Kiss a Ginger Day

We have a ginger cat who lives here.....but there will be NO kissing Junior....

However, we have had some adorable gingers in the past year that were VERY kissable.

two of the flower kittens were gingers

Barney and Fanta from Best Friends

3 of the 6 tree kittens (the boys) were gingers

Hey - did we tell you about Alder?? He was fostered by another volunteer when he went to the adoption center and then got a cold. Well....Miss K fell in love and adopted him. She and mom are friends on facebook so mom gets to see him (now Jojo) from time to time. Miss K fosters and Jojo is helping to raise foster kittens with her. aww.....

Monroe

Waffles the rescue

And hey - speaking of Waffles the rescue....mom saw a post on Colony Cats facebook page from the end of December from the family that adopted him and he is doing great!!! Woohoo!!!

Year in Review - Part 2

July
  Muscari got adopted and there was some banging of fireworks in our area.

  Mom continued to work with the shy tortie girls from the tree kitten group.

  We showed you the FIV room being built for our rescue group (it is now open and cats have been adopted!!)

  We had some sad news when we learned Trillium from the flower group passed away. He was pretty sick and being cared for by another foster lady.

  Mom took a short vacation to Maine and spent some time with the cat ladies from Tails from the Foster Kittens, Love and Hisses and Whiskers in the Window. They took a shelter tour while they were there.

  Mom continued to work with the tree kittens. And Cedar got adopted!

And toward the end of the month, we were joined by the Patriot Girls - Liberty and Freedom.

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August
  Ivy turned 8 years old and Tommy celebrated his 11th Gotcha Day.

  Amaryllis got adopted and we added a couple of kittens for a short period of time.

 We celebrated our 7th blogoversary!

  Did a little TNR.

  Sherlock got into trouble and adopted all on the same day.

 The beer kittens showed up as fosters.

 Mom completed another change to the foster room.

  And then Marilyn and her kittens moved in as well.

  Daiquiri turned 2 years old.  Fiona the feral momma cat and her kittens joined us. And then Wheat made an appearance to join the beer kittens.

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September

  Mom continued to get her baby fix from Marilyn's boy - Russell and Monroe while we tried to figure out what to do with Fiona and her kittens.

  Hops got adopted!! And the brandy kittens finally got their names.

  Spud celebrated a birthday, Barley went to the adoption center and we got a new girl kitten.

  Things got bad locally here when the county dog shelter screwed up in a major way.

  There was a kitten report about Wheat, Saldano and the brandy kittens and Marilyn's boys.

  Mozart celebrated a birthday.

  The brandy kittens had some health issues but continued to do ok and every foster kitten was well.

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October

  Mom was on her way to the annual fundraiser when a young orange cat wandered up to her (isn't that how it always works?). She picked him up, took him to the rescue and named him Waffles. He has since been adopted.

  Mom continued on working to get Liberty and Freedom socialized. Tommy celebrated a birthday. And Marilyn and the kittens moved to the foster room.

  The kittens continued to do well and loved having more space.

  Unfortunately, mom came home from work one afternoon and discovered that Monroe had crossed Rainbow Bridge.

  Dandelion came back as a foster. (sigh) The kittens got a new toy and continued to do well. Sumac got adopted and the brandy kittens started turning white. We also learned that Hemlock passed away in her sleep at the adoption center.

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November

  All the kittens continued to do very well, though the brandy kittens took their sweet time gaining weight. Russell and Saldano finally did make weight and headed up to the adoption center.

  Wheat went home with her new family and Marilyn went off to a partner store to look for hers.

  We continued on the v-e-t adventure with Dandelion to figure out what is going on with him.

  The brandy kittens were the only ones left in the foster room and got themselves a castle.

   Mom took the brandy kittens out in public. Kirsch and Calvados made it over 2 pounds and were scheduled for surgery as well.

  Russell and Saldano were adopted!! (not together) Marilyn also got adopted!!

  Cassis came and joined the foster group.

  The brandy kittens temporarily joined the kitten fight club. There was a BIG adoption event over the Thanksgiving weekend. Mom was at a couple of remote locations. Kirsch and Calvados were both adopted that weekend (not together).

  There was an update on the patriot girls as we pushed to try to find them a home.
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December

  The patriot girls went to one of our local partner stores when a cage opened up.

  Dandelion was tested and vetted and we still don't have any good answers about his snot.

  We won a new piece of cat furniture.

  The remaining two brandy kittens continued to do well.

  At 4 months old, Chambord finally made weight to get spayed and then shortly thereafter went to the adoption center. She went home on 12/23.

 We wished you all a Merry Catmas.
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Thank you as always for being our friends and following along on our adventures. We love having your purrs and support for the good and the bad times. We wish you all a happy and healthy 2017!!

Numbers: 26 kittens this year. There are still 4 left to be adopted: Dandelion, Liberty and Freedom, and Cassis. We did have 4 kittens pass away. Everyone else is adopted.
  

Year in Review - Part 1

January
  Those French City Kittens were still in residence.

  A local group of artists donated cat art to raise money for targeted TNR in our area:

  Miss Calais (now Isadora or Izzy) went home to Connecticut. And we got an update.

  Tostada finally got adopted!!
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February
  Nashville came back and hanging out with us to get over a cold.

   After several weeks at one of our partner stores, Margarita found her forever home!!!

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March
   Mom started working on the "new" foster space in the house. It is still a work in progress, but she is glad she figured it out and it gives her the bathroom back. MOL

  Daiquiri developed a weird fascination with the TV in the bedroom.

  Nashville was ADOPTED!!!!

  On March 25, the air was sucked out of the house when Tim crossed Rainbow Bridge. Mom still misses him very much....especially when she sits with the foster kittens since he was so much help in raising great kittens.

  Fortunately to lighten mom's heart, we got a laugh out loud update on Izzy.

  Then these guys arrived:

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April
  We celebrated Mom's birthday and she got a cute present from the kid. And of course, LOTS of pictures of the new kittens - who were named after a flower theme: Amarylis, Muscari, Trillium, Orchid and Dandelion.

  We got some eyeballs:

  And the baby antics continued:

  Then suddenly the flower kittens were 4 weeks old:

Orchid (her leg warmer gives her away)

Dandelion

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May
  The flower kittens turned 6 weeks old and mom began to notice some medical issues with Trillium.

  Mom posted about Dog Bite Prevention Week along with 4 other bloggers.

  The kittens continued to grow though there were continued concerns about Trillium.

  The kittens turned 2 months old!!

  Mom took a trip to Best Friends Animal Society with the kid and her parents. part 2 and CalMar
    Mom also wrote about the measure of character after meeting a special cat there.

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June
  The first of the tree kittens showed up to gain some social skills and were introduced to the flower kittens.

  The tree kittens got names and both groups of kittens melded into one family (though momma cat Amaryllis surely would have been fine without more kittens in the house).

  We posted about Amaryllis trying to find her a home since she was ready to go.

  The 6th tree kitten showed up.  The kittens continued to grow and goof off.

  Trillium continued to stay with another foster mom and the remaining flower kittens went up to the adoption center.

  Mom continued to work with the tree kittens hoping to get the skittish kittens more social.

weekend

We have great news from the weekend:

ADOPTED

Sumac made it out of foster care and was brought the to remote store adoption where mom cleans. Friday night a nice gentleman came in and was talking to the volunteer cleaning that evening. She got Sumac out and it was love. He filled out an application and Sumac went home on Sunday!!!

And one of the adults in the store went home Sunday as well. A very good day indeed.
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Dandelion - resting up from all his adventures

Daiquiri has thankfully stopped hissing and growling at him. No idea if she thought she was being replaced as the baby or what her problem was with him, but she is over it. At least until he stole her toy.....

Russell is all: what the what is this??

This is Kirsch.

Mom has no idea why the brandy kittens are getting white hairs,

but it is making the girls easier to tell apart in pictures.

Calvados has more white than either girl, but

Kirsch looks like she stuck her head in a can of paint and has a circle on her face.

Mom broke out the flower collar again. The participants were particularly unwilling to cooperate. MOL

The patriot girls are getting better by the day. 

Hopefully they will clear up completely and can be spayed soon.

They do act like they want out of the tower and could certainly 

use more space to run around. But mom is afraid they might freak 

out and then she would have to catch them again.