Ready for Take-off

United we...


..FLY

Hey! Come along! :)

These little piggies

These little piggies
Originally uploaded by kelpie1.
"Well I quite like the idea of two Sundays!"
"Me too! Let's smooch on it!"

Spooky huh? Where did Saturday go? :)

too too cute even though he looks like a drowned rat!
Originally uploaded by erin_si.
LOL We just love smiles here so much we skipped the Saturday Baby.. all by accident of course!!! And just jumped into Sunny Smiles :) Ohh come on spooky cutie give us a smile :)

Coming to Life 10

A corny, I mean a cheesy one.. okay it's just fun! :)
More Coming To Life

Sunny Smile Sunday.. Sleeping with a smile

Sleeping with a smile
Originally uploaded by Lovelyhead.
Aww sweet happy dreams! Have a wonderful Sunny Smile Day!

Bubbles

Back from the Dream, for TLLT

I made a story just for TLLT, please come see it.

Torturous "treats"..

Knitty cakes.. I think some people make these just to torture people.. *sigh*.. one of these is real tho..(because I am not that mean!) :)

Veins

Fakey Friday, Hedgie Babies Brushy Momma

These orphaned hedgehogs snuggle up to thier adoptive brush mother

Thank you Metafilter for posting a link to this story from back in August. There is something sad but also sweet that babies found some comfort even in a fake brush momma.. better than no momma!

Orphaned hedgehogs adopt cleaning brush as their mother

Four tiny orpahned hedgehogs are snuggling up to the bristles of a cleaning brush - because they think it's their mother.
The four inch long creatures are being hand-reared by staff at the New Forest Otter, Owl and Wildlife Park in Ashurst, Hants.

Workers say Mary, Mungo, Midge and Slappy get comfort from playing with the centre's cleaning brush and enjoy rubbing against it.

The smells on the brush, which is used to sweep a yard, remind the hedgehogs of their natural habitat while the texture reminds them of their mother.

Manager John Crooks, 41, said: "They are a bit like human babies - they need activities to keep them busy.

"Because they have very poor eyesight you have to appeal to their sense of smell and touch by giving them different scents and textures.

"They like natural scents and have enjoyed playing with our cleaning brushes, soil, leaves, flower pots and the like.

"They particularly seem to enjoy rubbing against the brush.

"It may sound odd but I imagine the bristles feel a bit like their mum."

Tiny: Two of the little hedgehogs

He added: "Three of the hedgehogs came to us because their mum was sadly crushed by a council palette truck at one of their depots.

"They are only a couple of weeks old.

"The fourth one is a little bit older and was found wandering around a back garden in the middle of the day.

"The home owner left it alone for a while to see if it would find its mum but after a few hours it was still by itself so she brought it into to us."

The hedgehogs will be fed until they are full-sized and then they will be released back into the wild.

John said: "We are feeding them milk powder mixed with kitten food - but they don't like fish flavour - they prefer nice meaty chunks.

"When they get older they will move onto proper cat food and will occasionally be given slugs and snails as a treat.

"There has been a real surge in slugs this year because of the wet weather so hopefully that will mean a good year for hedgehogs too.

"I would urge people not to kill garden slugs with pellets because the poison will be passed on to hedgehogs and a build up of poison could be fatal.

Playtime: The baby hedgehogs enjoy themselves with their 'mother'

"If the weather is good they could be released in a month or so, otherwise we will feed them over the winter so they do not hibernate and then relase them in spring."

He added: "They are quite a handful and each has their own character.

"One is quite snappy and another fairly sleepy."

Turtlebunny

"Turtellz is a figmint of da imagination"

"Hey mistah tortis is you a pigmint of my imajinashun?"
"Yeah sure kid, whatever you say!"

"I hear the big cretures are making up imaginary animals!"
"They always bein' kookoo.. makin stuff up!"

Turtles? Bunnies? Maybe they really ARE all imaginary..?? :)

Puppy meets bunny!

puppy meets bunny!
Originally uploaded by elenakulikova.
"You can pet me too bunnee, evewybody does!"
"S'alrite kid!"

Thumper Thursday.. Pat Pat

Pat Pat
Originally uploaded by ericsmithrocks.
"Okay there kitteh, patz iz fine but no nibblin'!" :)
Have a great TT day!

Billows

Elephant Art! Not-so-wee Wednesday!

Come see the Elephant Artists this weekend if you are in the Brooklyn/DUMBO NYC area.
Click for more info: Elephant Art in Dumbo.

Pachydermata

Near Corinth MS? Adopt the Pup Kiki!

This gorgeous furry baby would love to come home and be your best friend! Don't be lonely anymore, come home to warm kisses, go on fun walks, get unconditional love and help a baby who just wants to belong somewhere and call a cozy place home!
Alcorn Humane Society
Click to see other babies looking for love too!

Kiki
Basset Hound Mix

Size: Medium
Age: Baby
Sex: Female
I.D: 4556

Notes: Kiki is one of a really cute litter of basset mixes. We know the mother of this litter is a purebred basset hound. We don't know who the father is, and she's not telling. Kiki is two months old and weighs 4 pounds. She has a black and tan coat.

This pet is: up to date with routine shots

Two-fur Tuesday.. Pink paws...

Double Trouble!
Originally uploaded by ashgerbil.
Adorable squiggy faces and pinky paws, so cute. Have a double good twos-day! If you get sad just think of tiny cute pink paws.. seriously.. little pink paws cause smiles!

Monkey Monday! Sports section

sports section
Originally uploaded by daron.a.

"Hmmmm let's see.. hey who cut out all the coupons?!" :)
Hope you are having a wonderful day!

Smoky Comes Home After 3 Months Lost!

Wow... what an amazing thing to be reunited! Thanks Rick for showing me this story!

Smoky the cat found more than 3 months after Wisconsin tornado

GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (AP) -- More than three months after disappearing during a tornado, Smoky the cat has been reunited with his owner.

Smoky was last seen June 7, before a tornado destroyed Wanda Ploeger's mobile home in rural Riverview, Wisconsin, scattering her belongings.

Ploeger was at work that evening and couldn't find her kitty when she returned.

Ploeger, who has been staying with her ex-husband, said she knew Smoky was out there somewhere. She'd go out late at night to look for Smoky because that's when he liked to go out, she said.

"I kept telling my sister I never got a feeling about him," she said. "With other animals I'd always get a feeling. ... I always thought he'd come back."

And he did.

While driving about 21/2 miles from where her trailer used to be on September 15, Ploeger saw a white streak and asked the driver to stop the truck along the highway.

The cat had gone over the hill so she crouched on the hill and called until it came to her.

Smoky dropped about three pounds and is now seven pounds. He also is taking antibiotics for an abscess, which he might have suffered while fighting, Ploeger said.

Ploeger said she plans to buy another mobile home and put it in the same place.

"It wouldn't be the same without him here," she said.

Find this article at:
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/09/23/weathered.feline.ap/index.html
Here is a longer account of the happy story:
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070922/GPG0101/709220474/1207/GPGnews

Sunny STYLE Sunday!

"Let me get this straight.. a plethora of posin' Pugs? Preeposterus!"

little geek
Originally uploaded by shopperjr.

"OhMy Goodness Look at THAT! It's True!"

Gadget is a Hippo
Originally uploaded by jmatthew3.


headTilt
Originally uploaded by TheCapt'n

curious pugs
Originally uploaded by rouseville.


head tilt
Originally uploaded by Tigole Bitties.


Exhausted
Originally uploaded by akapumba.

"It aint just Pugs!"

cozy and finn
Originally uploaded by razzieswirl.