THE LETTER Z ~ ZOOLATRY, of course ~ with a visit from Angel ZOEY

Yes, we've been around awhile now, 16 years as of this coming June. We've never been a blog to carry advertising, and have no interest in any of the stats (not sure I'd believe them anyway).  But, curiosity did make me check one thing for this post today, discovering that we have posted 5,428 times.  A lot of pictures and a lot of words.  

Starting out way back when, I struggled to find a "name", only knowing I didn't want to associate the blog with anyone or any pet in particular, but wanted it to be reflect all animals in some way.  Looking up "zoo" in the dictionary, scrolling down from there led to zoolatry and that was that.  

Way back then, my husband insisted "well, you also need an identity, a brand", but I sure didn't know what!  As a pet owner for both cats and dogs, and not at all conversant at that time with the intricacies of image design ... he said, "oh just use your stripey sox that you always wear"!  How silly of him.  (but sometimes you let them win, thank you, dear)  So, he suggested I get up on the kitchen stool, turn my feet thisaway and thataway, and he took a lot of pictures.  Of course, the sox and the stripes are admittedly "generic", not having much to do with animals and pets ~ but allowing me to veer off into other directions on our blog from time to time, which I've certainly taken advantage of over the years.

Those "real" sox were reimagined into ones sleeker and slimmer, becoming our little logo and yes, here we are 16 years later and I do have quite a few pair (albeit newer ones) of stripey sox in the dresser drawer.  The sox, maybe with dog fur or cat hair have often appeared here.  And all sorts of other items-and-objects in red and white stripes have been showing up on Zoolatry now for years.  

Red and white stripes ~ beyond sox ~ then evolved as our thing (admittedly, red being a favored color of mine).  Here, there, sort of everywhere, all kinds of graphic designs ~ cartoons, costumes, Christmas ornaments and more.

Then one day not too long ago a new kitty moved in and now ~ you'll see lots of

blue and white polka dots, too!

THE LETTER Z ~ ZOOLATRY

THE LETTER Z ~ ZOEY

We could not complete the Letter Z without mention of one particular little cat who dominated our blog for many years ~ Zoey ~ ZoZo, the Zozster, our resident clown.  A blue point himmie, a forever-kitten in her behaviors, likely using up her "nine lives" on a monthly basis with her adventuresome spirit.  Famous for her little snaggle toof, she squeaked, no meows.  But don't be fooled, she'd make you love her with her brilliant blue eyes and fluffed up furs, love of the camera and show-off attitude. Zo... think of her and sing "Send In The Clowns".