I Don't Feel Much Appreciation

Last Friday (February 22) was Cauli Le Chat Appreciation Day at my Library.  So where were the party treats for moi?  Party favors for the patrons?  Celebratory food in general?  I saw NOTHING SPECIAL around here.  What's up with that?

Remember Last Year's Celebration?

As Tober, Boss Cat at Thorntown (Indiana) Public Library, would say, this is a firement offense, minions.  Just saying.  I can't believe that everybody FORGOT about my wonderful day!  Is nothing sacred?

I am SO UTTERLY bummed out about this.  I'm going to sulk in my favorite bushes outside (in the Kinder Garden area).

I'm Not Saying Which One I'm Sulking Under

Minions, you can't make this up to moi now.  Too late by a long shot, I'll venture.  The pink slips will be flying later this week.  Look for yours in your mailboxes.

Expect Your Name on One of These, Minions

Your Roving Reporter On The Go,

Cauli Le Chat

P.S.  "Forgotten," by Avril Lavigne, is a sad song, like I'm feeling right now because I, too, was forgotten on my special day.  The song appeared on her album, Under My Skin (2004).

Cauli Art Appreciation Contest Winners

By Junior, of Junior's Farm

MPL Special Feline Correspondent
Arts & Crafts News Beat

A team of artistically-inclined felines judged the drawings that our early literacy library patrons submitted on Cauli Le Chat Appreciation Day (last Wednesday, February 22, 2012).  This is a crack team of kitty artisans who know fine art when we see it.

Meet the rest of the judging panel:

Cauli Le Chat, MPL Feline Roving Reporter

Harley Quinn, MPL Feline "Cub" Reporter

Cauli, of course, is well known to her readers, and her qualifications speak for themselves.  Harley is new to the world of art evaluation, but she's quite keen to do a good job.  Actually, she's quite keen about everything.

HARLEY:  Ohboyohboyohboyohboy . . .  I am SOOOO thrilled to be selected on the judging panel for all of this wonderful artwork!  It is all so terrifically creative and imaginative.  I can't wait to get started!

CAULI:  Settle yourself, Harley.  Take some deep breaths.

It was a difficult decision, because there were so many excellent drawings.  Everybody who participated is a winner to us!  There were four categories of drawing styles, or "schools" (as we artsy types call them):

• Realist (or Realism)
• Avant-Garde
• Impressionist (or Impressionism)
• Post-Modernism

I've provided hyperlinks to the human definitions for this artistic terminology.  We felines have our own interpretations, though.

Here are the winners in each category.  To preserve privacy, we are using only the artists' initials followed by a line (e.g., "J____ W____").  In cases in which the initials are the same, we used the first two letters of an artist's first name.  Those whose initials are given:  You know who you are.

REALIST

WINNER

"Buttercup," by Sh____ B____

RUNNER-UP

"Purple Tail Cauli," by L____ M____

IMPRESSIONIST

WINNER

"Silent Cauli" by B____ P____

RUNNER-UP

"Kaleidoscopic Cauli," by K____ B____

AVANT-GARDE

WINNER

"Purple Haze Cauli," by Sy____ B____

RUNNER-UP

"Rainbow Cauli," by G____ C____

POST-MODERNISM

WINNER

"Electric Red Static Cauli," by L____ J____

RUNNER-UP

"Happy Cauli Goes Green," by D____ M____

Thanks to everybody who participated.  Remember to keep drawing!  Your art is your unique expression.  NOBODY ELSE can draw exactly like you can, and the world would be a lot less fun if we didn't have YOUR artwork to enjoy.

Paws Up to All Our Young Artists,

Junior, of Junior's Farm

MPL Special Feline Correspondent

Arts & Crafts News Beat

P.S.  "The Painter," by Neil Young, comes to us courtesy of his album Prairie Wind (2005).

P.P.S.  "Colours," by Donovan, was first released as a single (1965).  It helped establish Donovan's folk song-writing reputation.  He liked to be known as the "Scottish Woody Guthrie" instead of the "British Bob Dylan."  He had his reasons.