My Cats!!!!!


[IMAGE]I never had cats until I was in my 20s. Dogs but not cats. When I got out on my own, I realized that I couldn't walk a dog, because I have several disabilities, so I decided cats would be a better bet. I'm so glad I did. My cats have given me a huge amount of pleasure and love.  This is Maggie. I got her and her sister Muffy in May 1987.
Maggie was a Mommy's Girl and a spunky loud-mouthed mischief maker.

Muffy and I lost her sister Maggie in December 1995.  I still miss her a lot, and I'm sure that once in a while Muffy must dream about her sister, since they were littermates and had eight and a half wonderful years together.  More on Maggie (under construction).

This is Muffy.  She a cute, chubby lovebug, who loves to throw herself at the feet of visitors and beg for tummy rubs.  Her favorite activities are eating and sleeping!

She's 11 years old, and at 9 years old took over duties as Boo's adopted kitty mom, when Boo came to live with us.  Muffy good-naturedly put up with all kinds of antics from the white fuzzball she adopted -- having her naps interrupted and her tail whapped repeatedly, an activity that Boo still likes to indulge in on occasion.  Muffy trained her baby and always ran to check on Boo, if she heard the kitten make any noises that didn't sound quite right.  Muffy and Boo are still very close, even though Boo is a very big girl now.
This is Boo!  This is what I call her "glamour gus" shot.  On Sunday mornings, she and Muffy and I go into our sunroom (a glass-enclosed balcony), and I look at the Washington Post.  Muffy generally naps and Boo usually chases around the place with her toys.  This was a rare, quiet moment that I caught with my camera.  American Curls are high-energy and affectionate.  If I babytalk to her across the room, she gets one of her "happy attacks" and flops over and wriggles around right there on the spot.  She loves to fetch toy mice thrown for her, sometimes 4,280 times, or so it seems! <g>  Gayle Hunter brought Boo to Muffy and me, when Boo was 3 months old.  Boo's "snob name," as I call it, is Huntersglen Hansa, but Gayle's nicknames for her were "Hansa-Boo" or "Iddy-Boo."  Ultimately, it was the "Boo" that stuck!

More on Boo (and Muffy too!) (under construction).