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.

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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!

Feline Friday

 

Momo-Chan: Hello everyone! Fluff Puff here! As we're doing a Feline Friday post this week, #1 thought it would be nice for me to host. I hope you all had a nice week and will have a great weekend. We are looking forward to taking it easy with our #1.

Let me start with a pic of my big bro Benny The Black (whose birthday is coming up next week!). #1 thought it was cute that he had a bit of Momo fluff stuck to his coat. Can you see it?

#1 took this pic of me yesterday. She says it would make a nice painting, but she has no skills at all in paintifying photos. Maybe she'll learn some day. Do any of our readers have any recommendations for a free paintifying app for Mac?

Dragon Ryū thinks that #1's autumn colours duvet cover enhances his own autumnal colours!

We got some new pics of soon-to-be sister, Queen Noura, and wanted to share one with you!

And that's our post for today! We're still seeing less traffic than before, and hope it's just a temporary blip.

Thankful Thursday

 

Benny: Greetings! Benny The Black here to tell you how thankful we all are that #1 is here with us and is staying put for the next three weeks. It's getting cooler and the days are getting shorter but we are happy with life!

Here I am, doing my yoga exercises from my cup:

And Fluff Puff Momo was doing his on his Peggy's blankie:

Dragon Ryū, on the other paw, was peacefully snoozing on one of #1's sweaters:

Ollie loves his morning walks, even when it's foggy, as it was yesterday morning!

And Violette and Vidock are of course happy to have had heir hooficures!

We hope that you all have lots to be thankful for!

Wednesday Whinnies

 

The Big V: Handsome neighs, everyone. How are you all? We have been enjoying the fresh grass that has been growing thanks to the rain we've had lately. Yesterday, it was time for another round of hooficures for us! Mr. P, the farrier arrived at 10am, so #1 had to get up early! And guess what? Mr. G and Ms. N came along too! It was great to see everyone!

Miss Violette went first. #1 held Violette still at the beginning, and then Ms. L took over. Ollie supervised throughout, or rather, he was after the soft hoof bits knowns as "frogs" which are very smelly and apparently a delicacy for woofies!

I got to go next, and Mr. G was the one to hold me some of the time, along with Ms. L. It was the first time he held a horse for the farrier!

Needless to say, we got lots of apples, and even pears afterwards! It was a fun morning!