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!

Manly Monday With Momo

 

Momo: Hello, Everyone! Fluff Puff here! Can you believe it's already Monday? We know it's Memorial Day in the US but it's also a holiday in the UK and in France today. And the weather is glorious! It's definitely a day for relaxing and airing out one's bits!

Benny The Black has been relaxing by the open kitchen window, and #1 got this rather nice shot of him:

Next we have Ollie at the restaurant, where he was given some very yummy salmon to finish off:

Passers-by occasionally get a bit of a shock when they see The Big V in the front garden!

And to finish off, we have one of Dragon Ryū and Benny The Black hanging together:

Snuggles on Sunday

 

Benny The Black: Hello everyone. I am here once again to host our weekly round-up of all the love at Poupounette Central for our friends. It's going to look a tad repetitive, but my bro, Momo, and I have continued to power snuggle throughout the week!

As you know, we both love to snuggle with our woofie, Ollie, so it was fun to do a threesome with him too!

Dragon Ryū snuggled with #1:

#1 wanted to share another cute pic of her snuggling with me, taken by Mr. G last time he was over:

#1 also got a cute selfie with Miss Violette:

And here is The Big V getting snuggles from both Ms. L and Ms. T!

We wish you all a delightful and snuggly Sunday.

Sunny Saturday

 Ryū-Chan: Miaows, everyone! Your favourite little Dragon here! After a couple of weeks of rain and cold, the temps have almost doubled overnight and the sun is shining! So, it's window hammock time for me again!

Wishing you all a nice weekend!

Vidock and Violette Vendredi

 

The Big V: Handsome Neighs Everyone! Miss Violette and I are hosting today's post to tell you all about our hooficures yesterday! It had been a while since we had seen the farrier and #1 was getting worried about the length of our hooves. But several farriers have given up farriering in the area over the past few months, and it has become really difficult to find one! #1 was basically wringing her hands in despair, and then she spoke with someone at a Percheron event about a week back, who told her she had a great farrier who was fairly new to the business, and he was willing to travel some distance. #1 contacted him and realised she had met him before when he had helped out at Ms. C's for a while a few years back. Anyneigh, he agreed to come and he came as planned yesterday.

He started with me. My great love, Ms. L, was holding me.

#1 was a little worried because I now have some arthritis in my hind legs and she had been told that it was no longer possible to lift them to trim. Well... the wonderful Mr. P managed without a problem!

Here is a nice pic where you can see me being done, and Miss Violette is patiently waiting her turn:

Then it was Violette's turn:

She snuggled with #1 some of the time;

We of course got carrots afterwards! We now have perfect feet and #1 is happy! Until the next time, Mr. P!