Cozy photo on a dreary day....

Some of you may have already seen this photo on Facebook, but I had to share it here too. When I walked by the front door yesterday, I saw my front porch crew all lined up snug as bugs in their beds. Mr. Tubbs, Natasha, Rudy and Ramsey are all strays who have bonded together over the past few years. I love them so much and have always told them that they are welcome to come inside, but they prefer their freedom, I guess. Mr. Tubbs runs in every once in awhile, but he gets nervous after awhile and heads out with his buddies.

As a FB friend commented, they looks like rump roasts! That totally cracked me up.

Love that Tubbs

I was flipping through my photos of our Mr. Tubbs and realized that without a doubt, he provides us with the funniest photo opps. I think he is the main reason that people frequently drive by our house and point and laugh! Mr. Tubbs aka Grubbs aka Rub-a-Dub showed up here over a year ago. He was quite plump then and has retained his full figure.....lots of kitty to love! He is such a character....a real live Puss in Boots.

Me, "I love you so so much, Mr. Tubbs!" Mr Tubbs, "Put me down, you crazy lady!"



Airing out on a summer day....



With his girlfriend, Natasha and best buddy, Rudy...



A familiar scene in the evening....bathing after dinner on the front steps.



Not very modest....



And my favorite, "The Rubber Chicken"....

Ready for Summer!

I had been counting the days until it was time to decorate our porch for the summer. The time finally arrived this weekend!!! The weather cooperated for a few hours on Saturday so I took full advantage of it. I scrubbed the concrete, hosed down the furniture, planted flowers in my pots and pulled out the pillows and fun accents. My stray babies were very helpful. They were truly excited to have some activity and entertainment going on. And they are quite pleased with their fluffed up, summery home :).

Mr. Tubbs surveying his view...



"I am king of the porch, hear me roar!!!"



Ramsey napping on his perch...

Cat Chat: Meet Jimmy Choo!

This absolutely precious stray boy was wandering around my dear friend's neighborhood. He was crying and dying to come inside...poor boy. She was able to get him into a carrier last night and brought him here for a sleepover :). He is being neutered and vaccinated right now. He was SO happy to be inside and fed and loved on! He is a little beat up and very thin. I am not sure what is cuter, his polydactyl paws or his sweet personality! His name was easy because of those special "shoes"...Jimmy Choo. Perfect.

Our paws are all crossed that Good Mews will be able to take him sometime soon. In the meantime, we will certainly enjoy fattening him up, hugging him and watching him make huge biscuits with those huge paws!

A Happy Ending/Beginning....

Brian and I delivered our precious foster kitty, Marmalade, to Good Mews in Atlanta last Friday. We left Lexington at 4:30 am and hit the road with a very scared little boy, but he calmed down quickly and was an absolutely excellent traveler!!! He sat quietly the whole trip and enjoyed chin scratches every few minutes :).

We checked him into Good Mews later that morning and sadly said our goodbyes. It is always awfully hard to let go of a foster especially one as adorably handsome and sweet as Marm! BUT we knew that he would have MANY kind volunteers showering him with love and that he would find a forever home very soon. How soon???! Well, I got notification last Saturday that he was going to be adopted by a very nice man. Amazing! He is supposed to go home with him tomorrow so I am anxious to hear how it goes. I hope Marm's new dad will contact me.

Nothing better than a happy beginning for a frightened stray kitty who will no longer suffer on the streets.....

Meet Chanel and Versace!

As soon as I got Nadia on her way, I had to tackle trapping two new stray kitties in the back of our neighborhood. They showed up together at least a month ago and were living in the storm drains. Poor things were so scared that they would only appear at night when everything got quiet. I would see them on my evening runs but couldn't approach them without them darting into the drains or the tall weeds. A kind neighbor who lives closer to where they were hanging out than I do was willing to start feeding them. I wanted them to get used to eating in a certain spot so that I could trap them more easily. Last week, we got Chanel without much trouble, but her buddy, Versace, just wouldn't go in. But thankfully, a week later, he decided that our chicken nuggets were just too hard to resist! I was SO relived to get him inside and safe with Chanel.

I am convinced that they are brother and sister. They look alike except that Versace has longer hair. They both had already been spayed/neutered, so we just took care of their vaccinations and flea meds. They are incredibly loving and affectionate. My theory is that someone moved out of the apartments that back up to our neighborhood and abandoned them out in the greenspace near between the houses and the apartments. I cannot imagine how anyone could part with these gorgeous sweeties!

With fall and winter on the way, their lives would have been so miserable living in the drains and dealing with the harsh cold weather here. They are definitely happy to be inside and well fed! I am planning on taking them to Good Mews in a few weeks if I don't find them a good home around here.

Chanel and Versace reunited....purr, purr, purr....

Bunny Girl and a favorite kitty pic!

Sweet Bunny Girl just hopped into my Etsy shop....


...and a favorite glimpse out the glass in our front door! Hi Rudy Dude!

Good news and a Giveaway!

I am happy to report that Miss Gisele, the siamese kitty I posted about this week, was adopted yesterday!!! A fellow TNR volunteer in a neighboring county emailed me that his brother was looking for a special kitty. His beloved Himalayan rescue cat had died in June and he was devastated. He had adopted him 10 years ago and loved him dearly. So, apparently, Gisele caught his eye and it was perfect timing. He was ready for a new, warm, furry body to share his life with. When I delivered her yesterday, she got right out of the carrier and started adventuring around his house. When her new dad would pick her up, Gisele would snuggle up against his face. He was completely enamored! She will be the princess in his household for sure. I am SO relieved to find a wonderful home for at least one of my fosters.

I haven't had any luck at all yet on my kittens, but hopefully soon someone will come along!

I can't believe it is July 30th and I haven't had a giveaway!!! Well, better late than never, right?! I am offering up a KittySnip again...whoever wins can pick one out from my Etsy shop. Here is my personal favorite, Emma.



How do you win??? You must leave a comment on this post and give me an idea for a name for the sweet stray kitty boy who showed up at our house (see last post for a close up photo). I had been calling him "Jack" and my husband keeps calling him "Steve". So silly! We think that human male names for a cat are so funny, but neither of those quite fit. We need your help, so give us some good ideas!! I will choose a winner on Monday.
Jack/Steve has come back every afternoon to sleep in the bed on the porch. It started pouring rain the other night and when we opened the door, he came flying in. I dried him off and he curled up on the sofa with us for awhile. I am going to take him to the vet tomorrow and get him combo tested and get his vaccinations and deworming done. Here are some new photos of him as well as a few of our regulars, Magee and Missy.


Which kitty is the real one :)??

Jack Sprat came back....

Adorable Jack Sprat appeared again on our front steps yesterday afternoon as we were coming home from the grocery store. He had a snack and curled up on the bed i made for him on the porch. A few hours later, we went running, and he just sat on the ledge and watched us make our laps. He was rolling around in the grass on the edge of the yard happily. Jack is the cutest boy ever. I took some photos to email to the people in my neighborhood, but i know he doesn't belong to anyone. We live in a small development and I am familiar with everyone's cats and dogs. No one around here lets their cats outside anyway.

I am not sure what to do about him. Sigh. He seems content enough with using our front porch as a safe napping area and of course, he has cat food and fresh water available all day, but still.... I would love to bring him inside and find a home for him. If i can get homes for my current fosters, i can scoop him up and get him in here. I just pray that he continues to show up. I know that i will have a meltdown if something happens and he disappears.

Look at how handsome he is!!!



Making air biscuits....

Rosie Buddha Kitty

This is my sweet Rosie and the painting that she inspired. Rosie was living in one of our feral colonies in Atlanta. We always suspected that she was tame, and we finally got around to trapping her one hot August day. Well, she meowed and meowed (most ferals are totally silent in their traps) and we knew that she needed to come off the street. I felt so awful because she had been out there for many months and always sat alone up on an air conditioning unit. I immediately felt a strong bond to her, so we decided that rather than find a home for her like the rest of our rescues that she needed to stay with us forever :). I cannot express how much i love this crazy girl!! She is the funniest, quirkiest kitty...this buddha baby has absolutely stolen my heart. All i can say is, what idiot decided to abandon such a special cat???!! Well, i feel that way about abandoning ANY cat....
Rosie often sits in this "Buddha" position, so i decided that i had to illustrate it in a painting. Hope you like it!