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Not-So-Crazy Foster Kitten Lady since June, 2018, currently for the Humane Society of Scott County, Iowa. We’re here just to share cute photos of my current and former foster kittens and to look at other people’s adorable pets. #FosteringSavesLives #FDT

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A 2½ pound orange tabby stares at a 12½ pound orange tabby wondering if that’s her destiny.

A 2½ pound orange tabby stares at a 12½ pound orange tabby wondering if that’s her destiny.

444 Favorite Photos: No. 217

Litter: Singleton
Kitten: Gladys

Gladys: When I grow up, will I be fat like you?
Georgia: Shut it. Twerp.

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens #Caturday #OrangeTabby

28.02.2026 14:02 — 👍 25    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Three 10 week-old kittens (gray tabby with white paws, silvery gray tabby and dilute tortie) sit on the wheelchair. They’re either hypnotized or they’re trying to hypnotize me.

Three 10 week-old kittens (gray tabby with white paws, silvery gray tabby and dilute tortie) sit on the wheelchair. They’re either hypnotized or they’re trying to hypnotize me.

444 Favorite Photos: No. 216

Litter: Watership Kitten
Kittens: Clover, Holly & Hazel

I didn’t have to do much to this photo for #CatsNoirFriday!

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens

27.02.2026 15:19 — 👍 17    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Two 7 week-old calico kittens lay together on a fluffy gray bed. The left has several black and orange patches kind of smooshed together and the right has three distinct black and one oval-shaped splotches.

Two 7 week-old calico kittens lay together on a fluffy gray bed. The left has several black and orange patches kind of smooshed together and the right has three distinct black and one oval-shaped splotches.

444 Favorite Photos: No. 215

Litter: Kitten$ Creek
Kittens: Alexis & Stevie

I’ve not fostered many calicos and there were three in this litter. The first were pretty; these were the cutest.

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens

26.02.2026 15:47 — 👍 22    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

“Mooom! Again with the camera?!”

25.02.2026 16:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
An 11 week-old brown Torbie with hazel eyes sits pretty for her portrait and shows off her long white whiskers.

An 11 week-old brown Torbie with hazel eyes sits pretty for her portrait and shows off her long white whiskers.

444 Favorite Photos: No. 214

Litter: Sole Survivor
Kitten: Anastasia

It’s #WhiskerWednesday!

The sole survivor of a litter of 7 and aptly named for Anastasia Romanov.

She’s bit of a “plain Jane”, but she has fabulous whiskers.

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens

25.02.2026 13:31 — 👍 21    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

Hahaha! 😹

24.02.2026 14:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Three nine week-old sit together in a triangle shape. All three have differing amounts of white on their faces and black on their noses. Endora has no white and a black nose, Serena has a thin white strip and black and pink nose and Samantha has a wider white stripe and pink nose.

Three nine week-old sit together in a triangle shape. All three have differing amounts of white on their faces and black on their noses. Endora has no white and a black nose, Serena has a thin white strip and black and pink nose and Samantha has a wider white stripe and pink nose.

444 Favorite Photos: No. 213

Litter: Bekittened
Kittens: Endora, Serena & Samantha

Happy #TuxedoTuesday!

I think Serena got into the ‘nip. 😵‍💫

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens

24.02.2026 14:12 — 👍 30    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 0
A black lab gives me side-eye when she hears the camera shutter, warning not to wake up the lunatic kitten (a white and gray 5 month old kitten who’s almost never asleep).

A black lab gives me side-eye when she hears the camera shutter, warning not to wake up the lunatic kitten (a white and gray 5 month old kitten who’s almost never asleep).

Litter: It’s a Wonderful Kitten
Kitten: Clarence

Alice [hears the shutter]: Don’t you wake him up!

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #FosterKittens #KittyLoafMonday

23.02.2026 13:49 — 👍 19    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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444 Favorite Photos: No. 212

Litter: The Hardy Kittens
Kittens: Frank & Joe

No photo for #CatBoxSunday; instead I’ll share one of my favorite videos of my former fosters “wrestling” in a toy ring. Rowdy Roddy Piper they are not.

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens

22.02.2026 16:55 — 👍 88    🔁 19    💬 0    📌 1

And sooo affectionate. Like, RELENTLESSLY affectionate.

21.02.2026 15:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This photo isn’t a cartoon, he just looks like one.

21.02.2026 14:30 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A 7 week-old white kitten with black & gray splotches sits in a basket, paws clutching the edge.

A 7 week-old white kitten with black & gray splotches sits in a basket, paws clutching the edge.

Cartoon baby Clarence

21.02.2026 14:27 — 👍 20    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
A 5 month old white kitten with black oval-shaped splotches on his side, sits in his basket with his paws over the side. I think he’s trying to move something with his mind.

A 5 month old white kitten with black oval-shaped splotches on his side, sits in his basket with his paws over the side. I think he’s trying to move something with his mind.

Litter: It’s a Wonderful Kitten
Kitten: Clarence

He was with another foster while being treated for ringworm. He’s here again while we wait for surgery.

He’s… well, he’s 5 months-old. He runs around like a maniac

Baby pic in comments.

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #FosterKittens #Caturday

21.02.2026 14:22 — 👍 69    🔁 4    💬 4    📌 0

You’re welcome. I’m one of those 5k followers! 🥳😁

20.02.2026 16:52 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Wow! Congratulations!

20.02.2026 16:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Let’s hope so! After about one minute of looking at them, the two brown tabbies slink off to the other side of the pen and “hide” in the litter box (so they think 🙄).

19.02.2026 04:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Three 6 week-old kittens, one while with gray splotches, one brown tabby with a mostly white face (both girls) and one longhaired brown tabby with some white on his face look at me very suspiciously. Pretty soon, the brown tabbies slinked off to the other end of the pen to “hide” in the litter box. 🙄

Three 6 week-old kittens, one while with gray splotches, one brown tabby with a mostly white face (both girls) and one longhaired brown tabby with some white on his face look at me very suspiciously. Pretty soon, the brown tabbies slinked off to the other end of the pen to “hide” in the litter box. 🙄

Look what I gooot!

Two girls and one boy (right), around six weeks-old.

Me: Hi, cuties!
Them: We don’t like this. And we don’t like you.

That will change. 🤞

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens #KittenSeason

19.02.2026 03:13 — 👍 171    🔁 18    💬 5    📌 0
A 10 week-old brown tabby with very long ears, olive eyes, white face and pink nose, lays in a sunbeam to show off her 1' whiskerspan.

A 10 week-old brown tabby with very long ears, olive eyes, white face and pink nose, lays in a sunbeam to show off her 1' whiskerspan.

444 Favorite Photos: No. 211

Litter: The Powerpuff Kittens
Kitten: Bubbles

Me: Happy #WhiskerWednesday!
Bub: I’m why this day exists.
Me: Is there a day for your ears, too?
Bub: Shut it, lady.

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens

18.02.2026 15:04 — 👍 16    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Three 10 week-old gray tabbies (two girls, one boy) line up for their photo, transfixed by a feather wand.

Three 10 week-old gray tabbies (two girls, one boy) line up for their photo, transfixed by a feather wand.

444 Favorite Photos: No. 210

Litter: ¡Three Gatitos!
Kitten: Lucky, Dusty & Ned

The police lineup for #TabbyTuesday.

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens

17.02.2026 18:51 — 👍 18    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
A work safety sign indicating the number of days since the last accident is repurposed to indicate how many days it’s been since I’ve had foster kittens. As it stands: 26 days. The official “Kitten Season” starts in March. You won’t see this sign again for another nine months.

A work safety sign indicating the number of days since the last accident is repurposed to indicate how many days it’s been since I’ve had foster kittens. As it stands: 26 days. The official “Kitten Season” starts in March. You won’t see this sign again for another nine months.

Ya know how you place your hand on a railroad track to “feel” if a train is coming? I placed my hand on a bag of kitty litter today… The kittens are coming.

In this economic climate, Kitten Season will be brutal.

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens #KittenSeason

17.02.2026 03:31 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
An 8 week-old brown torbie kitten hunkers down and looks up with wide grayish-yellow eyes when she realizes she has her days mixed up.

An 8 week-old brown torbie kitten hunkers down and looks up with wide grayish-yellow eyes when she realizes she has her days mixed up.

444 Favorite Photos: No. 209

Litter: Sole Survivor
Kitten: Anastasia

Me: Did you get into the ‘nip on #KittyLoafMonday?
Ana: I thought today was Friday.

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens

16.02.2026 15:32 — 👍 23    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you so very much!

15.02.2026 17:39 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
An 11 week-old gray and white tabby with blue-gray eyes, white face and pink nose curls up at the side of a cardboard box. He says, “Oh. I didn’t think you’d find me here.”

An 11 week-old gray and white tabby with blue-gray eyes, white face and pink nose curls up at the side of a cardboard box. He says, “Oh. I didn’t think you’d find me here.”

444 Favorite Photos: No. 208

Litter: The Bobbsey Kittens
Kitten: Bert

Happy #CatBoxSunday!

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens

15.02.2026 17:38 — 👍 14    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you so much, Holly, for the endorsement! 🥹

And thank you, @catsofyore.bsky.social, for your consideration! My fostering anniversary is coming up and I’m getting three new littles tomorrow, for a total of 199 fosters in 7 ½ years. 🥳😁😳

We have so many photos to share!

15.02.2026 17:21 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A three week-old brown and white tabby kitten clutches his teddy in the incubator.

A three week-old brown and white tabby kitten clutches his teddy in the incubator.

444 Favorite Photos: No. 207

Litter: Peeping Cutey
Kitten: Merryweather

We hope you have someone or something to love as much as Merryweather loves his teddy bear this #Valentine’sDay.

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens #Caturday

14.02.2026 16:02 — 👍 23    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
A five week-old tortie kitten sits on a light blue couch. She is part of my 13th litter of foster kittens, hence the litter’s name,Baker’s Dozen. Her siblings’ names were: Moon: 13 lunar cycles/year M: 13th letter of the alphabet Seasons: 13 weeks/season

A five week-old tortie kitten sits on a light blue couch. She is part of my 13th litter of foster kittens, hence the litter’s name,Baker’s Dozen. Her siblings’ names were: Moon: 13 lunar cycles/year M: 13th letter of the alphabet Seasons: 13 weeks/season

444 Favorite Photos: No. 206

Litter: Baker’s Dozen
Kitten: Paraskevidekatriaphobia (aka Friday)

Paraskevidekatriaphobia = fear of Friday the 13th

Who could look at that face and be afraid?

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens #FridayThe13th

13.02.2026 14:06 — 👍 15    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A 10 week-old black kitten watches the debate between that felon and Kamala Harris during the part he accuses Haitian immigrants of eating people’s pets.

A 10 week-old black kitten watches the debate between that felon and Kamala Harris during the part he accuses Haitian immigrants of eating people’s pets.

444 Favorite Photos: No. 205

Litter: The Electric Kittens
Kitten: Ohm

“They’re eating the cats?”

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens

12.02.2026 15:41 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
A 10 week-old gray and white tabby with long, white whiskers. tells stories of her last date.

A 10 week-old gray and white tabby with long, white whiskers. tells stories of her last date.

444 Favorite Photos: No. 204

Litter: Kittenfeld
Kitten: Elaine

Me: But you yada-yaddaed over the best part!
Her: I mentioned the bisque…

#WhiskerWednesday

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens

11.02.2026 15:46 — 👍 14    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

If you don’t get the reference, you might’ve been born after 1985. Talk about showing my age… 🙄

10.02.2026 21:07 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A 6 week-old tuxedo kitten runs toward me with excitement, channeling Navin R. Johnson.

A 6 week-old tuxedo kitten runs toward me with excitement, channeling Navin R. Johnson.

444 Favorite Photos: No. 203

Litter: The Great Cat-sby
Kitten: Daisy

“Tongue Out Tuesday is here! #TongueOutTuesday is here! This is the kind of spontaneous publicity I need. Things are going to start happening to me now.”

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens

10.02.2026 15:53 — 👍 22    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0