Restless Dreamer

Spike has two "settings" - stop (sleep) and go (chase). During the day he moves around from cat bed to cat bed, with a sojourn at the front window on a wooden stand. In between sleeping, he loves to chase whichever cat happens to be unlucky enough to walk by. It is a short lived chase - since he has a short attention span. Apparently he is in chase mode during this particular cat nap - as you can see by the twitching toes.

Spike will sleep anywhere..anytime

Spike loves to sleep..day time...night time..anytime. This particular nap took place after an exhausting 10 minutes of chasing Sebastian and Angel up and down the stairs. This is a maple accessory unit with a small square of wood at the bottom - not intended for cat naps. Spike is the largest of all three cats (I expect this would be true even wihout his mass of fur) and we were really surprised to see him curled up here, actually looking quite comfortable. Over the next month we will post more photos of the cat nappers...as we find them!

Romeo Romeo Wherefore art thou?

He's celebrating a birthday ...but not his!

There is a special person in Romeo's life - and she is celebrating her birthday today. This gives us an excuse to wish her a happy birthday - and show off her beautiful tabby at the same time.

Angel meets the Third Generation

Angel, as you know already, is a real ladies' man. He sits quietly and watches as first grandaughter reaches out to touch him. At seven months, she already knows not to grab hard - otherwise she will see the tail end of Angel as he takes off!

Don't Be Fooled by These Cats

Although it looks like two buddies sharing a couch - it is not so! Angel, the "elder", loves to sit on the afghan. Sebastian snuck up behind him and curled up on a tiny pillow, looking like he is settled in. But... all it takes is a loud sound and our latest addition is off and running. He is slowly finding his comfort level here and it is clear the memory of the cold and unfriendly street life is still fresh in his mind. We don't know what bad experiences he had when he was outside but he is very wary of any sudden movement or sound and when he eats he stays crouched over his food, ready to run at the slightest provocation. He does love his "human" (youngest son) and spends much of his time up in younger son's room, curled up on the bed or on top of a high wardrobe. When he is downstairs with the rest of us, he is usually found by one of the windows with his nose pressed against the glass. He obviously still has a love for the outside - but that is another story.

We Three Kings - Together

Curious cats - not one in sight as we open the front door - but as soon as we turn on the lights and put down the shopping bags they all silently appear, watching to see what we are doing. Note Angel's wary look back up the stairs to see what Spike (The Fluff) is doing. Angel learned early that it is not wise to have one's back to an agile cat who loves to pounce on other unsuspecting cats!

We Three Kings: And Sebastion Makes Three!

To introduce the third member of our furry trio, here is an extract of a letter written to Mama Bear’s friend who works in Administration at the local Humane Society:

March, 2008

I just wanted to let you know that we added a new furry member to the family last week. Hubby and I stopped in at the Humane Society two Saturdays ago to look at the new building (which is certainly beautiful!). We stopped to see all of the cats and saw a big white male huddled in the corner on the top shelf of his cage, with a paw over his food dish. He looked rather scruffy and definitely wasn’t looking to put a head out for a pat. Apparently he had been abandoned and it looked like he had been outside for awhile (nose looked a bit frost bitten, ears were scraggly and looked like they might have been somewhat frost bitten as well. His fur was really rough and quite thick (again, seeming like he had been outside for awhile!) His description indicated that he was neutered and declawed – so obviously someone must have cared for him as a pet for some length of time. In spite of all the really cute little cats in there somehow hubby and I were drawn to this one – feeling sad for him. We also figured that he probably wasn’t the most appealing cat to the general public and might have to stay there for awhile.

We brought our youngest son with us on Sunday to see Frostfire. He put on the yellow apron, sprayed it carefully and reached in to pick up the cat. Frostfire (or Sebastian Frostfire as he is now known) stuck his head right into my son’s neck and started purring. When we put him back in his cage, he had the most soulful sad look on his face. We certainly hadn’t planned on getting another cat (since we have two at home) but none of us could leave him there all alone in his cage! (Mama Bear’s note here: I turned to Papa Bear and said “haul out that wallet…this guy is coming home with us!”) He is just getting through his quarantine period with us (in younger son's room complete with his own cat toilet and food dishes!) so we are looking forward to enjoying more time with him in the future.