Easter Lily Reminder

Now that it's March, and Easter is only a few short weeks away, stores will be filling up with Easter Lilies, usually near the check lanes for an "impulse" buy.
If you have cats in your home, just say NO to Easter Lilies.

Each year, hundreds of cats in the US get very ill (and some even die!) from ingesting parts of this lily. This specific species of lily is very toxic to felines. Many members of the lily family (like onions!) are not safe for cats, but Easter Lilies are particularly toxic. Note: leaves and flowers of this plant are toxic to cats.

A safer option, if you want a floral purchase at this time of year, is an Easter Cactus. Plus, epiphytic cactus can easily be cared for as a house plant, and it will reward you with repeat blooms. 99% of Easter Lilies are thrown in the trash.
Daphne & Chloe grew up chewing on and mangling my Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter cacti, and they're still here chomping on things. Many houseplants are toxic to domestic animals, but the epiphytic cactus family is considered a low toxicity plant -- still, to be safe, provide cat greens this year instead!
Be safe,
Not The Mama
♥

blue spooker

blue spooker, a photo by morgen1967 on Flickr.

After all the green from yesterday, thought we could use a little something blue.
Spooker's a Russian Blue and she's looking particularly blue in this picture, don't you think?
Hope YOU aren't too blue today - or green around the gills from too much green beer from yesterday!
Hope the skies are blue where you are, and that you have a wonderful Sunday!

St. Patty's Peter

Now we know what the real treasure isat the base of the rainbow!Happy St. Patrick's Dayfrom Purrchance To Dream

Little Isis

Little Isis's tweet this morning:

Purr2Dream NTM tried to trick me by putting a Temptation into my daily ration of Blue Bag Only Friskies Party Mix. Is this bad parenting, or what??? Follow Little Isis on Twitter: @Purr2Dream

Sepia Bella

sepia bella, a photo by morgen1967 on Flickr.

Happy Sixth Birthday, Daphne and Chloe!

Happy Birthday to 

Daphne and Chloe! They are SIX years old today!

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Here's our first official portrait together, 

when we were about 4 months old:

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::Here's what we looked like in Michigan,trying to keep warm together during the long, long winters!

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Chloe LOVES catnip bubbles!Can you tell!?!

And Daphne likes chasing beams of light!

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Here's a pic of us together,iDaddy took this one of us here in Florida:

And what did we get for our birthday?

Why Temptations, of course!

Grab your favorite flavors and join the party!
You can read more about Daphne on her bio pageandyou can read more about Chloeon her bio page.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thanks for sharing in our Birthday Celebration!Meow for now,~ Daphne and Chloe
♥♥♥

LOL Pete

LOL Pete, a photo by morgen1967 on Flickr.

R.I.P. Whitey

Since the first day that Gandalf and Grayson's mom Barb rescued Whitey, we knew he was a special guy.  And we also knew what a special place he had in Barb's heart.  The past few weeks haven't been easy for Whitey, or for Barb, but we know that they always had their bond of love.  You can read Barb's post on Whitey over at The Daily G's.
We send our love to Barb, and Whitey's furry siblings Grayson, Gandalf, and Gracie.

Our hearts go out to Barb now, for our buddy Whitey has gone to the Rainbow Bridge.  We are thankful he left on his own terms, and that he now has all the sunshine, friends, and bugs to catch at the Bridge, forever.

  

~ We will always love you, Whitey.

 srsly.

Spooker, Daphne, Pete, Chloe, Jack, Bella, Little Isis,

and NTM and iDaddy