Thankful Thursday

 

Snowball here today.  Guess What?  I won the Lamest Costume category in Hansel's Halloween Spooktacular contest!  I went as .......wait for it.......a piggy bank.  Think Mom is trying to tell me something?  This category was sponsored by the one and only Katnip Lounge!

Ivy checks out the box. (She's got some fur pulling issues)

Yoko gave the snuggle bag a big paws up!

We got their prize last week - a box chock full of goodies for both the outside kitties (that's us) and the older indoor ones.  No one is really outside - we have a shelter building with a screen porch for us whitesters and the senior cats are in the house with the beans.

Chica took charge of the toy distribution while Yoko looked on.

Minnie preferred the Valerian over the nip!

Katnip Lounge cats sent a set of everything for both of us - nip, an assortment of balls, Valerian, (do we detect a theme here?) treats, chicken jerky, a fleece blankie and they also added a snuggle bag that they did not want or use - we love it. The box everything was in was lots of fun too!

Two Spot and Only check out the goodies.

Uh oh...fight!

Al wanted the nip scented ball.

Thanks guys - you are super and we are enjoying all our goodies! And many thanks to Hansel for working so hard to put this contest together for us once again!

If you want to enter our drawing for the book Awkward Family Pet Photos - just go here.

Third Annual Worldwide Moment for Furred, Finned and Feathered Friends

Thanks to Two Special Wires, the Third Annual Worldwide Moment will happen at 6 PM EST Monday Nov. 14.  It is a a moment to honor the animals we have known and loved in the past and to send out positive energies to those alive today the world over. We would like to share the story of Tarra and Bella.

Tarra and Bella

Tarra lives at the elephant sanctuary near Nashville TN.  Her best friend was Bella, a stray dog who wandered into the 2700 acre haven in 2003 and forged an unusual friendship with Tarra.  When Bella incurred a spinal injury a few years ago, Tarra stood vigil for 3 weeks just outside the office  where Bella rested and recuperated.



Recently, Bella was attacked and killed by coyotes.  From what the sanctuary administrators can gather,  Tarra found her body and carried her best friend back to her home.  Tarra has been grieving but the other elephants have been sharing their food and attention to help her through this.  Tarra and Bella's story teaches us huge lessons about love, friendship, loyalty, loss and grief..  Please take the time to read their story here.

Only meditation and sending our loving kindness to all beings.

"In their innocence and wisdom, in their connection to the earth and its most ancient rhythms, animals show us a way back to a home they have never left."  ~ Susan Chernak McElroy

We at Wildcat Woods are sending positive thoughts to Tarra and her elephant friends to help them through their loss and to comfort them and peace to all animals everywhere.   Thank you for joining us today in prayer, meditation, reflection or contemplation in this Worldwide Moment.

Darby sending purrayers for Tarra.

GOOD NEWS FLASH!
The two FIV kittens Mom posted about - Cobbie was one that Brian of Brian's Home asked for help to place and Mom took to a local no-kill shelter - both were adopted last week AND...they both retested negative for FIV!!!  How great is that?  Thanks for all your purrs, prayers and assistance with this!

Danica (aka Cobbie) has a new home.

Angelica was adopted with another kitten named Turtle!

A Visit with Marg's Pets

Jasmine in front and Andy in back.

Chca Her telling this story:   The other day Mom and Pop (with flat Chica) took a drive down to visit Marg of Marg's Pets.  They had planned this a few months back but Igot really sick a few days before - one of two episodes this summer so they postponed the visit.  Mom wanted to go there before the weather got too cold and wintry.

Lovely Maggie!

Mahoney checking it all out!

It was a pretty drive and they got to meet lots of her critters. The first stop was the house where they met, Little Bit, Mahoney, Maggie, and Holly.  Andy and Jasmine welcomed them at the fence and were so excited to see us. (Woofies usually are!)

Maggie playing with Mahoney.

Holly getting loved up!

Little Bit - blurry - great shot Mom!

Mom had some camera issues and missed a lot of shots of Mahoney playing with the feather toy before she figured out what she was doing wrong!  Oh well.  Mahoney was adorable and Maggie so pretty.  Holly just loved Pop and sat on his lap all the time soaking up the attention.

Pop retrieving the buckets that the donkeys play with.

Smoke - how little they are!

Pop talking to Joe.

Orange Boyz showing us around.

Peppers hiding from Mom's camera.

The beans went to lunch at a great local place and when they came back took a tour of the barns and met Joe and Smoke, the donkeys and Peepers the goat.  Mom's camera scared Peepers who kept running away from her! Orange Boy took the tour with them along with Splitters.  (If we get any names wrong forgive Mom - she has a hard time remembering our names!!!!! )

Lucky peeking at us.

Tortie Spliters.

Tabatha and BG behind her.

Tabatha and BG were on the porch and Gertrude and Mewmew ran by but did not stay long enough to get a photo.  The folks did see so many of the critters and loved them all.  Marg was so wonderful - funny, easy to be with - every bit like her blog!  She prefers to remain a mystery so we won't show her here.  It was a fun day and Mom and Pop will be going back real soon!  Thanks Marg for a fun day!

ONLY FOUR DAYS LEFT ON THE AUCTION FOR MARG - GO BID! (See sidebar link)


We are running a give-away of the book Awkward Family Pet Photos.  It is available to all of Mom's blog followers.  If you want to enter the drawing - just mention that in your comment  below and follow one of her blogs - see the sidebar.  Most of you already follow us anyway!  For more info see our post here.

Bedtime Reading And Give-away

Sweetpea here today. Mom has been reading this fun book at night to us before she goes to sleep.  It is written by two screen and TV writers Mike Bender and Doug Chernack.  They have previously written the well known Awkward Family Photos book and have a website by the same name.

We laughed at the silly pictures of people and their pets along with some pretty funny stories behind the photos.  They have a section on pet portraits, holiday portraits and then just photos of  people with their cats, dogs, birds and even exotic pets.  Our favorite is this one with the poor cat sitting on the Easter Bunny's lap - bet he will never chase bunnies again!

We even recognized a contributor to the Awkward Family Pet Photos book - Karen Nichols of The Cats Meow blog and Mousebreath.com!  We give this book a full ~paws up~ for pet lovers!

If you would like to win your own brand new copy, just leave a comment below telling us you want to be entered in the give-away.  It's that simple!  We will pick the winner using Random.org on Nov. 22 during the week of Thanksgiving - just in time for Christmas.  Wouldn't this book make a great Christmas gift?

Another note of interest - we visited Marg of Marg's Pets yesterday.  Mom and Pop took flat Chica and went on a road trip to see all of Marg's great critters. It was so much fun. That story will be coming up later this week.  See ya then!

Dona Nobis Pacem 2011

We are participating in November 4th's  BlogBlast for Peace 2011 - a worldwide blogging event to promote peace begun in 2006.  Like the quote says, if enough of us dream this dream of peace, it will become reality!  So dream your dream of peace with us!

Tabitha and Woody

All we are saying is give peace a chance.  ~ John Lennon

Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one. ~ John Lennon

 If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace. ~ John Lennon

Mamacita, Rosa and Joey in rear.

If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal.  ~ John Lennon