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way2blue
Over the years we had a couple rescue cats, then a pause. When school for my twin sons became extra challenging (they started kindergarten at 4 years old), I got a pair of cats known to be extra cuddly. Helped them decompress when they got home…
Jazzbo (had a goatee) and Misha (in honor of Mikhail Baryshnikov) with a new toy.
Misha with a catnip mouse…
Skeeter liked to hide in the boxes & wrapping paper. (Not sure of the year, but it’s definitely her first Christmas as she hasn’t darkened yet. Well. I think that’s her—not one of her brothers… )
In 2016, we began a renovation of our ca. 1954 house. (You can sort of compare how the fireplace has changed between the photo with Misha & Jazzbo and this one.) No heat or electricity. Just our little potted spruce tree with battery-operated lights… Down jackets too.
OzarkHillbilly
This blog has really gone to the
dogscats.eclare
Jazzbo and Misha are gorgeous.
MagdaInBlack
I have always had a weakness for Siamese. My current one is asleep under the tree.
Chris T.
@MagdaInBlack:
Siamese always make me think of Lady and the Tramp.
We are Siame-ese if you ple-ease
We are Siame-ese if you don’t please…
I have one Siamese (or mostly, no idea what her pedigree might be as she was dropped at a shelter with no mom and I ended up adopting her as a Foster Fail).
MagdaInBlack
@Chris T.: This one, La Gordita, is a rescue too. In the right light you can see some tabby markings in her Siamese ombre.
OzarkHillbilly
@MagdaInBlack: A roommate of mine had a Siamese, clumsiest damn cat I’ve ever seen but sweet as pie. When M moved in w/ her cat I had a cat allergy, not bad but if I pet one I’d have to wash my hands right away if I didn’t want the itchy eyes. I had the habit of falling asleep on the couch and damned if that cat didn’t get into the habit of sleeping on top of my head.
We lived together as one big happy family for several years until shit went south for my sons and my happy care free part time father days ended and I had to move out here. But by that time, I wasn’t allergic to cats anymore.
tandem
Love the cats and the dining room! Please post a photo of the dining room post-reno!
MagdaInBlack
@OzarkHillbilly: They are sweet critters, and Im glad that one cured you 🙂
Jay
Lady Fan.
Worked at a Crane Company building dockyard cranes as a dogs body for a summer. Fetch tools, make coffee, clean the lunchroom, gather and dump scrap steel.
Behind the factory and the yard, were the rail tracks, and a colony of feral cats.
So, of course, I would feed them and provide clean water.
Lady Fan, probably a Seal Point, took to me. She would wait at the lunchroom door for me, let me bathe her in the lunch room sink, let me put a flea collar on her, she was maybe a year old. I used to “commute” to work by taking the ravine trail. 3 blocks from my parents house, about 1k down through the woods, then a 2 block walk to work. Way faster than the bus.
At the end of the summer, when my job ended, of course I stuffed her in my backpack and took her home.
My Dad at the time “hated cats”, got that from his Dad.
I was living in the basement at the time, because my brother and I were on the verge of killing each other, and there wern’t enough bedrooms.
I managed to hide her for 3 months in what passed for my room. She would sleep between my legs, under the covers, use the litter box right away and climb in the shower every day with me for her bath. My Mom loved her and became a willing accomplice.
Eventually, my Dad found out, and luckily, my Mom’s best friends took her in. Still miss her.
ETtheLibrarian
@Chris T.: that was my thought and I have my own meezer
StringOnAStick
@Jay: Sounds like a great cat. I hope the family friends who took her in loved her as much as you obviously did.
way2blue
Okay. I totally spaced out today! (14 people for dinner last night.) These guys are called Tonkinese. They’re a cross between Siamese & Burmese. A breed that likes to wrap around your shoulders. Likes to crawl up under your shirt. look you in the face & say ‘what’s up’… They were all wonderful. Currently we have Sophia. Another rescue that we’re temporarily taking care of for our daughter. Going on two years…