Lounging Cat Caturday Art

Just lounging around on the sofa... 

For Caturday Art Mum took a photo and turned it into art with BeFunky.

Watercolor GFX 1

Pen Art 1

Pastel GFX

 

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#ShineALight #Remember Me Thursday 

We're a little late in sharing this, though we did a post about it on Instagram and X on Thursday.

Remember Me Thursday is a special day when we pet lovers come together, shining the light for pet adoption.

Please remember to adopt don't buy. Rescue pets rock!

Jigsaw

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Remember Me Thursday #SundaySelfie

This Thursday, September 26, 2024, animal lovers from around the globe are joining together to spread awareness about the millions of pets waiting for their forever home. 

Join us as we #ShineALight on pet adoption this Remember Me Thursday®.

Shine a light on orphan pets waiting for forever homes

And here is today's Sunday Selfie in three versions.

We are joining The Cat On My Head for Sunday Selfies.

Remember Me Thursday #SundaySelfie

On Remember Me Thursday® September 28th 2023 please help share the importance of pet adoption and shine a light on all orphan pets waiting in shelters and rescues. 

On #RememberMeThursday, share your rescue story and #ShineALight to spread the word for pet adoption and inspire others to consider adopting a pet.

Visit Remember Me Thusday for more info.

So come on, let's all join together and advocate for rescue animals and shine the light! Don’t forget to use #RememberMeThursday & #ShineALight hashtags on your socials.

As an abandoned kitten in someone's garden way back in 2011, I am so glad I got rescued by my mum when I was 10 weeks old. Thank you to Woodgreen for making it possible because we would never have met if you hadn't found me and put me up for adoption. 

We are joining The Cat On My Head for Sunday Selfies.

 And we are joining 15andmeowing and Four-Legged Furballs for the Friendly Fill-Ins 

FRIENDLY FILL-INS

1. ___________, _________________ and _______________________ are a few of my favorite things. 

2. If I had ________________________, I would ________________________. 

3. You don’t have to be young to _________. 

4. _________ comes with age.

Marie

1. Cats, music and art are a few of my favorite things. 

2. If I had a lot of money I would open a cat sanctuary.  

3. You don’t have to be young to be obsessed with music. I go through phases with what I want to listen to depending on my moods but I still have the same music taste I've had since my late teens and 20s, which is a long time ago now. 

4. True wisdom comes with age.

Athena

1. Eating, napping and Mum are a few of my favorite things. 

2. If I had a furry brother or sister living with us I would be jealous if Mum loved them more.

3. You don’t have to be young to love playtime. 

4. Wisdom comes with age for humans but most cats are born with it. 

Colourful Caturday Art

 

From my Instagram

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Thursday 22nd September 2022 is Remember Me Thursday, a day to honour rescue pets and inspire others to adopt pets and not shop for them instead. Join the movement to shine the light for homeless and orphaned animals. Share the love for rescue pets always! 💚 

As you all may know, I am a rescue kitty. Thanks to Wood Green Pets Charity I got rescued and then Mum adopted me. 

Please Adopt Don't Shop!

See The Light For Pet Adoption #RememberMeThursday

 

I've shared my rescue story many times on this blog, and many of you may know that Mum and I wrote about it in my book A Forever Home For Athena.

Available from Amazon

Here is the short version of my rescue story in honour of Remember Me Thursday.

I was found abandoned in someone's garden as a kitten in the summer of 2011. Wood Green The Animals Charity took me in and cared for me until they put me up for adoption when I was 10 weeks old. At the time, Mum had been searching her local pet shelters online for adoptable kittens.

She had wanted a cat for a long time and it took a while to find me, but then she saw this little face and went to see me at the shelter the very next day.

This is the photo that was posted online. Mum saw it and went to the shelter to enquire about me. It is now framed on our bedroom wall.

It was love at first sight for both of us. I wanted Marie to be my Mum. In fact, I knew she was my mum as soon as I saw her.

So two days later she took me to my forever home and we love each other so much!

Do you have a rescue story? Share it in celebration of Remember Me Thursday and show others the light for pet adoption.

 Please adopt pets. There are so many homeless animals in shelters all over the world that need forever homes. Pet Adoption Pinterest Board

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Always Adopt If You Can #RememberMeThursday

Please always adopt pets if you can. There are so many animals in shelters everywhere waiting and waiting for forever homes. Some wait for ages, some never find a home and some sadly are put to sleep (which is so disgusting by the way 🤬)

Every animal deserves love and care 💟

And animals are capable of giving so much 💗💖 and more back!

For example, Mum needed me and I needed her, and we rescued each other.

I came along a few months after Mum lost her dad. On September 30th it is actually the 10-year anniversary since he passed. 

Mum has always suffered from depression and anxiety and so took his death really bad. She had wanted a cat for ages up to that point, but after the heartbreak of losing her beloved tuxedo girl Suzy in 1998, she couldn't bring herself to let another furry soul into her heart. For years, she focused instead on her studies and writing.

Anyway, fast forward to  July 21st, 2011, the best day ever for Mum and me - she went to Wood Green, The Animals Charity to adopt me! 

She had seen me two days before on the charity's website. 

I was at the shelter because I had been abandoned as a kitten. I was found in someone's garden and had been taken to Wood Green. They took care of me and soon I was up for adoption. As soon as Mum walked to my pen I started climbing the wire mesh door. She had come for me, I knew it. I had chosen her after all! 

And the rest is history. 

You can read more about my rescue story here and find out how to help me fundraise for pets in need 

Here's baby me on the day I got adopted sitting on Mum's lap at home. I was just over 10 weeks old.

 A few days after adoption with Mum

Me and Mum earlier this year

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Fundraising

Why not grab an Adopt Don't Shop T-Shirt  from our Redbubble store now!

100% royalties will help rescue animals.

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Here’s me as a small kitten back in July 2011 #throwbackthursday #cats #kittensofinstagram #tabbykitten #tabbylove #lovecats #catblogger #rescuecatsofinstagram #rescuecatsrock

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Sleepy #sundayselfie #cats #catsoftwitter #tabbiesofinstagram #tabbylove #tabbiesrule #tabbiesrock #fubabylove #meowloveisthebest❤️

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#throwbackthursday Taking a selfie a few years back 😻 #cats #catsofinstagram #catsoftwitter #tabbiesofinstagram #catblogger #greeneyedbeauty #tabby #tabbycatsofig #lovecats #catselfie #ilovemycat #feline #felinelove #tabbybeauty #tabbylove #tbt #beautiful #meowdel

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Let's Raise Awareness For Shelter Pets this Remember Me Thursday®

 

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SAVE THE DATE FOR REMEMBER ME THURSDAY:
Thursday, September 24, 2020

From the REMEMBER ME
THURSDAY® website:

LIGHT UP THE WORLD FOR ORPHAN PETS

Changing just one mind can save a life. Share this to help others #SeeTheLight about pet adoption on #RememberMeThursday.

On September 24, 2020, let’s get the entire world talking about pet adoption. Tweet, tag, post and share the beauty and life-saving significance of pet adoption on social media. Let’s honor the 1+ million orphan pets who ran out of time and help #SeeTheLight for the rescues that we can still help.

Let’s take social media by storm for orphan pets!

Unite with pet-lovers around the world on Thursday, September 24, 2020, to shine a light on orphan pets waiting in shelters and rescues for forever homes.

Although our festivities will take place in a primarily virtual setting this year, there are still plenty of ways for you to get involved:

• Encourage your followers to enter this year’s #RememberMeThursday Contest.
• Encourage followers to join the movement and subscribe to our mailing list.
• Plan your own virtual candle lighting event to hold online on either Zoom, Facebook Live or Instagram Live!
• Save the date in your content calendar with our social media graphics!
• Pencil the International Virtual Candle Lighting Ceremony into your calendar, set for September 24 at 9:00 AM PST, details to follow soon!

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Athena and Marie are raising awareness and donations with our ADOPT DON'T SHOP design available only from our Redbubble store. ALL proceeds will be donated to Wood Green, The Animals Charity and The Greek Cat Welfare Society.

We are joining Comedy Plus

We are joining Dash Kitten, Bionic Basil and Barking From The Bayou
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Adopt Tofu #rescuecatsrock

Athena was adopted as a kitten from Wood Green in July 2011

TOFU is a lovely white and black senior lady who is currently at the London centre of Wood Green, The Animals Charity (I was at the London centre too when Mum came to adopt me).

Photo: Wood Green The Animals Charity

Tofu is "a very affectionate cat who loves to spend time playing with shoelaces". She also says she enjoys eating snacks and receiving strokes from her carers. Snuggling on a warm cosy bed is also nice, she tells me. 

This sweet cat deserves a loving forever home now! If you would like to adopt Tofu please visit her profile.

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Nine Lives Greece

Cats in Athens in need of forever homes

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Το ονοματάκι σας; Φάνης Μέγεθος: Μικροκαμωμένος Φύλο: Αντράκι Χόμπυ: Παιχνίδι, χουρχούρισμα, χάδια Συμπαθώ: Τους ανθρώπους —— Your name: Fanis Size: Small size, I’m 2 years old. Gender: Hunk Hobbies: Playing, purring, cuddling Likes: Humams —— #pamespiti #παμεσπιτι #εφταψυχες #ninelivesgreece #γατοκαλόκαιρο #kittens #adopt #adoptme #adoptdontshop #catrescue #kittenrescue #instacats #instakittens #lovecats #gato #cats #cat #catsofinstagram #catsofgreece #athens #catsofathens #vegan #veganforanimals #gingercat #fostercats #fosteringsaveslives #katzen

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Remember Me Thursday®

Remember Me Thursday is a global awareness campaign uniting individuals and pet adoption organizations around the world as an unstoppable, integrated voice for orphan pets to live in forever homes, not die waiting for them.
On September 26, 2019, the entire world will share the importance of pet adoption, and shine a light on all orphan pets waiting in shelters and rescues. In 2017, people using #RememberMeThursday reached nearly 330 million people on social media.
Can we get even more people sharing the importance of pet adoption? It’s up to you to spread the word." - https://remembermethursday.org/

Read our Remember Me Thursday® post here

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Overlooked cats in Britain

Sadly, there are so many overlooked cats urgently needing forever homes everywhere. Here is a list of UK rescue shelters and charities from the cat rescue resource CatChat.org, with details of harder to home senior cats, black cats, special needs cats, FIV+ cats and feral/farm cats. 

(PHOTO borrowed from CatChat.org)

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ATHENA'S RESCUE STORY

All proceeds from A Forever Home For Athena will be donated to the following charities:

Wood Green The Animals Charity
Greek Cat Welfare Society
Cats Protection

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More homeless pets looking for forever homes can be found on my Mum's Pinterest Pet Rescue board.
Disclosure: I received no compensation for this post. As a rescue kitty myself I want to help other rescues find their forever home, so each week on Charity Tuesday I share adoptable cats from Wood Green, the Animals Charity (which is where I was rescued) and some other charities dear to our hearts. Mum and I are so grateful to Wood Green because without them we would never have found each other! Please note: We are here to help cats and give our time freely. We also ensure that to the best of our knowledge and research other lesser-known charities mentioned are legit.  

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