I just finished perusing one of the greatest cat books of all time. It’s called Cat Capers: Catitude for Cat Lovers. With stimulating, imaginative photographs of all sorts of cats, and cute little quotes and stories, Cat Capers makes for an excellent coffee table book. I highly recommend this book to any true cat-lover.

The hardcover book was written by and is chock full of photographs taken by renowned photographer Gandee Vasan. He captures cats in playful and captivating poses in crystal clear color photos. He further complements the photos with funny jokes, cat poems, and other musings on our beloved frisky felines.

The wonderful photos are also accompanied by: information on famous cat owners and their cats, a fictional cat timeline, amusing cat quotes, politically correct cat definitions (i.e., The cat is not fat, he is mass-enhanced!), and cat classifieds.

Perhaps my favorite quote in the book is this: “Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are God.” SO true.

Cat lovers will delight in and recognize their own cats’ antics in these fun photos and snippets. It’s highly entertaining! If you have a chance, I would order this book online or pick it up from your local bookstore before they run out. It’s well worth the $24.99 asking price.

Of course there are more than 10 reasons why I love my cats, but here are some good ones…

10. Because they come running when I call them

9. Because they sleep next to my head and curled up in the crink of my bent knees at night

8. Because they love to be cuddled

7. Because they are very talkative and expressive

6. Because of the way they freak out and run around like wild hooligans outside when it’s really windy

Theodore the Fat Tabby Cat

5. Because of all the crazy contortionism they achieve when sleeping

4. Because they greet me outside when I get home from work every evening

3. Because they have made themselves known to the neighborhood and make friends with everyone who lives around us

2. Because there is nothing softer than their warm, wonderful-smelling fur

1. Because there is no sound in the world as wonderful as their purring, vibrating bellies pressed against my ear

Sasha the Mini Maine Coon

PS. Also because there is just something extra special about rescue cats. Both my kitties are rescues.

Okay so I couldn’t resist posting this cat picture (even though it’s not a kitten picture) because it’s of my little man, Theodore. He is such a cuddler in his old age. Check it out…

For the sake of keeping us all together and making new friends in the pet blogosphere I have started talking about my favorite pet blogs once a week. Since I missed last week I am posting on Monday instead of Friday.

This week’s Pet Blog of the Week is a cat blog: Daisy the Curly Cat. Daisy might be one of the luckiest cats this world has ever seen. Her mother takes her for walks outside in a covered stroller, she gets to play dress-up, and she is just so photogenic.

Daisy’s blog has features like Monday Mystery - where you have to guess what she is doing or what happens next, Wordless Wednesday - where some adorable photo of Daisy is posted, Sunday Comics - where Daisy gets to be featured in her own comic strip, and Fashion Friday - where she gets to play dress up.

Daisy always has the cutest pictures up on her blog and it’s always fun to play along with her Monday Mysteries. Here is our most recent favorite picture of Daisy (she is in her stroller):

From Daisy’s blog:

I am a dilute calico Devon Rex cat, and I was born on 2/10/04. I have very soft, curly fur. Even though my ears are big, I am very little - I weigh just 6 pounds. I have a big sister named Pixie who is also a Devon Rex. Welcome to my curly world!”

If you are looking for some adorable photos and some feline fun, be sure to check out Daisy the Curly Cat!