Cats and books

 Mom was away this past weekend. One of her author friends had a vendor table at a local to her cat show and mom went as her assistant. 

They had a good time. Books were sold and cats were admired (no touching allowed). There were 2 rescues there as well. Pumpkins patch who ate a foster based rescue helping FeLV and FIV cats. Halfway home rescue was also there and brought adoptable kittens. This guy participated in the household cat show division abd won several ribbons. Clearly being cute is hard work.

There were lots of breeds being shown and it was interesting to watch even though mom doesn't understand how the system works.

Calico Maine Coon waiting for judging

All worn out

Mom bought some earrings, acute suncatcher and....a new cat tree.

The one previously under that window broke. Mom wanted something so Buttons could look out the window but obviously that requires certain specific layouts. Mom had pictures of the space along with video of Buttons and after some discussion the maker of Nathans kitty condos got an idea and modified one of the trees he had. Chanel was first to try it out once it got upstairs. We will post more on social media as Buttons hopefully figures it out. 

More kittens

 Good news: while mom was delivering the cheese girls, Ricotta got adopted too!!

The fruits are doing well. With it being a long weekend, mom gave them some freedom to run around the house. They seemed to have fun but will have to stay in the foster room while mom is working since they want all the attention. 

Persimmon 

Guava 

The shelter reached out and asked if we could take a pair from them. Since the crate is empty and the kittens are little (plus mom already said no once before), we got Scotch Bonnet and Cubanelle.  As their names imply, the tortie is kind of spicy and the torbie is very much not. Mom actually refers to her as a potato. 

Both are in meds for a cold though Cubanelle is more snotty. Scotch is currently suffering the kitten purrito as she is pretty hissy. First night she spit and was growling. Now it's more "unhand me peasant". 

If you are in the US we hope the air banging over the weekend wasn't too terrible. It was loud here so Goldfish, Daiquiri and Buttons all hid. But it seemed to not last really long so that was good.

Adoption weekend

 Most adoptions are fairly routine. Some are less so. The cheese girls getting adopted is on the second category. 

Early on there was some interest in them both. But we never get our hopes up and we never pressure people to make an important decision like this. But as the kittens got older our friend Miss Julie said yes she wanted to adopt the girls. Yep - Cupcake and Ashton's mom. 

Once the girls got healthy and were spayed, it was time to travel. Saturday morning everything was packed and ready to go including a pair of kittens. 

Mom and the girls got checked in and through security. The flight was pretty quick and then they arrived. Brie came right out tail held high. Gouda got the indignity of being rinsed off since there was a minor accident in the carrier. But no harm done.

Ashton kept her distance but was curious. Cupcake gave them a lot of smack talk. But after a couple of days she wasn't doing anything more than hissing at them so we are pretty sure she will get over it in time. Mom just had to remind the girls that the new tuxedo may be related to the other tuxedo but their personalities are miles apart.

Brie slept with mom on Saturday and both girls showed up in the middle of the night on Sunday. 

There are lots of new toys and new places to check out...especially the hex shapes on the walls. Both girls quickly figured out how to get up and down. Brie also found the front window.

But the picture that Miss Julie sent mom right before she got on the plane to come home was the best:

Congrats to the girls - now Sundae and Frosting - and their new family. Plus we will get updates !