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

 

Original

#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

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. 

Sunday Selfie #LoveForRescues

Happy Valentine's Day 💖

Today we are joining the Helen Woodward Animal Center to show our love for rescues!

True Love 💕

As regular readers of this blog will know, Mum Marie adopted me back in July 2011 after she saw me on the Wood Green, The Animals Charity website. When we met at the charity's London centre, it was love at first sight. Our love is true unconditional love. 

Isn't love between humans and their animal companions the best?

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Check out this video to see the love between my Mum and me

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Sunday Selfies

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Adopt A Less Adoptable Pet Week #WhiskersWednesday

As a rescue pet adopted back in 2011 from Wood Green, The Animals Charity  I always do my best to advocate for animal adoption.

I was a cute 10-week-old kitten when I got adopted, by Mum Marie and it's a fact that kittens do get adopted quicker than older cats. 

So as it's Adopt A Less Adoptable Pet Week Mum and I would like to help those that unfortunately have a hard time getting adopted. It's very sad that some animals just get left behind in shelters while others come and go.

If you live in the UK then CatChat.org, which is now celebrating 20 years of helping cats find their forever homes, is currently running the campaign "Twenty for 2020" to help the most overlooked cats get adopted.

For those on the other side of the pond please check out PETFINDER  and ASPCA and NYC Urgent Cats on Facebook

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We 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
for

We are also joining Waiting Wednesday, which is hosted by

Five Sibes

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Close Up Whiskers Wordless Wednesday

 Happy Whiskers Wednesday!

Adopt Don't Shop

 

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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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We 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
for

We are also joining Waiting Wednesday, which is hosted by

Five Sibes

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Whiskers Wednesday, National Tabby Day, and Adopt a Shelter Pet Day

Happy Wednesday!

We hope you are doing fine and keeping safe 💚

We are celebrating National Tabby Day and Adopt a Shelter Pet Day today instead of tomorrow because we don't normally post on Thursdays.

Being a tabby, there's no way I could miss celebrating my special day now, could I? And I'm also a rescue cat so I'm very happy to celebrate this special day for rescue animals. I am so grateful to have been adopted from Wood Green, The Animals Charity in London. I love giving them a shout out on my blog as they are an amazing charity and one that Mum and I continue to support.

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Storytime with Athena and Marie, A Forever Home For Athena, Chapter 4

If you've been following Mum's reading of my rescue story on YouTube here's the latest installment!


https://youtu.be/1tyFaNdpj8M




As Wood Green The Animal Charity is not rehoming any animals at the moment due to the  Coronavirus and lockdown, we are unable to share a cat looking for a forever home from their site.

However, here are 3 Greek cats, who are at  Nine Lives Greece and we believe are available for rehoming, if not now, then soon. Please contact the charity for more information if you're interested.

Charlie, Ben, and Princess are 3 remaining cats that haven't found homes yet from the 20 that were rescued from a hoarder.

Adopt a Nine Lives Greece Cat

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Feline Friday and Santa Paws Appeal

Happy Feline Friday!

This is a flashback photo of me. We're going back about 3 or 4 years. I'm gazing out of the bedroom window of our old house in London.

I have to say, we have better views now we live in Essex. And a lot more birdies to watch!

We are joining Comedy Plus for the Feline Friday hop!

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Support Adoption For Pets #SantaPaws appeal

We are supporting the Adoption for Pets Santa Paws Appeal

"Every year thousands of pets in the UK end up in rescue centres. Some have been neglected, others are much loved by owners who can no longer care for them. All of them are abandoned through no fault of their own.

Established by Pets at Home in 2006, Support Adoption For Pets is a registered charity that supports hundreds of pet rehoming organisations in the UK, Ever since, we’ve been transforming the lives of pets in need through our grant funding, charity partnerships and small pet adoption centres inside Pets at Home stores.

We are passionate about rehoming pets in need, our work is made possible by the incredible fundraising of Pets at Home colleagues and the kind generosity of animal lovers who believe in our mission."

Please visit the Support Adoption for Pets website for more information.
https://www.supportadoptionforpets.co.uk/

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Every rescue pet deserves a magical Christmas filled with love, happiness and affection! If you can support our Santa Paws appeal, please donate online or in your local Pets at Home store. #SantaPaws #RescuePet #HappyHumpDay #Christmas #Xmas #Pet #PetsofIG #PetAdoption #Pets

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Helping Animals with Animal Rescue Live

Animal Rescue Live 2019

All this week on Channel 4 in the UK there is a one-hour live programme all about animal adoption and rescue. 

Animal Rescue Live Supervet Special is raising awareness for the country’s animal rescue shelters and the pawmazing work that they do. Broadcast at 8pm, Mon-Fri this week (12th - 16th August), the show will encourage viewers to help in every way they can, either by donating, adopting, volunteering or educating the public about animal adoption and what adopting a rescue animal entails. 

Each year around 250,000 pets end up in rescue shelters around the UK and centres are constantly in need of more support. Animal Rescue Live is a campaign bringing the nation together to fix the problem; by donating money, volunteering and, for those who can, adopting a rescue animal." - https://animalrescuelive.channel4.com/

Left to right: Presenters Noel Fitzpatrick, Kate Quilton and Steve Jones surrounded by lovely dogs
 (Photo: Channel 4)

This is the second series of Animal Rescue Live and this year the show is based at  Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare, East Sussex. The first series in 2017, which we wrote about on this blog, was based at Newcastle Dog & Cat Shelter and was also presented by Professor Noel Fitzpatrick (Supervet), Steve Jones, Kate Quilton.

We've been tuning in and loving it. We are also very grateful to the team behind this show because animals need a voice. 

We want more TV like this! 

It's been great following the hashtag #aimalrescuelive and seeing how the kind-hearted animal-loving people have come together to help this cause by sharing and retweeting, many sharing their own rescue pet stories and pics of their dear rescue pets. Of course Mum had to share a photo of me. I mean, why wouldn't she? Ours is a beautiful story of rescue and we also wanted to mention the wonderful Wood Green, The Animal Charity who made it possible for us to find each other.



   Here it is on Mum's Twitter after Monday's episode:

#animalrescuelive Here’s my beautiful rescue cat @AthenaWiseKitty adopted from @Wood_Green in 2011 #AdoptDontShop #rescuecatsrock pic.twitter.com/JNBh9ekudg

— Marie Symeou (@MarieSymeou) August 12, 2019

Find out more about #AnimalRescueLive here 

To donate* £5, £10 or £20 text FIVE, TEN or TWENTY to 70810.

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Happy Birthday to Me and Charity Tuesday Commentathon

Happy Birthday, Athena!

Happy 8th Birthday to me!

Can you believe that I'm 8 years old? No, neither can we. To Mum, I'm still her baby girl. And I like being her baby! But I'm an independent kitty goddess too, and wise with it, like my namesake.

Birthday Commentathon

Now that you are here, I urge you to leave a comment because, for every comment made, Mum will donate to Wood Green, The Animals Charity. Yes, the rescue shelter I came from. They saved my life and in turn, I saved Mum's! 

Rescue cats rock! In fact, let me rephrase - Rescue pets rock! Mum will donate £1 for each comment made below and will put it towards buying a gift for the kitties at Wood Green from the Wood Green's Amazon Wish List.

So comment with your birthday wishes below and let's raise some much-needed funds for our rescue furriends!

You can comment until Friday 10th May. After that comments will close and Mum will add up the funds raised and we will announce what we purchased for the kitties next Charity Tuesday (14th May).

UPDATE:

Comments are now closed!Thank you, everyone who commentated :)

We raised £27 and the gifts chosen from the Amazon Wish List will soon be despatched to the kitties at Wood Green 😻

Please look out for further updates at the beginning of next week when we reveal the gifts we chose 💚💜

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YOU ALSO BUY MY BOOK BASED ON MY 

 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! 

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It's Here! Completely Cats - Stories With Cattitude

Image courtesy of Completely Cats

We're so excited that my rescue story has been included in Completely Cats - Stories with Cattitude!

This book has been put together by author Beth Haslam and commissioning editor Zoe Marr,  both passionate cat lovers who wanted to use their skills and talent to do something to help felines in need around the world. They chose International Cat Care as their designated charity because of its mission and global reach.

We were pretty excited when Beth and Zoe contacted us on Twitter a while ago asking if we would consider contributing an abridged version of my rescue story A FOREVER HOME FOR ATHENA for their fantastic project. Of course, we said yes and Mum got to straight down to work on editing my story to make it shorter for the book. We were so happy it got accepted!

And now, after months of hard work gathering story contributions from all the cat lovers, writers and owners around the world, the book is finally here and published today and it is definitely a book that all those involved with should be proud of!

This pawsome book is "packed with stories to amuse, amaze and even cause a tear to form"

And it is available worldwide via Amazon!

From the Completely Cats website:

 We're so grateful to all our contributors, without you this book would not have been possible. Remember, 20 percent of the profits are donated to International Cat Care to help cats in need. 

Purchase your copy today and let's help the cats around the world!