Today is a special celebration day at the home of Kitties Blue with two major events.
Second Anniversary of Sawyer’s Second Gotcha Day
Two years ago today I brought Sawyer home after his three-and-a-half week walkabout. His original Gotcha Day was November 25, 2017. After being missing for an extended period of time in 2021, I felt that his return home was a second Gotcha Day.
That was one of the happiest days of life; though, Sawyer was frightened and didn’t come willing. We arrived home with me bleeding from many bite and scratch wounds. Here are links to the post I wrote and the post Sawyer wrote after his return.
MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!
SAWYER’S SIDE OF THE STORY
11th Blogoversary
It was a strange coincidence that Sawyer’s homecoming and our blogoversary fell on the same day. It was the second coincidence of that day, as Sawyer was retrieved from the house where Dad Tom and I adopted Skooter, our first cat. I mentioned in the recent post about Angel Mau that I believe in angels. That is the only explanation I have for these three disparate events happening concurrently.
If you’d like to check out our very first post from 2012, here’s the link to that.
WHY THE CAT ON MY HEAD?
When the blog began, we already had nine angel cats and seven current cats. The only ones of those seven still with us are Misty May, Astrid and Lisbeth. The other six are all newbies!
Time to Celebrate
I asked Cooper Murphy to bake us a big, bright festive cake, and he came through for us again.
We cannot have a party without some great noms and drinks.
Please help yourselves and stay as long as you like.
Thank You from Kitties Blue
If anyone had told me 11 years ago that I would still be writing this blog in 2023, I would have laughed. I started it because of my love for writing and cats, and because I have a terribly short attention span. I was certain blogging would hold my attention long enough to write what amounts to a page a day. And now here we are 3,257 pages later.
Two things have kept me plugging away all these years. The first is that we continued to add additional cats to the family, which provided me with more stories to tell. The second is all of you who have followed, supported, commented and befriended us. I have said it before, but I believe it bears repeating: The pet blogging community is filled with the most caring and compassionate individuals one can hope to meet. Kitties Blue and I will be forever grateful to each of you.
Purrs and paw-pats, angel Lily Olivia, angel Mauricio, Misty May, angel Giulietta, angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy, Sawyer, Kizmet, Audrey & Raleigh
Warm hugs, Janet
Happy Gotcha, Sawyer! Glad it worked out for you.
Happy everytthing!!
Happy Blogoversary!
Happy Sawyer Homecoming…aka second chance Gotcha Day…and that is one amazing HUGE cake!! Bravo, Cooper Murphy!
We love reading all about the lives and antics of the Kitties Blue…though lately we’ve been MIA a lot…not just here…sigh…
Happy blogoversary!!! Sawyer’s disappearance was SO scary!
Happy Blogoversary!! And I am glad you found Sawyer. I remember my Bridget escaped around the same time and it took us 5 days to trap her. XO
Wow, this is a super special day, indeed! Happy Second Gotchaversary, Sawyer. And Happy Blogoversary to you all. We are so, so thankful for your friendship. It’s an honor, joy, and privilege to be your friends through blogging. We love you, dear pals, and wish you many more blogoversaries still to come (no more walkabouts, though. MOL).
Happy Blogoversary from all of us!!!! WOW, 2 years since the Sawyer walkabout, it seems like you just found him again.
Concatulations on your blogoversary and n Sawyer coming -and staying – home ! Purrs and purrayers !
Happy 11th blogoversary! It’s wonderful that you’ve kept it going for so long!
Happy 😊 anniversary,
Congratulations on your 11 year anniversary. And we all want some of that cake. (Really, Mom wants the cake, we want the pizza with the turkey on it.) XOX Xena, Lucy, Chia and Riley
Happy Gotcha Day! What a day of thanksgiving that was!! Janet, you and Tom had the most organized search ever. Many prayers were answered that day, albeit with scratches, cuts and a new hairstyle!
Happy Blogoversary, Janet, for the 11 years you have written for The Cat On My Head. Always so many reasons to smile after reading your entries!
Happy happy Second Gotcha Day to Sawyer! I remember that terrible time when he was gone, and the joy when he came home! And Happy Blogaversary!
The day Sawyer came home was a great one for all of us. Happy 2nd Gotcha Day and Happy Blogoversary!
The Florida Furkids with love and whisker kisses to Sawyer from Noelle
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Happy 2nd Gotcha Day to Sawyer! And happy blogoversary to you all!
Happy Blogoversary/2nd Gotchaversary!!!
We’ve been following you for a few years, and am glad you are in the Blogosphere.
Sweetie is headed for the shrimp, while Da Boyz are sniffing ’round the bacon strips.
Sawyer, I remember when you went on your walk about as that is a total nightmare to all of us moms and dads. I always read your family news each day whether or not I comment. But you, Sawyer, had mom’s and my purrs, POTP, and prayers because I know what a terrible time that was for your parents. Happy Blogaversary to your Mom and Happy return to you, Sawyer.
We remember the day Sawyer disappeared AND the joyous day when you found him and brought him back home. We also wish you happy blogaversary because where would we be without the daily antics of the Kitties Blue? What a wonderful celebration for many reasons – that cake Cooper made is AMAZING but then gingers are AMAZING (tee hee). We wish you many more years of blogging and love !
Hugs, Pam and Teddy
Oh, Sawyer, we have followed your life for so long and with great happiness that you are HOME and cared for by such lovely anthros.
Happy blogoversary to all of you, and happy gotcha day, Sawyer! It was our blogoversary yesterday but I haven’t been commenting for two weeks as we have been cruising. Back tomorrow!
Happy Gotcher Day Sawyer and I don’t think we will ever forget your disappearance. Checking daily for news, sharing appeals to help find you.
Your blog the only blog we work out way though commenting on all (or nearly all) the entries for. Spike the Cst’s blog still elludes us!)