Tips on Caring for Cats

Ingrid King, Creator of the Conscious Cat

When I first met Ingrid King, she'd recently completed her first book, Buckley's Story, about her special cat who entered her life at the just the right time.

Some animals arrive as pets just when we need the special love and attention we share with them. They may fill in tremendous gaps no other companion is capable of. Buckley was like that. In the years that followed, Ingrid's popular, award-winning blog, The Conscious Cat has continued to gain followers who consider he an irreplaceable resource. And two more books, one about life lessons learned from cats and another about her down to earth experiences working in veterinary clinic have followed.

The Conscious Cat, the place in the blogosphere where we first met Ingrid King, remains a favorite, but her work is growing and expanding.

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Deborah Julian's cat art prints, inspired by the great French post-impressionist, stay to true to Pierre Bonnard's lifelong commitment to beauty in art.

In bathers, she uses the one of Bonnard's more abstract paintings as a model. In the original, there are figures, but each is cut off in a way that suggests a less substantial reality. One woman is already in the tub, her shapely legs beneath the water without any more of her visible. Another approaches, wearing a light blue robe that matches the tones of the bathtub. All we really see is a single slippered foot as it steps into the frame.

Inserting himself, completely without abstraction, on center stage, Deborah's popular cat model George has taken a seat on the floor and has begun to carefully groom - bathe - himself. The collective image makes a great, colorful collage.

Find out more about Deborah Julian's cat art prints by scrolling through her collection by clicking Famous Artists' Cats.

Few things are more fun for cat lovers than cat refrigerator magnets, designs that help make your kitchen more colorful and cat friendly.

Cat artist Deborah Julian creates her images for prints. She has extended that by transferring her art to keepsake boxes, cat greeting cards and, now, refrigerator magnets. The make cool cat lover collectibles and inexpensive occasional gifts.

With the quality of art on her handmade website, Deborah Julian, these cat refrigerator magnets can also be appreciated for their colorful additions to home and office decor.

Cat lover looking for a good read? The cat story, told by George about how he and Billy got to Paris and saw everything they good for a week, is one of the best.

Whether it's enjoying the community in Montmartre or taking their first ever boat ride down the Seine while pedestrians on the bridge yell, "Chat! Chat!" George's curiosity and wry observations on the way of people will keep you turning pages. Deborah Julian's illustrations bring the text to life.

The cat story George tells is original, entertaining and beautiful to look at. Don't miss it.

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"Cats In A Cheese Shop On Arthur Avenue" is a cat story from one chapter in a book about two cats who get to visit New York City. Arthur Avenue is one of their stops.

Nestled in the Bronx near Fordham University, Arthur Avenue is New York's true Little Italy, not the Disneyland invention you find in Lower Manhattan. These are real Italians selling Italian goods, many imported from Italy, to shoppers and cooking meals the old fashion way. Our cats, Billy and George visit the neighborhood and, on their way, discover the heavenly smells of a fresh cheese shop.

You'll enjoy the cats as much as a cat story that rings with reality can be enjoyed. In the meantime, enjoy the funny, colorful illustration from the book.

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The collection of cats in art got a little bigger and a little better with the Edward Hopper Print, "Cats In Edward Hopper's Window."

Hopper included a lot of windows in his paintings, and they weren't always incidental. The ones that inspired this cat art were those double hung windows that created the exterior geometry in New York tenements.

With "Cats In Edward Hopper's Window," we get the cat art version of an Edward Hopper print. Hoppers intentions were surreal. What about the cats?

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There's a revolution in cat food brands, and we're finding out that all our old assumptions must be set aside and reconsidered. What's best?

The question gets more complicated when you take into account that it isn't just a question of which brands, but also which kind. With decisions to make about wet food, dry food or the newest contenders in raw foods, you need to be armed with the facts and not commercials. What we're finding that what we used to believe and the brands we trusted aren't what's best for cats. In fact, the most popular names are among the worst, stocked with meats from places like China where inspections for human consumption are weak. The fact is, the big names with low prices often don't know what's really in their foods, and of course, neither do you.

The best cat food brands are just about all new companies who've modeled their formulas on cats natural diets, gearing them for easier digestion and better health and based on the latest in research. We cover that and let you know what you need to know to make choices from the best raw, wet and dry foods available. Click any link for details.

Tips on Caring for Cats

Ingrid King, Creator of the Conscious Cat

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Cat Art Prints, Inspired by Pierre Bonnard

Cat Refrigerator Magnets, Deborah Julian's Cat Art

Discovering Paris, The Cat Story

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A Cat Story, Cats In A Cheese Shop On Arthur Avenue

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Cats In Art, The Edward Hopper Print

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Best Cat Food Brands, Raw, Wet or Dry

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