Cat Lovers Hop - Day 5

Day 5 of the 

Cat Lovers Hop! 

DAY 5 GAME:

 In a Room Full of "Identical" Cats, How Would You Identify Yours? 

 Weeeeell, that would be easy for my little black panther Minnie as she'd run straight to me, stretch up with her paws on me to be picked up like a toddler  with  the motion 'up'. I carry her around a lot of the day! She's so needy!

Yassi, weeeeell, she'll be racing all the others to the food, and cleaning up all the bowls! LOL, however, I'm sure she'd be in good company there, so next I'd have to resort her tuxie markings. Hahah!

How would you?

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So, another page of my kitty  antics here .....

Thanks so much to the wonderfully sharing comments left, I love reading about your experiences here and when I've visited you too!  I've seen the most amazing projects from so many talented crafters.

What a hoot this has been! 

Have a visit and see!

xx

Cat Lovers Hop - Day 4

 

Day 4 on the Cat Lovers Hop!

Today game is:

What is the Funniest or Weirdest Trick Your Cat Does?

This would be Yassi, and how she runs inside meowing like a banshee all the while with a mouse in her mouth! Next she drops it at my feet, with  'here's your lunch!' 

If I dont respond straight away (mostly because I'm having horrors!!) she'll tap it towards me!!!

Tap, tap tap!  (Poor little mouse, I don't like them losing their little lives either!)

I have to pick it up and distract her by giving her some biscuits while I dispose of it so

I don't disappoint her by not lunching on it! 

She does the same thing with little lizards, but she does not harm these.

 I recapture them and put them outside!  

                                             I know I should feel honoured!

         And my project today is on how spoilt these my two cats truly are! 

                                   Jump in and join the fun, loads of prizes to be won!  

                                           Absolutely loving playing along!! 

                                                                       xx

Cat Lovers Hop - Day 3

 

 DAY 3!

Its wonderful playing along and its not too late!

Join in here!

2021 CAT LOVERS HOP
 October 25-30, 2021
 at
Her Peaceful Garden

Every day there is a game... and Day 3's game is:

Kitty Limericks, Haiku, Couplets, 

or Short Free-Form Poems

Cat Poetry : It might seem a little scary at first, but please don't be intimidated! Anyone can make up something about cats. Haiku are easy and follow a 3 line, 5-7-5 syllable form. Here's a great site to inspire you: Cat Haiku.

Here's my simple attempt:

Minnie

Look at me, I'm so small

Hiding curled in a furry ball,

Dark and silent as nightfall

In my new home I’m loved by all.

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So in photos, here's a layout of the antics of Minnie

Hope to see you there!!!!

 

Cat Lovers Hop - Day 2

 

Already Day 2 of The Cat Lovers Hop!

So the game today:

DAY 2 GAME - What is your favourite cat breed, or one you have always wanted?

 I guess I've always been drawn to an Abyssinian.  Intense and intelligent

However, as much as I'd love this, my heart lies with rescues.

Now onto my project for today,

Minnie! 

  If you'd like to join in, you can do any sort of project so long as its got to do with cats.

Loads of prizes to be won and join our cat community!

See you there.....

xx

 

Cat Lovers Hop 2021 Day One!

 Finally the first day has begun!

DAY 1 GAME: Kitty Roll Call and In Memoriam :(

Always, Day 1 Game is Kitty Roll Call where we share with each other the names of each of the cats that call your home 

What a treat to be able to not only share with you one cat – Yassi, but to introduce to you my newest addition – Minnie!

After losing my big black ex-feral ‘Blackie’ at 18yrs of age,

 I was so upset and heartsick that I couldn’t bring myself to get another cat for over a year.  Suddenly,  out of the blue,  I had this urge to go find another kitty to fill this dark space I felt.   

 Definitely  had to be a rescue ( there is no other way) and I found a Tuxie, Yassi .  

She can look pensive even reflective at times.

Her kittens had been adopted out and she was left alone and somewhat shut down in her pen.  Yes, she was the one for me.  I’d bring sunshine to that little heart break she was nursing and she would help me nurse mine.  Yassi is now 4yrs old.  

That brings me to Minnie 18months later – I finally retired and the first thing I was contemplating  was to foster a ‘shutdown’ kitty, so off I set and this tiny little black kitty was as frightened as I’ve ever seen.  Her story…  she had been left in a crate with no blanket in the middle of a freezing winter’s night outside the shelter facility.  When they arrived the next morning, they found a half frozen little cat and within 48 hours, she had delivered one kitten which didn’t live. Minnie was about 1yr old.  I knew I needed to take her.   And weeeeeell, she ended up a foster-fail.  She’s mine, she’s adorable and very very playful, needy and loving – perfect for me!  Ten months on and she’s the funniest little loving clown I could ever ask for.  So very very lucky!

Here's a layout I did about the moments I knew I was going to keep her.....

I never thought I could have another black cat after 'Blackie' but she's perfect!  She's tiny in comparison to Blackie who had a big frame, and she's as light as a feather!  I adore black cats!

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Here's hoping you can join the fun.... there are so so many prizes and a wonderful community I've come to love over the last seven years I've played along!

Hope to see you there xx

2021 Cat Lovers Hop Information

  

 So looking forward to this!!  

                         Hopefully will see you there!!                       

                            

2021 CAT LOVERS HOP
 October 25-30, 2021
 at
Her Peaceful Garden

Don't forget to participate in the following...it's NOT TOO EARLY.
You can do these right now!!:
1. SIGN IN for the 2021 Cat Lovers Hop  (REQUIRED to be eligible for prizes!!)
2. GIVEAWAY - Post the 2021 Cat Lovers Hop Badge (closes Oct. 24th)
3. Please look at the 2021 CAT LOVERS HOP - GUIDELINES and FAQs
4. Get started making your cat projects for the hop!!!

Hope to see you there!!!! 

 

Where have I been???

 Weeeeeell,  my poor neglected blog!  Time for a catch-up.

Where have I been?

The best news - I retired at the beginning of this year and its been so great that I've thrown myself into all the things I love to do but never had the time to do it!

    Scrapbooking, quilting, more art :) AND loving catching up with friends and looking after family.

We've had some sadness in the last 12 months or so with the loss of my beautiful mother-in-law and not long after, my equally beautiful father-in-law.  We think he died of a broken heart.  They had been together 72 years.  My girls broke their hearts too.  We miss them everyday.

What about the girls?... 

Meaghan is the CEO of her own company, has two master degrees and is about to start a Phd after receiving a scholarship.  

Hannah,  bought  her own house, works at our state library and still loves it. Surrounded by books will always keep her happy!

And Paige is now a high school teacher after gaining her masters degree, got engaged in January to Angus, who is a pharmacist and the pair are getting married this coming January - so happy!

Here's a layout I did of them for this blog in 2008

They've come a long way in 13yrs!