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Foster the Kittens
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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 photos of my current and former foster kittens and follow cat lovers. #FosteringSavesLives

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Litter: Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Kittens Club Band
Kitten: Rita

#TortieTuesday

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens
#Cats #CatsofBluesky
A 3 month-old tortie drapes herself between the magenta “petals” of the flower tree, paws extended.
January 20, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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Litter: It’s a Wonderful Kitten
Kitten: Clarence

It’s #KittyLoafMonday!

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens
#Cats #CatsofBluesky
A white kitten with black splotches assumes the loaf position.
January 19, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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Litter: Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Kittens Club Band
Kitten: TBD

I checked the girls’ spay incisions; I got to Martha, and muttered, “Oh. You’re a boy.”

I should have known. Boy brown tabbies’ eyes are almost always wide-set.

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens
#Cats
A brown tabby lounges in a bicycle basket after I realized she’s actually a boy. 🙄
January 19, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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Litter: Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Kittens Club Band
Kitten: Lucy

Me: Why won’t anyone sit in a box for #CatBoxSunday?
Her: Boxes are for peasants.

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens
#Cats #CatsofBluesky #Calico
A 12 week-old calico lays in a blue cat-shaped basket.
January 18, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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Litters: Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Kittens Club Band & It’s a Wonderful Kitten

Chow time at the AK Corral

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens
#Cats #CatsofBluesky #Caturday
Nine 12 week-old kittens share a snack around multi-kitten food bowls after their spay/neuter surgery. They’ll be ready for adoption this week.
January 18, 2026 at 2:19 AM
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Litter: Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Kittens Club Band
Kitten: Julia

So I sing a song of love for Julia

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens
#Cats #CatsofBluesky
A 12 week-old gray tabby rests in her magenta flower tree.
January 16, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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Litter: Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Kittens Club Band
Kitten: Martha

Take a good look around you
Take a good look you're bound to see
That you and me, were meant to be
For each other
Silly girl

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens
#Cats #CatsofBluesky
A 12 week-old brown tabby rests her paws over the arm of the couch and looks at me lovingly.
January 15, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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Litter: Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Kittens Club Band
Kitten: Maxwell

P. C. 31 said, “We caught a dirty one”
Maxwell stands alone

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens
#Cats #CatsofBluesky
A 12 week-old kitten buffy/orange with blue eyes sits in a bicycle basket.
January 14, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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Litter: It’s a Wonderful Kitten
Kitten: Bailey

It’s #TuxedoTuesday!

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens
#Cats #CatsofBluesky #Tuxedo
A tuxedo kitten sits on a leaf of the flower tree, looking dapper.
January 13, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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Litter: Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Kittens Club Band
Kitten: Maxwell & Rita

#TongueOutTuesday #TortieTuesday

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens
#Cats #CatsofBluesky
An orange tabby sticks his tongue out while lying next to his tortie sister.
January 13, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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Litter: It’s a Wonderful Kitten
Kitten: Clarence

#KittyLoafMonday

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens
#Cats #CatsofBluesky
12 week-old white kitten with black splotches and black tail, assumes the loaf position on a piece of cardboard.
January 12, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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Litter: Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Kittens Club Band
Kitten: Martha

Me: I said #CatBOXsunday
Her: #KittenBasketSunday is better.

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens
#Cats #CatsofBluesky
A 12 week-old brown tabby lays in a rainbow-colored basket that has been tipped on its side.
January 11, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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Today is my 4th anniversary of fostering for the Humane Society of Scott County. I have fostered 132 kittens comprised of 76 under 5 weeks, 38 bottle-babies and 18 litters of 5 or more. Pictured are one from each litter. Names in alt text

#Caturday #FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #FosterKittens
First row: Zed — blue tabby Gladys — orange tabby Moon — white & black Butch — blue tabby Second row: April — blue tabby Samantha — tuxedo Bubbles — brown tabby Freddie — orange tabby Third row: Violet — brown tabby Rain — brown tabby Carmen — brown tabby Nadja — black Fourth row: Joe — black August — brown tabby Frenchie — orange tabby Marmalade — orange tabby First row: Erik — orange tabby Mouse — blue tabby Rabbit — blue & white tabby Graham — brown tabby Second row: Merryweather — brown & white tabby Ohm — black Cosmo — blue & white tabby Widget — blue Third row: Thingamabob — brown tabby Tennessee — blue & white tabby Jude — brown tabby David — orange tabby Fourth row: Anastasia — brown tabby Hazel — dilute tortie Clarence — white & black Martha — brown tabby
January 10, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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Litter: It’s a Wonderful Kitten
Kitten: Bailey

Ignatius: “He’s not so bad.”

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens
#Cats #CatsofBluesky #CatsNoirFriday
12 week-old tuxedo kitten, Bailey, shares a bed with Ignatius, the least tolerant of all my adult cats.
January 9, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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Litter: It’s a Wonderful Kitten
Kitten: Clarence

He looks like a cartoon.

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens
#Cats #CatsofBluesky
An 11 week-old white kitten with black & gray splotches sits in a basket, paws clutching the edge.
January 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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Litter: Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Kittens Club Band
Kitten: Lucy

I see squirrels!

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens
#Cats #CatsofBluesky #Calico
An 11 week-old calico kitten stands on the back of a kitchen chair to look at the squirrels outside the window.
January 8, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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Litters: It’s a Wonderful Kitten & Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Kittens Club Band
Kittens: All 10 fosters

1 little, 2 little, 3 little kit-tens
4 little, 5 little, 6 little kit-tens
7 little, 8 little, 9 little kit-tens
10 little kit-ten boys and girls.

#Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens
A collage of all 10 of my 11 week-old foster kittens Bailey, Mary, Clarence Sadie, Martha, Rita, Julia Maxwell, Zuzu, Lucy 10 is too many
January 6, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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Litter: Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Kittens Club Band
Kitten: Lucy

Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens
#Cats #CatsofBluesky #Calico
An 11 week-old calico kitten gazes at the squirrels outside the kitchen window.
January 5, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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Litter: Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Kittens Club Band
Kitten: Sadie

What have you done?

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens
#Cats #CatsofBluesky
An 11 week-old blue and white tabby lounges in a bicycle basket.
January 4, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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Litter: Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Kittens Club Band
Kitten: Maxwell

Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens
#Cats #CatsofBluesky
An 11 week-old buff/orange tabby asks, “Where’s my silver hammer?”
January 3, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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Litter: Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Kittens Club Band
Kitten: Julia

Julia, seashell eyes

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens
#Cats #CatsofBluesky
An 11 week-old blue medium-haired tabby with green, dark-lined eyes sits on a red kitchen chair.
January 2, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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Litter: Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Kittens Club Band
Kitten: Martha

Martha, my dear
Don’t forget me

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens
#Cats #CatsofBluesky
An 11 week-old brown tabby lounges on the back of an aqua couch.
January 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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Oof. 2025…

I fostered 49 kittens — more than 2x the avg # of fosters I get in one year. I also had ⅓ of my total kitten loss this year; it was devastating, demoralizing and I genuinely considered quitting.

I’ll keep on though; I think I make a difference in their and their new families’ lives.
Some of the 49 kittens I fostered this year. The top two photos are my all-time favorite photos of fosters — big burly guys holding tiny kittens.
January 1, 2026 at 4:04 AM
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Litter: It’s a Wonderful Kitten
Kitten: Bailey

“I wish I had a million dollars… hot dog!”

I love his whiskers and little goatee.

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens
#Cats #CatsofBluesky #WhiskerWednesday
An 11 week-old tuxedo kitten lays on the wheelchair and recites lines from the film “It’s a Wonderful Life”.
December 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Litter: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Kittens Club Band
Kitten: Rita

Lovely Rita on #TortieTuesday

#FosteringSavesLives #Kittens #KittensofBluesky #FosterKittens
#Tortie #Cats #CatsofBluesky
An 11 week-old tortie kitten poses for #TortieTuesday. The right side of her face and chest are speckled with orange on her black fur.
December 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM