Feline Friday

 

Benny: It's me, Benny The Black! I was so touched by all the wonderful birthday messages I received, both here on the blog and also on Facebook. You are the greatest friends! As we get to the end of another week,  here are some photos to show you the different ways we spend our time.

I am something of a bibliophile. I simply love sitting on piles of books. A friend of #1's even suggested I should start a book blog. It would be called B Cubed, of course (Benny's Book Blog)!

Our little Dragon bro, Ryū, loves to play above all else. The other day, he found the most perfect box to sit in:

As for Fluff Puff Momo, lounging on his blue Peggy's Blankie is one of his favourite things!

That picture was taken on a sunny day. The sun is now on strike as we have a big storm coming our way today.

Our Fluff Puff is attending the Mad Hatter's Tea Party over at Zoolatry today, so make sure you drop by!

By the way, we are hosting a lunch tomorrow to celebrate four birthdays, mine (20th), Ms. L's (18th), Mr. G's (26th), and Ollie's (on the 30th), so we will not be posting as #1 needs to get things ready. I'm sure there will be lots of great pics to share on Sunday, though!

Thankful Thursday Togetherness

 

#1 here. It's fairly unusual for me to catch all three kitten boys together, but I did a few days ago! As you can see, Benny is supervising and making sure that his two little brothers, Momo and Ryū, clean themselves up properly. I am thankful to have such a wonderful supervisor and spotlessly clean kitties!

Wordless Wednesday...

 

... With Dragon Ryū.

BIRTHDAY BOY BENNY!

 

#1 here. Today is our Benny's official birthday. When he came to live with us, aged five months, he had no name on his passport other than "Petit Noir" which means "Little Black". He also had no actual date of birth other than "sometime in October" so we gave him one. He wasn't in great shape when he arrived, with runny eyes and messed-up ears, and he soon needed surgery to remove a polyp from his right ear. But he was a very sweet and brave little boy and I decided he needed a suitable name. So, I decided to name him BENKEI (弁慶), after Japan's most famous warrior monk. That fairly quickly turned into Benny. I trawled the web to see if I could find some cool Kitty Benkei images and came across these on Instagram. My apologies for stealing them but they were simply too cute!

Here, for info, is what the real Benkei supposedly looked like:

Benny was incredibly cute when he arrived, and he is just as cute now. Here is proof:

In the year since his arrival at Poupounette Central, Benny, now known as Benny The Black. has brought nothing but joy. He is the snuggliest boy, and he is so sweet about taking his daily medication for his allergies (something he appears to have "inherited" from Queen Tama). He will come to the kitchen and sit on teh table, waiting for me to bring the (tiny) pill and the Churu that goes with it. 

He absolutely adores his little brother, Fluff Puff Momo:

And his big brother Ollie:

His relationship with Dragon Ryū is a little more complicated as they. both want to be boss, but they do spend time companionably together:

Benny does spend a great deal of time snuggling with me, which brings me great joy:

A VERY HAPPY SIXTH BIRTHDAY to the handsomest panther ever, from me, Ollie, Momo, Ryū, Vidock and Violette.

💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

Manly Monday With Momo

 

Momo-Chan: And it's another week under way, or that is what #1 says anyway. It's a big week at Poupounette Central as we are celebrating Benny's birthday tomorrow. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. First, some Monday Manliness for you all, starting with Dragon Ryū as #1 took this gorgeous photo of him a few days ago:

Next up is Ollie, looking good in the autumn foliage:

Benny The Black enjoying window whiffies before it got too chilly to leave the kitchen window open:

And here I am, seen from the back, busy attending to my fluff!

Last but definitely largest is our biggest bro, The Big V, enjoying a drink in the sunshine!

We wish you all a good week and invite you to join us tomorrow for Benny's Birthday Bash!

PS: A big thank you to all you lovely people who commented on our post yesterday!

Snuggles on Sunday

 

Benny: Hello Everyone! Benny the Black here! You know how much I enjoy the privilege of hosting our weekly snuggle post, but we're wondering if we've lost our mojo. There were so few comments on yesterday's souvenir post that we are sad. Many thanks, of course, to those of you who always comment, but we're wondering what's happened to everyone else. Oh, and some of you may have seen video footage on the news of terrible riots all over France yesterday. We wanted to let you know that our little corner is still as peaceful as ever.

We do have some great snuggle pics, and we hope you will enjoy them. #1 managed to get a pic with Fluff Puff Momo, so we will start with that:

It is not hard to get snuggle pics with the rest of us. Here I am, gracing #1's lap:

And here is Dragon Ryū, gracing the self-same lap moments before I stared him off... I am the senior kitty, so I get priority!

Next, we have a fun pic taken last week, when the farrier came, showing Ollie, along with Sheba and Charlie, with Mr. G, Ms. N and Ms. L!

And here is Ollie getting scritches from Ms. L, with Violette looking on:

As Mr. G was there when the farrier came, he got some snuggle pics of the Vs with #1. First, Miss Violette:

Followed by The Big V:

And here is Ms. L with The Big V!

#1 also got a good one of Mr. G with Miss Violette:

This morning was the coldest yet this autumn, with beautiful misty landscapes. Here is one for you, to thank you for being our friends:

Wishing you all a peaceful and snuggly Sunday.

Sei-Chan's Souvenir Saturday

 

Rainbow Sei: Hello Everyone! Here I am, doing my best to keep my promise to do at least one Souvenir post a month. Some of you may remember when Saturday was my own personal day on the blog, Seiturday. It was so much fun to share my thoughts once a week. Now, I am honoured to have been selected to host our intermittent Souvenir posts.

Today, many of our photos are from October 2013. For those who were not around at the time, we have photos from other Octobers, or even other months, so let's get going!

We will start with the first among us, Ikkyu! The photo is from August 2006:

Next, we have Sen-Chan, this one from October 2008. Sen-Chan was allowed outside and he was quite the catventurer!

October 2008 is also when Queen Tama arrived as a tiny kitten, and #1 got a cute pic of her with a pumpkin!

That was before she became Queen! Here she is again, in October 2013:

I was the next one to join the clan. I found this nice close-up to share with you. This is also from October 2013:

Sweet Yuu-Chan came next and, sadly, his stay with us was all too short. This one if from October 2009:

Bibi, aka Da Beebs, was born into our family in December 2009. Once again, this is a pic from October 2013:

After Yuu-Chan left for the Bridge, little Genji joined the family. Again, this is from October 2013, as is the photo of Tommy that follows. 

Trav, our feral, was also around for only a short time, and this pic of him is from October 2015:

Our beautiful Hotesse lived to the ripe old age of 27. Here she is in September 2008

We also thought it would be fun to share a collage that #1 did in 2013. The only ones still with #1 are the Vs, and we hope they will stay with her for many years to come.

It's been fun, Dear Friends! I hope to see you again in November!