I woke up to an email from cheesehead1701 that Aja had died this morning. Aja was another grande dame of the cat world, a lot like Vassilissa in some ways. She was a force of nature, an unforgettable cat who traveled everywhere that cheesehead1701 did, even to Japan.

Back in 2003, when they lived with me, Aja was so clingy that I got to calling her Barnacle Betty. She ( Read more... )

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Adding the kittypix community was the smartest thing I've done in a while. Now my day is filled with sunshine and kitty photos!

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Let's just say that when MIB sits down on "his" couch next to Chip, Chip rolls onto his back and starts purring like crazy, but when I sit down on "his" couch next to Chip, Chip jumps off and pointedly shows me his backside. :P ( Read more... )

It has been brought to my attention (ahem!) that I have been remiss in posting photos of Chip. That's true. Here are some recent photos! :)

( Four medium-sized photos of the best cat ever )

After a frantic few days & many games of voicemail tag, I finally spoke again with Vet #1, who has reassured me that based on the test results, Chip is very unlikely to have even the dry form of FIP. He explained why Vet #3 may have interpreted the test results that way, but assured me that it's highly unlikely. Which is what I thought/hoped, but ( Read more... )

Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to introduce...

( Charles Konstantinovich Chapayev, Marquess of Cholmondeley )

The perfect kitten, as everyone else knows, is just an illusion. And it doesn’t happen when you go looking for it. But the girl keeps on looking, hopeful. She always hopes that things will be different. This time, she’ll know. She’ll know that this is the moment; this is the next perfect kitten. (from my perfect kitten vignette)

( The next perfect kitten )

This morning, as I drove to work, I was just merging into the middle lane after the 10 East/110 interchange, when I saw what I thought was this fluttery black plastic bag being tossed out of a car in the lane to the right of the fast lane. In that moment, I watched the way it went from the car's window, hard against the ground... then up again and ( Read more... )