Thursday, May 7, 2009

Gotcha Day

Four years ago I won mum's heart and she brought me home. I was playful and outgoing with her, not hiding in the corner. So this is my Gotcha Day/My Derby Day. Thanks mum for giving me a wonderful furrever home.
My shelter mug shot, the one that shows me smiling, Smiley Boy, or Benny as I was known at the time. I may be a bit sassy at times, but I do love you. Purrs.

It is getting nicer and nicer every day. Mum comes home and opens more windows, we can listen to the birdies singing early in the day, into late in the day. The birdies are checking out our birdie houses to see if they are suitable for the summer. We saw a sparrow in this house on Wednesday AM.
This is Virginger checking out the house last spring, she hasn't been out to check for new occupants this spring. Plus mum hung out a nice sack of soft stuff for the birdies to help make their nests soft for the baby birdies who will be coming soon. Plus yesterday morning Mr Wren showed up. He is a furry small birdie with a huge voice.

Mum cooks outside more often too. Yesterday she made chick-hen and she shared with me. She bought a big package of chick-hen the other night and let it set overnight in sauce so it gets all extra nice and tasty.

50 comments:

  1. Happy Gotcha Day Derby!! Hope you get lots of treats today!

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  2. Hey Derby! Happy Gotcha Day!! Hope mom gives you some extra love!

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  3. Happy Gotcha Day!!! I am so glad that your mom gotcha!

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  4. Hoping your Gotcha Day is just purrfect Sassy!

    Love Milo and Alfie xx

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  5. Happy Gotcha Day, Derby! We're sure you are going to celebrate in style. Have a wonderful day!
    Purrs, Siena & Chilli

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  6. Happy Gotcha Day Derby! We are locked up at the moment but manage to turn the compooter on every now and again.We are glad we didn't miss your gotcha day and hope it is a great one.

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  7. Happy Gotcha Day, Derby! We hope you get some chick-hen today too!!!

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  8. Happy Derby Day! You're Mom is very lucky to have found you. I love you're smiling mug shot!
    --Jasper

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  9. Happy Gotcha Day Derby!! Gotcha' days are the very best days!

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  10. Happy gotcha day Derby! Your mum is lucky you found her that day.

    Huffle Mawson

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  11. Happy Gotcha Day Derby!!!!!!!

    We love your birdhouse, it's really cute.

    ~S,S,C & F

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  12. Happy Gotcha Day, Derby! I hope it's filled with lots of fun and surprises. :)

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  13. Happy Gotcha Day, Derby! You're so adorable. No wonder your Mom picked you.

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  14. Happy Gotcha Day! We loves your gotcha day story!

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  15. Happy Gotcha Day Derbs!!! (At YOUR Mom didn't forget). Yay for warmer weather!!
    ::purrs::
    ~Meeko & Kiara

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  16. Happy Gotcha Day, Derby!
    We're so happy we share a Gotcha Day with you, our friend!!!
    Luv,
    Daphne & Chloe

    Happy Gotcha Day, Derby ~
    From the rest of the Purries
    and Uncle Mo, too!

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  17. Happy Gotcha Day Derby!!!
    The chick-hen sounds yummy!

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  18. Now here's the real party! Happy Gotcha Day Derby!!!

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  19. Hoppy Hoppy Gotcha Day, dear Derby!!! You will ALWAYS be the sassiest cat we know!

    ~Slash & Bronzy

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  20. Happy Gotcha Day/Derby Day! I am glad you were gotted!

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  21. Happy 4th Gotcha Day, Derby! We hope you and your mum have many more happy years together. Enjoy that chick-hen!

    It's a nice spring day here, too. Wrens have big mouths, but our humans like them a lot.

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  22. HAPPY GOTCHA DAY!!!!Has it only been 4 years? I feel like I've known you forever! I hope you have the awesomest of days!

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  23. Happy Gotcha Day! We are jealous of your sunshine, we haven't had sunshine in a whole WEEK.

    Chase

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  24. Hey, Derby! Have a great Gotcha Day!

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  25. Happy happy gotcha day, Derby! It's good to pick out yur Mom like that. Nice to see Virginger again, too. Hey, I sawed a funny birdie dis mornin! It was sparrow-sized but bright bloo! It drank water frum da bird waterin fing, then landed in a bush. I fink da robins chased it off tho.
    Purrs,
    Victor & Nina

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  26. Happy Derby Gotcha Day. We hope you gets lots of treats on stuff on your day. Perhaps, even your own whole chick-hen, roasted on the outside cooking machine.

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  27. Happy gotcha day to you-ooo.
    Happy gotcha day to you-ooo.
    Happy gotcha day, Mr. Derby-ooo.
    Happy gotcha day to you-ooo.

    Sorry about the howling but Buddy is a hound.

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  28. PS Derbs, Mom finks my bloo bird was a bunting. I fink it was fascinatin. Purrs!

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  29. Happy Gotcha Day, Derby!

    I like your birdie house. My mum is disappointed because this year the birdies have scorned the two nest boxes we put up - last year they did use one of them. They are nesting in the shrubs though.

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  30. Happy Gotcha Day Derby...we love haffing da windows open!

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  31. Have a wonderful Gotcha Day, furriend! Hooray, because you got gotted:)

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  32. We're pretty darn happy you found her!

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  33. Happee Gotcha Day Derby!!! We hopes you gets evfurry kjndz of speshul treetsez dats you want!!!
    Love, Dr Tweety

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  34. Hi Derby, we heard about your blog over at Purrchance to Dream. Happy Gottcha Day! We look forward to reading more about you!

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  35. Happy Gotcha Day, Derby! Here's wishing you a fun day.

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  36. Happy Gotcha Day Derby! You did a good job picking our your Mom and Forever home!

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  37. Happy 4th Gotcha Day Derby and many, many, many mooooore! Hope your day was fun!
    Your FL furiends,

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  38. A very Happy Gotcha Day to you Derby! We hope you get lots of nip and treats and special treatment!

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  39. We are so sorry we are late.... Our maid is criminally neglecting our visiting lately!
    Happy belated Gotcha Day!!!
    And it sounds like you had a great day with all the extra treats and attention!!!

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  40. Happy Gotcha day Derby my buddie!@ :)
    I think These days are more impawtant than birfdays even a cause this is when we met our mommas and daddas~ :)
    V-V

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