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My current cats in residence are
Ralph,
Fred, Alice, Jane,
Ricky, Mary, Judith, and Claude
I
need to update
my pictures and pages but that's Claude N. Dammett,
the newest addition to my clowder, above.
Ralph de Ralf is a big white
& grey cat.
Fredrick Tomo Spawn is a solid
black cat.
Alice Madre
is a little light
orange cat.
Jane Grey is
a muted tortoiseshell who appears at first glance to be grey
Ricky Ratt, Mary Tudor, and Judith Lincoln aren't pictured.
Claude N. Dammett
is shown above.
You can click on most names to
go to their web pages.
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I'm sure
there are many people who
live full lives without
the
benefit of feline friends, but I'm not one of them. The cats
manage my life.
Ralph is the grand old man who turned sixteen in April 2011. Fred, also
known as the spawn of Satan, came with the house I bought in 2004 when
he was about a year old. Alice is a formerly shy girl I though
was
feral but wasn't -- however, she was pregnant. She gave birth to six
kittens, one of whom, a little grey girl named Jane, is going to stay
as part of the clowder. In 2008 brother Joe's cat Mr. Lincoln had
kittens and I took three of them in - Ricky, Mary, and Judith. They
were joined in early 2009 by Claude, a pound kitten I kept dreaming
about until I went down and adopted him - he is Fred's disciple.
In the spring and summer of 2005, the resident cats were not so
delighted to
have
two dogs join the family. The dogs, Bruno
& Betsy, live in the yard, but the
cats are still not exactly thrilled. They were joined by Chuy Rex, a
xolitizcuintle (aka Mexican hairless) I dogshare with my brother Hop.
Until
July 2004, it was Laura and Ralph who ran my life. We moved and the new
house came complete with appliances, furniture, dishes, and Fred. The
move exacerbated Laura's health problems and she went to the
Rainbow Bridge the morning of July 7, 2004, leaving a huge hole in my
heart.
Laura and Ralph
were not my first cats.
The first was a
lady cat named Albert.
She was followed by
a long furry line of friends,
most of whom have
crossed the Rainbow
Bridge.
One of
them my was faithful old Monique
Davidogue. She crossed
October 4, 2000. |
She was
followed by
Mergenthaler and
her son Slartybartfast.
They died in 2003.
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Next was Tomo,
my daughter's cat, who crossed the Raindow Bridge March 20, 2004. |
And now
my beloved
Laura Ann Mihstol
who left me on July 7, 2004 |
I miss them one and all!
Perhaps
grief leaves holes in our
hearts so that others may enter.
If you have an empty spot in your heart & home,
please
visit a shelter and adopt a pet,
or take in a stray (remember to neuter or spay).
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