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Andres "πŸ§ πŸ›βœŠ" Salomon

It's now been 4 months since we started fostering the 3 newborn kittens and their mom. We expected that they all would get adopted within 4-6 weeks. Instead, only one kitten has been adopted so far.

Over the past few days, we've stopped keeping them separated from our other (two) cats. Instead, all 5 cats (3 adults, 2 kittens) have the full run of the house. So far, no drama.

Here's the mom (Widget), shortly after we got her. #CatsOfMastodon #FosterCats

Andres "πŸ§ πŸ›βœŠ" Salomon

Toe beans for everyone still awake.

#FosterKittens #CatsOfMastodon

(This is Ivan. Still available for adoption in the NYC area!)

Andres "πŸ§ πŸ›βœŠ" Salomon

"How did we get all these little holes in the printer paper? We didn't even take it out of the box!"

#CatsOfMastodon #FosterKittens (Ivy)

Andres "πŸ§ πŸ›βœŠ" Salomon

Turns out a ball on top of the pen is loads of fun! #CatsOfMastodon #FosterKittens

(This is Twig and Matcha)

Andres "πŸ§ πŸ›βœŠ" Salomon

I love how at the end of this video, as Widget (their mom) turns to look at me, one of the kittens (Matcha) sneaks up and smacks her in the back of the head. Such assholes! πŸ˜‚

#FosterKittens #CatsOfMastodon

Andres "πŸ§ πŸ›βœŠ" Salomon

I like to drop truth bombs on the kittens. Earlier I warned Matcha, "Once you're at the top, there's nowhere to go but down."

My 12yo gave me A Look.

#CatsOfMastodon #FosterKittens

Andres "πŸ§ πŸ›βœŠ" Salomon

"Everyone keeps calling me a 'dumbbell' and then laughing. I don't get it."

#FosterKittens #CatsOfMastodon

Andres "πŸ§ πŸ›βœŠ" Salomon

"During this decade, 439 miles of new highways were built, and not one mile of new railroad or subway. In 1974, people using subways and railroads in and around New York were still riding on tracks laid between 1904 and 1933 - the last year before #RobertMoses came to power in the city. Not a single mile had been built since."

Andres "πŸ§ πŸ›βœŠ" Salomon

"Not only were new [subway] cars not purchased, the old ones were not repaired. It was about 1956 that there was instituted on the NYC subway system, because of lack of funds, a policy of 'deferred maintenance'. [...] So superbly engineered & maintained had the subway been previously - NY had once been enormously proud of its subways - that it took years for this systematic neglect to take its toll."

I can't even imagine what a well-maintained NYC subway even *looks* like.

Andres "πŸ§ πŸ›βœŠ" Salomon

And the Kitty, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And her eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming,
And the lamp-light o’er her streaming throws her shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be liftedβ€”nevermore!

#CatsOfMastodon #CatTower

And the Kitty, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And her eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming,
And the lamp-light o’er her streaming throws her shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be liftedβ€”nevermore!

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