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September 15, 2007 |
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Claude at Dusk
FOUND by Erin and Micah Wilson
in Tulsa, Oklahoma
My husband and I found this photo in a library book. Written on the back is "Claude at Dusk."
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
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Claude Mourns a Feline Friend
This struck me as suggesting an anthropomorphized funeral for a cat. It's got the flower arrangements and the mourner beside, well, more like astride, the kitty casket.
I've waited DAYS for one of your great opening comments, Jan. Astride the kitty casket. Hahahahahaha! Welcome back!
This is a nice find in my opinion, considering that it is not only a picture, but a picture of a cat.
I agree, Rebecca...a cat in anything makes it better. I love my kitties.
cats make things worse i hate cats
(pssst...how do you feel about a little pussy?)
Claude is an awesome as name for a cat. I love the lighting in this pic.
Awwwww. how cute is Claude? Whaddaya wanna bet he poops in that flower box on a regular basis?
Handsome guy.
I bet he prefers his spelled C-L-A-W-W-E-D.
That looks like a beautiful fall evening. Thanks for the find.
This was the last memory some little girl has of her beloved cat Claude, before he ran out in the street... and got flattened by oncoming traffic.
tee-hee... Claude. What a great kitty name.
It's nice to see that people write on the backs of their pictures.
claude looks chilly.
Don't you love Claude's great moustache?
Reminds me of the time FreonSpouse alerted me that there was a new species in the bird feed box: a starving stray was munching away on the bird seed! Who ever heard of a cat eating milo?!? The rest of this story is the cat was captured, tags were read, owner called and cat returned.
I'd love to nuzzle heards with Claude; he looks like a comfy cat.
How is it cats manage to look graceful and poised even when they're just doing nothing? I think Claude has the air of a gentleman cat about him, especially considereing the white mustache.
What was that about cats once being worshipped as gods, and never quite forgetting it?
Why didn't anyone tell me you can grow CATS in the flowerbox? Here I've been wasting my time with ivy and pansies and begonias.
Is this perhaps a new strain of dandy-lions?
Claude.
The King of all he surveys.
Please tell me that someone here has read "Why Cats Paint." Claude looks like one of the "neo-formalist" or "rustic ruralist" kitty painters!
Freon, I'm totally digging Claude's mustache as well.
The title "Claude at Dusk" makes me think that the photographer is an artist, doing their best to find the right angle to capture Claude's true essence. They want the world to know that Claude is at his most majestic at dusk.
my cat's name is winston. john lennon's middle name. she's a girl. deal. she is beautiful, graceful and my snuggle-kitty. she loves mama best. deal.
i see no cat in this picture, just a handsome austere old man. Grandfathery and kind, but stoic.
But, since everyone else is talking about cats, i'll participate. My cat's name is Bad Mother Fucker Forty Ounce and she will imtimidate you with her street's cred.
i hope all you cat lovers know about the "i can has cheeseburger?" website.
Cheezburger is one of my have-to-see-daily on the web www.icanhavecheezburger note the spelling of cheezburger.
And as long as we're disclosing the names of our cats "Freon" is my cat.
... don't forget the .com on the web address...like I did
i was thinking it was a painted statue of a cat...
Freon - i tried that site but it went to findphoto.us - what gives?
one of my fav websites ever (and I know I've shared it before) is kittenwar.com. Check 'er out.
The bitch that I call my cat's name is Fuzz Face. She tries to bite everybody, but she has no teeth, so we make fun of her for it. This causes her to get more pissed and goes after one of the dogs. Love my cat, the vengeful bitch.
Also check out www.mycathatesyou.com Fun stuff.
It's www.icanhascheezburger.com - HAS not HAVE.
My cat's Feo 'cause he's rust colored - get it?
cat people freak me the hell out. not only was this picture taken, but it was given a title and labelled.
ok, icanhascheezburger is now my favorite web site EVER
Claude is beautiful and I love cats. And I love old houses with big porches on shady streets with historic trees, like the one in this photo, probably.
I think Claude is waiting under the porch light for the flying bugs, which he will scoop up in his paw, then shove them into his mouth for a tasty treat.
Cats are so interesting because each has his/her own peculiar habits. I once had a cat who ate flies in the manner described above. Another ate canteloupe, and another sucked on the silky edge of a blanket, kneading his paws and purring, like it was his mama's milk.
Our first cat, all white, ran to the bong every time my boyfriend fired it up, put his face in the smoke, then rushed to his food dish to chow down. His name was Puff. He was named before he developed the pot habit, inspired by Sally, Dick and Jane.
Puff got fat, obviously. He would go the rounds in the neighborhood, getting tidbits from all the neighbors. I put a note on his collar that said, "Please don't feed me. I'm on a diet." I actually got a phone call from a neighbor who said she couldn't keep him from coming through her cat door, and besides, her 4-year-old loved to feed him, so she wasn't going to stop.
We bought him diet cat food. He didn't like that, and stayed away from home for days at a time. Then we got a new kitten. That was the last straw. Puff moved out, just left our house off his "rounds." I suspect some neighbor was supplying his pot habit as well. Later we heard that he had moved into the fire station a block away, and the firemen had taken him in.
i have a big bunny named claude robicheaux and my two cats are terrified of it!
and.. i like cats and all but this find is kinda boring.
Oh, Curious.. it took me a moment, but i get it. I won't spoil the riddle for anyone else by spilling the answer. That is quite creative.
mmmm, delicious
más feo que Picio
As long as we're sharing, I guess I'll throw mine in. I've got two cats, Boomer and Jazz. Boomer is about the size of a small lion and ten times fuzzier. He's orange and de-clawed and purrs louder then the trains that run by my house. No, he's not one of those weird smashed-faced cats. He's got class. Jazz is small, slim and black. He got really sick soon after we bought him and since then we believe he has some kind of brain damage. When he has to focus his vision, he tilts his head to one side. He's sadly adorable.
This picture belongs on "Cat On My Stuff .com"
Don't forget Cats in Sinks!
http://www.catsinsinks.com/
It may disappoint some of you to know the cats aren't drowning in said sinks.
my husband's name is boomer
Claude is a great cat name. We have a similiar looking cat named "William," but I found out it's a girl, so now it's "Willie," or "Willimina."
Actually, Herve, I was saying I hate cats and picture finds.
Claude wishes to pee in your laundry basket.
A beautiful pic...the colours! Not to mention Claude!
And Rebecca, don't worry--cats sense people who hate them, and hate them right back. And cats are ever so much better at it than you could ever dream of being.
it looks like it belongs in a calendar for the month of october.
My siamese cat is named Crash .She senses my vacations are coming and freaks out,usually causing a medical emergency.Then I have to pay vet bills and extra for a sitter who will give her medicine to her.But I love her so much!
Basil, why would I ever strive for excellence in cat hating?
Ahh, autumn nights, i love them, look at the trees and the colours, lovely :) And now i love Claude. And his classy moustache.
Claude looks like the Tramp, a cat that used to walk me home late at night. He would also walk with my friend when she walked her dogs, and would sometimes march right into her house and start eating the dogs' food. We assumed he did this to most people in our neighborhood, hence "the Tramp".
Feo is Fe (Iron) O (Oxygen)
Iron Oxide.
I like it.
And yes, Claude has the most magnificent moustache ever to grace the upper lip of a cat or man.
Yep, kitties know...I just read that cats never get out of the alpha state. Other animals go into beta but not kitties. That's how they stay tuned in. Like the cat that knows when people are going to die.
I have never commented although I am a daily reader and love everyone's (yes, even SALT's) comments. I had to comment today because today we just buried my cat Bootsie who was Claude's double. My husband built a casket for her and we buried her under the lilac bush. When I saw today's find and Jan's comment I knew there was Found Karma. Thank you!
i have a big bunny named claude robicheaux and my two cats are terrified of it!
and.. i like cats and all but this find is kinda boring.
Wow, Dakota, I am so sorry. Losing a pet is very painful.
Aww, that's sweet. "Claude at Dusk". I hope that cat's owner had another copy of the photo, it's a good one. :-)
This picture is very strange for me to see because I happen to have a black and white cat that looks very similar who is also named Claude. Strange.
With photo finds in library books, I always wonder if the person who left the pic behind did so intentionally, so it could be Found.
Claude is very dapper, and reminds me a lot of my dearly departed kitty, Peeeeete. Pete had a little sock monkey, made out of a kid's sock, which he stalked as his prey, and carried around in his mouth. When he died, we buried Pete with that silly sock monkey.
Dakota, my sincere condolences on the loss of your beloved Bootsie. That's difficult.
Incognito, is your last name Petway?
Hello there, little kitty!
Actually, Claude doesn't look that little at all, but I seem to call all cats 'little kitty' or something along those lines.
Claude looks to be one of those choosy cats. Claude looks to be a shy, friendly cat who probably spend his days surveying the neighbourhood from his owner's front porch.
Beth, I completely agree that Claude has the air of a gentleman cat about him. It must be the moustache. Or the name- if his name were, say, Mikey, the gentleman air about him would not exist.
Claude at Dusk, indeed. It looks like a beautiful night.
Dakota, so sorry about the loss of Bootsie. She'll be waiting for you at the Rainbow Bridge.
P.S. I wish pets lasted as long as people. *sigh*
Swear to God, my brother had 3 friends named Claude, Clyde, and Homer. You don’t hear those names anymore, except at 6:30pm and 7:00pm in syndication. Otherwise, pretty boring find. I guess FOUND saves these for the weekend.
Tucker, LOL!
This cat looks very similar to my neighbor's cat. But his name is Larry, not Claude, and we don't live in OK. Larry is always wondering into our garage, no good because we're allergic i'm afraid.
Chrome, I use pictures as bookmarks. Perhaps that's a reason there are so many found pictures in books.
Katherine in Philadelphia, PA., my favorite find ever. I live in the country, so a cat’s life span can be shorter than most. For instance, owls, coyotes, etc…. As a result my cat’s names are white cat, yellow cat, black cat, blah, blah blah…,you get it (and I don’t want to read a bunch of condemnation feedback from PETA folks/Herve) So anyway, someday when I feel the cat is permanent I’ll name it something interesting. Can't wait!
Dakota, I'm sorry about Bootsie. My sister had a cat named Bootsie when we were children. Under a lilac bush is a good place for a cat's grave. When the lilacs bloom you will remember Bootsie.
Norma, I used to live in the country when I was about 9, and we ended up with 20 cats at some point. I named every one of them. They did always get picked off, though. I started running out of names after 3 years of it. The younger ones followed me everywhere.
This'll be Claude De Bussy.
that cheezburger site had me cracking up! thank you rex!
My son's name is Micah Wilson - we've never met another one! :O)
Creepy! A possible back-cover photo for a Black Sabbath LP!
Jonathan: I'm mortified to admit it took me 20 minutes to get it. I was in the shower when it hit and my wife asked if I was OK. Then I started singing, "Bussy cat Bussy cat, I love you, yes I do...."
Yours in admiration,
Chance the Gardener
Hi Midlife, I actually knew someone (a musician of course) who had a cat named Claude De Bussy. His other two were MagnifiCat and BenediCat.
I feel a joke coming on about a musical Irish cat named Magnum O'Puss...)
Dang, now I'll have to go and google Chance the Gardener.
The more you know the more you find out you don't know, eh?
Mine's named Rygel. I'm sorry about Bootsie and Pete. It's so very hard to lose a pet.
My darling Claude….?
PS -- I hope he isn't De-Clawed De Bussy.
Maybe it's the same as this claude:
http://www.claudecat.com/
but I think he lives in California.
My mum had a cat called Claude, who had the exact same markings as the cat in the photo. I would question if it was the same cat, if it wasn't for the Atlantic Ocean being in the way of any possibility.
I belive Wilford Brimley was transformed into a cat in the late 90's and took the name Claude. This is a picture of him. ps - check your blood sugar as often as you should. Thanks.
This makes me sad. I hope the cat is loved and still alive.
I hate cats...
awww Claude rocks!
I love his little moustache.
For some reason, it always makes me sad to see old pictures of pets. Since so much time has passed, you know they have passed away.....just makes me sad for some reason.