Yes, it’s Feline Friday! We returned from San Francisco on Tuesday, but luckily managed to get enough photos for a respectable Friday photo gallery.

This is Mr. Duke. He’s our 15-year old tabby point siamese who was diagnosed with feline diabetes in 2010. In a few months he’ll be finishing the seventh year with twice-daily insulin shots. He’s not in perfect health, but he’s living much better (and much longer) than we feared when we got his diagnosis.

One thing you notice right way is that the cloudiness of Duke’s eyes is now quite apparent. They look a lot like cataracts. We can’t tell how much his vision is impaired. So far, we haven’t noticed any difficulty in getting around the house or getting where he wants to go. So we’ll just cross our fingers and move on.

Oh, here was my favorite email of the past week or so, received from a friend in Portland.

Thursday night sitting at bar at M&S (that’s McCormick & Schmick on the Portland riverfront) I heard a young fellow sitting nearby using a little pidgin speaking to the bartender. I learned he had spent about 8 years in Hawaii and he offered that he still religiously follows Feline Friday.

Yes! So to all you Feline Friday fans out there, wherever you happen to be, here’s your link to yet another week of the cat energy from our fabulous four.

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