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Here’s your weekly reminder that the Love & Hisses 2027 calendars are available!
Click here to see all of them. You have lots of choices – I default to the medium calendar when I’m creating them, but you can go bigger or smaller – just be careful and take your time and check out all the options.
Zazzle has a presence in other countries – check here to see if yours is one of them. If so, you can add store/loveandhisses on the end of the url to look at the calendars and have them sent to you from your own country (which will be cheaper than having them shipped from the US.)
(There are links in the sidebar, and of course I’ll mention calendars regularly through to about mid-January, as always.)
CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL CALENDARS
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And while I’m reminding you of things, here’s your reminder that the Forgotten Felines of Huntsville online auction is going on NOW – it ends at 7 pm (Central Time) on Saturday. There’s a TON of cool stuff – cat toys, cat beds, home goods, clothing – even some dog stuff! Go check it out and do some bidding. All proceeds benefit Forgotten Felines of Huntsville, the rescue I foster for.
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A note about the Snackies – they did NOT all come from the same apartment complex, as I originally thought. It turns out that Parmesan and Gouda were dumped at the job site where a rescuer’s husband works. Ritz, Cheeze-It, Colby and Triscuit came from the apartment complex. And Brie showed up in her yard one day. She rescued them all, put them together since they’re around the same age, and then they briefly went to Laurie’s (another FF foster) before coming to me.
Not that where they came from makes a big difference, but I just thought I’d mention that.
“Get your facts right, lady!” says Ritz.
Parmesan poses. To answer questions I’ve been asked about her – she is all white, though she does seem to have a few small subtle orange spots. Whether those are truly orange spots or just staining, I cannot say. Time will tell! She is not deaf.
Gouda, posing. I love how his orange eyes match his orange spots!
Triscuit checks out the bed and says it’s pretty comfy.
Ritz, checking on Cheeze-It, who was hiding behind litter buckets.
Ritz says “He’s FINE, he says you should go away.”
Cheeze-It, all “What she said.” He’s a timid little dude.
Turns out that popping open cans of food brings 5 of the 7 running. (The other 2 waited until I was out of the room before they skulked over to join the crowd.) Clockwise from noon: Parmesan, Ritz, Colby, Triscuit and Gouda.
Brie’s so pretty… and wants none of my nonsense.
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Pete’s waiting for me.
Smitty does a half-dangle on the tall scratcher.
The box o’ paper is an endless source of fun for Pete (and Smitty, and Magoo).
Napping with Smitty.
Smitty and Pete didn’t start out as a bonded pair, but they’ve certainly become so. They don’t spend ALL their time together, but if it’s been a while since they’ve seen each other, one will wander through the house crying “Where are youuuuu?!” The other one always responds and they end up snuggled up together. It’s very sweet!
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Posted on social media (Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Tumblr/ Bluesky/Threads) yesterday.
In case you missed it in the blog this morning, we have new fosters! This is Ritz, who is tiny and adorable and also really quite the little poser. I look forward to taking 7 million pictures of her photogenic self.
Thank you for your service, veterans.
YouTube link
Meet the new fosters! (Sorry it’s so long)
I got everyone’s name correct in this video (yay, me!), but got a few details wrong – Parmesan and Gouda were dumped at a rescuer’s husband’s job site (and rescued by him.) Cheeze-It, Ritz, Colby and Triscuit were rescued from outside an apartment building. And Brie showed up in the front yard of the same rescuer. Being that they’re all about the same age, they put them together, and eventually they came to me! 🙂 (They’re all about 3 1/2 months old, spayed and neutered, but have goopy eyes and upper respiratory gunk, so aren’t available for adoption just yet.)
Smitty didn’t get on the Roomba by himself – Fred lent him a helping hand – but he’s intrigued and considering his future as a Roomba Rider.
I don’t want to pigeonhole new foster Parmesan as the MOST crazypants of the bunch, but… she’s the most crazypants of the bunch. You didn’t hear it from me.
New fosters Triscuit (brown tabby) and Gouda are giving me the “This doesn’t concern you, lady” eyes.
Good night innernets. (Pete)
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Previously
2025: Flamenco really likes this “sunshine” stuff.
2024: “We likes to rearrange, lady!”
2023: No entry.
2022: No entry.
2021: “Tell them to get off my scratcher, lady!” Nikki demanded.
2020: They’re not TERRIFIED of the vacuum cleaner, they just like to keep a healthy distance from it.
2019: “We wants to be friends with the skwerl, lady.”
2018: I managed, just barely, to get a shot of all 11 kittens, right before LoJack noped on out of there.
2017: Aurora’s hanging out with Mama.
2016: No entry.
2015: Newt has really taken over that Room with a View in the computer room.
2014: On Wednesdays, we leap.
2013: Probably ought to start working on your upper body strength, Carmela.
2012: Just GORgeous, that boy.
2011: No entry.
2010: There’s just nothing on earth the Bookworms enjoy more than a good sniff of another cat’s behind.
2009: I’m wise to your game, bratty little Pink!
2008: Jazz paws!
2007: “You want what? To snuggle? HA. Good luck with THAT!”
2006: No entry.
2005: No entry.