Greetings Fabulous Felines and Hoomans of Hivelandia and surrounding Communities!
I hope this weekend finds you well, and that your Caturday is going well! If you're here in the USA, it's actually the first holiday weekend of the new year, with Monday being Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
*Yes, I'm in control of this blog!*
I like holiday weekends, because that usually means that the Hoomans aren't quite as uptight about their whole *working* thing!
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<em>Those little lights move UP...</em><br>
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Actually, the Mom-Hooman is spending a lot of time in front of the computer, being part of something she keeps calling the **[Fairy Congress](https://www.fairycongress.com/webinar-schedule/)**, which sounds sort of interesting... after all, she's a very *"magical and mystical"* kind of Hooman!
I have been lying on the red blanket in her room, listening in on the proceedings, but mostly catching up on my napping.
It's all foggy and murky outside, but earlier today the sun was out for a while, which makes all the glittery little light dots dance around the room. I always try to find them, and they always seem to elude me!
The Mom-Hooman says they are just *"reflections of a lantern,"* but I know better... they are definitely little creatures that need to be caught and examined!
I think the Mom-Hooman just bring them out to torment me, although that doesn't seem like something she would do. One of these days, I will unravel the mystery!
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<em>Did they hide down below here?</em><br>
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## *Tidal Waves...?*
After that big volcano blew up near the island of Tonga, we have been repeatedly warned that there might be a tsunami heading this way... that's part of the *"fun"* of living near the water on USA's west coast.
As it turned out, by the time it hit our sheltered bay area here at a little after 11:00 this morning, the total effect amounted to something on the order of 10" (25cm), and with the tide already being somewhat out, it was barely noticed, except by the people who measure such things.
Still, it's wise to be prepared for these kinds of things... we live in a part of the world that potentially has both earthquakes and volcanoes, and there's a major fault line out to sea, not terribly far from here.
Our place is somewhat up a bluff, so unless we're talking about 60-foot waves we're not really in trouble. Still this sort of stuff is scary, and my thoughts go out to all those who are much closer to the eruption... I understand there was some pretty severe flooding and damage in Tonga.
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<em>Hello!</em><br>
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## *Meanwhile...*
*Meanwhile,* the **[Hive Cats community](https://peakd.com/c/hive-189742/created)** keeps growing, and we're now approaching 160 members... thanks to all who are participating!
Remember that you are always welcome to cross-post your cat-related posts from Caturday and Hive Pets!
*Meanwhile,* the Curator Cat household also got an upgrade to our Internet Service yesterday, as the Dad-Hooman put on his *"Mr. Technician"* hat and installed a state of the art new wireless modem here... so now we can stream kitten videos on *all* devices in the house without everything screeching to a halt!
*Meanwhile,* I'm still going to stick with my New Year's goal of trying to reach *"Dolphin"* status before the end of 2022! It's a pretty tall order, given that I am barely *halfway* there, but sometimes you just have to *aim high* and make things challenging for yourself.
The Dad-Hooman promised that if we sold some of the junk from his office on eBay, we could use the money to buy a little more Hive for me... so that would help, as well!
*Meanwhile,* I'm just going to keep on posting and engaging as much as I can and we'll just see where it all ends up!
Above all, though, let's all remember that this is all supposed to be *fun,* too!
Thanks for coming to visit, and enjoy the rest of your Caturday!
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## *Love Cats? Get Involved in Hive's Cat Communties!*
If you're a cat lover and often/sometimes post pictures or other content that includes your feline friends, why not become an active part of Hive's growing Cat Communities?
These are some of the more active Cat Communities — why not join them ALL? Remember, you can also *"cross-post"* your cat posts to them!
**[HiveCats](https://peakd.com/c/hive-189742/created)** by **@curatorcat** is a central *"gathering place"* for cat content on Hive; promoting the use of the **#hivecats** tag for feline content!
**[Cat Snaps](https://peakd.com/c/hive-141812/created)** by **@manorvillemike** is a place to post pictures of your cats when you don't have a whole lot to say beyond just sharing your cute photos!
**[Caturday Community](https://peakd.com/c/hive-187635/created)** by **@saboin** is a community where we get to celebrate posts relating to Saturday — aka *"Caturday"* — our own special day!
**[Cat Photos](https://peakd.com/c/hive-156144/created)** by **@andrarchy** is a *"mixed use"* cat content community; posts can be just photos *or* longer, as long as the subject is CATS! It has a lot of *subscribers* but is not very active.
**[Cats](https://peakd.com/c/hive-133343/created)** by **@captainklaus** (and Sissi!) is another *"general"* cat content community; it's *there,* but not very active.
Last, but certainly not least, a special shoutout to the recently formed **[Hive Pets Community](https://peakd.com/c/hive-196708/created)** which has become quite active and has quite a bit of cat content!
There *are* a number of other feline communities listed on Hive, but I am not sharing them for now as they have *not* had any activity (by their Admins OR users) since the Steem/Hive fork. Updates as they become available!
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