{"id":1055,"date":"2016-02-23T06:41:41","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T14:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2016-02-17T06:43:37","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T14:43:37","slug":"newsday-tuesday-cat-jewelry-and-other-symbols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1055","title":{"rendered":"Newsday Tuesday\u2014Cat Jewelry and other symbols"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re reading this blog, you\u2019re either an avid reader of my books (thank you very much), you like cats, or you\u2019re one of my family members (love you guys!). If you fit into the \u201clike cats\u201d category, you probably have things around your house related to cats, right? And this is not necessarily of your doing. When people learn that you like something in particular\u2014horses, the beach, pansies, inkwells, apple motif, etc.\u2014people start bringing related things to you. I know someone who doesn\u2019t like snails, yet she has a collection of snail items\u2014all given to her by friends and family.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-858\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/LilySophie-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"LilySophie\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/LilySophie-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/LilySophie-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/LilySophie.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I have cats everywhere\u2014cat calendars, note cards, jewelry, figurines, vases, bookmarks, key ring, blanket throws, pillows, pictures, clothing, dishes, posters, pencil holders, and even stuffed kitties. (One of them is a computer screen wiper.)<\/p>\n<p>But, of course, my favorite cats are the real cats that grace our home\u2014Lily and Sophie. Without them, life would sure be\u2026less fuzzy and sandy and fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re reading this blog, you\u2019re either an avid reader of my books (thank you very much), you like cats, or you\u2019re one of my family members (love you guys!). If you fit into the \u201clike cats\u201d category, you probably &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1055\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1056,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055\/revisions\/1056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}