{"id":29459,"date":"2015-06-04T21:47:01","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T01:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=29459"},"modified":"2015-06-04T21:47:01","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T01:47:01","slug":"throwback-thursday-hugs-and-hisses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/throwback-thursday-hugs-and-hisses\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: Hugs and Hisses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.daysoftheyear.com\/days\/hug-your-cat-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">Someone, somewhere, declared that June 4 is National Hug Your Cat Day<\/a>.\u00a0 It&#8217;s also Throwback Thursday. To cover both these events, here is a December 2013 photo of me hugging a <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/introducing-fitzroy\/\" target=\"_blank\">very disgrunted FitzRoy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29460\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29460\" class=\"wp-image-29460\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/fitzhug.jpg\" alt=\"fitzhug\" width=\"498\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/fitzhug.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/fitzhug-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FitzRoy did not want this.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And here is a July 2014 hug bestowed upon a somewhat startled <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/introducing-purrkoy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Purrkoy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29461\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29461\" class=\"wp-image-29461\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/purrkoyhug.jpg\" alt=\"purrkoyhug\" width=\"498\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/purrkoyhug.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/purrkoyhug-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/purrkoyhug-300x304.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">He was such a baby then!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You can follow both my Exotic Shorthair kittehs on Instagram. To become one of FitzRoy&#8217;s 11,000 followers, click <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/fitzroy_the_cat\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/purrkoy_the_kitten\/\" target=\"_blank\">Purrkoy <\/a>just broke 5,000 followers today!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone, somewhere, declared that June 4 is National Hug Your Cat Day.\u00a0 It&#8217;s also Throwback Thursday. To cover both these events, here is a December 2013 photo of me hugging a very disgrunted FitzRoy. And here is a July 2014 hug bestowed upon a somewhat startled Purrkoy. 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