Eight cats & kittens came into the SPCA yesterday. Space is running out in the isolation unit!! These two little guys are supposedly 8 weeks old — the manager is not so sure …..
They are not too keen on humans – so my job today was just to hang out with them and pat them. They are now called Aspen & Ginko, and they are pretty crazy playful like all kittens this age.
So here you go, just for fun, a bit of kitten madness!!
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Posted in Cats, Last Picture Taken Sunday, My Place, Photography, Project 365
Tagged Cats, Last Pic Sunday, Pets, Photography, Project 365
This is actually my favourite card from a couple of weeks ago! Having decided on a schedule for blog posts, it seems I am entirely failing to keep to it. Oh well …….
SchnurrKatze
This postcard was from the Alphabet RR in the Postcrossing forums. It is M for ‘Musical cat’ from Goyesca.
The artist is Selda Marlin Soganci who is from Germany and is children’s book illustrator & involved with children’s theatre. She also runs art workshops and has had exhibitions of her art. This picture is called “Schnurrkatze” which means ‘purring cat.’ He or she certainly does look like a very contented cat.
This is the first ‘art card’ I have for my cat collection.
Another aspect of Postcrossing for some people is the swaps. In fact, it seems that some people are mostly only involved in the swaps. Personally I like the surprise of the random mail, and new places & creatures to learn about.
But in my tidy-up of my stationery when I started Postcrossing (and the big renovation sort out!) I found a little booklet of postcards – all of kittens. So I decided that I would have a go at joining one of the swaps. The one I tried is called a ‘Round Robin’ – you send postcards of a certain theme to a set number of people, and they each send one back to you. So I joined Lori’s Cat RR#55. It turned out to be just as fun as getting any other postcard, because in the end the only thing I knew was that the postcard was somehow going to feature a cat. I received two from the USA, one from Ireland and one from China.
Below are the cats that I received:
From Tobie - USA
From MandyMandy - China
From VolvoMom - USA
From Fisherman - Ireland
This turned out to be my Last Picture Taken Sunday, and it actually WAS a photo I took myself. It’s also my Project 365 photo for Sunday 3rd January 2010. You can check out my photos at Flickr at the bottom of the sidebar to find out more about this photo.
Rainy Day
Take a look at Tracy’s Topics to find out more about Last Picture Taken Sunday.
Posted in Cats, Last Picture Taken Sunday, Photography, Project 365
Tagged Cats, Last Pic Sunday, Photography, Project 365
Every Wednesday I volunteer at the local SPCA (Society for the Protection of Animals) for a few hours. Mostly I just clean out the cats’ cages and sometimes do a little bit of computer stuff.
The manager had been hoping that most of the cats and kittens that she had in would get homes before Christmas, but there are still a few little furry faces looking for a home. We took some photos of them today for advertising, so I thought I’d show you a few – these are some of the funny or cute photos we didn’t use.
And on a slightly cat related theme…..
This is an old Kiwi children’s joke (and probably an American, British, Scottish & South African children’s joke for all I know!)
“How do you know that an elephant has been in the fridge?”
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“There are footprints in the butter!”
The Annie & PB variation:
“How do you know that a cat has been on the kitchen bench?”
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” There are footprints in the plaster dust!!”
We’ve had a busy couple of days – and then today MIL got out of hospital, so I’ve been across town at her house for the afternoon and tea (dinner.) Here are some shots of the animal collection at her place!
Diva the dazzling dog
with one of her many toys
Handsome cat #1 - who has a really tricky name that I have difficulty pronouncing and certainly can't spell!!
Handsome cat #2 - brother of #1 - with equally tricky name
Your normal programme of events at Annie & PB Go Geocaching may or may not resume tomorrow, depending how MIL is. And I’ve even found two geocaches that I need to write about.
The builder has been, put in a beam, and gone again. If it would stop raining, he would get the Gib-board and do that.
Out the office/craftroom window. There should be hills in the background.
So we have been:
Sitting on the window sill
Sitting on window sill. Glaring at dogs.
Snoozing under the big desk (a kind human kindly rearranged her belongings so that there was room for two dogs.)
Snoozing Neve
Finishing off some Christmas gifts.
For a friend
Gifts for collegues
Now that the builder has gone, some of us will do housework. I guess the others will continue with sitting and snoozing. 
Posted in Blue Heelers, Cats, Dogs, Geocaching, Renovations, Stained Glass
Tagged Blue Heelers, Cats, Dogs, New Zealand, Pets, Renovations, Stained Glass
“ Mehhhh, this one’s no good. No comfy bits of paper to sit on or pee on in here.”
“ Hmmm… where can I try now? ...... that littlest dog won’t be wanting her special sleeping spot anymore, will she? Well then, I’ll just take it over, thanks.”
It seems that Kyle (now to be known as Kelty*) has taken up permanent residence at our house. It also seems that he has taken up residence in one of our drawers. Which he opens himself.
It looks like he is going to be a personality plus cat.
Kelty takes up residence
One day last week when PB got home he was very puzzled to find the drawer that he drops all those bits of paper that ‘might be important one day’ in to, was open. Now it was possible that I had looked for something in there and forgot to shut it. That happens somedays around here. So we thought nothing more of it. Today, shortly after we brought Kelty back from the cattery, there he was sitting in the draw! (Which had 100% definately been shut when I last saw it.) PB was out getting the dogs, so I took a photo for evidence. But there was no need for that, as he’s there again now after a short session of hiding under the bed.
He also doesn’t like chicken. Very strange. It had been intended to tempt him out from under the bed. Not that it was needed.
Needless to say, there were other mouths ready and waiting to consume the chicken bit that he had turned down.
*Kelty is a small town in Scotland that some of PB’s maternal ancestors came from. PB’s mum claims that when she wins the lottery she will take us all to visit. ….. pity she doesn’t buy tickets …….
