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The Forgotten Felines of Huntsville online auction starts TOMORROW! Go follow the page right here, and get ready to get bidding!
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Attention please:
Would Sher and Nancy N. please report to me at mizrobyn (at) gmail.com ? Amazon’s being Amazon again, and I have no way to contact you and thank you!
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Nigel is just the best little poser!
Hazel and Nigel love to hang out on top of this cat tree.
Enjoying the sunshine.
Hazel heads off to play with the other kittens, while Nigel snoozes in the sun.
From left we’ve got Monty, Margarita, Matilda, Hazel and over there to the right is Benji.
Benji and Margarita had been sitting in my lap; I had to get up to do something, so put the blanket (with them on it) on the floor, and they stayed there.
Monty (left) and Matilda are all “Excuse you, lady, this doesn’t involve you.”
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Sebastian’s not sure whether he wants to open that left eye all the way.
I moved Sebastian and Clark from the crate to this pop-up playpen so that they’d have more room to move around (mostly Clark; Sebastian is still pretty content to stay in a small area.) I set up a little litter box and set Clark in it, and he promptly peed. Go, Clark!
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In lieu of a permanent resident pic, please accept this picture of a woodpecker on the feeder outside my window.
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Posted on social media (Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Tumblr/ Bluesky) yesterday.
The size difference between these two just cracks me up. Clark (the big one!) is 4 weeks old today, and little baby Bash (Sebastian) is 2 weeks old today. Clark continues to do better, and both kittens have a lot to say.
Throw Back Thursday: When I shared the picture of a post-bath Margarita, it made a LOT of you think of…
Moop (legal name: Kennebunk) from 2018. I can see the resemblance!
She makes ME (and a few other people) think of Tony Rocky Horror Pickle from 2012 (big forehead, hot mess.)
And of course Shelby from 2023!
Throw Back Thursday: former foster mamas we weren’t really able to touch. Brown tabby Emmy, who we fostered in 2012. She gave birth in this tiny box, and would let me handle her kittens with no problem, but she was not up for being friends with us. (We did occasionally get to touch her on the head, but not for long.) She was adopted out as a barn cat and last I heard (it’s been a long time) was doing great.
Black mama Katia (her mother Kristi is with her in that upper right picture), 2018. Both Katia and Kristi were pregnant, and co-mothered (though Katia’s kittens were born about 3 weeks before Kristi’s). Kristi was timid, but we could pet her (and she loved being petted.) I was never able to touch Katia, though she had no problem with me handling her kittens. Kristi was adopted last year. It took, I believe, about 5 years for Katia to decide people are okay; she remains in foster and available for adoption.
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Throw Back Thursday: from 2012, pregnant foster Emmy (who we couldn’t touch) was hugely pregnant, and while she didn’t want me to approach her, she’d let me stare at her belly from across the room. Look at that belly go! (She gave birth about 12 hours after I made this video, if I recall correctly.)
Hazel climbed into the Fruitasan, and isn’t sure what she thinks about it.
Good night innernets. (Monty (left), Matilda (right) and Benji (back), who wish I’d turn off the light.)
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Previously
2024: And then came Dillydally!
2023: Wren is just SO ABSOLUTELY FREAKIN’ ADORABLE, I just wanna squoosh her.
2022: It always cracks me up when they (this is Mondo) fight with the stuffed banana.
2021: Fizzbin felt this Monday morning required a floof suit, and upped the ante by balancing on the edge of that basket to impress Rummy.
2020: No entry.
2019: Same basket with a lot more cat in it.
2018: Torvill flopped down while Oksana gave the tissue paper a taste.
2017: “Lady, tell the floofy pillow to stop moving around. It’s annoying.”
2016: Ken’s huge back feet just crack me UP.
2015: Have you ever seen a lazier pile of monkeys?
2014: “You gonna lay down and read so I can bite your book, lady?”
2013: Aslan’s eating style is what I call “crumb catching” – long after everyone else is done eating, he’s still there licking up what’s left.
2012: The Downfall of Senator Stanley J. Boogerton
2011: The little hussy.
2010: No entry.
2009: No entry.
2008: She kicked Sugarbutt’s butt but good.
2007: No entry.
2006: No entry.
2005: No entry.
Hahaha when I see that picture of Katia in the basket, I always think of JessicaD’s 2018 comment about auctioning a basket of teddy bears and “(brightly)…pure malevolence!”! A classic!
Ha – definitely!
Attn Miz Robyn: Minor thing, but for me the throw back captions on Katia and Emmy are mixed up. If you care about that sort of thing I figured I would let you know. Great pics though for today. Emmy is where I started following your blog.
Oops! Thanks for letting me know, I’ve fixed it!
Just realised you have been fostering kittens for 20 years, i have also been in my workplace for 20 years!! I got a board game for a gift this April from work to mark it (i love board games). No idea when i started reading your blog, it wasn’t 20 years ago quite i don’t think, the earliest comment i can find from me on here is 2013 but it’s not the first comment, so i wonder if i was using a different name before that. Anyhoooo, rambling now, this is all to say, happy 20th anniversary of being an amazing kitten and kitten-mum fosterer!
That’s right, May 19th will be 20 years! Boy, has it flown by.
Ah that’s fantastic. Ha yes, time flies and yet when I am dealing with a troublesome customer why do things go in slow motion and keep me stressed for what feels like years?? Your blog is my saviour at those times 😀
Yay, kittens continuing to do well! I wish I could cuddle them all. I’m also still! delighted that someone adopted sweet Kristi. If you’re reading, Kristi’s person, we love updates around here!
Minor thing, sorry Miz Robyn… Kristi’s kittens were born about three weeks before Katia’s? It was the other way around, yeah?
Thank you! I’ve fixed it! (2026 Robyn would have been so annoyed to see that mix-up. 🙂 )
Tony Rocky Horror Pickle! One of my favorite pickles! BTW – my niece and her 7 year old daughter just adopted their first cat, who they have named Sheriff Pickles. I believe my niece wanted to name him Pickles but her daughter added the Sheriff.
That is an EXCELLENT name!!!