Meow Monday

* tap tap tap tap - computer starts to whirr into action *

Happy Meow Monday to you all. Mum met this magnificent Sphynx cat, owned by Gay Silby of Paw-Fect Sphynx in Taupo, New Zealand.

Thankful Thursday Blog Hop

* sits down to think very hard about what he is thankful for *


OK Mum and I have been busy, we have been caught up in stressful things, but we are lucky, Mum has us all insured so if we get sick we can go to the vet. We are thankful for this.

We are also grateful for the many people who have been supporting our raffle appeal for our own Lion King. Spooky and his Mom Lillian needed our help and this seemed a fun way to fund raise. We are thankful for this support.

We are thankful for our friends for their encouragement and their willingness to help us raise funds for specific causes. Allowing us to help the world one anipal at a time We are thankful for this.

Thanks also to Cokie for allowing us to be part of the blog hop.

Dash Kitten

Fundraising Raffle for Sheila and @Spookyshorty

 ** RAFFLE ANNOUNCEMENT **

GUYS!!! May I introduce the Lion King - the prize in our raffle fundraiser for Sheila the cat's eye surgery - any residue going to brofur @Spookyshorty's ongoing chemo treatment.  The Lion King was designed by fellow doll creative Michelle Munzone and made by Whskr. Picture of Sheila at the botton of this post.

How to join the fun and maybe WIN the Lion King :-

To enter the raffle you donate via the Chip-In on the right-hand side of the page.  

Tickets:  $1.50 each or 6 for $5 - The $1.50 options allows people on a limited budget a chance to buy a ticket too.

As raffle tickets are purchased, Spooky's Mum Lillian will record the donors and the number of tickets bought. At the end of the week a draw will be made and the raffle prize awarded.  Shipping is being donated by Mum (Marjorie) who wants to see Sheila well and happy.

Estimate of costs involved in Sheila's eye treatment : $1,285 (possible extra nights stay are $130) and cash is requested up front.  Spooky's chemo costs are for six months blood tests ($150) UltraSound $450 Chemo upwards of $500.  We have posted the current chip in as an estimate not an exact figure as much depends on how well Sheila and Spooky get on.

Sheila's Story - or Why We Are Here (by her Mom Lillian) 

"Sheila was my neighbor's cat who I took care of her when ever he went away. Some time ago he went away to hospital and I took care of Sheila. After his return his condition got worse he was getting dialysis about 3-4 days a week.  Suddenly, he was found by another neighbor lying in the doorway of his apartment, he was taken into the hospital but passed away.

Sheila almost got sent to the ACC had I not stepped in and asked if I could take her. It took me 3 days to try and coax her out! She took about a month to get used to my other kitties where she hid out most of the time. Sheila is still very shy, until she gets to know you then she loves to be petted & rubbed. 

She remains the loner but she loves to play even now with her eye all swollen and full of pus she loves to swat things around and jump up on things."

Lion King details :-

First and foremost, I must stress that this is NOT a TOY, it is a soft sculpture, an art doll.  He was designed by Michelle Munzone who created a magnificent character Mum just fell in love with. 

This magnificent Lion King is made from doll velour and has a slightly fuzzy feel which is perfect for our Mane Man! He stands about 12 inches/30 cms high. His claws are made from gold dimensional paint and glitter dangerously!

Our regal monarch's face is hand modelled and painted with whiskers of transparent thread while his costume is made from silk,  hand dyed by me, and silver 'pleather' heavily embellished with beading and vintage brocade.  These motifs carry on through his antastical collar of office.  The unique hand dyed silk also lines his faux fur cape.   The finishing touch is his staff made from a magnificent recycled rosewood knitting needle, which is not shown as its still drying. Picture to follow SOON.

This is Sheila, Spookyshorty's sisfur!

Wet Weather Report

* shakes rain from coat and settles down to write blog post *

Hi guys! Oh boy did we have some wet weather over the recent holiday week-end.  Mum stayed indoors and baked all the time and the computer was not turned on until so late I could not blog %-)

OK time for a catch up.

To everyone who helped with #DannyPawty.  Thank you very much.  It was a lot of hard work by a lot of people to make it happen and to make it work.  There had been a lot of pawties recently so we had to work extra hard - to our team, to our donors and to our party attendees - a huge thank you for your time, help and donations. It means a lot of Spooky and Danny who are using the funds raised to fight back against the big C - cancer.

Dad's latest pawtrait of me MOL!

Anipal Times Office Pawty

@Sockington - The Pin!!

* Quick Mum - turn on the 'puter we are SO late getting this post up *

OK Mates, cast  your eye over the latest and best birthday present Mum and I ever got - it's from pal @cheriswan!  Mum is so thrilled she has been dancing around singing "Sockington's Birthday, Sockington's Birthday" - this will make no sense unless you know John Adam's opera Nixon in China....* rolls eyes * OK if you REALLY want to know about "Sockington's Birthday, Sockington's Birthday" check out this You Tube linky - Mum says its about when Nixon visited China in 1972 here. listen out about one minute in.. then come back, I can wait.....)

Your back - see what I mean about "Sockington's Birthday, Sockington's Birthday"?

This is an 100% genuine Sock's Army pin! Socks Army are the followers of the mighty @Sockington (Also on Twitter - Socks Army).  I have a number on my pin card too - one of a Limited Edition!!  OK, OK so it's not limited out yet so Get Your Pin Here and remember 20% of the price goes to A Chance for Bliss a PAWsome sanctuary chosen by democrative vote.  $10 per pin with uniqely numbered card plus a bit of shipping (Oh and BTW the scary shipping quote has been remedied by Sockington's typist Mr Jason so no more 416.00 shipping from paypal phew).

When you have bought your pin head over to the Anipal Times and check out @DanaPixie's article.  She MET @Sockington's typist looks awestruck her report is here.

Queensland Floods - Anipal Times Article

* Tap Tap - * looks for computer notebook and clears throat - ahem ahem *

Taken by Mum before this disappeared under feet of water....

Check out my latest article about how the animals are coping with the devastating floods sweeping through Queensland Australia. It's Here.

EXTRA Donations Note : There is a link in the article and @ShaynaCat has let us know that in order to donate you must add QLD as the state and 4000 as the postcode and your donation WILL be accepted. (I reckon they were not expecting to have to deal with all this.....)

STOP PRESS

Mum has two fundraisers for the Brisbane appeal.  One for the RSPCA (sold) and One for the Premier's Fund.  Check out her shop here (2 marked items) Bris-Style Crafters have items for sale here too - with some cute stuff.

BLIND Kitty Rescue is in 9th Place!!!!

URGENT STOP PRESS   Please vote for them here at the linky - NOW!!!

We can vote EVERY DAY!! Keep it up anipals!!

Thankful FUR 3 Blog Hop - Brian's Blog Hop

* tap tap - hello everyone? Hello there  tap tap *

I am taking part in Brian's blog hop this week and want to say hello.  This will be going up a bit late due to the #NipClub and FuzzyMice post.  I hope Brian forgives me taking so long * looks over to Brian's blog *

Mum and I am thankful we are together.  Wind and rain may come, sunshine may follow but even though I think my sisfur's and aunties take up waaay too much room and attention from me (OK joking MOL!!!)  I am glad they are here safe. Mum even let's me get away with bringing in skinks and stuff - that's cool from a Mom eh?

IKEA let loose 100 cats

* Tap tap - Mum help me post this video will you *

This is amazing, and fun and I wish I had been there sigh