Gus is the Cat at the Theatre Door.
His name, as I ought to have told you before,
Is really Asparagus. That’s such a fuss
To pronounce, that we usually call him just Gus.


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I joked, after looking at these, that I probably could make a calendar entitled ’365 days of cats in baskets’. Apparently, I take a phenomenal number of pictures of that.

Or, there are several baskets in my house that can have cats in them.

Or both.

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Things are keeping on as they do. Kitten is growing up and becoming a cat. Dogs are being doggy. Birds are being birdy. We got our first trace of snow last night.

And I have a bunch of pictures that I didn’t take off the camera yet again.
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We’re generally pretty slow in introducing cats to parrots, for a couple of different reasons. Kittens, particularly, are challenging to have around parrots since they want to play with everything.

Jelly is DECIDEDLY in that phase, and spends 110% of her waking hours racing around the house, attacking other cats, and generally playing with ( Read more... )

We’ve had our Siamese kitten for nearly a month now, and she’s settled in wonderfully. She’s loud, demanding, extremely smart, growing like a weed, and everything we expected from her. Also, very, very beautiful.

So, now you get some pictures.

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Indeed, our tiny overlord, Princess of all she Surveys has been home over a week. She’s charmed all the cats, taught us her ways, and is even mostly dealing with the dogs. She’s still extremely displeased that she can’t jump on top of the countertop, but she learned today how to get on top of the fish tank, so all is well in the world.

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Last night, after work, we went off to collect Jellylorum from her breeder. After a good long while of talking, she came home, and was petted and loved on before she was tucked in to sleep in the spare room.

This morning, I woke up and checked on her, and she was pretty unhappy with the setup. She hadn’t eaten or used the litter box because she ( Read more... )

Now here’s your pictures of all the cats. A brief intro for the newbies, from oldest to youngest:

Gypsy, 12+ year old calico female, our only girl, known as Fat Gypsy for years before I finally got her weight under control.
Rufus, 11 year old orange tabby male, one of our two former ferals, friendly with us, not so much with strangers.
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Cast of Characters:

Gus, 8 year old Maine Coon
Skimble, 11 month old Oriental shorthair
Charlotte, ancient German shepherd (possibly mix)
Crow, 6 year old standard poodle
Noire, 4 year old doberman pinscher

Last time I posted, people marvelled at the difference in size between Gus and Skimble. The perspective on those pictures were somewhat off, ( Read more... )

Skimbleshanks, our now ten month old Oriental shorthair, has settled in nicely, and continues to show that he’s got four or five cats’ worth of personality shoved into one smallish elegant form. In addition to his obvious nickname (Skimble), he’s also known as little screamy and Our Lord and King.

He’s regally disdainful of the dogs and has ( Read more... )