One year ago I adopted Jubilee, a calico cat, and her kitten Katniss, a baby tortie. Katniss is all grown up now, but she still likes to cuddle with her mama.

One year ago:

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I love all kinds of tortie and calico markings, but this one is really amazing.

We got a new kitty back in November. I was looking at Maine Coons and I saw her and had to have her. My older two still are not quite amused at her presence. But they are starting to tolerate her. I let my son name her so we now have a Princess Leia in our household. We are now a two Tortie household.

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Ten years ago, I was in my last year of college and completing an internship at a domestic violence shelter in Lansing, Michigan. The shelter manager there asked me to help her find homes for the litter of kittens living on her porch; she wanted to bring them inside, but her son's dogs were not cat-friendly. She was particularly worried about a ( Read more... )

Dear Smidgie.

I relented and let you play with Da Bird. You yanked it away from me, dragged it to the other side of the room in hiding, chewed the string off the wand and ate half the string.

This is why you cannot have nice things!

Back into the fridge it goes!

Hi all,

I've convinced a friend to join this comm as she's been adopted by a feral tortie mama, who has been bringing her little tortie (and ginger) kittens to be fed and cuddled. Maybe we'll get to see some pictures of the cuties soon! In the meantime, here's my tortie, Tinky the sweet cuddlebug.


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