{"id":1401,"date":"2013-10-12T21:52:18","date_gmt":"2013-10-12T21:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2013-10-12T21:57:38","modified_gmt":"2013-10-12T21:57:38","slug":"oooooh-kittens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/?p=1401","title":{"rendered":"Oooooh!! Kittens!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, one kitten. We went to the shelter today and got a friend for Lily.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Balthazar at play\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/PICT0008.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve called him Balthazar (Anna&#8217;s idea) and he&#8217;s adorable. He&#8217;s black at first glance but quite tabby-stripey if you turn him upside down, which he doesn&#8217;t mind at all.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Balthazar being loved\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/PICT00111.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were after a cuddly cat, since Lily is not at all about laps or even curling up next to you or being held for very long at all. He seems to be quite a tart, lapping up all the attention he is offered. Lily is less impressed, predictably, but she&#8217;s tolerating him and she&#8217;ll come round, I&#8217;m sure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1410\" alt=\"Lizzy and Balthazar\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/balthazar.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/balthazar.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/balthazar-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lizzy, who is suffering from long-term cat withdrawal after the loss of her two cats recently and the non-suitability of her new house for a new cat, has very much taken to him. We are pleased to provide a surrogate cat service.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1403\" alt=\"About to go\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/PICT0002.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/PICT0002.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/PICT0002-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, we got the stump out of the hole, with the help of the German volunteers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1404\" alt=\"going\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/PICT0003.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/PICT0003.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/PICT0003-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We tried to aim it toward the top of the possible landing area, and I&#8217;m glad we did because it rolled a long way. If we&#8217;d aimed any lower I think it would have taken out the porch supports as well as the flower bed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1405\" alt=\"having gone\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/PICT00041.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/PICT00041.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/PICT00041-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s now been rolled over to the fire pit and will form the backdrop of many a lovely fire.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 KITTENS!!!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Balthazar asleep\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/PICT0012.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, one kitten. We went to the shelter today and got a friend for Lily. We&#8217;ve called him Balthazar (Anna&#8217;s idea) and he&#8217;s adorable. He&#8217;s black at first glance but quite tabby-stripey if you turn him upside down, which he &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/?p=1401\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1401"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1411,"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401\/revisions\/1411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}