we launched so close together!
Ellen Pilch
Congratulations on 5 years of blogging, I wish I had known about cat blogs back then so I could have followed all 5 years. Very nice graphics for Memorial Day.
Layla Morgan Wilde
Thanks Ellen, this was before Grumpy Cat and the explosion of cat videos. So much has happened in 5 years 🙂
meowmeowmans
Wow, so much to be thankful for, and so much to celebrate.
Happy Memorial Day! We are so grateful for those who gave their lives for all of us.
Happy Blogoversary! We love you, and are glad you are here, and even more glad that you are our friends!
Happy Birthday to Odin and Nou Nou!
Hugs and headbonks to you all.
Layla Morgan Wilde
Thanks, Kevin and Tracey, you’re very dear xoxox
The Island Cats
Happy Memorial Day! And Happy Blogoversary! We thought you had been blogging for longer than 5 years. Happy Birthday to Odin and Nou Nou.
Layla Morgan Wilde
Thanks guys, it sure feels like it 🙂
jansfunnyfarm
We hope you are having a restful weekend. Sounds like you need one. We’re too hot to want to do anything.
Good graphics. We reuse graphics too. 🙂
Layla Morgan Wilde
Jan, thanks and it was work as usual. Too many deadlines.
Beverly
Happy blogoversary! Can’t wait to see what’s coming.
Layla Morgan Wilde
Beverly, thanks, and me too :-). It’ll be interesting.
Laila and Minchie
Happy 5th Blogoversary! And Happy Birthday to Odin and to Nou Nou!
Layla Morgan Wilde
Laila and Minchie, many thanks and look for birthday celebration soon.
Tamago
Happy Blogoversary! Thank you for all the fun, educational, and interesting posts you’ve shared with us! And happy birthday to Odin and Nou Nou. We wish many more celebrations to come!
Layla Morgan Wilde
Many thanks, Tamago! Many more celebrations are coming 🙂
ellen
Happy Blogoversary! And Happy Birthday to Odin and to Nou Nou!
I hope your day is filled with sunshine and some hammock time.
Layla Morgan Wilde
Thanks so much Ellen! Not today but soon 🙂
Layla Morgan Wilde
Summer, many thanks! I don’t think you’ve ever missed commenting on any post 🙂 it must be a record!
Kathryn
Happy, Happy Blogoversary, Layla — I have known you now….since 2006 or 2007, from the other site…
Amazing how time flies. Especially when you’re having fun! And fun it always is with cats! (Mao and Ched agree)
Amazing that Odin is turning 6!
We’re resting on this holiday, and…
taking (cat) photos
resting (with cats)
reading (thrillers for my thriller MS) (with cats sleeping by my computer)
watching thriller movies (with cats sleeping by my computer)
resting (with cats)
Layla Morgan Wilde
Kathryn, you are the longest standing reader by far for which I’m forever grateful for. Please post your latest cat pics and purrs to Mao and Ched xo
Kathryn
oh, wow, did not realize we knew each other that long. Have tons of iPhone photos of the two beaux boyz…will have to get them up. xoxo
Maggie
Happy Blogoversary! It’s seems like I’ve been visiting you for a dose of beauty, inspiration, and information a lot longer than 5 years. Thank you, and very best wishes.
With love from Maggie, Mickey Mouser, and Rufus the Red
Layla Morgan Wilde
Thanks so much Maggie. You’ve been an ongoing inspiration with your work.
caren gittleman
WOW!! We thought you were around much longer than that!! Happy Happy Blogoversary!!!!! Exciting times ahead!!!! xoxo
Layla Morgan Wilde
Thanks Caren, it may longer because I did Cat Saturday at Boomer Muse for a couple years before Cat Wisdom 101. xoxo
Sammy
Layla you know we celebrate your 5th blogaversary – who could possibly NOT celebrate five years of wonderful posts, heartfelt sentiments, beautiful photography and life lessons shared, and of course the cats…..you lift us up even as you may need lifting yourself – it’s something not everyone is able to do but you do it “seamlessly”…….we know behind the scenes life moves on and often in a direction we never guessed it would….but it DOES move on. We hope you continue doing what you do best – writing….blogs, books, captions on photos, memes, postcards of life……whatever you do, you do it with and FOR love.
Hugs from both Sammy and myself……
Pam
Layla Morgan Wilde
Pam and Sam, beautifully said. Ha, about “seamlessly”. It sure doesn’t feel like it 😉 xoxo
Kitties Blue
Concatulations on your fifth Blogoversary and 2,000 posts. Those are amazing accomplishments. Enjoy your day of relaxation. Our mom is not a huge fan of summer with its heat and humidity. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
Layla Morgan Wilde
Many thanks dear kitties xox
MrJackFreckles/Pipo & Minko
Concats on your blogoversary!!
Have a nice Memorial Day!
MIAOW!!
Layla Morgan Wilde
Thanks so much and nice to hear from a new reader xo
Sue Brandes
Happy Blogoversary and Happy Memorial Day.
Layla Morgan Wilde
Happy Memorial Day dear Sue and many thanks for your loyal support xoxo
Cathy Keisha
Happy Blogoversary! This year you have to watch for the Zika virus too while enjoying porch time.
Layla Morgan Wilde
What! Zika is in NY???
Sometimes Cats Herd You
That’s a lot of celebrating to do in one blog post. Happy fifth blogaversary. What a milestone that is. And of course, happy birthdays to Odin and Nou Nou. We can’t wait to see new web site design, too!
Layla Morgan Wilde
Thanks dears, and more all week 🙂 It’s going to be a very intense month ahead!
NELLIE
Happy Blogoversary ! Happy Birthdays! It sure has been a wonderful 5 years. And we can’t wait to see what the next endeavor will be! Purrsonally, we think the 5 retrograde planets might have had something to do Wirth it. Sending yous all mine (and Mommy’s) love, oh and kisses to!
Nellie
Layla Morgan Wilde
Oh yeah, the multiple retrograde was killer! Thanks dearest Nellie and mom.xoxo
Brian Frum
Happy Blogoversary from all of us! You are an amazing ambassador for felines everywhere.
Layla Morgan Wilde
Thanks kindly for your huge long time support xoxo
Seville at Nerissa's Life
HAPPY BLOGOVERSARY!!! Five years? Wow. That’s a huge accomplishment, for sure. Congratulations on your blogoversary and may there be many, MANY MORE blogoversaries to come. Purrs, Seville.
Layla Morgan Wilde
Thanks a bunch Seville, xoxo
Summer
Wow! You have several milestones going on! You’ve accomplished SO much in 5 years. Concatulations!