Monday, November 5, 2007

What a busy weekend for the APS!

And finally some glorious weekend weather to go with it!!

Saturday morning saw Clare and Mick Mills hold a fundraising sossie sizzle at Bunnings in Maddington. This Bunnings store is an absolutely terrific supporter of the APS, Clare and Mick must have sold a ton as we made just under $400!! Wonder who was doing the cooking?

Saturday morning also saw the arrival of our new APS t-shirts, they are really cute. We have adults and kids T’s for sale, $20 and $12 respectively. I will snap some of our gorgeous volunteers/models wearing them this weekend and publish for all the world to see!

Sunday morning we were out and about at the Dog Walk Fundraiser at a reserve in Huntingdale. I nearly had a heart failure when I got there as the council “locking” service had forgotten to unlock the gate, a kindly Gosnells ranger called Mark dropped what he was doing and came to the rescue, bless him, as it was not his job to do so. But we were without loo’s as these are locked too. Hey ho!!!

Naturally I forgot to take my camera (ahem), but of particular note was the way Tahlie and Andrew’s dog Boris managed to lick a spoon clear of peanut butter in about 3 seconds flat. Ex-APS dog too – what a legend!!

Thanks to everyone that came along, we will find a more stimulating venue next year. We did manage to fundraise $276 – so thank you ever so much to the attendee’s and the donations - not a bad weekend’s work for the APS volunteers and supporters.

Anyway, time to talk shop. My pet du jour is Madame Genevieve.

Meet this pretty puss. If I could photoshop a red velvet diamond encrusted collar on to her, this may give you some idea of the kind of owner she is looking for.

Madame Gen would prefer to live in Claremont, Subiaco and Cottesloe but would consider taking up residence in one of the mansions facing the city in Kalamunda.

She would prefer a house and owners all of her own, as sometimes she’s just a little bit too hoity-toity for other cats, and probably a little bit too set in her ways for small children.

When Madam Gen deems you worthy enough of her love, well she really will show you why she is the perfect posh puss for you.

We at the APS are super keen for Madam Gen to find a new owner as because she is more on the aloof side, the visitors who come to the APS hardly ever get to see her loving personality, it’s such a shame for her.

If you would like to meet Genevieve, please do set some time aside for her, you won’t get to know her unless you hang out with her. She has been with us now for quite some time, and as the months roll on, she loses a little bit of her sparkle, so please give our matriarch of the kitchen just a small chance, she definitely deserves it.