Weekly Instagram/Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr Roundup.
Going to Mars, BRB. (Planchet)
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Aramis is one happy boy (and of course d’Artagnan had to come see what was going on.)
Winter cracks me UP.
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Play time in the kitten room. Winter and Athos leaping at each other at the beginning KILLS me.
The kittens now have the run of the entire upstairs, but still spend the majority of their time in their safe space, the kitten room (this was them today, mid-afternoon). (It always takes kittens a few days to feel totally comfortable with all that added room.)
“TRYING TO SLEEP HERE, LADY!” (Good night, innernets. Aramis, d’Artagnan, Rochefort, Constance & Planchet)
Morning snuggles with Winter (and Porthos).
D’Artagnan cracks me UP. That boy has attitude to spare.
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A challenger to the title! Is Rochefort Da BAYbee? He certainly seems to think so!
“Yes, lady, this is hilarious.” (Aramis)
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Fly Hunters
spoiler: they never did get that fly. They need to work on their hunting skills.
Triple kitten pie! That’s the best! (Constance, d’Artagnan & Rochefort)
Athos the cutie pie, enjoying a little patch of sunlight.
Good night innernets. (Porthos and Aramis)
Porthos is conducting post-breakfast cleanup on Rochefort.
Athos is a sleepy little muffin.
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Rochefort’s trying to dig his way out. It’s a big world, he wants to see it!
Planchet, d’Artagnan and Rochefort are keeping an eye on Uncle Archie.
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Athos is one seriously bouncy boy.
Winter is one sweet, floofy girl. ❤️
Good night innernets. (Constance & Rochefort)
Planchet, Winter and Aramis are headed for their spay/neuter surgeries this morning and clearly they’re LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. (Or maybe they’re looking at the feather teaser. Who’s to say?)
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Licka licka licka. Bath time for Constance, Athos and Aramis (with d’Artagnan looking on.)
We’re home again! Winter, Planchet and Aramis came through their spay/neuter surgeries just fine. Planchet and Aramis wanted to eat; Winter’s still a wee bit dopey. That’ll last maybe ’til tomorrow morning, if past experience is anything to go by.
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Winter and Athos tussling. DO NOT miss Winter’s awesome series of bouncy-hops around 40 seconds, they are a sight to behold! (Video from yesterday. Winter’s still sleeping off her spay surgery from this morning.)
When I took the kittens for their surgeries this morning, I got to see Alexandra! She is doing great, was hanging out with some buddies, and came right over for petting! ❤️
When I took the kittens for their surgeries this morning, I got to see Alexandra (see earlier post) and also Her Majesty Queen Bunny, who was stomping around Michelle’s house telling every other cat she encountered where they could go . She looks SO good – her fur has grown in nicely, her neck looks great, and except for the slightest bit of petting she wanted nothing to do with me (probably afraid I’d try to saddle her with another litter of kittens.) ❤️
Good night innernets. (Constance)
I can think of no compelling reason to roll out of bed this morning.
For this week’s ThrowBack Thursday, say hello to fosters #22-#26, from December 2006: Catie and her kittens Cottontail, Flopsy, Mopsy, and Seamus. The kittens were only with us for about 24 hours; they’d been spayed/neutered and were just waiting for room to open up at Petsmart. It opened up quickly, and off they went. Mama Catie was a couple of days behind. I didn’t have much time to get to know them, but as I recall Mama Catie was a sassy little sweetheart.
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My laundry assistants are being slackers. Good thing they’re so CUTE.
Continuing down memory lane, here are the Christmas kittens from December 2006, fosters #27-31: Faith, Jack Frost, Kringle, Merry and Noelle. They were about 10 weeks old when we got them and were initially timid and skittish. They warmed up pretty quickly into sweet snugglebugs. They were with us for about 2 weeks before they headed off to Petsmart and were all adopted. (Jack Frost was returned 8 months later due to a move, but was adopted out again to a wonderful home.)
Aramis is all “Come here, lady. I gots a knuckle sammich for you.”
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Play time with (okay, NEAR) Uncle Archie! (That teaser is the Da Bird teaser by GoCat. They love it!)
Good night innernets. (Athos) (That bed is a beanbag-type bed made by Shags Wags. Their web site at shags.com appears to no longer be there, and I haven’t found any of these beds anywhere else. Jackson Galaxy has a beanbag-type bed called a Dumpling Bed, which is sold in various places.)
It’s a big world, Porthos.
Rochefort and the tiny blep.
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Rochefort’s got something to SAY.
FYI, we have an adoption pending on Planchet! A really nice couple came to meet him yesterday and filled out the application. They’re previous adopters (from another FF foster parent), so I don’t expect it’ll be too long before he’s able to go home. This leaves Athos, Porthos, d’Artagnan and Aramis available for adoption. Email info@ffhsv.org to inquire.
These two little goobers kill me. D’Artagnan’s all “Heyyy, feather teaser! Come here!” and Porthos thinks he can touch the feather teaser from there.
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I swear I could just sit and watch them play all day long.
The tree’s a-hoppin’. (Athos, d’Artagnan and Winter)
Good night innernets. (Porthos)
D’Artagnan with attitude.
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They found a silvervine stick and they (especially Rochefort) think it’s AWESOME.
Aramis is such a little flirt.
Caturday afternoons are for nappin’, d’Artagnan and Athos would like you to know.
Have I mentioned that Aramis is SUCH a pretty boy? True story!
Rochefort sitting in the laundry basket with the dryer ball. As you doooo.
Good night innernets. (Porthos)
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Previously
2019: Do you get the impression that Francois has a lot to say?
2018: 1 out of 1 Moop agrees: that pull chain? FASCINATING!
2017: Their ears really popped this week!
2016: So very very pleased with himself.
2015: Alice came monkey-walking along and was all “I heard a rumor that there are treats up in here?”
2014: Mice Bucket Challenge.
2013: Hodor’s all “…Hodor?”
2012: Sights from around Crooked Acres.
2011: Everett’s all “I’ve got it, bro!”
2010: Martin and Melodie battle it out.
2009: Earlier today, my husband referred to Sam’s “eyelips”, and I laughed until I wheezed.
2008: No entry.
2007: No entry.
2006: No entry.
2005: Don’t you FORGET IT.
Boba reminded me of Mercury:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8659519/Shanghai-office-workers-pregnant-cat-gives-birth-litter-eight-kittens.html
Queen Bunny, that’s so perfect for her! Glad to see she’s grown back her lovely coat.
Speaking of gorgeous coats – Miss Winter is wonderfully rumpled, or is that because you can’t help but pick her up every time she’s close by?
Unless she’s just been brushed (which, luckily, she likes), she tends to be rumpled. I do pick her up every time she’s near, though, so I’m sure I’m at least partly to blame.
I’ve been meaning to tell you that the banner over your FB page makes me think of a super hero line-up. Maybe because they look like they’re in an arrow formation, or maybe because Planchet is out front with some ‘tude. It’s a great pic; can you put it out there for your loyal fans to put on some merch?
Do you want the picture itself to put on things (which I am happy to do) or to have it uploaded at Zazzle so you can put it on things (which I am also happy to do)?