{"id":37346,"date":"2023-06-24T19:30:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T00:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/?p=37346"},"modified":"2023-06-24T19:30:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T00:30:34","slug":"happy-adopt-a-cat-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/2023\/06\/24\/happy-adopt-a-cat-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Adopt-a-Cat Month!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tinia\"<\/p>\n

Did you know that June is Adopt-a-Cat Month? Well, that’s one holiday our family celebrated early this year. The forlorn feline featured above has been flopping on our front porch since February, trying her best to trip us up every time we step outside.<\/p>\n

She showed up starving, so my sneaky son started surreptitiously setting out saucers of milk for her. When I protested that I didn’t want to share cereal bowls with a stray, he bought a set of stainless pet dishes.<\/p>\n

Next came a big bag of cat food. Then a plush, padded pet bed. Then an official name: Tinea (the technical term for ringworm). Then a leather, belled collar with my daughter’s phone number engraved on it, in case the cat gets lost, which she did after hitching a ride under the hood of my unsuspecting daughter’s car then scurrying out after she’d driven miles from home.<\/p>\n

Three days later, Tinea was back on our porch. So I guess she’s here to stay. Good thing she’s grown on me. I’ve never really thought of myself as a “cat person,” but this one is pretty sweet. So I’m sharing the following link list in her honor.<\/p>\n

Fun, Free, Cat-Themed Resources<\/h2>\n