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First of all, the news : we were pleasantly surprised to learn that we received a Certificate of Excellence from the Cat Writers’ Association for our article about pain in cat !
This is the first time Claire has dared to submit one of our articles to the CWA contest ; we are pleased and proud to see our efforts rewarded, and to find ourselves among famous and talented bloggers.
Then, what a week ! The sun shone every day, and we can say that spring has really arrived. Insects are shaking, trees are budding, and we’re enjoying the garden while Claire is cutting the raspberries.
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What about you ? Already in spring, or still in winter ? Have a pawsome week !
YEAH!! Congrats and well deserved! It was an excellent and informative article!
Congratulations on your well deserved certificate. It has been a sunny weekend here also, and warm in sheltered parts of the garden. The strong northerly wind is very cold though.
Concats for getting a certificate from the CWA!!!!!
How nice to see the effects of Spring in your yard. We still have some snow and ice, but the temps will be nice all week. It will be a while yet before we start seeing buds.
Those are mighty interesting bugs there .What kind are they?
Purrs Georgia,Julie and JJ
It’s a firebug https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhocoris_apterus Purrs
Fascinating!
WE have never seen this bug.
Thanks for the link!!
Nancy and the kitties
Congrats! We are all very proud of you!!!
Big congratulations on earning a Cat Writers Certificate of Excellence!
Spring is really springing at your house! Congratulations to Claire on her well-deserved certificate!
CONCATS on the very well-deserved award! You earned it.
Spring is breaking here. We have the very earliest daffodils blooming, and it looks like it is going to be a very good blooming season for them this year. We are seeing more buds than usual, so we will be taking lots of pictures (with TBTs help)
Concats to your Claire!!! that’s super great!!! and we hope spring will stay with us now and we look forward to better weather ,O)
A huge concatulations to Miss Claire for receiving recognition of that awesome article on pain. Well deserved!! I hope you all celebrated with some treats!
Hugs, Teddy
Congratulations! Well earned! Beautiful pics today.
That is fantastic–and very much deserved!
High five paw!
Wag on,
Tootsie
Time to frame the certificate and hang it on the wall! Spring has begun here in the Pacific Northwest. Hooray!
Congrats! What great news!
We are still in Winter, even though Spring is doing her darnedest to push in! I’ll be happy when there is no ice on The ‘O’ Cats water bucket in the mornings.
Concats! Pawsome win. We’re still waiting for spring to spring.
Congrats!
Still a bit chilly here in the UK.
Purrs xx
Athena and Marie
Huge concatulations on your well-deserved certificate!
Congratulations! It’s well deserved.
Congratulations! That is wonderful news. And well deserved.
A big congrats to you. Good for you to win that nice award. Spring is trying to come here but it sure is taking it’s time. Always good to see the kitty kats.
Congratulations! How wonderful! Enjoy the spring weather–we are having some too.
Spring has sprung and we are loving it. The allergies are bad but you can’t beat the sunshine and warm temperatures. Enjoy your gardening.
We finally got a peak at a future blossom.
Congratulations to Claire on her certificate. Spring is here too. Our blueberries have tiny flowers & berries.
More sun than rain here this week, but cold winds and nights so we know we are not anywhere near summer yet, MOL
Purrs
Congratulations on your award at CWA, well deserved!
Purrs
ERin
A very big congratulations on your Certificate of Excellence! I’m happy to see bloggers represented amongst the talented group.
Congratulations Claire!
It looks as though Spring has sprung in your neck of the woods 🙂
Lovely photographs!
the critters in the cottage xo
Congratulations! And Spring is a nice bonus!
A Meowsy big ConCats, that’s pawsum!!! Ya’ll look great. We luv togetherness. Big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena