The Way We Were in 2006 - Simba and Audrey

We have put our post on our blog, showing pictures of our selves in 2006.    Neither of is was adopted as a kitten, and Mom was scrolling through the pictures she had of both of us and came across one of Audrey that she took at her first Mom's house a 1000 miles away, and one taken of Simba a few days later.   You can view the post here

Remembering the Way We Were

This is my very first solo picture

and me saying

do I have to pose for another one?

and the last one

is me and my sisfur when we had just arrived at our furever home

Moosey - The Way We Were

Hi Everybuddy!

Mommy and Daddy always tell me and my brother Sammy that we must have been really cute when we were kittens.  Sammy and I are pretty sure they're right, but since they adopted us both as adult cats, they don't have any actual pictorial proof.

Mommy and Daddy first met me while they were volunteering at PAWS.  I had been part of a group of cats that PAWS rescued from a kill shelter (thank COD!).  All of us cats in that group had to be treated for ringworm, so believe it or not, my luxurious white furs used to be sort of yellow, with a sulfur-y smell.  Even with those treatments, we were all happy to be in a safe and loving place like PAWS.  And all of us eventually got our very own forever homes.  I fell in love with Mommy and Daddy, and they fell in love with me, too! :)

I'm so happy I was gotcha'd into such a good home.  Here are some pictures from my original Gotcha Day (June 6,  2008).

Hugs!

Moosey
Animal Shelter Volunteer Life

Socks ~ The Way We Were

This is me with Youngest Boy Bean (I am his cat), when I was a baby. I came to live with my family when I was 6 weeks old.   He is a 21 year old GIANT now and I am a distinguished mancat in my prime. I came from Grandma's house like my sibling Artemisia, I was a lot shyer though. Mommy had to jump off the deck to catch me. Youngest Boy Bean pointed out the kitten he wanted and Mommy dove on me. Don't worry to much about it after she captured me she took me around front to the porch and feed me bacon, eggs, ham and cheese until I decided I liked her. I came home in this shoebox.

Mommy homeschooled the boys so I had to go to school too. I of course was the best student. ~Socks

The Way We Were

Thanks to Kizzie for hosting today's event, "The Way We Were!"

Our human doesn't actually have pics of us when we were tiny babies, because each of us was adopted (at different times) when we were 6 months old.

We do, however, have a couple of collages to share, though you'll already have seen Nicki's from his Gotcha Day post on April 12th.

Biggifying both collages is best!

Our personalities were quite evident, though: Nicki, the naughty boy, full of self-confidence and silliness, and Derry the lazier quieter smoochy boy.

The mom says we both were adorable, though, in our own special ways.

Happy Wednesday!

Purrs and universal Blessings, Light and Mercy to All Beings.

-Nicki and Derry at Fuzzy Tales

Remembering The Way We Were

This is Cody!!

I adopted him just two weeks after losing my Angel Bobo

 who I shared my life with for 18 years.

Look at Cody's precious face!

Who could resist this cuddle-bucket!?

To this day he STILL is a cuddler!

He  is my special gift

that was sent to me from

my Angel Bobo to help heal my broken heart.

Remembering the Way We Were with Tamir

Hi Tabby Cat Club pals and visiting furiends, Tamir here.

Todays Event is Remembering the Way we Were hosted by Kizzie.  I wanted to share some of my baby pictures.  These are all scans so they aren't great, but Mom says my baby cuteness comes through loud and clear!

Here I am with my older brofur Baschert.  We were both adopted from the same rescue - Animal Placement Agency of the Windsors.  Baschert came to Mom about a year before I did and taught me how to wrap Mom around my little paws!

Here I am with Baschert and Mom's woofie Katie and SANTA!!!  You can see how happy I am to be there!

Did you know I was a show cat once?  Mom says this is the show I became a MANCAT at.  I won a ribbon for doing something "inappropriate" in the cage!!!  Fortunately, Mom said I  was already scheduled for my  Hoo-ha-ectomy!

This is one of Mom's favorites.  That rocker is from when she was a little girl (yep....eleventy billion years ago)  She makes squeeing noises whenever she sees this picture!

I hope you enjoyed my Way We Were post!  Mom had fun going through old pictures to do this post for me!!

Kizzie - Remembering The Way We Were

Welcome to "Remembering The Way We Were".  I have been looking forward to this event - the perfect excuse for sharing some photos of me that you may not have seen before.  Feel free to copy this badge for your own blog.

Here I am, soon after arrival at my forever home, on my cat gym. I felt safe on here, especially when any small humans got a bit lively or noisy. I was 9 weeks old on this photo, and couldn’t get up this high (3 foot) on my own. I had to be lifted – then, to get down, I had to do something complicated with the springy things at the side, that have the fluffy balls dangling off them.

On this photo you can see how much I grew in about 6 weeks.  I was the smallest of the litter and am still quite small for a grown up cat.  Both me and the little bean seem to be able to look cute no matter how old we get.

It's the MOMMAS who should be celebrated on birthdays, yes?

Here's Grace - almost 6 years ago when her kittens were about 6 weeks old. This is the first photo I saw of her, and I immediately knew I loved her!

And here she is as her grown-up self! She's not nearly so thin, and she's not raising babies anymore!!

We celebrate Grace in our house - especially on her babies' arbitrarily chosen birthdays - TODAY!! After all, isn't it the momma who does all the work?

What Would Simba or Audrey Do?

We hope we can post this today since we missed doing it yesterday.

  Situation #1

Your human accidently leaves your treats out on the kitchen cabinet before leaving for work.  You are not allowed on the cabinets, but you really, really want some treats.  What would you do:

a)      Getting on the cabinets behind your humans back would be wrong, no treats for you\

b)      Sucker! She left them out, you are getting on the cabinets and eating treats until you barf

c)       Talk your brofur / sisfur into getting on the cabinet, knocking the treats off, report to Mommie that your bad sibling did when she returns home

The answer to this one is absolutely (b) as far as Audrey is concerned.   She is a counter and table surfing PURRFESSIONAL!

        Situation #2

Your human comes home from work depressed.  She starts telling you all about her bad day.  What would you do:

a)      Listen and try to find a solution for her.  Her problems are your problems

b)      Paste a concerned look on your face and pretend to care while thinking how glad you are that you do not have to work

c)       After determining that this problem will not in any way affect your current napping schedule, walk away

Our answer to this is a modification of b).     We probably would not even paste too concerned a look on our faces.    When our Mom comes home from work it is her job to see to our care and FEEDING, no matter how bad her day was.     So we would be round and round her feed, making sure she would notice US and OUR problem of wanting to be fed.

Situation #3

Your human is having guests stay at the house for a week.  What would you do:

a)      Any friends of Mommie are friends of yours.  You welcome them

b)      They smell funny, plus they are sleeping in YOUR play room, leave them a “present” in their open suitcase

c)       Ignore them, make them beg for your attention

Audrey and Simba would react very differently in this situation.     Audrey's answer would be (a).     She is very social and wants to be in the middle of any social situation.    Any new human is her friend.     Simba's reaction would either be to hide in the basement or (b).   Yes, he has twice actually left a present for guests ON THE BED!     The humans were very surprised and took it as a sign of how stressed he was.      

What would Oui Oui do?

Situation #1 concerning the treats on the counter:   I would ignore them.  I am a very fussy eater, and just when the mom is convinced I like a food because I ate it days ago, I refuse to eat it anymore.  She opens cans of my "favorite" foods just for me, and I walk away!  And laugh up my sleeve in a corner.  I couldn't eat the treats because I'd rather keep her guessing, and a little frantic.  I'd love to see her in the store trying to figure out what I will eat!

Situation #2 about how I handle the mom having a bad day at work.  Well, I had a GOOD day, so what's the fuss?  I ate when I wanted, napped when I wanted, played when I wanted.  If she wants to join in the fun, that's good.  I'd enjoy some scratches and purrs.  If that makes her feel better, that's even better!

Situation #3, having guests in the house.  So long as they don't sleep in my favorite spot, I'd treat them like family.  I'll be expecting scratches and playtime.  Maybe some treats if they can figure out which ones I'll eat!

Tommie says:

What Would Archie Do?

Situation #2

Archie would listen intently

Show me his tummy to let me know there is more to life than my silly work problems

Then snuggle in for a cuddle to make sure I was feeling all better :-)

Such a helpful tabby boy!!!

What Would A Cat Do

Today's fun event is hosted by Sassy asking, based on my personality, what would I do in the human's world?

The question purposed was:

Situation #1

Your human accidently leaves your treats out on the kitchen cabinet before leaving for work.  You are not allowed on the cabinets, but you really, really want some treats.  What would you do?   

a) Getting on the cabinets behind your humans back would be wrong, no treats for you!

b)  Sucker! She left them out, you are getting on the cabinets and eating treats until you barf

c) Talk your brofur / sisfur into getting on the cabinet, knocking the treats off, report to Mommie what your bad sibling did when she returns home.

I didn't even have to give this question a second thought!! Her fault for leaving it unguarded!!

 Gracie

As I have always said before a picture is worth a thousand words!

Mine all mine!!!!

What Would Your Cat Do?

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Answer to Question 1

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Mum doesn't leave any food out for me

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She knows I like mine fresh!

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Question 2

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Mum doesn't work

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 she's too old!

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so I don't think I should work either!

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Question 3

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I always ignore visitors and hide in my tunnel

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I'm not unfriendly but I prefer

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the attention to be more on ME!

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What Would Socks Do?

Hope I am doing this right.

Situation #1 Your human accidentally leaves your treats out on the kitchen cabinet before leaving for work. You are not allowed on the cabinets, but you really, really want some treats. What would you do:

 c) Talk your brofur / sisfur into getting on the cabinet, knocking the treats off, report to Mommie what your bad sibling did when she returns home

The details:  This one is easy, I have NEVER gotten on the kitchen cabinets. Nope not even ONCE. Scylla on the other had does it all the time I wouldn't even have to talk her into it. Although knocking the treats off might not be the best idea if Fenris is in the kitchen. He might eat the treats himself. Not being a tattle tale I wouldn't bother to report to Mommy, she'll know it was Scylla without anyone telling her.

Situation #2 Your human comes home from work depressed. She starts telling you all about her bad day. What would you do:

 c) After determining that this problem will not in any way affect your current napping schedule, walk away

The details:  Well honestly I wouldn't have bothered waking up from my nap in the first place. If Mommy wants to rattle on about her problems we has a dog.

 Situation #3 Your human is having guests stay at the house for a week. What would you do:

 c) Ignore them, make them beg for your attention

The details: Well actually there should have been a d) DISAPPEAR UNTIL THEY ARE GONE.

Socks

What Would *We* Do?

Thanks to Sassy for hosting this event!

Situation #1

Q: Your human accidently leaves your treats out on the kitchen cabinet before leaving for work. You are not allowed on the cabinets, but you really, really want some treats.  What would you do:

A: Is this an open bag or a closed bag? Because if it's an open bag, our answer is b) Sucker! She left them out, we're getting on the cabinets and eating treats until we barf.

However, we admit that she has, on occasion, left unopened (sealed) treat bags on the counter and they have remained untouched.

Nicki: I'm much more interested in sun puddles than treats.
(Yeah, right.)

Situation #2

Q: Your human comes home from work depressed.  She starts telling you all about her bad day.  What would you do:

A: Has she fed us yet? If she's not yet fed us, we'll pretend to be interested in what she has to say and in how she feels. On the other hand, if we have full stomachs our answer is c) After determining that this problem will not in any way affect our current napping/lounging in the garden schedule, walk away.

Derry: I don't care what kind of day the human had. Really.

Situation #3

Q: Your human is having guests stay at the house for a week.  What would you do:

A: Okay, this is tricky. Who are the guests? If they're one of our "grandparents", well, they kinda smell the same as our human, so it's not so bad. Oh, sure, Derry will hide under the bed for a while, but then come down. Nicki, however, will be front and centre to greet whoever comes into the house and make sure they get down on the floor to give him belly scratches.

Extra hands means other people around the house
to let us out and in, to serve our every whim!

As an aside, we'd like to give Marg of Marg's Pets loud happy birthday meows today! She's a very special human, always rescuing and helping stray/feral/abandoned cats (and other critters!) and we hope she has a wonderful day!

-Nicki and Derry

http://keas-fuzzy-tales.blogspot.com

What Would A Cat Do?

Hi pals, Tamir here!

Today's fun theme is What Would A Cat Do hosted by Sassy.

What Would Your Cat Do?

Situation #1

Your human accidently leaves your treats out on the kitchen cabinet before leaving for work.  You are not allowed on the cabinets, but you really, really want some treats.  What would you do:

a)      Getting on the cabinets behind your humans back would be wrong, no treats for you

b)      Sucker! She left them out, you are getting on the cabinets and eating treats until you barf

c)       Talk your brofur / sisfur into getting on the cabinet, knocking the treats off, report to Mommie what your bad sibling did when she returns home

The details - Tamir says C.  If possible, blame the woofies.  If that fails blame Not Me. Not Me visits our house  a LOT!.

Situation #2

Your human comes home from work depressed.  She starts telling you all about her bad day.  What would you do:

a)      Listen and try to find a solution for her.  Her problems are your problems

b)      Paste a concerned look on your face and pretend to care while thinking how glad you are that you do not have to work

c)       After determining that this problem will not in any way affect your current napping schedule, walk away

The details:  Tamir says B on this one.  The longer Tamir pretends to care, the more pets he will probably be getting.  Mom tends to pet and give scritches while pouring our her problems.

Situation #3

Your human is having guests stay at the house for a week.  What would you do:

a)      Any friends of Mommie are friends of yours.  You welcome them

b)      They smell funny, plus they are sleeping in YOUR play room, leave them a “present” in their open suitcase

c)       Ignore them, make them beg for your attention

The details - Not a second's hesitation here for Tamir.  The ONLY answer is B!  You really don't want the details on this!!

We added one of our own:  What would you do for a special treat: For Ham I would stand on two feet like the humans do!!

Sassy's Response

What Would Your Cat Do

(Kitties, Mommie's birthday is tomorrow, so she is posting this today before she forgets!)

Situation #1

Your human accidently leaves your treats out on the kitchen cabinet before leaving for work.  You are not allowed on the cabinets, but you really, really want some treats.  What would you do:

b)   Sucker! She left them out, you are getting on the cabinets and eating treats until you barf

The details:  Mommie is turning 50 this week and I fully intend to take advantage of her old age forgetfulness!

Situation #2

Your human comes home from work depressed.  She starts telling you all about her bad day.  What would you do:

b)      Paste a concerned look on your face and pretend to care while thinking how glad you are that you do not have to work

The details:  Mommie gets talking about someone called “Boss”.  Here’s what I want to know – how does he wear shoes on his cloven feet?  And where does he hide his horns during the day?

Situation #3

Your human is having guests stay at the house for a week.  What would you do?

b)      They smell funny, plus they are sleeping in YOUR play room, leave them a “present” in their open suitcase

The details:  Mommie didn’t even ask my permission before inviting those creatures over!  I need my playroom!

 

Happy Easter from Fuzzy Tales!

We're wishing everyone a wonderful Easter,
a happy rebirth of Mother Earth, no matter what your beliefs!

We hope you have a joy-full day with lots of yummy treats!

-Nicki and Derry
http://keas-fuzzy-tales.blogspot.com

Happy Easter from Tamir and The Florida Furkids

We hope all of my Tabby pals have a wonderful Easter and a Happy Passover to our Mew-ish friends!

My sisfurs and woofie brofurs and Cousin Trooper have put this Smilebox together. We hope you like it.

Customize your own digital slideshow

Happy Easter

Wishing you and your family love and happiness!

What Would A Cat Do Rules?

Put on your thinking cap and join in the fun on Monday, April 9 as the Tabby Cat Club is having another fun event, hosted by Sassy. This event is called ~What Would A Cat Do?~ There are three situations along with three ways to handle things. You pick which situation you are in and answer, based on your personality why you acted like that way tell us why you chose that situation.

Everyone is welcome to participate on your blog if you want and link to the Tabby Cat Club. Below is the list supplied by Sassy for this fun event. Have fun with this, I know I certainly did. Gracie

        Situation #1

Your human accidently leaves your treats out on the kitchen cabinet before leaving for work.  You are not allowed on the cabinets, but you really, really want some treats.  What would you do:

a)      Getting on the cabinets behind your humans back would be wrong, no treats for you\

b)      Sucker! She left them out, you are getting on the cabinets and eating treats until you barf

c)       Talk your brofur / sisfur into getting on the cabinet, knocking the treats off, report to Mommie that your bad sibling did when she returns home

        Situation #2

Your human comes home from work depressed.  She starts telling you all about her bad day.  What would you do:

a)      Listen and try to find a solution for her.  Her problems are your problems

b)      Paste a concerned look on your face and pretend to care while thinking how glad you are that you do not have to work

c)       After determining that this problem will not in any way affect your current napping schedule, walk away

Situation #3

Your human is having guests stay at the house for a week.  What would you do:

a)      Any friends of Mommie are friends of yours.  You welcome them

b)      They smell funny, plus they are sleeping in YOUR play room, leave them a “present” in their open suitcase

c)       Ignore them, make them beg for your attention

Socks & Family

want to wish everyone a Happy Easter and Happy Passover to our Mew-ish friends.  ~Socks, Artemisia, Scylla & Fenris

Happy Easter!

From Tommie at shelter-cats