After spending about 1/2 an hour on my initial post and me showing up as not signed in after I hit "submit"...argh, WHAT??? ARGH....here I go again.
I recently found my old cat album that I made in college. I scanned a few pix of my most memorable childhood cats. Sadly these were all outdoor cats. With the exception of Duffy who lived a remarkable 18 years, the others all had shortened lifespans.
This one was Skipper. He showed up as a kitten with his litter sister. We had him a rather amazing 8 years, for being a Tomcat (look at those cheeks..bad owners!).
Here is Freddy our Maine Coon-alike. He wandered into our lives by showing up as an adult neuter. We started feeding him and the rest was history! He was a big SWEETHEART of a cat; he chirped and chattered and his meow sounded like this: "Ngeng!" so cute! He is probably my all time favorite cat. We had him four years. I have a feeling he was already an older cat (more so than we realized at the time).
We got Jesse from my sister's high school friend. He was a great cat also. Here it looks like I wanted to take him, my new kitten, to school with me in my purse!
Freddy and Jesse were the BEST of friends...slept together and played together and were wonderful pets. I only wish they could have been together longer. They still break my heart. We only had Jesse about a year. Something terrible happened to him involving some neighborhood teenage boys
THAT was a terrible grief for me which I'll never forget.
This was Duffy our beautiful but later rather cantankerous brown classic tabby and white DLH. He had Cattitude! And..he lived the longest..a remarkable 18 years. He stayed with my parents after I moved out and was their cat for several more years.
It was the 70's back then. I wanted the cats to stay inside, but I was a kid and dems was da rules. Later I taught my parents to keep cats inside. Things change. My dad is now a BIG MUSH re: HIS cat...a Himalayan whom he carries around and baby-talks to...
He loves that cat.
I recently found my old cat album that I made in college. I scanned a few pix of my most memorable childhood cats. Sadly these were all outdoor cats. With the exception of Duffy who lived a remarkable 18 years, the others all had shortened lifespans.
This one was Skipper. He showed up as a kitten with his litter sister. We had him a rather amazing 8 years, for being a Tomcat (look at those cheeks..bad owners!).
Here is Freddy our Maine Coon-alike. He wandered into our lives by showing up as an adult neuter. We started feeding him and the rest was history! He was a big SWEETHEART of a cat; he chirped and chattered and his meow sounded like this: "Ngeng!" so cute! He is probably my all time favorite cat. We had him four years. I have a feeling he was already an older cat (more so than we realized at the time).
We got Jesse from my sister's high school friend. He was a great cat also. Here it looks like I wanted to take him, my new kitten, to school with me in my purse!
Freddy and Jesse were the BEST of friends...slept together and played together and were wonderful pets. I only wish they could have been together longer. They still break my heart. We only had Jesse about a year. Something terrible happened to him involving some neighborhood teenage boys
This was Duffy our beautiful but later rather cantankerous brown classic tabby and white DLH. He had Cattitude! And..he lived the longest..a remarkable 18 years. He stayed with my parents after I moved out and was their cat for several more years.
It was the 70's back then. I wanted the cats to stay inside, but I was a kid and dems was da rules. Later I taught my parents to keep cats inside. Things change. My dad is now a BIG MUSH re: HIS cat...a Himalayan whom he carries around and baby-talks to...