Manly Monday With Momo

 

Momo-Chan: Happy Monday, Friends Far and Wide! Fluff Puff here with our weekly round-up of all things manly and handsome!

As you know, my bro Dragon Ryū and I do enjoy a good wrestle at every opportunity

Sometimes, though, we boys all work together, as you can see from this shot where we were all chasing a bug:

Other times, Benny The Black and I hang out together:

And Dragon Ryū also occasionally hangs with Benny:

Ollie has been enjoying his walks with #1. They have done the hay in the fields around the house:

But there is still some long green grass in the garden.

As for The Big V, he would like you to know that he is studying hard for his MN. That would be Master of Naughtiness. He managed to break into the garage where #1 stores all of her horse stuff, and strew everything around as he searched for treats!

And that is our start for this new week, and new month of June!

Snuggles on Sunday

 

Benny: Hello everyone, your weekly SoS host, Benny The Black, here! I am happy to report that the temperature has gone down overnight and this heat wave is over for now. We had guests yesterday, as #1's cousins came for lunch. Ollie and I were, as always, excellent hosts:

Dragon Ryū streaked by several times during the day, as did Momo but it was up to the two of us to be the perfect hosts. With Ryū, snuggles are usually a question of "when I want, where I want".

I usually like to hang out with Ollie on #1's bed first thing in the morning:

And Momo and I have continued to snuggle a lot!

The Big V remains quite enamoured of Ms. L:

This one of #1 with Violette was taken a couple of weeks ago, but we wanted to share it too!

We wish you a a peaceful and snuggly Sunday!

Silly Saturday

 

The Big V: Neighscuse me, Madam. Is this the right door for AC, ice water, and frozen carrots and apples?

Freezing (NOT!) Friday

 

Benny The Black: #1 told us that various places in France are breaking records for the hottest day in May ever! It's been around 30°C here. We are lucky because our house is built into a slope, and the ground floor is in fact half underground and therefore stays cool.

I am following advice and taking it easy:

Little Dragon Ryū has been spending time in the cat run. It is north facing and therefore stays relatively pleasant.

The heat wave is supposed to continue through tomorrow.

Thankful Thursday

 

#1 here. First of all, a big thank you to those of you who have stepped up once again to help me help get little NOURA to France from Lebanon. The new campaign is going well, and I gather some people have already received their refunds from the evil GoFundMe. In case you need it, here is the url of the campaign once again: https://whydonate.com/fundraising/help-rescue-noura-the-kitten. 

Let me mention also that, unlike GFM, WhyDonate does not disclose the names of anonymous donors to anyone, not even the campaign organiser! So, if you make an anonymous donation, I'll thank you via the campaign page but that is all I can do.

I have also been speaking with the nice folk at Animals Lebanon to try and get a more accurate timeline for Noura to get here. As you know, she was only about a month old when she was rescued in late March. She had her first set of vaccinations at the end of April, and will be getting her second set very soon, along with her rabies shot. A titer test then has to be done at least 30 days after the rabies shot to make sure she has enough antibodies, and she will only be allowed to travel here (this is EU law) 90 days after the test has been done. So, we are now looking at an arrival date of late September or even early October. It's a long time to wait but as you all know, good things come to those who wait!

I have a couple of really cute new pics of Noura to share:

What an adventure this is for all of us at Poupounette Central, and we are so glad to have the support of so many lovely people around the world!

Wednesday Whinnies With Heloise

 

Heloise: Beautiful Neighs, everyone! It has been too long. As you know, I now belong mostly to Ms. C although #1 still has a share in me. So, I stayed, along with my daughter, Philomena, at Ms. C when the Vs went off to their wonderful summer residence. I confess that I am a little jealous. Still, I should not complain because I have a new beau! Ms. C recently purchased an older gent, a stallion by the name of Vauban, and several of us girls now make us his... ahem.... harem!

Here I am with him:

I do get a tad jealous when one of the other girls (Kalina in this case) try to butt in.

But overall, we share him quite companionably.

Trying Again on Thursday

 

#1 here. On Thursday, April 23rd, we posted about committing to rescue a kitten from Lebanon and setting up a fundraising campaign through GoFundMe to meet the associated costs. Our friends were amazing in contributing to the campaign and the necessary funds were raised within a week. However,  GoFundMe hijacked the funds, on the pretence of checking the genuineness of my campaign, and has not paid me a single Euro. I provided them with all the extra information they requested immediately. That was several weeks ago. Since then, they have not responded to any of my numerous messages. There is no way to contact them by phone, and AI seems to handle all chat and email enquiries. In the end, I gave up and cancelled the campaign, and all donors should be getting refunds in the coming week. The situation regarding the kitten is still the same, however, and I still need the funds, so here we go again with a different fundraising platform, this one based in Europe. I am crossing my fingers for your ongoing support to help me get the kitten over here. Here is the link to the new campaign: https://whydonate.com/fundraising/help-rescue-noura-the-kitten

I am still in shock over GoFundMe's viciousness. I have since found out that they are being sued by a number of registered charities in California for arbitrarily setting up fundraisers in their names without consulting them. There is clearly something very wrong with these people.

In the hope that this will all work out in the end, here are a couple of pics of a double rainbow we had here the other day.

As well as a stunning field of poppies I came across the other day whilst driving back from seeing the horses:

Thanks again for your support in getting little Noura over to Poupounette Central!