Greetings, Fabulous Felines and Hoomans of Hivelandia and outlying communities!

I hope this day has been treating you well!

Smudge in the sun, a few months back

Happy Birthday Smudge!

Today's news is that my very fluffy housemate Smudge turned 19 years old today!

That is definitely a ripe old age for a cat... the "equivalent age" in Hooman years would be 92 years of age, so wow!

What Smudge mostly does, these days: Sleeping...

Over the last few months we have been worried about Smudge because she's just aging so markedly, but she has hung in there for another birthday!

We're having a nice sunny day — although quite cold — today, so there are nice sunpuddles around the house for everyone!

She does love her sunshine...

Smudge became a part of our household a little before Thanksgiving in 2021 because her original Hooman was moving out of the country to the Dominican Republic, and didn't want to subject an elderly cat to having to travel, being quarantined, and then going from a cushy life to living under relatively primitive wilderness conditions where her Hooman would be providing medical services to remote villages.

And so, my Hoomans agreed to let Smudge live out her life in comfortable loving surroundings. We have been very happy to welcome her as part of our family.

Smudge is almost entirely blind, but se DOES know when treats are coming!

Thank You!

Also, we wanted to say "Thank you" to everyone who has supported the Big Cat Calendar by reblogging and sharing it on social media!

I'm going to pin it over in the Hive Cats Community as well, for easy access at all times!

If you haven't checked it out already, do visit the Community when you get a chance! We're a niche community for cat lovers on Hive, and have just passed 300 subscribers... but we can always welcome more!

Contest Time!

No, I'm not having a contest, but I encourage you to check out @phoenixwren's Animals Show Us Unconditional Love contest, which just started yesterday!

There are prizes to be won, but more importantly, there are beautiful stories of loving pets to be shared!

Cuddles with the Mom-Hooman!

Anyway...

Today we are celebrating Smudge, so all the photos in today's post are hers!

Happy Birthday, Smudge!

As always, I appreciate you coming to visit, and I hope you stop by again soon... and don't forget, tomorrow is Caturday!

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Love Cats? Get Involved in Hive's Cat Communties!

If you're a cat lover and often/sometimes post pictures or other content that includes your feline friends, why not become an active part of Hive's growing Cat Communities?

These are some of the more active Cat Communities — why not join them ALL? Many of the allow you to share your cat posts, even if you started at a different community!

HiveCats by @curatorcat is a central "gathering place" for cat content on Hive; promoting the use of the #hivecats tag for feline content!

Cat Snaps by @manorvillemike is a place to post pictures of your cats when you don't have a whole lot to say beyond just sharing your cute photos!

Caturday by @saboin is a community where we get to celebrate posts relating to Saturday — aka "Caturday" — our own special day!

Cat Photos by @andrarchy is a "mixed use" cat content community; posts can be just photos or longer, as long as the subject is CATS!

Cats by @captainklaus (and Sissi!) is another "general" cat content community.

There are a number of other feline communities listed on Hive, but I am not sharing them for now as they have not had any activity (by their Admins OR users) since the Steem/Hive fork. Updates as they become available!

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