Myrlin Hobbie Collage Top Left: The top half of an orange cat is laid on its side along the top of a tan couch, eyes peacefully closed in sleep, and his front paw tucked close to his body. There is a hand on the cat from the left, and half the face of a caucasian female with long dark hair, clear glasses, and a green shirt is in the photo’s bottom right corner. Top Middle: Text that reads “Myrlin Hobbes ‘Hobbie’” in stylized serif font. Top Right: The full body of an orange cat is visible, sitting on it’s rear. The body of the cat angles toward the left, while it’s head it turned toward the right. The cat is sitting on top of a laptop keyboard, the screen awake with some image on the screen and cords coming out the side. The wall behind the cat is landlord beige, with fairy lights dangling. Middle Left: A tilted photo, about 30 degrees to the left, showcases an orange cat sleeping, curled into a small ball, its tail wrapped around its feet and face. The cat is on a tan couch, with a black and red blanket and white and brown pillow beyond it. Middle right: The grey cloth basket of a cat tree cradles a sleeping orange cat. The cat lays on its back, with its legs splayed past its face as if folded in half. Bottom left: An orange cat snoozes on a multicolored blanket half-on, half-hanging-off the tan cloth couch. The cat is curled but not in a full ball, instead the tail merely covers the feet while the cats chin rests on a fold in the blanket. Bottom middle: The haunches and tail of an orange cat are visible atop a grape purple bedsheet as the rest of the body forms a lump underneath the layers of blankets in purple, green, and tan on the bed. Bottom Right: An orange cat sticks its head through the white horizontal blind slats over a window. The head itself is barely visible. Its shoulders are on the near side of the blinds, and its forepaws hold it on the window sill. Its back legs stretch across the gap to a grey cloth cat tree, which has a platform and a dangling toy in view.
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Animal Shelter Appreciation Month by Elizabeth Baber

ByDebraHillSings

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The Richmond SPCA Building

When looking for a new furry friend to join you in your home, a high priority should always be contributing to the humane and healthy care of our world’s animals. This week, I would ask you to consider turning your attention to our local animal shelter to see if your next cuddle companion lies there.

The Richmond SPCA is a wonderful nonprofit, working to find safe, happy, and healthy homes for dozens of pets. You can find aged purebreds alongside 8-week-old tabbys. The SPCA makes sure all animals are safely fixed, fully medically examined, and their behaviors and preferences lovingly recorded to make sure they end up in a good home.

On August 17th, my fiancé and I were honored to bring home someone to hang out with me during the quiet evenings after work. Myrlin, the handsome, silly, clever, and clumsy orange rolled over to ask for belly pets the moment he joined us in the meeting-the-pet room, and hasn’t stopped since. As you look at the great work animal shelters are doing, and perhaps even consider finding YOUR next best friend at one, enjoy some photos of Myrlin ruling the apartment in his own adorable ways.

Myrlin Hobbie Collage Top Left: The top half of an orange cat is laid on its side along the top of a tan couch, eyes peacefully closed in sleep, and his front paw tucked close to his body. There is a hand on the cat from the left, and half the face of a caucasian female with long dark hair, clear glasses, and a green shirt is in the photo’s bottom right corner. Top Middle: Text that reads “Myrlin Hobbes ‘Hobbie’” in stylized serif font. Top Right: The full body of an orange cat is visible, sitting on it’s rear. The body of the cat angles toward the left, while it’s head it turned toward the right. The cat is sitting on top of a laptop keyboard, the screen awake with some image on the screen and cords coming out the side. The wall behind the cat is landlord beige, with fairy lights dangling. Middle Left: A tilted photo, about 30 degrees to the left, showcases an orange cat sleeping, curled into a small ball, its tail wrapped around its feet and face. The cat is on a tan couch, with a black and red blanket and white and brown pillow beyond it. Middle right: The grey cloth basket of a cat tree cradles a sleeping orange cat. The cat lays on its back, with its legs splayed past its face as if folded in half. Bottom left: An orange cat snoozes on a multicolored blanket half-on, half-hanging-off the tan cloth couch. The cat is curled but not in a full ball, instead the tail merely covers the feet while the cats chin rests on a fold in the blanket. Bottom middle: The haunches and tail of an orange cat are visible atop a grape purple bedsheet as the rest of the body forms a lump underneath the layers of blankets in purple, green, and tan on the bed. Bottom Right: An orange cat sticks its head through the white horizontal blind slats over a window. The head itself is barely visible. Its shoulders are on the near side of the blinds, and its forepaws hold it on the window sill. Its back legs stretch across the gap to a grey cloth cat tree, which has a platform and a dangling toy in view.
Top Left: The top half of an orange cat is laid on its side along the top of a tan couch, eyes peacefully closed in sleep, and his front paw tucked close to his body. There is a hand on the cat from the left, and half the face of a caucasian female with long dark hair, clear glasses, and a green shirt is in the photo’s bottom right corner. Top Middle: Text that reads “Myrlin Hobbes ‘Hobbie’” in stylized serif font. Top Right: The full body of an orange cat is visible, sitting on it’s rear. The body of the cat angles toward the left, while it’s head it turned toward the right. The cat is sitting on top of a laptop keyboard, the screen awake with some image on the screen and cords coming out the side. The wall behind the cat is landlord beige, with fairy lights dangling. Middle Left: A tilted photo, about 30 degrees to the left, showcases an orange cat sleeping, curled into a small ball, its tail wrapped around its feet and face. The cat is on a tan couch, with a black and red blanket and white and brown pillow beyond it. Middle right: The grey cloth basket of a cat tree cradles a sleeping orange cat. The cat lays on its back, with its legs splayed past its face as if folded in half. Bottom left: An orange cat snoozes on a multicolored blanket half-on, half-hanging-off the tan cloth couch. The cat is curled but not in a full ball, instead the tail merely covers the feet while the cats chin rests on a fold in the blanket. Bottom middle: The haunches and tail of an orange cat are visible atop a grape purple bedsheet as the rest of the body forms a lump underneath the layers of blankets in purple, green, and tan on the bed. Bottom Right: An orange cat sticks its head through the white horizontal blind slats over a window. The head itself is barely visible. Its shoulders are on the near side of the blinds, and its forepaws hold it on the window sill. Its back legs stretch across the gap to a grey cloth cat tree, which has a platform and a dangling toy in view.
Elizabeth Baber

Meet Elizabeth Baber

Elizabeth Baber is the latest addition to the Debra Hill Sings team, working as the head Virtual Assistant for the wonderful woman herself. Elizabeth would identify as an author(ess), spreadsheet fanatic, and all-around geek. The majority of her time is spent serving Central Virginia’s low-vision patients as a technician with the MedRVA Foundation.

When not at work, she can be found cooking with her fiancé, coaching Teen Bible Quizzing, wrestling novel ideas, running an online Dungeons and Dragons server, or trying her hand at one of a hundred rotating crafting hobbies.

Some of her work can be found on her website: www.writingonwords.com and you can contact her at elizabeth@writingonwords.com.

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