Greetings from Monterey!

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Hello everyone!

My husband and I live in Monterey with two SPCA rescue kittens named Galinda and Elphaba, one English Mastiff, and one 7-year old daughter. Our last cat Molly passed away from CRF on December 23, 2013 at the age of 12 and all of us dearly miss her.

Our kittens seem to be "grief counselors" for the loss of our Molly. Every day, they make us laugh with their spunky antics, amusing ways of sleeping, and high-pitched meows for attention and food. They were originally found as stray sisters on the street. Elphaba lost both her eyes due to infection when she was living on the streets but is nevertheless the more playful cat out of the two. It really makes my heart break when guests come over, see Elphaba, and say "Why are her eyes so white and ugly?". She is just as cuddly as her older sister and navigates stairs like a pro. 

Our other kitten is a brown tabby/tortoiseshell named Galinda - she's very curious and loves to play with her little sister. I often see them grooming each other, sleeping right next to each other, and eating out of the same bowl (I feed them both homemade raw because Elphaba had a severe UTI when we adopted her).


Both are the sweetest little loves. Looking forward to participating on the site.

Kaitlyn
 

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Well hello Elphaba! ...  
  ...  Let me introduce you to our "special" kitty, Ziggy! 

She also lost both eyes to an infection as a kitten of a feral mama.

Ziggy is probably the smartest cat in the house!

She never fails to amaze.  She is 18 years old in this picture,

and we hope to have her around for awhile longer! ..

Welcome to The Cat Site! ....
 
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@AllMomsKitties  Thank you for the welcome. Ziggy looks like a panther in a cat suit with those beautiful black locks. 
 

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Aww! You are an amazing kitty mom, they are beauties!!
Also, @allmomskitties, same to you! Precious kitties, all of them.


Welcome to tcs! We are so happy to have you! :wavey:
 

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Oh and @Kaitlyn, I'm sure you know being in Monterey, (which I love btw) we are bracing for some serious downpour tonight and high wind advisories, I'm in the bay area, east of S.F. expecting big rainfall during the night!

Stay dry!
 
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Oh and @Kaitlyn, I'm sure you know being in Monterey, (which I love btw) we are bracing for some serious downpour tonight and high wind advisories, I'm in the bay area, east of S.F. expecting big rainfall during the night!

Stay dry!
Thank you for the welcome! It's really overcast here right now -- the clouds look like they're going to explode any moment  
 The wind hasn't started yet.
 

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Hey kaitlyn and catwoman70, we didn't get those high winds and rain, did we?!  Some rain here and some wind during the night, but nothing like predicted.  I guess there's still a chance of a thunderstorm later today but right now, I'm looking at some blue sky in between the clouds!  It is a little windy but not bad at all.  

Welcome to TCS, Kaitlyn!!
 

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Hey kaitlyn and catwoman70, we didn't get those high winds and rain, did we?!  Some rain here and some wind during the night, but nothing like predicted.  I guess there's still a chance of a thunderstorm later today but right now, I'm looking at some blue sky in between the clouds!  It is a little windy but not bad at all.  

Welcome to TCS, Kaitlyn!!
Hey I see you're in Monterey also! Yeah, the rain hit alot harder the first storm on Weds night, I was out doing my cat route and could barely see where I was going!

However, channel 2 (LOVE Steve Paulson) is saying how big it will be tonight, so we shall see :)!
 

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Hey I see you're in Monterey also! Yeah, the rain hit alot harder the first storm on Weds night, I was out doing my cat route and could barely see where I was going!

However, channel 2 (LOVE Steve Paulson) is saying how big it will be tonight, so we shall see
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Yep, I'm in Monterey, too!  
    Let's hope for lots of rain, we could use it, but not too much wind, we're surrounded by Monterey pines that tend to come down in this kind of weather.  
 

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Welcome to TCS! It makes my heart sing to see so many disabled cats being so loved and so well-cared-for.
 

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Welcome to TCS  I am sorry for your loss.  I am happy that your beautiful kitties are helping you along.  I love this thread; it's a blessing to hear about wonderful people taking care of cats with special needs.
 
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