Good afternoon!
This is the final preview of Beth’s design for 2022 Pets of Balloon Juice Calendar B.
Please check the links in the sidebar to see which calendar and which month(s) your pets are in, or just browse through the calendar.
Please check for your pets and make sure that all your pets are there, that the names are right, that we have the right name with the right pet, and that there’s a heart if there should be one, and no heart if there shouldn’t be one.
Right click on each image to open in a new tab, and then use Ctrl+ to enlarge so you can read everything. Then close that tab and go back to the post.
YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO CHECK BEFORE YOU BUY, BECAUSE ONCE YOU HAVE PLACED THE ORDER, WE CAN’T FIX ANY ISSUES YOU FIND LATER. Well, we can fix them even then, but then you’d have to buy another calendar in order to get the fixed version.
These are really low-resolution for posting on the blog, but the calendar itself is very high resolution.
Cover:
January:
February:
March:
April:
May:
June:
July:
August:
September:
October:
November:
December:
? All feedback on the calendar is welcome!
We hope/plan to have Calendar A available for review tomorrow.
We didn’t quite meet our December 1 goal as the first date to order calendars. :-( But we’re close.
WaterGirl
We have made some changes to Calendar B, so maybe do a quick check even if you checked your pets earlier this week?
WaterGirl
I think we are going to add Mr. Frog to Calendar A.
Old School
Those are some fine looking pets!
SiubhanDuinne
Looks fine!
zhena gogolia
Deleted after reading whole post. Sorry.
zhena gogolia
Henry looking good! Really beautiful, I’m going to have to get both.
Ann Marie
Mine are perfect, thank you!
CaseyL
Oscar and Jeannie present and accounted for – thanks so much, and my apologies for missing the previous Preview request.
The calendar looks so good and so sweet. It’s a warming thing, to see so much love packed into those pages!
Ruckus
@WaterGirl:
Loooking Goood!
Ceci n est pas mon nym
I guess the names of Sam & Tanya (November Calendar B) should be switched if possible to Tanya & Sam to match their positions in that pic (Tanya is the cat).
No big deal if it’s too late for that, they’re not going to know if I don’t tell them.
bluegirlfromwyo
@zhena gogolia: You read my mind! I was just thinking I need both. We have so many great photogenic pets here!
WaterGirl
@Ceci n est pas mon nym: Not too late!
That’s why we do the review. :-)
pacem appellant
From my pet’s perspective, all looks good! Thank you WG!
zhena gogolia
@bluegirlfromwyo: I need more walls.
Tom Levenson
All good with my two.
sab
@WaterGirl: That’s an excellent idea
They all look good. You even got StarScream’s name right. Our vet never will.
ETA : I am tickled pink to Ponyo adjacent to Artie. Sweet pitbull solidarity.
SiubhanDuinne
@Tom Levenson:
That is a wonderful picture of Tikka and Champ. Tikka’s patience is clearly running out. He seems to be at the last end of his last nerve with that turbulent kitten. I would not care to have Tikka look at me in that tone of voice!
Van Buren
Rosie is honored to be in the upper left hand corner of January.
snoey
The guys look great. Thanks for rescuing my photography.
pat
I’m always amazed how many tuxedo cats (black with white face and feet) there are.
Like my Pablo “resting” in January.
pat
And the whole thing looks great. Thanks!
It hangs in the room where Pablo’s litter box is, and I keep track of his pees and poops every day, and enjoy the photos as well.
And hairballs. Isn’t that what calendars are for? To keep track of important events of the day?
Betty
OT: BREAKING NEWS! Watergirl! Schiff liked my tweet with my request and his aide asked me to shoot him a DM. I don’t know how! Help!
WaterGirl
@Betty: So you tweeted about our book club for the Adam Schiff book and you extended the invitation for a Q&A either on the blog, on a zoom, or both?
And they replied??? For real?
i have no idea how to DM someone with Twitter.
WaterGirl
@Betty:
I googled and found instructions here.
Also, here’s a screen cap from google:
Does that help?
WaterGirl
Betty, so where do things stand now?
Betty
@WaterGirl: I figured out the process, but when I tried it, I was told there was no such person. Then I did as Immanitize suggested and tweeted him asking him to send me a DM so I could respond. I haven’t heard back. If I do, I may need to provide some details. In addition to timing, they may want to know format and number of likely participants.
Betty
WaterGirl
@Betty: That sounds perfect! It would be great if he would contact me directly.
Please give him my watergirl email address. If the email you use for Balloon Juice is valid, I will send you my phone number, too in case he wants to contact me that way.
edit: I just sent you my name, email and phone number. You may share those with the contact at Adam Schiff’s office.
Betty
@WaterGirl: Sounds good! It would be better for him to deal with you directly. This is really exciting. I am kind of overwhelmed.
WaterGirl
@Betty: It’s no fun being the person in the middle going “i don’t know” ?♀️
Without you this wouldn’t be happening, so I totally appreciate what you are doing.
Freeheel
Good job ?
Big G
The calendar looks terrific and my guys came out great. Thanks for doing this.
Wormtown
Mine are purr-fect ?. Thanks for all your hard work.
Villago Delenda Est
Looks terrific to me! Her Serene Highness Princess Mocha looks good, she knows it, she can’t help it. (Just leave her as Mocha she’s conceited enough already thank you!)
HumboldtBlue
Looks great, this is definitely a cat community.
And coons, raccoons too.
heidi E.
I love this version, haven’t checked A yet, but got some favorites, and absolutely no offense to those not mentioned, but it’s all in the photographing angles! Thelonious Scampi, Daffodil and Holly, Zenna (love coons in boxes), Doolin, Leo, Stig and Gigi, raccoons, and the cover is wonderful! thank you
Sandi
These are wonderful! Princess in January looks a lot like my Peepers. I would share a photo of her, but don’t think I can do that in comments.
I can’t tell you how much all of your support means to us and what a difference it makes. Both in the big picture and in the critical moments, like when I’m literally holding a dying kitten in my hands and don’t have to wonder if we will have the funds to cover the bill as I rush it to the vet (too young to guess gender at that time – she is now thriving in a happy home with her littermates and a family who is so thankful to have them). Being able to say, “We can help!” when someone needs life-saving care for their dog, but doesn’t have the cash on-hand to even get in the door at the ER. It’s huge! It’s indescribable, really.
Thank you!
zamphuor
I’m late to the game, but I don’t see a February page preview (Calendar B), and I think that’s where two of my cats are…am I missing something?