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2021 Pets of Balloon Juice: Calendar A

by WaterGirl|  December 1, 20208:52 am| 76 Comments

This post is in: Pet Calendar

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Good morning!

Here’s a preview of the 2021 Pets of Balloon Juice Calendar A.  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, etc.

If you asked for a heart or a rainbow for a pet who is no longer with us, please check for that, too.  We may end up with all hearts.  We are using hearts and not rainbows, so I hope that isn’t too much of a disappointment for anyone.

You can check the links in the sidebar to see the month your pets are in.

Click on each image and then use Ctrl+ to enlarge so you can read everything.  Then hit the back arrow to go back to the post.

We plan to have Calendar B ready for review later today.

These are really low-resolution for posting on the blog, but the calendar itself is very high resolution.

Trigger warning:  (beautiful) snake in October

Cover: (this gorgeous cover photo is by Stephanie L)

2021 Balloon Juice Pet Calendar: Calendar A

January:

2021 Balloon Juice Pet Calendar: Calendar A 1

February:

2021 Pets of Balloon Juice: Calendar A

March:
2021 Balloon Juice Pet Calendar: Calendar A 17
April:
2021 Balloon Juice Pet Calendar: Calendar A 4
May:
2021 Balloon Juice Pet Calendar: Calendar A 5
June:
2021 Balloon Juice Pet Calendar: Calendar A 6
July:
2021 Balloon Juice Pet Calendar: Calendar A 7
August:
2021 Balloon Juice Pet Calendar: Calendar A 18
September:
2021 Balloon Juice Pet Calendar: Calendar A 14
October:
2021 Balloon Juice Pet Calendar: Calendar A 15
November:
2021 Balloon Juice Pet Calendar: Calendar A 11
December:
2021 Balloon Juice Pet Calendar: Calendar A 12

 

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  1. 1.

    zhena gogolia

    December 1, 2020 at 8:56 am

    I would like to order elebenty million.

  2. 2.

    WaterGirl

    December 1, 2020 at 9:06 am

    @zhena gogolia: I think we will have the calendars will be set up to order on Cafe Press by the end of the day, as promised.

  3. 3.

    jackmac

    December 1, 2020 at 9:06 am

    Thumbs up! Looks great (and I love the cover image). Can’t wait to order.

  4. 4.

    EmbraceYourInnerCrone

    December 1, 2020 at 9:09 am

    My boys look awesome!  Thank you!

  5. 5.

    WaterGirl

    December 1, 2020 at 9:13 am

    So many cute, handsome and adorable pets!

    Lower resolution photos had to be smaller so they wouldn’t be fuzzy.  We are thinking of maybe having a photography post about resolution early-ish in 2021 so everybody knows how to take and save a photo that is high enough resolution to be showy in the calendar.

  6. 6.

    Lyrebird

    December 1, 2020 at 9:14 am

    Awwwwwww I so needed that.

     

    Will buy at least one for the Leaping Over Tikka shot alone.

     

    Are the little hearts for pets that have passed on?

  7. 7.

    WaterGirl

    December 1, 2020 at 9:16 am

    @Lyrebird: Yes, that is what the little hearts are for.   :: sniff ::

  8. 8.

    rikyrah

    December 1, 2020 at 9:23 am

    The pictures are beautiful ❤️

  9. 9.

    HinTN

    December 1, 2020 at 9:25 am

    Got no dog in the Calendar A hunt, but Sophie in May is adorbs. Yes, I’ll be buying one of these. Thanks for wrangling this, WaterGirl.

  10. 10.

    Elizabelle

    December 1, 2020 at 9:28 am

    Those pets have some great names.

    And November has Steeplejack’s late, great The Housecat on her heated throw??

    They’re all beautiful pets.

  11. 11.

    WaterGirl

    December 1, 2020 at 9:35 am

    @Elizabelle: Yep, that’s Steep’s Stella, but we know her as the housecat, so we decided that was her proper name for the calendar.

  12. 12.

    Luciamia

    December 1, 2020 at 9:39 am

    Wonderful!

     

    And so many cats!

  13. 13.

    MazeDancer

    December 1, 2020 at 9:40 am

    Such good girls and boys!

  14. 14.

    danielx

    December 1, 2020 at 9:42 am

    Two thumbs way up for Toto in January!

    Also for house rulers Natasha, Boris and Zoey in September. If you want their undivided attention, make a roast beef sandwich. Works every time….

    ETA: never seen a picture of Tikka without a baleful expression.

  15. 15.

    zhena gogolia

    December 1, 2020 at 9:43 am

    Lil Bit is on my December calendar this morning.

  16. 16.

    K488

    December 1, 2020 at 9:50 am

    The whole thing is gorgeous, and my three sweeties are looking good in March!  Thanks for all the hard work, and I can’t wait to order one.

  17. 17.

    geg6

    December 1, 2020 at 9:52 am

    Lovey in July and Koda in August and then Cleo in November look as lovely as they do in real life.  Can’t wait to order.  Love all the other pets, too!

  18. 18.

    Darrin Ziliak (formerly glocksman)

    December 1, 2020 at 10:00 am

    @WaterGirl:

    Lower resolution photos had to be smaller so they wouldn’t be fuzzy. We are thinking of maybe having a photography post about resolution early-ish in 2021 so everybody knows how to take and save a photo that is high enough resolution to be showy in the calendar.

    I recently bought Gigapixel AI to enlarge my own lower resolution pictures and it works pretty well.

    Topaz Labs offers a 30 day trial of it if you want to see if it’ll work well with the lower resolution pics.

    Or you could post a pic in this thread and I can give it a whirl for you.

  19. 19.

    WaterGirl

    December 1, 2020 at 10:08 am

    @Darrin Ziliak (formerly glocksman): It’s too late for this year, because the calendars are essentially done.

    You know more than I do, because it’s my understanding that it’s not possible go from lower to higher.  But all I really know about photography is that I don’t take very good pictures.  :-)

    I’ll check with Beth and see if she has a good test photo.  thanks

  20. 20.

    BC in Illinois

    December 1, 2020 at 10:12 am

    Looks great!

    And, on a related topic, Alexandra Petri has an article up on the top cats under consideration for the position of White House pet.

    “All would have to undergo vetting.”

    With reports that a cat will be joining President-elect Joe Biden in the White House, rumors are afoot as to what qualified feline will soon be sitting in the lap of power, before jumping off the lap of power and going to knock things off the mantelpiece of power.

  21. 21.

    Elizabelle

    December 1, 2020 at 10:13 am

    @WaterGirl: 

    Stella. At her workstation in the sky. Always with a heated throw.

  22. 22.

    pat

    December 1, 2020 at 10:22 am

    So many tuxedos!

    And so many bellies waiting for a rub.

    I couldn’t tell, is that a rainbow or a heart next to Susy Q (December)?

    Thank you, can’t wait to order one.

  23. 23.

    Ruckus

    December 1, 2020 at 10:23 am

    It’s beautiful.

    The pets are beautiful.

    Yes please.

  24. 24.

    Kristine

    December 1, 2020 at 10:23 am

    Gaby looks great in June!

    it really is lovely. The cover is something else. Congratulations and many thanks for all your hard work.

  25. 25.

    raven

    December 1, 2020 at 10:33 am

    @zhena gogolia: She was a good little doggie.

  26. 26.

    WaterGirl

    December 1, 2020 at 10:41 am

    @pat:  The calendar pages up top are at a really low resolution for this post.  The heart shows as kind of a blob because it’s so low res.  This is what the heart really looks like in the high resolution calendar.

    2021 Balloon Juice Pet Calendar: Calendar A 13

  27. 27.

    WaterGirl

    December 1, 2020 at 10:43 am

    @Kristine: I do the herding and the collecting and the organizing and the communicating.  Beth gets to do the design, so she gets full credit for the beauty of the calendar.

    The cover really is something else.  Same two cats for the Calendar B cover, just a different picture.

  28. 28.

    TaMara (HFG)

    December 1, 2020 at 10:44 am

    I just stopped by to say, all of the Pets of Balloon-Juice are adorable and I could squish each and every one of them (okay, maybe just nose boop the snake).

  29. 29.

    pat

    December 1, 2020 at 10:49 am

    @WaterGirl:

    I wasn’t able to enlarge it that much.  Thanks, altho I thought it would be a rainbow.

  30. 30.

    Gravenstone

    December 1, 2020 at 10:53 am

    Quite the tuxedo line up in January. A very high class way to ring in the year.

  31. 31.

    WaterGirl

    December 1, 2020 at 11:04 am

    @pat: Did you see the note up top about the hearts and rainbows?

    Beth is having trouble finding a good high resolution rainbow that does look like a half donut. :-)   If she finds one, rainbow pets will still get rainbows, otherwise, they may all be hearts.

  32. 32.

    WaterGirl

    December 1, 2020 at 11:04 am

    @Gravenstone: So many cats this year!  We are wondering if the dogs went on strike!

  33. 33.

    Scamp Dog

    December 1, 2020 at 11:13 am

    Biscuit looks good. Thanks for putting her in!

  34. 34.

    cain

    December 1, 2020 at 11:16 am

    Everything looks lovely!!  One thing Watergirl – I don’t see my dog Trixie – I think that was uploaded. There is a Trixie – sweet cat, but not mine :-)

  35. 35.

    UncleEbeneezer

    December 1, 2020 at 11:19 am

    Wonderful!  So many adorable faces and clever names.  And we got quite a morning kick out of just saying “Juniper” again!  Thanks for putting this together. :)

  36. 36.

    BigJimSlade

    December 1, 2020 at 11:34 am

    Holy cow, that cover pic is beautiful! And great job all around :-)

  37. 37.

    Chas M

    December 1, 2020 at 11:35 am

    There’s a photo of Byron and Sanders snuggling in Feb that was from a phone and you said was too small resolution… I sent 2 replacement pix, one of each of them (the Sanders pix is in July and looks great), but the replacement of Byron poking his head thru some blinds didn’t make it in. Is it too late to swap out the 2 of them hugging for the one of Byron? If not, no problem, but I just wanted to point out the mixup. Thanks

  38. 38.

    Chas M

    December 1, 2020 at 11:43 am

    Also.. I just happened to look thru the B list, and “Christine A.” with ‘Byron and Who?’ listed, is my wife, and that ‘Byron and Who’ is the above photo in Feb. So, obviously you don’t have to include that again in the B calendar.

  39. 39.

    jnfr

    December 1, 2020 at 11:49 am

    This makes me cry because I miss my two kitties so much, but all the pets are lovely to see. Excellent cover pic too.

  40. 40.

    Wolvesvalley

    December 1, 2020 at 11:51 am

    Daphne in October and Chloe in December are fine.

    Who knew there were so many black and black-and-white tuxedo cats among the jackals?

  41. 41.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    December 1, 2020 at 11:52 am

    Little disappointed May doesn’t feature any bulls, bulldogs, bull terriers or bull mastiffs.

  42. 42.

    UncleEbeneezer

    December 1, 2020 at 11:55 am

    @WaterGirl: So in this case, Dem organizing was LITERALLY “herding cats!”

  43. 43.

    UncleEbeneezer

    December 1, 2020 at 11:56 am

    @jnfr: Yup.  We had that same combination of joy/sadness seeing our late doggy too.  My condolences to you.  It’s only been 90 days for us and it’s still hard.

  44. 44.

    Miss Bianca

    December 1, 2020 at 12:00 pm

    So lovely, and yes, I will be ordering one of each! Particularly since proceeds go to my favorite animal welfare league! : )

    I was in the local radio station the other day and saw one of the board members for Wet Mountain Animal Welfare. (She was getting her punk/goth show, my favorite, ready for airing.) She sang the praises of Balloon Juice. I just smiled and said, “right on”.

  45. 45.

    pat

    December 1, 2020 at 12:00 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Either is fine.  I missed the bit about the rainbows.

    Thanks for the reply.

  46. 46.

    MissWimsey

    December 1, 2020 at 12:11 pm

    @WaterGirl: 

    Lily the guinea pig’s named is misspelled in August. Can that be fixed? It should be “Lily.” Otherwise the trio of pets I submitted as good to go! The whole calendar is beautiful!

  47. 47.

    Facebones

    December 1, 2020 at 12:42 pm

    Everything looks great for Danerys in August! Thank you for all your hard work.

  48. 48.

    Van Buren

    December 1, 2020 at 12:43 pm

    Perfect from the Van Buren pack.
    I want to pet them all.

  49. 49.

    comrade scotts agenda of rage

    December 1, 2020 at 12:50 pm

    So nice and so great for you doing this.

  50. 50.

    WaterGirl

    December 1, 2020 at 12:53 pm

    @cain:  Thanks for bringing that to our attention.

    That “cat” actually was your Trixie, but the pic was so small it that Trixie looked like a cat.

    Trixie is now in September, and the Sept & Oct images have been replaced.

  51. 51.

    WaterGirl

    December 1, 2020 at 1:00 pm

    @Chas M:  @Chas M:

    I had emailed Christine and emailed but no response.  Yes, we finally figured out last night that it must be the same Sanders, and the other “who” must be Byron – because there was a Sanders & Who, and there was also a Sanders and a Byron.

    Can you send me an email with the pic of Byron with the blinds?  No promises, but I will check to see if we can do something.

  52. 52.

    WaterGirl

    December 1, 2020 at 1:10 pm

    @Chas M: Yeah, I haven’t updated the B calendar list yet – I will do that after Calendar B is complete and Beth and I have done the final check.

    So yeah we took Christine off of the B calendar when we finally figured out that you guys were the same. :-)

  53. 53.

    WaterGirl

    December 1, 2020 at 1:11 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead: That sailed right over my head.  What did I miss?

  54. 54.

    WaterGirl

    December 1, 2020 at 1:11 pm

    @UncleEbeneezer: That would be correct.  :-)

  55. 55.

    WaterGirl

    December 1, 2020 at 1:15 pm

    @MissWimsey: Oops.  Lily was right in the spreadsheet, and when we did our final check, we would say “lilly with two Ls” or Trixie with an “ie”, but we missed that one!

    Totally fixable.  That’s why we put this up, so we can catch everything.  :-)

  56. 56.

    Quiltingfool

    December 1, 2020 at 1:30 pm

    Thank you for this!  The photo of Baby looks great.  I can hardly wait to order both calendars!

  57. 57.

    MissWimsey

    December 1, 2020 at 1:43 pm

    @WaterGirl: no worries! Seeing all of these pets is wonderful! Thanks!

  58. 58.

    jnfr

    December 1, 2020 at 1:57 pm

    @UncleEbeneezer:

    Thanks.

  59. 59.

    Jess

    December 1, 2020 at 1:57 pm

    What an awesome job you all did! I’m so impressed! I can’t wait to see calendar B with my Remy in it…

  60. 60.

    BruceFromOhio

    December 1, 2020 at 3:45 pm

    Patiently waiting for Cal B and ordering information ….

     

    (watches clock)

  61. 61.

    Sandia Blanca

    December 1, 2020 at 4:08 pm

    Hallie in May and Teddy in November look great! Thank you.

  62. 62.

    WaterGirl

    December 1, 2020 at 4:34 pm

    All changes made:

    Lilly -> LIly

    Peter & Nebula -> Nebula & Peter

    We were able to sneak in a tiny photo of Byron looking through the blinds.

  63. 63.

    Dan B

    December 1, 2020 at 5:30 pm

    It’s interesting to see which photos of our kitties you selected.  I sent in quite a few in response to your repeated requests for photos.  I thought you might be short but, voila, two packed calenders!

  64. 64.

    cain

    December 1, 2020 at 5:57 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    LOL – thank you! :) Poor Trixie – I was kind of amazed there was another Trixie hah :)

  65. 65.

    daize

    December 1, 2020 at 6:03 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Stella The Housecat looks just as I pictured her.  You can see how much she was loved.  Sweet kitty.

    The calendar is beautiful.  Thank you so much.

  66. 66.

    WaterGirl

    December 1, 2020 at 6:48 pm

    @Dan B: I hope we picked the best ones.  :-)

    It’s like a combination of art and science.  resolution, portrait vs. landscape, which photos might fit with the various themes in the calendar, what other people sent in, etc.

  67. 67.

    WaterGirl

    December 1, 2020 at 6:49 pm

    @daize: Seeing the housecat is bittersweet.  More sweet, of course, but I get a little teary about her when I see that pictures.

  68. 68.

    tinare

    December 1, 2020 at 7:03 pm

    Beautiful. Love the cover photo.

  69. 69.

    Rochelle

    December 1, 2020 at 8:24 pm

    Awesome!

  70. 70.

    Waldo

    December 1, 2020 at 8:56 pm

    @WaterGirl:  Looks like there’s a space in Batman’s name (bottom right in Feb.) Should be solid. Not a big deal to me, but I don’t want to give him anything else to brood about. Thanks!

  71. 71.

    DavidG

    December 1, 2020 at 9:45 pm

    Thanks for using my Morty in August and my gf’s Sophie in may.  Next year I may go higher pixels.  Great calendar!

  72. 72.

    WaterGirl

    December 1, 2020 at 9:47 pm

    @Waldo: Space is gone, February image updated up top.

    Funny, when Beth and I were double-checking Calendar B right before I put up this post, we were talking about how adorable Batman is and how much he really looks like Batman.

    Neither one of us noticed the extra space in the name.

  73. 73.

    The Fat White Duchess

    December 2, 2020 at 2:10 am

    WaterGirl and Beth, thank you for the hard work on this.  Best calendars ever!

  74. 74.

    Villago Delenda Est

    December 2, 2020 at 2:15 am

    Darby Dog is a dapper dog!

    And Mocha is just fine, thank you!  Great work WaterGirl and Beth!

  75. 75.

    WaterGirl

    December 2, 2020 at 9:15 am

    We plan to upload the calendar to Cafe Press around 11am, so if you haven’t done so already, please check your pets in the calendars and let us know if there are any changes needed.

    There is a Calendar section in the sidebar.  The spreadsheets tell you whether your guys are in Calendar A or Calendar B, and what month they are in.  The bottom two link take you to the threads with the calendar images so you can check those.

    Thank you!

  76. 76.

    Villago Delenda Est

    December 3, 2020 at 1:05 pm

    I’ve placed my order, but interestingly enough, I can’t refresh the main page to see today’s posts. It’s stuck on Friday for some obscure reason…probably the cache is jammed. I blame Bill Gates.

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