Sunday, June 10, 2018

Sunday Selfies and Much More!

I haven't been commenting over the last 2 weeks and am now trying to catch up a bit. We went on a cruise around Scandinavia, then on our return we went to see Vidock as he was the warhorse in the British Percheron Centenary celebration at the Museum of Living History near Chichester.
There are some photos of us with him and Virginia after the numerous cat selfies.
After we left there we headed towards Hastings for a few days and visited the Cats Protection shelter so we could meet the cats we sponsor.

Of course we were able to get selfies there!
Visit the Kitties Blue at The Cat on my Head to see more selfies.



This is Soxy and he was only too willing to have his selfie taken. He is a 13 year old male.

He let me know he wanted to get closer.....

so we had a cuddle.

Next up was Vinny who enjoyed some ear scritches

And back scritches. Vinny is a 15 year old male.

This is Puszka, a pretty 10 year old tortie.

After a slight hesitation she came over to say hello.

Next was Oscar, a 9 year old male.

Not a very good photo, but he was enjoying head and tummy rubs at the same time.

Last, but not least came Twiggy. He said that he wanted to do a selfie just like Soxy. I think he did it very well.

He seemed to like Ivor a lot!

He gave him a lot of head butts. Maybe he was hoping to get his bowl refilled!
Twiggy is a 2 year old male.
All of these cats and many more can be adopted from the Hayward's Heath Cats Protection Centre in Sussex.

As I mentioned earlier, after getting off the ship we headed towards Chichester to meet Virginia and Vidock again.
The last time we saw them it was a very wet day and Vidock had obviously been enjoying rolling in the mud.

This time it was a hot and sunny day. Virginia had spent a lot of time and effort getting him bathed and clean for the show.

He enjoyed treats from both of us and was very well behaved.

The highlight for us was seeing him taking the part of the warhorse. He looked magnificent along with his rider, braided and wearing an original World War 1 saddle.

He did Virginia and everyone connected with him proud as he followed the gun. It was lovely to meet up with them again.

35 comments:

  1. You sure did have a good time, thanks for taking us along like this, we sure enjoyed those photos!

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  2. What wonderful pictures! We're glad you had a nice trip recently.

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  3. What a lot of lovin' from the cats at the Centre! And Vidock is one impressive fellow. What a powerful horse he must be.

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  4. Wonderful photos. I am glad you had a nice vacation. XO

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  5. How much fun all that was! I loved seeing the kitties you sponsor, and Vidock too!

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  6. I got to say all those selfies were delightful!They all did so very well. That is a great shelter, as they all are, and wonderful you sponsor the cats there too.
    Viddock is a great looking horse, a bit big for a cat like me to ride, I guess I would need a Shetland MOL
    Toodle pips and purrs
    ERin

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  7. The pussy~cats look lovely at the centre...
    Don't think l could have left their with out
    one..or all of them...Bless! :).

    I love horses, l used the share a pony with a friend, when i was a boy, fifty~fifty, never
    found out which end was mine! :).
    Last time i was on a horse, was when my daughter
    was 12~13, 30yrs ago now! We used to go on hacks,
    every weekend with about another eight ponies,
    l suppose l could still ride, if the horse had
    a gear stick..HeHe! :o). ≈(චᆽච)≈

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  8. Neighs! Thank you so much for coming to see me again, and saying all those nice things about me! I had a very good time taking part in the parades!

    Neighs,
    Vidock

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  9. Oh my! First of all welcome home - hope your cruise was wonderful....secondly, what a treat to see so many sweet kitties at the shelter - many "senior citizens" who look very happy to get some cuddles and scritches! Vidock looks amazing. He's beautiful. What a GRAND warhorse he makes. Super photos!

    Hugs, Pam and Teddy too

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  10. How great that you are sponsoring those kitties. Hope they find homes soon. And what fun to see Vidock all dressed up. He does look terrific all cleaned up. He is quite handsome.

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  11. Wow, what a fun trip! And how cool you got to see Vidock! All those kitties are so sweet...they take great selfies, too.

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  12. How fun that you got to meet up with Vidock again...and Virginia, too. All those kitties in the shelter sure were loving all that wonderful attention:)

    You had a lovely vacation!

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  13. We had no idea that you sponsored so many kitties. We know Eric and Flynn are so proud of you, and we certainly enjoyed meeting them. Of course, we wish they didn't have to be in a shelter, but it looks as if they have a great one. It was so nice to have you sharing on the hop. Sounds like a great trip.

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  14. Furabuluss fotoss' Lady Jackie an Mistur Ivor. Have youss' thott about adoptin any of them sweet katss at thee Shelter?? That Soxy REELLY liked you an Twiggy REELLY liked yur Mistur....mew mew mew...Vinny an Psuszka an Oscar are all luvley all so. Sad they are older an have no home to call their own :(
    Wee ARE thrilled you got to visit Numburr #1 an Vidock an see him purrform! Hee iss one fine horsie!
    Wishin youss' a grate week to come....
    **nose kissesss** Siddhartha Henry xXXx

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  15. Thank you for sponsoring those kitties. That makes mom and me very happies. And getting to be with Vidock and his #1...RICHES! What a wonderful trip that was. XX

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  16. It is simply lovely to see the cats you sponsor and how well they look. Bless them, I hope each one finds a home. I adore seniors and would never hesitate to adopt one again.

    Thank you for sharing the lovely pictures, they have made me smile so much and it is such a treat to see a horse on the blog too!

    Have a good week and tell Ivor that his picture being headbutted is a real treasure :-)

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  17. Wow - that's amazing! How special to sponsor those sweet kitties!!

    Vidock is pretty cool too.

    The Florida Furkids

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  18. Love the cat photos! And that’s a very beautiful horse, too.

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  19. How awesome you got to visit with Virginia and Vidock! And what cuties at the shelter. They sure did like Ivor!

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  20. That is very good of you to support the shelter. Those were all nice kitties!

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  21. So glad you had a fun time traveling and then visiting old friends. You deserved a fun break.

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  22. What a wonderful trip you had! We loved seeing all your photos, especially of the shelter cats and Virginia and Vidock!

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  23. That must have been such a great time visiting old furriends and the adorable kitties, miss Jackie. I think they're getting real famous now and with so much skills, let's hope they all find a furrever home soon. Good Luck Pawkisses to all of them💗💗💗

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  24. What a beautiful group of cats! We wish they all could find loving homes but elderly black cats are so frequently overlooked. (I absolutely love them.) Your sponsorship is a perfect tribute to Eric and Flynn .

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  25. What exciting visits you had! And how fun to meet Vidock!

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  26. oh what a fun time you had! Thank you for sharing these great photos! xoxo

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  27. thanx for sharing these photos Jackie, I enjoyed looking at them all. we hope all the cats at Hayward's find their forever home yet this month. ♥♥

    Vidock, you are totally cool. We know mom Virginia is proud of you. what fun to be able to be the war horse with a saddle like that !!..you did good, now go have a nice roll in some MUD !!! ☺☺☺♥♥♥

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  28. great photos! Love meeting all the cats you sponsor--good for you!

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  29. What great selfies! Those are magnificent sponsees! And we so loved seeing Vidock in all the photos on the Pouponette blog and FB pages and we ESPECIALLY Love seeing you and Ivor!
    Purs and Love
    Marv and Barb

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  30. I understand ... one goes on vacation ... to look at more cats!

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  31. That sounded like the perfect time away ; new sights, old friends and sweet kitties! :)

    the critters in the cottage xo

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  32. We love that you sponser so many of the kitties at the shelter.

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