Purrfect Thought for the Day ...

"I am the beauty of the green earth and the white moon among the stars and the mystery of the waters ..."

 ~  taken from The Charge of the Goddess, by Doreen Valiente

Meet Pumpkin!

Yes, that's Pumpkin! My sister Robin's newest member of the family. She had been a stray that her neighbors had found hanging around and they fed her. She finally found a really good home with Robin and her husband. 

She is so adorable with her polydactyl toes!!! So, naturally her nickname is "kitten mitten!" LOL!!! 

A little cat humor ...

Ignore it!!!

Good afternoon, my friends! It would appear that someone has hacked into my blogger, e-mail, and Facebook accounts! It had been brought to my attention that strange e-mails are being sent to some of you in my name. I assure all, IT IS NOT COMING FROM ME!!!! Please just delete the message as I have changed all of my account passwords just today!! Thank you!

Another Blogger Award!

Wow! Can you believe it? The "kits" and I were recently nominated for another Blogger Award! This one is The Illuminating Blogger Award and we received it from the one and only Stacy from her blog, "Magic Love Crow."

Many THANKS to you Stacy from all of us here at Witch Cats Blog! If you haven't visited Stacy's awesome blog, please do! Her beautiful artwork is simply amazing. I own quite a few of her crow aceo pieces which currently adorn my home.  :)

Now for the rules:

1. Visit and thank the blogger who nominated you.
2. Say a few words of gratitude on your blog.
3. Pass this award onto 5 other bloggers.

Simple, right? I nominate the following blogs for this award:

1) Purrrrsnickitty
2) The Year of the Cats
3) The Wonderful Mr. Beans
4) The Itty Bitty Kitty Committee
5) MandaBurms Farm Stay

And there you have it. I would love to nomiate ALL of the blogs which I follow because as far as I am concerned, you are all deserving of it, my friends! I will contact all of the above bloggers should they wish to accept this award.  ;)

Cats and Rabbits?: An Unexpected Good Match!

Through the years, my hubby and I have shared our hearts and our home with a total of eight cats and five bunny rabbits. Never ever have we had a problem with either species getting along with one another. Strange, right? I mean, felines and rabbits being known as predator and prey?

I suppose it is all in how you view it logically. For example, our cats have always seemed to treat our rabbits as if they somehow knew that they were part of the family. Now, eventhough our cats are and have always been 100% indoor pets, I have no doubt in my mind what-so-ever that had they seen any sort of rabbit running around in our back yard that their predatory instincts would immediately kick in and that poor bunny would automatically be prey!

Why is this so? Well, for one thing the cats enviornment has a lot to do with how they react to rabbits. How you introduce them to one another, how they share territory within your home, how aggressive the cat OR bunny is, etc. Cats out in the wild naturally tend to be solitary animals where rabbits are known to be social and stay in their own little groups (afterall, being prey there is usually safety in numbers).

But, domestic cats have been living with us for so long that they have adapted to being around us and/or other animals and therefore tend to be much easier to handle, if properly introduced, around newcomers and even get a bit lonesome for the company of others whether it be ours or another animals. Such has been the case with our critters. What seems like such an unlikely match is more often than not a really wonderful companionship ...

I have found a great link to an article about the relationship between cats and rabbits from House Rabbit Society. Here it is:  
http://www.rabbit.org/journal/2-11/cats-and-rabbits.html

 

My nephew Dustin with his female dwarf bunny "Sydney" who was one of our rescue bunnies back in 2011.

The Versatile Blogger Award!

Today, the cats and I were honored with a nomination for The Versatile Blogger Award!! This makes us very happy indeed and I want to thank Alice from her blog, "For The Love of Life! Alice's World"!

Alice has such a lovely blog which I have been following for a liottle while now. I have her blog linked under my "A few of my favoriter blogs" section so please feel free to stop by and give her a visit!

Now, for my blog nomiations and the rules. The Rules of The Versatile Blogger Award are:

1-Display the award logo on your blog.

2-Thank and link back to the person who nominated you.
 

3-State 7 things about yourself.
 

4-Nominate 15 other bloggers for this award.
 

5-Notify these bloggers of the nomination by linking to one of their specific posts so that they get notified by ping back.

7 things about me! Okay, here goes ~

 

1) I have been an Ecclectic Wiccan and Solitary Priestess for almost 19 years now.

2) I am a Certifed Reiki Level II practitioner.

3) I am married and my only children are my beloved and precious kitties. Trufully, I would never have it any other way, folks!

4) I am an idealist at heart, but a realist in reality!!!! ;)

5) I love to teach Wicca and always love meeting new people!

6) My cats are my family and there is nothing I wouldn't do for them.

7) I am a bit of a home body and would be purrfectly content spending my time at home reading and spending time with (you guessed it) my fur babies!

 

The blogs which I nominate for this award are:

1) Cheapskate Blethering

2) Purrrrsnickitty

3) October's November

4) The Year of the Cats

5) Foxy's World

6) A Little Fur in the Paint

7) Sandy Sandy's Web Log

8) Everyday Domestic Goddess

9) Artsings1946

10) Cherry City Kitties

11) Momentsinaneye

12) Mandaburms Farm Stay

13) The Rennaissance Woman

14) The Witches Cottage

15) Knusperhaus

 

And there you have it! I will leave a comment on each of the above blogs letting them know that they have been nominated should they wish to accept.

 

Many Blessings to ALL!