Purr-fect Cats

12/20/2024

12/14/2024

"The Yule Cat (Jólakötturinn) is a giant cat in Icelandic folklore, that roams around the countryside at Yuletide. The Yule Cat looks for people who are not nicely dressed in new clothes for the festivities and swallows them whole."

🎨 by Iren_Horrors

12/12/2024

🐾 Monthly Nail Trim Clinic Reminder! 🐾

📅 When: Saturday, December 14th
🕙 Time: 10 AM - 1 PM
📍 Where: Global Pet Foods, Orangeville

Treat your furry friend to a paw-dicure for just a $10 donation to the Ontario SPCA Orangeville & District Animal Centre! 🐾 Not only will your pet leave with perfectly trimmed nails, but your donation will directly help animals in need this holiday season. ❤️

No appointment necessary—just drop in!

12/12/2024

11/26/2024

Misty has been waiting for her forever home for so long now 🥺 Today is her 546th day in our care, making her the longest stay cat at HSLM.

Help share Misty's profile so we can reach her forever family! We just know they're out there somewhere 💙

Learn more about Misty here: https://buff.ly/3w0f6Lx

11/15/2024

It’s that time of the year.

11/05/2024

Help find Spinach, the cat.

Check out Maggie Sophia’s video.

10/22/2024

In 1421 AD, a flood swept through the Netherlands, submerging 72 villages and drowning between 2,000 & 10,000 people.

Survivors saw a piece of wood floating on the water, and a cat was jumping back and forth on it.

People wanted to save it, but they were surprised to find a child sleeping peacefully. The cat was alternately jumping on the edges of the bed to maintain its balance so that the child would not drown.

This story was very famous in the Netherlands, and 4 centuries later the event was immortalized in the painting “The Inundation of The Biesbosch in 1421” by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema.

This story is the origin of the wording “the cat’s in the craddle”

The baby was named Beatrijs / Beatrix when she was found, which means “the bringer of good luck / joy” but also “the lucky one”

Although nowadays it’s not a commonly known story in majority of The Netherlands anymore, it is known to those who grew up in the Biesbosch area.

Thank you Sabine Vlaardingerbroek for the additional information.

09/26/2024

Need i say more?

5844 likes, 182 comments. “Enough said😹! Does anyone know the original creator who posted this? If so, drop a comment and I’ll update with a tag!”

07/09/2024

The Delightful Legend of the P***y Willow

According to an old Polish legend, many springtimes ago a mother cat was crying at the bank of the river in which her kittens were drowning. The willows at the river’s edge longed to help her, so they swept their long graceful branches into the waters to rescue the tiny kittens who had fallen into the river while chasing butterflies. The kittens gripped on tightly to their branches and were safely brought to shore. Each springtime since, goes the legend, the willow branches sprout tiny fur-like buds at their tips where the tiny kittens once clung.

Artist: Rose Mary Berlin

06/26/2024

These two were found near the garbadge disposal. Someone witnessed an unknown car on the driveway in the middle of the night. And then, the cat distribution system brought them to safety.