Sunday Selfie in Black and White

Sorry for the blurriness of this pic that we took for The Cat on my Head's Sunday Selfies Blog Hop, but it is meant to look like I took this on my mum's iPhone.

In reality, I wasn't going to let my mum use it because I am a cat and like purrfection in all things, but she said it looks great because of the expression on my face. She made it black and white too so it is now part of Sugar and Nola's Black and White Sunday Blog Hop as well.

Wishing you all a fantastic Easy Sunday!

The Sunday Selfies Blog Hop is hosted by The Cat on My Head

Sugar and Nola's Black and White Sunday Blog Hop

Caturday Art

This week we tried iPiccy to create this rather nice sketch effect.

And for Sepia Saturday there is another photo of me on my mum's other blog. Check it out!

HAPPY CATURDAY!

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Remembering Sparkle

We are still very sad about our beautiful friend Sparkle the Designer Cat's passing last week, but we think this is a wonderful idea for honouring her memory.

We'll be there!

Please click here to donate to Tabby's Place.

Wordless Wednesday (a bit wordy today)

As a rescue kitty myself, adopted from Wood Green, I like to do my bit to help other kitties find their forever homes.

My mum has this rescue board on Pinterest and likes to share it where ever she can because there are some very sad cats (and dogs and other animals) on there waiting desperately for a home. Mum is very emotional and it hurts her to see their sad eyes and dreads to think what will become of them if they don't get adopted. It is very sad  (most aren't given a chance and are killed, especially those in high-kill shelters) and we want to do all we can to help.

Perhaps you are looking for a new pet? Or maybe you know someone who is? If you can't adopt yourself at present, then please do your best to network for these animals whenever you can. We know a lot of you give your time to do this, and also help out in many other ways. Good on you! The world needs more people like you.

  Follow Marie Symeou's board Pet Adoption & Rescue on Pinterest.

Sunday Selfie

Today we are joining The Cat On My Head's Sunday Selfie blog hop.

This is one of our fave "selfie" shots that we took for our Instagram account. We think that it really does look like I took this myself :)

Caturday Art

This is a fave photo of my mum's, and we know you've seen it before, but she wanted to to use it again for this week's Caturday Art. As it's almost autumn or "fall" for some of you, this means it's back to school. For my mum "school" is a dreaded word because she hated school, and for me luckily, well, as a cat I don't have to go to school! Yippee! 

Why am I talking about school for Caturday Art?

Well, my mum created this pic using the PicMonkey school theme and then she selected textures - paper. She says she can't remember what she did next (the green frame was already there from before).

Happy Caturday everone! And for those going back to school, hope you all have a good year!

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Farewell, Sparkle

We are so sad today. We have lost a very dear friend.

Sparkle was one of the first cats we met when we started this blog almost three years ago and has been an inspiration. She and her human visited and commented on our blog every day, and we so appreciate that.

We enjoyed reading about Sparkle's life on her blog and always looked forward to her posts.

Words cannot express how we feel right now, but we are heartbroken and Mum is writing this with tears in her eyes.

Rest in Peace, sweet Sparkle.

Our thoughts are with you and your family xxx

Wordless Wednesday

I like to tap paper bags with my paw. Do you do that too, kitties? Check out this short clip to see what I mean.

Black Cat Appreciation Day

Today is Black Cat Appreciation Day and so we are remembering sweet Suzy, my mum's other soulmate cat, the one she had years before I came along and who sadly is no longer with us but living across the Rainbow Bridge.

You can see another photo of her on my mum's other blog.

Did you know that black cats are the hardest to rehome? For some strange or very stupid reason they take far longer than other cats to find the forever home they too deserve. It happened to me. Well, to my sister Lily, I mean, who I got rescued with. You see, we were abandoned in someone's garden and got rescued by an animal shelter together.I tell our story in my book A Forever Home For Athena, but for those who haven't read it yet (and why not?), let me just say briefly that when my mum came to view me at the shelter (after she had seen my cute little kitten face on the shelter website) she also saw that there was a little black kitten with me in the pen. Now, I was the loudest and the most extrovert and as soon as I saw my mum come through the door I knew I had to go home with her so I pounced onto the pen door and made sure she noticed me. Little Lily was quieter than me, so maybe that's why she didn't get to be adopted too on that day.

It had nothing to do with her being black.

The truth is, and my mum does regret it, Lily wasn't adopted with me because my mum was out of work at the time and couldn't afford to take two cats home with her. She was going through a deep depression, had just lost her dad to liver cancer and was also having to move in with her mum, my granny, after having to leave her own flat due to the fact that she'd been tormented by some really nasty neighbours from hell. My poor mum's nerves were shattered. And she longed for a cat. Suzy had been gone since 1998 and Mum wanted a cat to love. It took a long time to convince Granny to allow just one cat in the house. In defence of Granny, she does love me to bits now (who wouldn't) but she was afraid of any cat destroying the house (and she was right, because my mum says I have destroyed the house as I've ripped the wallpaper to shreds,)

Anyway, back to Lily. I do get sad about her. And Mum does too. We only hope that she got adopted pretty quickly after me and is now living happily in her forever home with a perfect family.

One day my mum would love to be able to adopt more cats. She even wants to open her own cat rehoming shelter.

Here are some links to find your purrfect black feline friend:

CatChat.org

ASPCA

For the Love of Black Cats  (Facebook Page)

Caturday Art: Sleepy Dreamy Cat

Today's Caturday Art photo was created using Photoshop Elements 11.

First, we added the artistic filter, "Cutout", which we think looks quite good (turned out better than we expected). Mum then went online and added a frame from PicMonkey

Don't forget to check me out in sepia tone over on my mum's blog :)

Have a great CATURDAY everyone!

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Wordless Wednesday

I think it's time for another nap

Easy Like Sunday

As you can see from my Instagram photos, I am always taking it easy!

 Have a great Sunday!

Check out my mum's blog for our Black and White Sunday photo.

 I'd also like to let you know that my mum's vampire novel BOUND BY DEATH (Blood of the Gods, Book 2) is available FREE today. Hurry along and download it now from AMAZON! Even if you don't like vampires, you will be doing my mum a huge favour by downloading it.

Get it now at AMAZON.COM  AMAZON.CO.UK and all AMAZON sites.

Caturday Art

HAPPY CATURDAY!

This may look slightly weird to you but I like it because it's different :)

Neon Glow Cat

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World Cat Day: Adopt Don't Shop and Rescue Don't Breed

As a rescue cat I am lucky to have the best forever home ever. I struck gold when I met my mum. For us it was meant to be. I chose her. And I made sure she was mine!

But some cats are not so lucky. That much is so evident as I watch how my mum spends most of her spare time online helping to spread the word and raise awareness for cats in need of loving homes. She has her Pinterest board - where she pins pictures of desperate cats (and other animals too) that she finds from animal shelters and blogs online and repins from the animal advocates that are sharing and helping too.

She also tweets and retweets from her Twitter and mine.

We want to raise awareness. We want to help those poor kitties stuck in shelters - some of them clearly on Death Row... so heartbreaking.... I am sad for them, but I am glad that my mum, and so many others like her - are doing their best to help. Hopefully one day no kitty will have to suffer.

Poor souls.... they just know their time is up. You can see it in their massive frightened eyes. 

Please STOP breeding and buying.

Please NEUTER your cats 

It's all so SIMPLE really.

A FOREVER HOME FOR ATHENA

I also want to plug my book again because we want to give something back. This is My rescue story. It's a great, moving, emotional story of my young kitty life at the animal shelter. But it is more than that. We are donating some of the royalties to cat shelters. 

WHERE TO BUY THE BOOK

You can purchase A FOREVER HOME FOR ATHENA on Amazon in both eBook and paperback formats. Check out my book page for more info.

LOOKING FOR A PET TO ADOPT?

Take a look at my Mum's rescue board on Pinterest.

Follow Marie Symeou's board Pet Adoption & Rescue on Pinterest.

Wordless Wednesday

Easy Like Instagram Sunday

When Mum posts this I should still be downstairs having a nice afternoon nap. I've already told her what to post, and so we agreed on letting me stay downstairs while she goes upstairs to her room to type it up on her laptop. (She also goes up there to listen to her fave music so as not to disturb me.)

Anyway, I hope you like the photos I've chosen for you today from my Instagram account.

You can see another photo of me on my mum's blog Purrs Full of Love (for Sugar and Nola's Black and White Sunday Blog Hop)

Enjoy your Sunday! 


A nice shot for Black and White Sunday Taken before the above shot when I was just waking up (or more like my mum woke me).
This was taken the other day after I'd woken from my nap and Mum had pulled back the curtain to let in some light.

Caturday Art

Happy Caturday!

While messing around on Photoshop, Mum created this posterized photo art. She loves it so much that it has inspired her to create more products for my Zazzle store CatGoddessDesigns

Tabby Cat Art Wristlet Purses by CatGoddessDesigns
Shop for Cats Bagettes Bags online at Zazzle.com

Tabby Cat Art Throw Pillows by CatGoddessDesigns
Find other Cats Pillows at zazzle.com

Tabby Cat Art Card by CatGoddessDesigns
Design your own card at Zazzle

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