A fitting way to mark the occasion?

Yes indeed, we're celebrating Kittitas' first anniversary today! It's hard to believe a full year has gone by -- it seems as if only a few weeks ago, we were getting to know a certain floofy black beauty who started us on the road to here. We've very much enjoyed our year of fosters, getting to know them and learning what makes each cat unique. And we look forward to meeting more kitties and figuring out what their favorite pastimes are.

Every single one of our guests has enjoyed the Spider, that little piece of ribbon on a nylon cord we introduced here. So I was especially amused when Meow Meow managed to find a REAL spider to hunt this week.


She enjoys batting at foam packing peanuts with a dainty paw, so this self-propelled creature provided lots of intrigue.

To the humans who've introduced themselves to us -- through blogging, working at the SHS and/or other shelters, adopting, and more -- thank you for reading! We're so glad to have met you. We have a feeling our fosters are glad about that too.

Keep these kitties in your thoughts

The folks at The Adventures of Space Paws are in need of support! Please head over and send some love to mama kitty Whiskey, recovering from an emergency C-section. None of her babies survived, but she is resting comfortably after a rough day.

So sorry to hear the sad news about the kittens, Lisa and Joy. But we're glad Whiskey is doing all right.

Stop by Kitten Mom's place

The folks at Kittenpalooza, a blog chronicling the lives of not one but two litters of kittens in foster care, have suffered some very sad losses to parvovirus (a.k.a. feline distemper or feline panleukopenia) recently. Please click here and give Jane and her little ones some encouragement!

Jane, we're thinking of you and the kitties.

Head over to The Crazy Cat Lady's place

... and give some love to her and the little kitty family she's fostering. They could use some good wishes after their loss. (Click the link above for the story; a permanent link to the blog is in our blogroll at right.)

Thinking of you, kittykye, Rosie, and babies all.