Thankful Thursday

#1 here. As I go off for almost four days to the French Percheron Championships, it's my turn to be thankful. I am thankful for Mr. G who always takes such loving care of the Gang when I am not here. I am thankful that Queen Tama is still with us one year after her liver tumour diagnosis. She has lost weight and condition but is still into food, snuggles, and getting brushed, and she still won't put up with any bad behaviour from the boys! Every single day with her is a gift.

I am also thankful that I got to spend time with some adorable baby donkeys and calves yesterday. Here are a couple of non-Gang pics:

A Grand Noir du Berry donkey baby. There were only 14 births in the breed in the whole of France this year.

A Normand calf:

Woofie Wednesday

 

Ollie: Woofs, everyone. #1 is getting into panic mode. Today, we are taking German friends to see our foals, Ms. P's baby donkeys, and some Normandy cows. It's going to be a busy day, so I've been resting up!

Tama-Chan Tuesday

 

Tama-Chan: Greetings from the Queen of The Poupounette! Tuesday is my favourite day of the week, although I do like Sundays too. I hope it's yours too!

I shall start with this shot of me on the lookout for yet another snack. #1 is pretty good about keeping them coming throughout the day.

I do like my double condo, and feel quite safe there. The blue one is roomier and so better for taking naps. You never know who might be watching or what their intentions are, do you?

It has not escaped my attention that a certain little twerp is trying to claim my beddie for himself. I'mm glad that #1 makes sure he is removed when I want to use it.

By the way, yesterday #1 roasted a chicken and I got my share straight out of the oven (after it had cooled down a bit!). It was delicious. Sorry about the mess and the blurring.

I'm glad that #1 will be back in time for my post next week. We'll just need to make sure that Mr. G takes some nice pics in the interim.

Manly Monday With Momo

 

Momo-Chan: Waves paws and tail... Hey everyone, Fluff Puff here with more great manly pictures. #1 took this nice one of me. It shows that I am a real champ when it comes to relaxing! I think Queen Tama was quite impressed with my dangle too.

Lately, she has been taking some really great pics of Benny, or maybe he's just gotten better at keeping his eyes open? Anymeow, here is another fine one of Benny Da Black:

As for our naughty little dragon Ryū, #1 has had to get cross with him as he has been trying to claim Queen Tama's beddie, a big no-no around here. He's a cheeky little thing, that one!

Ollie has really been enjoying his gambols in the fields, but not the deburring that follows. Here is a fun pic #1 took of him:

Snuggles on Sunday

 

Tama-Chan: And another week gone by, just like that! September will be over before we ever got used to it! #1 has a busy week next week and will be busy (read away) again with Percheron stuff from Wednesday through Sunday. Mr. G will be here to spoil us, as usual. This is to explain that there won't be an SoS post next Sunday, so enjoy this one to the full!

I of course snuggled with #1 as I always do:

The nice man came to service our water softener. He is a big cat lover and so I graced him with a snuggle:

In other news, Benny continues to occupy #1's lap most evenings.

And to snuggle with Ollie:

As well as Momo:

Here is Ryu up close and personal with #1. We will leave you to guess in what circumstances the photo was taken...

#1 got in some good snuggles with little Philly last week!

We wish you all a Sunday and a week full of snuggles!

Saturday Selfie

 

Benny: It's me, Benny Da Black again! #1 was having trouble coming up with something for today's post so I suggested she put up this really nice pic of me looking regal and serious. It's perfect, isn't it?

Family Friday

 

Benny: Mee-YOW everyone. It's Benny Da Black here. #1 said I could host because I am such a family guy. Let me start with this nice pic of me and my bros, Momo and Ollie:

And here I am again, this time just with Momo:

Different angle:

And here I am with my baby bro, Ryū, trying out a news scratcher/toy:

And some distance from Poupounette Central, Heloise and Philomena are making the most of their mother-daughter relationship. Whenever little Phileas gets too close, Philly sees him off quickly!

Happy Friday, everyone!

Thankful Thursday

 

Dragon Ryū: I am thankful for the high beams in the study because I have so much fun playing up there. You can measure the scale of the fun by the blurryness of the photos! Tee Hee....

Woofie Wednesday

 

Ollie: Woofs, Everyone! Ollie here. We're all well at this end. My #1 has let me run in the fields a couple of times recently and she is very pleased that I haven't been limping afterwards! What I have been doing is collecting burrs. Lots and lots of burrs!!! Anywoof, here are some nice photos of me running around:

Tama-Chan Tuesday

 

Tama-Chan: Hello, Dear Friends, and welcome to my weekly round-up. Can you believe that it's already the middle of September? The temperatures are definitely cooler although they remain very pleasant for now. We've been a little short of sunpuddles these past few days but things will hopefully improve soon.

I know #1 tries her very best, but I have to say that service can be a tad on the slow side. I mean, when the Queen wants her fourth snack of the morning, the Queen should get it right away, don't you think? Instead, I occasionally have to step out of my carrier and give her the stink eye...

The other day, #1 got a little clip of me having a wash. She didn't mean to take a video but she did, and so she decided to share it here! Apologies for the quality which is not great as it was evening.

As you know, I have long been #1's helper when she is at her computer but I am surrounded by wannabees. I have to work hard to maintain my position, you know!

Manly Monday with Momo

 

Momo-Chan: Happy Monday to you all! Fluff-Puff at your service with another post full of handsome boys for you to admire. I shall start with myself as #1 snagged a really nice shot of me:

We also have quite an atmospheric one of young Ryū who was trying to catch a bug inside the lamp:

And here is a contemplative shot of regal Benny Da Black at the kitchen window!

As for Ollie pup, he has been having the bestest time gambolling in the fields!

We wish you all a good week, full of sunshine and just the right amount of rain!

Snuggles on Sunday

 

Tama-Chan: Hello, Dear Friends! Here we are again, snuggling up a storm at Poupounette Central. To be honest, I think that snuggling should be the main aim in life. Don't you agree?

So here I am, snuggling with my #1 at her computer:

And I even graced her lap with my presence!

As you know, that lap is most often graced with Benny Da Black:

And then Fluff-Puff Momo snuggled up to #1 sneakily from the back!

Our Ollie went for a big run in the big field a couple of days ago and returned totally covered in burrs and other "decorations". As #1 worked to get them off him, he was squealing quite a bit and Benny went to sit on him to comfort him with his purrs:

As for Dragon Ryū, he's been focusing on bedtime snuggles of late:

And that completes our round-up for this week. Happy Snuggling, everyone!

Sei-Chan's Souvenir Saturday

 

Rainbow Sei: hello, Everyone! It has once again been several weeks since we did a souvenir post. Where does the time go? But we don't forget all of you as we know #1 doesn't forget any of us. So, here we are again, with a full array of nice pics for you. 

This time, quite a few of the pics date from 2013. Let's start with Da Beebs out in the cat run, looking very Beebsy!

Next up is blue boy Genji. He also has amazing eyes!

Here I am. That picture was taken in the basket on the shelf in the study. I gather that Benny likes to sleep there now.

And to follow on from me, here are the two red boys, in  2008 and 2010 respectively, starting with Sen-Chan:

And then Yuu-Chan:

This action shot of Tommy, complete with flying ears, takes us back to 2013:

As does this shot of the lovely Hotesse:

Going way back in time, here we have Ikkyu in 2003:

And to finish off, fast forward to 2015 and Trav in full cammo mode!

I think that's all of us. I hope you enjoyed seeing us all again! See you again soon.