MANcat Monday : special guest edition - Rumblepurr

I'd like to introduce my handsome buddy, Sooty Meow. Sooty is one of the competitors in the NZ Next Top Model.

Sooty has just started his own blog, and it is brilliant! His clever mummy is a graphic designer, and she's made a Sooty logo and everything!

If you have a chance, please visit his blog and say hi. He's a super nice fella, and almost as handsome as ME!

I've got to do the draw for the gift certificate for $30 at Nip and Bones! Many thanks to everyone that entered, and also a big thank you to you all for putting up with all my talk of the contest. 

And the winner is....

Congrats my friends!

A BOOTIFUL ladycat...

Hi guys... just a quick one today. If anyone hasn't heard about Little Meow, head on over to Daily Cute and read more about her.

She really is lovely, if anyone knows of a good home. We've tried convincing the Rumblemum but she says no (spoil sport) something about it being a super long plane ride.

Me and my fat duck - Rumbles

Ok, so maybe I'm hogging the blog a little... but I've had such cool adventures!!

And I've made a new friend!! He is sooooo soft and floofy, and he loves it when I bunny kick him. Inigo is not a fan of fat duck.

So now I need some names... any suggestions?

I got a secret for you duck..if we sit here looking
cute long enough, we'll get some treats!

Heyyyy what do duckies eat anyhow?

We better figure out your noms quick, I
see Inigo down there!!

Behold! My empire! - Rumbles

I love to sit and look out at my city. All my potential servants, bustling about to make my life more pleasant...

I think I see a tuna over there..

A different view...

Hmmm... I think I see a bird up there!

A reminder... Rumblepurr

There is still time to make a donation to my charities and be in to win a $30 gift certificate from Baby Patches for Nip and Bones!

Can you resist this face?

Now this is how it's done - Rumbles

Inigo keeps strutting around like HE'S the model... let these photos stand as proof of who's the true model!!

Ok, so maybe this one isn't perfect...

And maybe I was thinking about Greenies in this one

This one is PERFECT except SOME Rumbledads
cut my ear tips off!

This one MAY have been a little my fault

Now we're getting somewhere!

See how pink my nose is? Model trick.

And here is MY cover!!

It's super hard work this modeling. I think I require some tuna. Maybe more than one.

Do all top models have to put up with this? - Rumblepurr

Well, today was a BIG day for me, Rumblemum and Rumbledad decided to do my big photoshoot today!

Rumblemum ironed a backdrop (aka a sheet) and they used some of the best lighting in the WHOLE world (aka they opened all the blinds)

I, of course, was a total pro about the whole thing. But SOME big brothers got their noses out of joint and had to muscle in on my big shoot!! 'Good kitty club' my eye! The boy is a camera hog!

Profile one

And now the other side

This one is ruff-tastic!

All I need is a niptini

Ever so relaxed!

And again with the ruff!

Enjoy the limelight my brother... My contest cover will be unleashed tomorrow!!

FOXY Friday - a BOOTIFUL fellow model! - Rumbles

This week I'd like to feature one of my BOOTIFUL fellow models, the lovely Chevy. She doesn't have her own blog, so I wanted to show the world how lovely she is (and maybe steal some smoochies)

Chevy has a very wise Daddy, cause he KNEW how special she is at first site! She'd been living at the Wellington SPCA for five or six months, and poor sweet Chevy kept getting overlooked. She has very unique ears (they didn't grow properly, she has just the 'fluff' in one ear, and a partial ear on the other side) so the silly families that came to look at kittens didn't notice her.

When her Daddy visited the SPCA he fell in love at first site, and who could blame him! She is so sweet looking!

The good news is that Miss Chevy has perfect hearing, specially for the treat packet being opened!!

She loves to talk all the time to anyone that will listen, and she is a super affectionate little girl. Scritchies are her FAVORITE (hmmm, can I scritchy without a thumb? I'll need to visit Miss Chevy and find out!)

We both wish Chevy lots and lots of luck in the Top Model Contest. I feel honored to be in the running with such amazing kitties. Her donation page is here.

Bonjour mes amis! - Le Rumblepurr

Somebody (I'm sorry, I don't know who) on my last post asked about my challenge two submission, and I realized I hadn't shared it with you!

Challenge two was a location shoot - we needed an outside photo.

I'm forbidden to go outside so I had to sneak out in the night to get my location shot!

This is me in Paris. I'd seen that BOOTIFUL girlcat in Le Chat Noir, and I knew I had to find her for smoochies.

While I did not find her, I can say that I did find a great many other les belle fille chats while I was there (and I might have stolen a kiss from one or two! And maybe one of them was a BOOTIFUL Abyssinian... but I'll never tell!)

Le MEW! 

* note from Rumblemum - Rumbles has anxiety attacks when he goes out in his cage, they are quite severe. I didn't want to risk him in an outside setting, even a controlled one

The BOX - Inigo

I'm on Rumble watch

No sign of him on this side either

This isn't as fun without him trying to annoy me

For sale: one Rumblemum. Slightly used (and very weird) - Rumbles

As if it were not enough that the Rumblemum makes up WEIRD nicknames for us, she also SINGS little SONGS using the names!!

*shaking head* Does she not know we descend from royalty? That the brave lion in the jungle would NOT like being called "Boo-puff" or "Fluffaboo".

I think it's time to put the bitey on. 

Behold the BITEY face!!

A new contest to help Rumbles become NZ Next Top Cat Model - Rumbles

Hello my friends! I'm going to start a new contest! But first, the winner of our last draw is...

YIPPEE!! Thank you so much to everyone that has already donated! We've raised a fantastic amount for our charity, and I'm currently number two in the fundraising!!

I'm going to have a new draw now for everyone that makes a donation to my cause (which is the Wellington Cats Protection League - you can read more about them here)

After you make a donation, please comment on this post to let me know. You don't have to say how much you've donated in your comment, just comment that you've made a donation. (and remember, the NZ $ is MUCH lower than Canadian, American, Australian or pretty much any other dollar out there, so you get lots of bang for your buck! Just to give an example, $10 US = about $14 NZ! And 10 pounds (UK) = about $21 NZ! $10 Australian = $12 NZ!)

I'll then be making a random draw from all the post comments, the winner of the draw will get a $30US gift certificate from Nip and Bones. I'll be drawing this one on July 3.

Here is where you go to make a donation

Many, many thanks to everyone that donates (and a really big thank you to everyone that already has donated), and thanks for all your kind words and encouragement!

I can see I'm gonna have to help out now - Inigo

I know Rumbles is the one running for New Zealand's Next Top Cat Model, but I think he needs a bit of help. Since I've been posing a lot longer than him, I'm going to give him some tips.

Tip 1: Fluff that ruff!

A fluffy ruff will make you look more majestic, and will help accentuate your whiskers. There are very few that can resist squeeing when they see the ruff fluff.

Tip 2: The half turn

The advantage to this pose is that you get the fluffy ruff, but you also get both eyes. Since I have handsome eyes, this is a very good pose for me.

Tip 3: I wonder what they're doing over there

This can be a tricky one. It's a full face, but the eyes are looking to the distance. The power of this shot is that it adds a bit of mystery - the viewer wonders what they're not seeing that I am (I was seeing Rumbles knocking something over in case you wondered *sigh*)

Tip 4: Look wise

When in doubt, pretend you're a lion. Look super wise, fluff the ruff and PURRRRRR.

I've also decided that rather than wait for the draw to win the $40 gift certificate for Nip and Bones, I'm going to make the draw tomorrow (we're not good at waiting for exciting things! tee hee!) 

Rumbles is thinking he might hold another draw starting tomorrow for any new donaters that might want to support him in the contest. So, if anyone wants to donate to help him and the Cat Protection Society, it will be a new chance to win a new prize drawing starting tomorrow! 

We all really appreciate how generous everyone has been to help Rumbles. This isn't just something we're just saying, we honestly thank everyone that has left a sweet comment or donated to our cause.

How do you show the fox that has had so many different looks?

Rumbles:

WAHOOOOO!!! I finally get my FOXY Friday back!!!

This week is a tough one. My pick is a BOOTIFUL girlcat that has had so many different looks already, I had a hard time coming up with a special, super FOXY thing to do with her photo.

And so, I've done the only logical thing.

I give you, Miss Daisy the curly cat... as a KITTEN!!

Does it get any more foxy than this? Look at that tiny pink nose, and her little whiskers... I think she is the very definition of FOXY! And as she's grown up, the FOXY has gotten even stronger! Well done my dear, well done.

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Inigo:


*sigh* Rumbles has made an excellent choice, we're both quite taken with Daisy. My pick this week is such a bright light in the blogosphere... if I could compare her to anything, it would be a sunflower. Bright, beautiful... this is our friend Tasha from Mishakat.

Thank you for brightening our day, Miss Tasha!