Now What – Tails From the Backyard

Vacation From Myself

A few days, that’s all. When I drew this I wasn’t sure if I’d be taking all of July off to just…I don’t know. Nothing I’ve got planned! I can tell you that much. The comic is back on 7/8 and you’ll be in some very good paws. Bribery is always welcome at: https://ko-fi.com/LyndaN

Hello, Friend!

I was drawing those other two comics you saw this week when all these red admirals started landing on me and the paper and the house and each other and everything! It was awesome!

Late Night Activities

Note that giving kittens rides on backs is not safe.

She Likes It Here.

The Kitten is EVERYONE’S boyfriend.

What’s Summertime?

To be accurate, it’s the season that it seems normal for me to be walking around in a tank top and sitting under trees. I mean, I was sitting out there with my furry children in February.

I Want Them All To Be Friends!

It’s going well. Really. I mean, they’re all still alive. Well, you know what I mean.

Puppy Problems

Poor Puppy, summer freaks her out.

Tiger Mommy!

(Everyone’s fine.) Wow, I guess I should’ve realized Babycat would be hella protective of her baby. Before she had her kitten, she was like, “Hey, cat. ‘sup.” and my Fluffy son would look at her, but that was all. They had an understanding, you know? It’s turning out The Puppy is not having any catContinue reading “Tiger Mommy!”

Babyer Babycat! Tinier Tinycat! A KITTEN!

Holding a phone, I creep up on a box where Babycat had The Kitten. I say, "Hello! Do you like your first box, babyer babycat?" Inside the box, Babycat is nursing her kitten, a small grey tabby. "Can a girl get some privacy?" she asks. In the corner, there is a bit of the sorts of things you find after a cat has had kittens. "Okay, Babycat!" I say, fiddling with my phone. "Just gonna post these photos and look up what that other thing is in the corner."

Hey, I draw it how it was. I didn’t wanna bug her too much, not knowing how many kittens were on the way. Around 10:44 I peeked in and Babycat already had her kitten cleaned up and was nursing him. In the corner was the sort of thing you find when a cat has aContinue reading “Babyer Babycat! Tinier Tinycat! A KITTEN!”

Privacy!

Babycat tells The Puppy a whole story about needing a safe place to have her kitten. The Puppy hears her meowing and asks, "Is this cat a werewolf?" Babycat asks the fluffy calico through the window. "Where's a good place to have my kitten?" The fluffy calico says, "Find a tire or a closet, I'm not your mom!" In the third panel, I'm looking for Babycat, and she pokes her head out of the closet and says, "I need privacy!"

I wish I had video of all the talking Babycat did the day she had her kitten. It was adorable and I thought she was just being really friendly until she climbed into my Mum’s closet and well, then things got real. Yay for her being a patient cat and yay for big boxes! SpoilerContinue reading “Privacy!”

The Magic Window

For the first few days Babycat lived in The Puppy’s crate, because I wasn’t sure if she’d dig indoor living, and I didn’t know if she knew how to use a litter pan. You already saw she moved out of the crate and settled into cat-bed-at-the-window-life, and she knows how to use a pan likeContinue reading “The Magic Window”

I Got A Plan!

I got a plan! Unfortunately plans are expensive. For a society that insists people spay and neuter their pets to keep them healthy and reduce overpopulation, they sure don’t make it easy. The Ninja Twins and The Puppy had everything taken care of at the shelter, and the cost has doubled since the ’90s whenContinue reading “I Got A Plan!”

She Just Needs Love!

I predict next year at this time they’ll all be besssst friends. I hope.

No One Consulted Her.

The Puppy hears banging and hissing. She asks, "Oh hey, what's going on?" Climbing the stairs, The Puppy asks, "WHAT DID YOU DO?" I'm inside the house with Babycat wrapped up like a purrito. "Help!" says Babycat. "I love her and I need her to be safe!" I say, looking a bit crazed. "Oh hell no," says The Puppy, hair raised.

And that is pretty much exactly how I turned Captain Tinycat into a rescue cat. Would it have been cheaper to go to therapy after we lost The Slinky One? Maybe (not!), but it would’ve been way less cute. LOOK AT HER. LOOK AT HER WIDDLE FOOTIES. I have no regrets. Maybe I should’ve doneContinue reading “No One Consulted Her.”

Say, Do You Like Chicken?

Well, you knew this was coming. I guess.