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You are here: Home / Diary / Caturday Flashback With Sparkle – January 2006

Caturday Flashback With Sparkle – January 2006

June 3, 2017 By: Summer Samba27 Comments

somali cat from January 2006

Did you think that was me? Actually it’s Sparkle from January, 2006. She was about 3-1/2 years old, just a little older than me, in this photo. My human loves this photo because there is a little star highlight in her eye.

somali cat eye with star highlight

Here is a close-up so you can get a good look.

somali cat sitting up for treat

Although Sparkle led a very different life from mine, some things were the same. While she didn’t have a whole repertoire of tricks, she did learn how to sit up. Nearly every cat that’s lived with my human has learned to do at least that.

tortoiseshell cat sitting up for treat

Binga, of course, had to sit up too.

tortoiseshell cat in Christmas tree box, with Somali cat looking at her

As you can see, Binga hasn’t changed much in the past 11 or so years. Sparkle couldn’t figure her out either.

sparkle the somali cat posing with big teddy bear

One thing Sparkle had to do that I didn’t was pose with items to be sold on eBay. That included a bunch of Teddy bears. A friend of my human’s was moving to New York and gave her a big box of them to sell. Sparkle wasn’t fond of posing with them. I don’t know why. I think I would have really, really liked helping my human sell the bears on eBay!

somali cat taste testing a fairy teddy bear

Occasionally she wanted to test the merchandise. See? It wasn’t all bad.

I hope you enjoyed this Caturday Flashback! If you want to see the original post, here it is. The photos were much smaller back then!

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Comments

  1. Gina says

    June 5, 2017 at 5:59 am

    That is so sweet. thanks for sharing those photos and memories of Sparkle.

    Reply
  2. The kitties of purring pines says

    June 5, 2017 at 12:29 am

    Thanks fur da flashback!

    Reply
  3. Pipo/Minko/MrJackFreckles says

    June 4, 2017 at 11:19 pm

    Lovely ad treasured memories. ((((( ♥ )))))

    Reply
  4. meowmeowmans says

    June 4, 2017 at 7:40 pm

    What a treat to see Sparkle again, Summer. We loved her lots, and miss her!

    Reply
  5. Lola says

    June 4, 2017 at 4:37 pm

    We love flashbacks with Sparkle! It gives us the chance to learn more about her. She was a pretty girl.

    Reply
  6. BionicBasil says

    June 4, 2017 at 9:41 am

    Oh we loved today’s flashback Summer, Sparkle was a furry special kitty indeed!

    Bestest purrs

    Basil & Co xox

    Reply
  7. Roby Sweet says

    June 4, 2017 at 4:52 am

    Loving the star highlight! Sparkle was such a pretty kitty.

    Reply
  8. The Poupounette Gang says

    June 3, 2017 at 6:36 pm

    How lovely to see Sparkle again!

    Purrs,
    The Chans

    Reply
  9. THe Island Cats says

    June 3, 2017 at 6:19 pm

    It was nice to see Sparkle today.

    Reply
  10. Sherri-Ellen T-D. says

    June 3, 2017 at 3:25 pm

    Mee-you mee did not know sparkle gurl…shee sure was a purrty gurl….
    Shee an Aunty Nylablue liked to pose with stuffiess…mee not so interested….
    An mee iss sorry yur feelin lonlee Summer….maybe thee Hu’manss are outside an not on their Pee Cee’ss…..
    Mee will come visit dailee ok???
    ~~~head rubsss~~~ Siddhartha Henry~~~

    Reply
  11. Melissa, Mudpie & Angel Truffles says

    June 3, 2017 at 3:23 pm

    Great memories! We didn’t know Sparkle back then so these pictures are actually new to us. I love that she couldn’t figure Binga out either MOL

    Reply
  12. Jo-Anne the cray lady says

    June 3, 2017 at 3:23 pm

    Oh so lovely, these photos made me smile

    Reply
  13. Kitties Blue says

    June 3, 2017 at 1:53 pm

    Mom is all, “ooh and aah,” and “squeee”! She gets all crazy whenever she sees a cat sitting up. Some of us will do it on occasion. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo and Cooper Murphy

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  14. sue brandes says

    June 3, 2017 at 1:21 pm

    She was so pretty.

    Reply
  15. Ellen Pilch says

    June 3, 2017 at 12:28 pm

    That was a great flashback plus I got my Binga fix 🙂

    Reply
  16. Charles Huss says

    June 3, 2017 at 10:38 am

    Thanks for sharing. Those are great pictures of Sparkle.

    Reply
  17. Mickey's Musings says

    June 3, 2017 at 9:26 am

    We did enjoy this flashback.
    We remember Sparkle too.
    She was a cool cat.
    Purrs Georgia,Julie and JJ

    Reply
  18. Annabelle says

    June 3, 2017 at 7:34 am

    So good to see Sparkle and we love the photo too with the “sparkle” in her eyes!

    Reply
  19. Johnny says

    June 3, 2017 at 6:36 am

    Great flashback! I unfortunately never got to meet Sprarkle, so it was a pleasure to meet her now. May her memory be eternal <3

    Reply
  20. Brian frum says

    June 3, 2017 at 6:04 am

    It sure was nice to see dear Sparkle, especially with World Cat Domination Day coming up!

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  21. Madi and Mom says

    June 3, 2017 at 5:58 am

    Summer,
    Sparkle….was the purrfect name for her too. You human is right that close up of her eye is amazing…
    We sure did enjoy know and reading about Sparkle.
    Golly Gee Binga is a trick cat too.
    Hugs madi your bfff

    Reply
  22. Laila and Minchie says

    June 3, 2017 at 5:40 am

    Thank you for the Sparkle flashback. We sill miss her.

    Reply
  23. Eastside Cats says

    June 3, 2017 at 5:23 am

    Binga is her own cat, for sure!

    Reply
  24. Purrjamm Cats says

    June 3, 2017 at 5:11 am

    What beautiful pictures of Sparkle and Binga. We love the star picture, how unique this is. Purrfect timing. Sparkle will live within us forever and never be forgotten. Great posting today sweetie. Purrs

    Reply
  25. Margaret Elmendorf says

    June 3, 2017 at 4:59 am

    This is great, seeing Sparkle again. We do miss her. Too bad you never got to meet her Summer.

    Reply
  26. Toby and Leia says

    June 3, 2017 at 4:44 am

    Ah, Sparkle. She was definitely a special ladycat. We still miss her.

    Reply
  27. Teddy says

    June 3, 2017 at 3:36 am

    Awwww……teddy bears are cute – my Mom has her original one from the dark ages – it’s about to turn 70. Sparkle had her special ways and talents and you have yours……it’s “all good” – one thing you both DO have in common is that you both look GORGEOUS in photos!

    Hugs, Teddy

    Reply

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