We’ll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and….?
Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon!
You can find out how to board the Friday Ark at the Arkive page.
Cats
- CatSynth: Weekend Cat Blogging and more ~ Luna’s Burfday
- A Whirled Yarn: Happiness is an unmade bed
- Blog d’Elisson: A Study In Sepia ~ Hakuna
- Sisu: Baby Cakes and tiny and Tiny, box and boots
- Val’s Bien: Good Morning Sunshine ~ Eli and Tigger
- Why Now?: Friday Cat Blogging: Sox is not being cute
- It’s Morning Somewhere: FCB ~ String Fix: Grey Feather
- The Poor Mouth: Friday Cat Blogging
- Dragonheart’s Domain: <Fun Frootbat Friday
- Manx Mnews: Friday Cat Blogging< ~ Abby: The cat is in the bag
- Texas Oasis: Purrsday Night – Legs: He knows how to use them, Part Two
- Take Joy!: Sam Defends the Homeland
- The Scratching Post: Classic Profile
- Perfectly Parker: Formerly Feral Friday
- Middle Fork: Houdini on the Flower Therapy Log
- Mind of Mog: Too Hot
- Catymology: Thankful Thursday
- Chey’s Place: Feature Friday ~ The Word From Bast
- No Deep Thoughts: Tummy Tuesday ~ Sleepy Charley
- Jelly Pizza: Meet the Puss…
- anniemiz: Friday Cat Blogging ~ Diagnosis: Lymphoma
- Music and Cats: Feline Friday ~ Hello, Sashie!
- Wildrun: Paatie
- Bonnie Underfoot and Victor Tabbycat: Feline Friday
- Jil in Pattaya: Friday Cat Blogging ~ Poopy Cat
- Kaze the Cat: Frootbat Friday
- aliment: Ginger Men
- Derby, The Sassy Cat: Funky Fang Shui Friday
- composite drawlings: Friday Catblog ~ Maus… Bad(et).
- Matt Cutts: Ozzie investigates the Christmas tree
- Women Who Serve: Friday Cat Blogging ~ Portland edition
- The Yellow Doggerel Democrat: Friday Open Road Blogging ~ Stella and Samantha are finding…
- Life from a Cat’s Perspective: Tuxie Tuesday with Samantha
- This, That & The Other Thing: Feline Friday ~ King of Zen At Play
- Coyote Mercury: Friday Cat Blogging ~ Simon (and his Daemon?)
- Cascade Exposures: Toby Eyes Me Suspiciously
- Jottings From Jersey: Feline Friday
- Wanderin’ Weeta With Waterfowl (and Weeds): In Which Grandma Weeta proves… Kitten and kid… boarded 12/8
- Pet’s Garden Blog>: Oh Caterday boarded 12/8
- enrevanche: Gato on guard duty; Chow Bella on backup boarded 12/8
- Birdchick Blog: Crow and Kitten boarded 12/8
- Watermark: Silly Holiday Kitties boarded 12/8
- iInfidel: Snake in the Grass boarded 12/9
- Imeowza: Caturday ~ Cece boarded 12/9
- Musings of a Mad Macedonian: Meowsings of an Opinionated Pussycat boarded 12/9
- Mind of Mog: the winner is… still Cece boarded 12/9
Other Vertebrates
- Greg Laden’s Blog: The African Buffalo, Syncerus caffir
- Books at Eclectics: Topper and Spencer get ready to Deck the Halls
- 10,000 Monkeys and a Camera: Friday Creature ~ Alligator
- First Draft: Friday ferretblogging ~ Coffee Edition
- Jil in Pattaya: Elephant
- The Inman Road Chronicles: A Beautiful Day
- Farmgirl Fare: A Cary Update
- Pet Monologues: Amazing Hug
- millertime: “Now where the heck are my car keys?!”
- Niches: There And Back Again ~ Find the Cows
- The Pet Blog: Solomen Island Tree Froglets
- Cowboy Blob’s Saloon,…: Friday Fertography
- Shaken & Stirred: Home Again ~ This Frog means business
- The Daily Kos: Marine Life Series – Countershading boarded 12/8
Birds
- Living the Scientific Life: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis and more in Birds in the News #108
- Living the Scientific Life: Laughing Gull, Larus atricilla; Male Broad-billed Hummingbird, Cynanthus latirostris; and Life With ‘Da Boids’
- Take Joy!: Bet You Don’t Have One of These . . .
- Creek Running North: Iridescence
- Somewhere In NJ: Hoodies
- Nature Knitter: A Great Gray Owl Story
- Thoughts from the Middle of Nowhere: Chickens
- A DC Birding Blog: Loose Feathers #127 ~ Brant in Defensive Posture and more birding news
- Big Spring Birds: Gray Catbird
- Birdfreak Birding Blog: Phriday Photo ~ White-crowned Sparrow
- The Daily Kos: Dawn Chorus Birdblog ~ : Craning for a better view boarded 12/08
- Birdchick Blog: Crow and Kitten boarded 12/8
Dogs
- What Works For Us: Snow Angel
- Duck Pond: Friday Night Dog Blog: Cognitive Canines ~ Sasha and Dexter
- The Inman Road Chronicles: A Beautiful Day
- Pet Monologues: Kool Stools and My Dog: Fleas!
- Theriomorph: Gilly is snowed in (via)
- composite drawlings: Dogblog ~ Dog Justice
- Cactus Blog: Friday Whippet Blogging ~ Tigra
- enrevanche: Gato on guard duty; Chow Bella on backup boarded 12/8
- a public private space: I am a dog! boarded 12/9
Pet Monologues: Pillow. Pillow.Pillow
Invertebrates
- Pharyngula: Friday Cephalopod ~ Study in Blue Cuttlefish, Sepia latimanus
- catalogue Of Organisms: A Choir of Zoraptera
- The Backyard Arthropod Project: June Beetle boarded 12/8
- Snail’s Tales: Rumina Caught In the Act boarded 12/8
In Memoriam
- x
Didn’t Make It
- x
Exceptions (inclusion not guaranteed)
- Crazy meezer: Two furry great prizes to win!
Extra, Extra: All Ark boarders are invited to shout out at the Friday Ark Frapper Map.
Dog folks: remember to submit your links to:
- the Carnival of the Dogs hosted by Mickey’s Musings
Cat folks: remember to submit your links to:
- Carnival of the Cats which goes up every Sunday
- the 193rd edition, 12/3, is up at This, That & The Other Thing
- The 194th edition, 12/9, will be hosted by Bad Kitty Cats
- Weekend Cat Blogging which goes up every weekend
- The 130th edition, 12/2-3, is up at Life Drom A Cats Perspective
- The 131st edition, 12/8-9, will be hosted by What did You Eat?
- Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos which goes up every weekend
- The 21st edition, 12/2, is up at Pet’s Garden Blog
- The 22nd edition, 12/9, will be hosted by Life From A Cat’s Perspective
- Do go shout out at The Catbloggers Frappr Map
Birders: I and the Bird: A Blog Carnival for Bird Lovers is published every 2 weeks.
- The 63rd edition, 11/29, is up at The Green Belt
- The 64th edition, 12/13, will be hosted by Iowa Voice
For the spineless: Circus of the Spineless. A monthly celebration of Insects, Arachnids, Molluscs, Crustaceans, Worms and most anything else that wiggles.
- The 26th edition, October, is up at The Other 95%
- The 27th edition, November, will be hosted by The Hawk Owl’s Nest
For other current carnivals check out The Blog Carnival and The TTLB Uber Carnival
The shoe fits
The L.L. Bean tygerboots are in — only four days from phone order to delivery! — but first things first. As soon as the boots were out of the box . . . Tiny moved in, turning the space into
Experimental evidence suggests that dogs use abstract concepts. Sasha and Dexter, as cognitive canines, knew that already.
FUZZY FRIDAY
Cat, dog, roach or canary –
Feathered, scaly, smooth, or hairy,
Whether resident in desert or the dankest swamp,
The Friday Ark is where all the fauna romp.
Friday Creature
Happy Friday! This is an alligator from somewhere, but I don’t remember the details. Quite the cutie, though, huh? Well, the whole Christmas season thing is kicking into high gear this weekend — the calendar is littered with parties! And…
Too Hot
One of the things I am to avoid is heating pads and the like. And naturally, one certain little one got up in my lap. After about half hour of Jezi sprawled across my lap it felt like my lap was burning up and I had to gently shove her off me. Doubt sh…
Friday Ark Now Available
A blog carnival for you to enjoy!
we’re ready to set sail. permission to come aboard?
Jelly Pizza: Meet the Puss…
Friday Cat Blogging
Not Cute
Hrumph?
[Editor: In solidarity with the striking WGA members, Sox is not being cute, or impersonating a penguin.]
Friday Ark
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OK, OK, I know Gilgamesh wanting to hop on the Ark is one of those cross-cultural mixed metaphor things.
But he does.
Feline Friday: Hello, Sashie!
He’s sitting on the trunk by the window, talking to the birds. There are flocks of them today, so it’s quite a conversation. I walk up behind him, say, “Hello, Sashie.” He looks up; I snap this shot.
You can talk to the animals…
Toby thinks I’m a suspicious character…
http://jlbussey.typepad.com/ce/2007/12/toby-eyes-me-su.html
Jan/CascadeExposures
Toby Eyes Me Suspiciously
And really, why wouldn’t he? There are weirdos walking around with cameras stuck to their faces! It pays to be careful! (He’s my neighbor’s cat by the way, I didn’t just bring home yet another critter…) (larger image) (larger image)
Oh! I promised to remember to get my entry in by Thursday. And here it is, Friday night. Sorry. Again. I’ll do better next week, I promise.
Anyhow, my submission, in the Cats category this time, is In Which Grandma Weeta proves…”. Kitten and kid, “napping”.
(It does include a human, but mostly entertaining the kitten.)
Classic Profile
It’s raining today, but a few days ago I caught our Maximum Leader as she sat on the fence in our front yard
Thanks for another great Ark!
Silly Holiday Kitties
Photo by Sue Pinkerton, totally messed with by SB For more kitties go here: The Carnival of the Cats at Carnival fthe Cats #193: Better Late Than Never Edition On Sunday, the new carnival will be at: Bad Kitty Cats Please note: The Carnival of the Cats…
Carnivalia and an open thread
Cruise the web starting with these most excellent entry points. Carnival of the Godless #80 Friday Ark #168 Carnival of Education #148 Skeptics’ Circle #75 Revere’s Sunday Sermonette — there hasn’t been enough outrage at the unconstitutional vile…
Snake In The Plants
Here I am observing the garden snake. It spits out nice refreshing water. Me keep snake.
Weekend brings other kittycats, lots:
Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos at Life From A Cat’s Perspective Optional Theme – Toys Or Boxes
Carnival of the Cats …
Cece
Cece comes around just about every day. We are usually together and Izzy joins us on occasion although he might state otherwise. He can be difficult but usually only with Bazel. And Jezi. Izzy difficult not Cece. Cece’s a very good cat. Friendly,…
Meowsings of an Opinionated Pussycat
Hello there! Except for the last 2 days, the sun has spent a week shining thru the window tempting me to spend all my time working on my, um, wait, I can’t get a tan since my fur is in
Blogging Will Be Light Yesterday And Today
Cause I was doing the party thing and as a result maybe or just coincidence, I didn’t get much sleep last night and it’s taking it’s toll. I’m falling asleep at the keyboard. Before I do, must have cat pic. Who’s been good…
Today’s carnivals
Friday Ark #168 is up on Modulator The latest edition of the Carnival of the Godless is up on The Jesus Myth Cancer Research Blog Carnival #4 is up on /weblog…
Carnival of the Cats 194 Seasonal Flu Edition
May I have your attention please? I, Zed Monster, have had a mighty time getting my human to remain at the computer long enough to finish my graphics and post what I, Zed Monster, tell her. She may have to be fired from this position, but since she…