Saturday Shade and Star!

 

Violette: Pretty neighs, everyone! You must be getting fed up with us telling you how warm it is over here. We're lucky in that our field is pretty shady and it's quite cool around the house, where we like to spend our days. 

So, are you wondering who the star is? It's ME, of course! I earned #1 a beautiful rosette, placing first in the "Dressed to Impress" category of the June edition of the Online Showing for Everyday Horse Fanatics show! It is the most beautiful rosette, and the perfect colour!

And this is the photo for which I won that 1st prize, when I did my Japanese Princess bit back in 2022.

Have a cool weekend, everyone!

Frightful Friday

 

Momo-Chan: Fluff Puff here! Let me start by telling you that it was in fact a frightful, and somewhat embarrassing, Thursday. Yesterday, #1 bundled me and my bro, Ryū, into carriers and put us in the car. Whereas little Dragon screamed all the way at the top of his lungs, I only let out the occasional pathetic meow. #1 told us not to be such drama queens, and that we were just going for our booster shots and mani-pedis.

First, I was weighed and I have lost 400gr (1lb) since last year and came in at a perfect 5.65 kilos (just under 12lb). But then, Dr. C started to examine me and she saw little black dots in my pristine white furs! I have fleas!!! Eeeeeeeeeek! I got a special pill right away, and #1 bagged Advantage pipettes for Ryū and Benny. I also got my shots and got my nails done. All the while, I was being held by my auntie, Ms. P. She is my blood bro, Tokyo's, mum!!! She said I was quieter and thinner than my bro, and that my tail was a little shorter than his!

Ryū-chan wasn't checked for fleas there and then, but #1 found some flea poop in his furs after we got home, so he got the treatment then. He weights in at 3.55kg (a little under 8lb), 150 grammes more than last year, but he is still skinny as a rake. Dr. C said he was just perfect. He was purring up a storm and sucking up to everyone! #1 wasn't able to get as many pics of him, though, as he threw a fit when he saw a horse out of the window. Dr. C ended up closing the blind to calm him down!

#1 also told Dr. C about little Noura and how keen she was for her to arrive. Dr. C said that it sounded like Animals Lebanon were doing everything right for her.

So, that was our big adventure yesterday. Hopefully, we will not have to go anywhere near Dr. C's again for another year. #1 often brings Ollie along when one of us has to go to Dr. C's, but she didn't want Benny to be left all alone, so he stayed home. 

Thankful Thursday

Benny: It's me, Benny The Black! Today, I am thankful that, even though the temps are rising rapidly here (they are forecasting 100F/38C on Sunday), the downstairs in our house remains pleasantly cool and I can still sit by the window and practice my dangles;

#1 got herself a watermelon to help her stay cool, and I have been guarding it:

Wild Wednesday

 

Dragon Ryū: Your favourite dragon here! Look what I caught!

#1 was not pleased. She said it is called a slow worm and is a lizard without legs, and we should not harm it. So she scooped it up and put it back outside. But I only wanted to play!

Tiny Tuesday

 

Ryū-Chan: Hi everyone. It's Dragon Ryū here! Yesterday, we made a really fun discovery. We realised that we have a tiny ginger cousin in Germany! His name is Horst. He is only about five months old, and he was rescued from abandonment in Romania by the daughter of #1's cousin, Ms. S.  I wanted to tell you about him because, even though I'm not ginger, I'm the closest to that colour palette in The Poupounette Gang. Ms. S , who is cat-sitting for him at the moment, sent us some awesome pics, and we want to share them with you:

Don't you love all that ginger goodness?!😻😻😻

Manly Monday With Momo

 

Momo-Chan: And it's already another Monday and another opportunity to regale you with great photos of us boys at The Poupounette.

This week, I would like to start with my bro, Benny The Black, who spotted something interesting the other day:

Benny and I have been quite busy keeping an eye on #1 at her computer,  now that we are connected again.

I imagine that Queen Tama would say that it takes two boys to do the work she did all by herself, but it's more fun when there are two of you!

The season for summer holidays is approaching and I know #1 is planning something, so I am getting ready too:

Dragon Ryū can be seen on the window hammock most days:

Ollie always risks losing his tongue when he goes out for  run in the fields!!!

As for The Big V, it may seem difficult but he has reached new heights of naughtiness, as shown in this photo taken by Ms. T. She barely managed to save that baguette.

We wish you all a good week!

Snuggles on Sunday

 

Benny: Welcome, everyone! Your host Benny The Black here, happy to share with you another collection of lovely pics of us snuggling. I shall start with myself this week, as Mr. G took this nice one of me snuggling with #1:

And here I am again, enjoying her lap of an evening:

#1 managed to sneak up on Momo so they could do a selfie together!

And Mr. G managed to get a shot of #1 snuggling with Dragon Ryū as well!

Here is one of Ollie having a morning snuggle with #1:

it's back to me snuggling with Mr. G and Ms. N for our last offering of the week. We don't have any horsey snuggle pics this time.