Tommy: As I am the only one among us who has been here from the very beginning, I am hosting this special post in celebration of our 10th Blogversary.
Yes, it all started on June 29th, 2008, with myself and Sen-Chan writing this post:
In the past ten years, we have had happy arrivals and sad departures, and we have made so many wonderful friends all over the world. We have even had the opportunity to meet some of them in the flesh. It has been an enriching experience for all of us, and we would like to start by thanking all of you who have been with us through the years. On the 30th of June 2008, for our second post, we had our first comment from Dragonheart and Merlin! We are so happy that they are still our friends!!!
We were wondering how best to do this post and thought it would be fun to look back on the posts welcoming each of us. First off is the first post in October 2008 by Tama-Chan which, at the time, was Tama-Chan Thursday:
Nest to join us in February 2009 was our sweet Sei-Chan. This was the very first post in which she was featured:
In October 2009 came the wonderful Yuu-Chan:
And in December 2009, Tama had her four kits, including our one and only Beebs!
October 2010 marked our very first Wednesday Whinnies post by a very young Vidock:
And the core Poupounette Gang was complete in the spring of 2012 with the arrival of Miss Violette. Her first post was actually before she joined us officially when she took the initiative to come and visit Poupounette Central!
And there was also our "Trav" who made his first official appearance on the blog in May 20165 with this post:
Over the years, we have lost Sen-Chan, Yuu-Chan, Sei-Chan and Trav to the Rainbow Bridge. We understand that this is the way of the world but we miss them all very much, as we miss all the friends who have gone too. But it is a pleasure each and every day to share our lives with all of you, and catch a glimpse of your lives. Thank you!
We will have a commenthaton to benefit Winnie's Wish with items on their wish list until the end of the month, so we hope that many of you will visit and leave comments!
Congratulations!! We have followed you for many years, though not the whole ten, but we're so glad we found you! Here's to ten more!!
ReplyDeleteYay for the commentathon too! I am positive we found you through Winnie's Wish!
Happy blogoversary!! I enjoy seeing what's going on with the Poupounette and look forward to more adventures and happy times!!
ReplyDeleteMany, many congratulations! Your blog has been an inspiration to Äiti during the days when she was managing our blog in its previous incarnation. Yes indeed, there have been many sad losses but the joy that your blog has bought has been immense and we tahnk you for that. Long may it continue and we shall raise nip and valerian and salmon and all sorts to your anniversary, and hope for many more years at Poupounette Central.
ReplyDeleteHappy 10th Blogoversary!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a marvelous milestone.
We are so happy we discovered your blog and we have enjoyed all the stories over the years.
Mum is happy to have met #1(in the flesh) too :)
Purrs Georgia,Julie and JJ
Happy blogoversary! 10 years is such a long time, and so many things have changed since the beginning!
ReplyDeleteKhonGRats!
ReplyDeleteSo many great memories!!
Here's to many more!!!
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra&Holly&Kousin Emmy
Happy Blogoversary dear friends! We totally enjoyed the flashback posts!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on 10 years!! Hope for many more to come!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy 10th blogoversary! We have visited for many of those years years and remember all your sweet angels. Here's to many more years of blogging. We are happy to call all of you friend.
ReplyDeleteyour pals,
the critters in the cottage xo
V, I love starting my day by finding out what The Poupounette gang has been up to! While I don’t comment, please know I very much appreciate your blog! Congrats on the first 10 years—here’s to the next decade!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your 10th Blogoversary! We've been around for much of that time although some as just lurkers. We enjoy hearing about all your adventures.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your 10th Blogoversary. It was good to read back over the major events from those years.
ReplyDeleteCon-cat-ulations on your 10th Blogoversary! Although I've discovered you rather recently, I really enjoy your posts. Yay!
ReplyDeleteHappy Blogoversary ! 10 years, it's a milestone, concatulations ! Purrs
ReplyDeleteCongratulations dear friends! We so enjoy your blog and all of you. We especially love how you readily welcome in new members to the Poupounette Gang and make them a part of the family. Number 1’s photography is just beautiful and you are all such magnificent subjects. Here’s to another 10 years of sharing your wonderful lives with us.
ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary - and many more ! Thankd for the look back.
ReplyDeleteHappy Blogoversary to the Chans and #1.
ReplyDeleteHappy Blogoversary! 10 years is amazing! We love seeing how far you’ve come.
ReplyDeleteHappy blogoversary! Wow young Vidock looked really young :-) We are so glad to have known you all. Here is to another ten years and many more!
ReplyDeleteMom has been super busy so we apologize for being a day late with our congratulations on your 10th blogaversary!!! We think we have followed you for most of those years and have enjoyed getting to know all of you, including those who have crossed, and especially #1, whose friendship we cherish.
ReplyDeleteWoos - Lightning, Misty, and Timber and Mom
Bon anniversaire de blogs.
ReplyDelete10 ans c'est long. En plus vous bloguez tous les jours. Ca en fait des photos et des posts..
10 ans c'est beaucoup de joies et aussi de grandes peines.
C'est 10 ans de partage. Et c'est parfois compliqué quand les peines sont là.
C'est surement aussi beaucoup de belles rencontres virtuelles ou réelles.
On souhaite à votre blogs beaucoup d'autres anniversaires.
Ronrons
Hisia
Belated anniversary greetings to you all! Love the early descriptions of Tommy the floppy eared giant cat .😊
ReplyDeleteHappy 10th Blog-adversary Number #1 & Tommy & the Chan Cats & Vee Horses! We are honored to call you our friends & enjoy visiting you as much as we can. We too miss Traveller & Sei Chhn & know how much you miss all of your beloved 4 leggeds.May you blog for another 10 years & beyond!! Much love Sherri-Ellen & Siddhartha Henry =^,.^=
ReplyDeleteGosh! We thought we had commented (using the tablet because Mom's arm is better). But when we came back and looked to see, there is nothing here, or on the other posts we commented on using the tablet!
ReplyDeleteSo we are back and concatulating you on 10 years! What an accomplishment! Mom can't remember when she and Nellie discovered your blog, but it was many, many years ago and we LOVE you!
Purrs
Marv
Wow - 10 years! How amazing! We really enjoy reading your posts and hearing all about your adventures - you have so many good stories to share. We don't get to visit as much as we used because things have changed a lot at our house. We're sorry we are late to congratulate you and we look forward to more of your fun stories! Purrs from us to all of you!
ReplyDeleteCharlemagne and Tamar (and Angel Mal)