Greetings Fabulous Felines and Hoomans of Hivelandia and surrounding communities!

I hope this week has been treating you well so far!

Happy Birthday Smudge!

Today's post is dedicated to our old lady kitty Smudge, because today is her 20th birthday!

20 is definitely a very impressive age for a cat, and we are very grateful that Smudge is still with us and doing as well as she is!

Whereas she is almost completely blind in one eye, she still gets around pretty well.

Smudge is extra furry in the wintertime, with her thick winter coat!

Of course, Smudge isn't really into parties and celebrating at her ripe old age, but she did enjoy some extra treats this morning, along with a bit of a brushing from the Mom-Hooman.

Because of her very long winter coat, she will soon get a pretty thorough haircut... which has to be done very late spring.

Like all good cats, she will likely use the occasion to enjoy some really good naps!

Smudge still gets around... just not very fast

I suppose the only thing that would make the day better for her might be if the sun came out for a nice sun puddle for her naps... but I'm afraid it is rather gloomy and dark today, with intermittent rain.

Still, she doesn't seem to mind too much!

Smudge really likes her fuzzy gray blanket... it's very soft!*

The rest of us are doing our best to help the busy Hoomans with their work, and I am helping the Dad-Hooman with his artwork. He actually likes having my supervision, as long as I stay in the white woven basket by his work area... he tells me that cats and paint don't mix well, and I'll accept that... because it does smell a bit nasty.

Maybe someone should invent chicken or fish scented paint!

Smudge is almost entirely blind in her left eye, but she still knows where she's going!

Thanks for visiting our little cat blog, and we hope to see you again soon... hopefully for Caturday on Saturday!

Until then, enjoy the rest of your week!

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Love Cats? Get Involved in Hive's Cat Communities!

If you're a cat lover and often/sometimes post pictures or other content that includes your feline friends, why not become an active part of Hive's growing Cat Communities?

These are some of the more active Cat Communities — why not join them ALL? Many of the allow you to share your cat posts, even if you started at a different community!

HiveCats by Hive account@curatorcat is a central "gathering place" for cat content on Hive; promoting the use of the #hivecats tag for feline content!

Cat Snaps by Hive account@manorvillemike is a place to post pictures of your cats when you don't have a whole lot to say beyond just sharing your cute photos!

Caturday by Hive account@saboin is a community where we get to celebrate posts relating to Saturday — aka "Caturday" — our own special day!

Cat Photos by Hive account@andrarchy is a "mixed use" cat content community; posts can be just photos or longer, as long as the subject is CATS!

Cats by Hive account@captainklaus (and Sissi!) is another "general" cat content community.

There are a number of other feline communities listed on Hive, but I am not sharing them for now as they have not had any activity (by their Admins OR users) since the Steem/Hive fork. Updates as they become available!

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