Aby-a-Day – 26 January: Work in Progress (Cartoon Tuesday)

I’ve been postponing showing you all this one because I swore I’d finish it…but that was almost 8 months ago, so I thought I’d at least show you the sketch.

This goes back to when I met our friend Summer last May at BlogPaws.

As you may recall, I wasn’t allowed to bring Jacoby with me.

So I had to bring Flat Jake instead. This cartoon – which I had been planning to do about Jake and Summer finally meeting – is the result.

In some respect, Jake not going to BlogPaws is the reason I haven’t actually been able to finish this cartoon. Ever since I came back, things have been rather…interesting. But you know all about that.

Aby-a-Day – June 22: Colourful tiny cats (Miniature Monday)

At the BlogPaws Cat Style Lounge DIY craft table on Thursday night, I took the Russian Jacoby ball-jointed doll with me just for fun. While I was making fun cat glasses, he was playing with other miniature kittens.

What’s really funny is…on the Hauspanther site, among the collection of photos from BlogPaws, you can see my arms, one leg, and my camera at the craft table! Wow…I’m…tangentially famous!

Aby-a-Day – June 14: Technical difficulties and then some (Selfie Sunday)

I know my blog’s been a bit spotty lately…a couple of late posts…skipped cartoons (fair warning, that’s going to happen again this week). I apologise for that.

Part of it is Flickr. I’ve been having a lot of trouble getting photos to upload for some reason lately. I’m not sure what it is. I tried using their Uploadr app, but it doesn’t seem to do any better, and the names of the photos don’t carry over so every photo is “untitled.”

I’m not sure why exactly, but lately my life has just gotten a lot more hectic than usual. I’m still shooting for a post a day, because this is “The Daily Abyssinian.” I just fell behind this weekend.

These are from when I got home from BlogPaws. I missed my Jakeman so much! I really wish he could have come with me.

Aby-a-Day – June 8: Checking out the Cat Style Lounge at Blog Paws (Miniature Monday)

If you saw Summer’s blog post last week, you saw her photos at the Hauspanther Cat Style Lounge.

Well, since I wasn’t able to bring Jacoby with me, I had to visit the Hauspanther lounge with Jake’s mini-me.

But I think he enjoyed it at least as much as the real Jake would have.

The first stop were the Pet Tree Houses with leaves.

I absolutely love these trees. I wish I could fit one in my apartment. Especially with the autumn foliage. Besides looking pretty, they also are very well built.

Next we played with the Jackson Galaxy Cat Crawl.

And then we checked out the Jackson Galaxy Comfy Cocoon.

CatastrophiCreations, an Etsy store, makes some awesome cat climbers, like this amazing Indiana Jones rope bridge…

…and this system of wall furniture that can be adapted and customised to your cats and your walls.

Next we checked out the ökocat litter display…but the resident flat cat didn’t seem to approve. I’m just glad that Rufus wasn’t there. That cat creeps me out (even if he does look a bit like an Aby).

This Vesper Tower cubby had such a fluffy lining!

The Vesper V-Cube is really elegant too.

I really loved My Katio which can hold a litter box or just be a little mini-porch for kitties. I just don’t think my building would allow them since we have central air conditioning rather than window-mounted AC.

I can’t for the life of me remember who made this cat tree. I can’t find it on Hauspanther’s style guide. It was awesome, though.

I really liked the Cattino cat-shaped, all-in-one cat centre. It has a bed and a scratcher in one compact, cat-shaped package!

The PurrfecTower trees were amazing. I could totally see one of these in my apartment.

Finally we checked out the CatIt Wellness Center

Mini-Jake seemed to really enjoy it. I may need to get one for big Jake!

When we were done playing with all the toys, we hung out at the Hauspanther craft table.

There were little cardboard cat toys scattered everywhere.

We even got to meet the lovely and amazing Kate Benjamin! I was flattered that she had heard of me!

Finally, just for fun, here’s me with mini-Jake. My dress is from Modcloth and I just adore it.

But you can see I really missed having Jake with me. He would have loved all this.

Aby-a-Day – June 3: Summer’s Meet and Greet

On Friday night, Summer the Somali had a party in her hotel room and invited all her friends.

I got to meet a lot of other cat bloggers including the people behind GloGirly, Sometimes Cats Herd You, and Random Felines, among others.

Summer and her human were wonderful hostesses.

Not only was there champagne, but there were Hello Kitty party favours for everyone!

Summer kept one of the Slinkies for herself, though.

I thought this was cool: Look at Summer’s bowl! It’s an Aby! It was a gift from her breeder.

Summer reminded me so much of Jacoby! Somalis and Abys are so much alike…Somalis are just floofier! I know I said that the other day, but I was just fascinated with what ruddy fur looks like when it’s long.

Summer reminded me so much of Jake that I had to check in on him with the PetCube! Can you see him and Angel in my art room?

Aby-a-Day – June 2: Wordless Tuesday (A perfect hostess)

Aby-a-Day – June 1: Flying the friendly skies (Miniature Monday)

My flight to BlogPaws was quite pleasant, apart from the fact that I was all on my own.

Of course, I wanted to bring Jacoby with me, but since I wasn’t able to do that, I did the next best thing.

I brought along the ball-jointed doll Ana Von Borowsky made me.

He was a lovely travel companion.

We went to the Logan play park and played with the toy airplane.

He was very well-behaved on the flight, too.

He looked out the window.

Then he settled down and watched Chi’s Sweet Home videos with me.

He was great company!

Aby-a-Day – May 31: Behind the scenes of a Somali blog

If you read Summer’s blog, you’ll notice that it’s written by Summer herself.

Her human merely assists her in her blogging endevours.

But I’m sure you wonder: does Summer really do all her own blogging?

Well, I’m here to tell you that yes. Yes, she does indeed.

(The phone screen is blacked out to prevent spoilers.)

Aby-a-Day – May 28: Meeting an old friend

Guess who I met today?

None other than our friend Summer and her human!

It seems like we’ve known each other for years – and we have, online – but this was the first time we’ve met in person.

Summer is every bit as wonderful as she seems to be from her blog. She really reminds me of Jacoby. Look at her smile!

Her feet are really floofy, though, compared to Jake.

So is her tail!

She was so happy to be here with her human and all her adoring fans.

We had some fun with a feather at the Hauspanther craft table tonight.

I really wished I had been able to brink Jake. I wish they could have met. The best I was able to do was this.

Which of course is nothing like the same thing thing at all.

Aby-a-Day – May 27: Wordless Wednesday (Packing for Blog Paws)