wordless Wednesday

two girls

Liberty and Freedom are still at the store. We keep hoping for an application but nothing so far. Hopefully once kids are back in school and life settles down for people, the right family will discover them and we can get them into a home. The nice part is that the clerks and managers at the store LOVE the girls so they do get talked up quite a bit if people act interested. One of the assistant managers on Sunday told mom that even Liberty is getting to the point where she comes up to the cage and is asking people for attention (though she won't do that for mom....meany - MOL). They do hear pretty often how sweet and soft the girls are, so we suspect it is the bonded pair thing. Paws crossed that there is someone out there looking for a sweet pair of girls.....

Liberty

Freedom

love this toy

That small trackball may be the most favorite toy in the house at the moment. Cassis spends several times per day playing with it. Dandelion loves it too and they can get Daiquiri involved from time to time.

Cassis and Dandelion are having a blast playing together. Mom has to get Cass scheduled to be spayed. And she has a call in to the vet about a different treatment possibility for Dandelion.

We hope you all had a safe and warm weekend....we know the weather was bad in most places this weekend.

Random Fridays

Mom the techno dork struck again....some of you saw this yesterday....cause she hit the wrong button. Sorry about that....
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Sheesh - we got cold here again....really cold!!  Also - mom has been sick most of the week, so our comments haven't been up to par....sorry about that.
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We are going to ask you for a favor. A kitten named Faelynn came into the rescue with a genetic issue - eyelid agensis (she was born with no eyelids). The rescue is committed to helping her, but the surgery isn't cheap and they posted a youcaring fundraiser. If you can help, that is great. We completely understand if you can't but anything is great.  THANKS!!!

(if you want to just donate using paypal, go to the Colony Cats website (here) and click on donate and indicate it is for Faelynn)

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Some 2016 adoption numbers for you from the rescue:
    1,585 adoptions total
      82 dogs and 1 pot belly pig
      1,502 cats - 638 adults, 159 juveniles and 705 kittens
How cool is that for a small all volunteer rescue??
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From the mom:
I got home last night and there were two boxes outside the front door. One from Chewy with our food order and the other was an amazon box with a return address of "monster gift". OK. Took it upstairs, fed the cats, ate some dinner and finally got around to opening the box. No card inside, nothing to indicate who sent it. But I opened it and got a serious case of the giggles:

It's a cat carrier shaped like a VW bus!!! I had seen it online and fell in love but didn't want to spend the money on a novelty carrier.

For those who don't know, my brother works for VW and I drive a Beetle (and my previous car was a Beetle....you get the point).

THIS IS AWESOME!!!  To our fairy catmother.....THANK YOU doesn't begin to cover it. I am still smiling and it will be well taken care of!!

PS....the mystery was solved on Facebook. Izzy (our former foster) and her brothers Dusty and Nicky got their amazing mom Dee to send this. Thank you so much!!!

playtime

After Christmas, we got a box in the mail. Mom opened it and our friends The Island Cats had sent presents to the foster kittens. One was another of the famous blue track ball. The other was this toy. Mom is saving the blue track for fosters this spring. Cassis is loving this toy mom put out....and Daiquiri and Dandelion play with it as well. Thanks to Wally, Ernie, Zoey and their mom.

wordless Wednesday

Getting along

Everyone here is doing well. Dandelion is still a little snotty but mom is hoping to get him to a partner store soon. He seems to be at a point where it is what it is going to be with him. Hopefully someone will come along who is willing to accept that. There was some interest in the patriot girls but it got a no from the landlord. (Which was ok since it didn't seem like a good fit anyhow and saved mom from the argument)

Smug little monkey isn't she?

Happy 2017

We had a quiet weekend. Mom caught a cold the end of last week, so she did a few errands around the house but otherwise we sat around and kept each other company.

We wish for you a peaceful and wonderful 2017. Thank you for continuing to be our friends and coming along for the ride with us.

This is as close as Ivy gets to snuggling with kittens

lots of orangey goodness

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.