Sunday is Cat day so tell me about your kitties!!

[Le Taz Hot]

6. It would take me all day to muster them up,

take pictures and post them but here's the list in order of age with the oldest first:

Ghostie: 11 years old. So named because you can be 6 inches away from her and if she doesn't want to be seen you'll never see her. Came to us as a starving kitten along with her starving sister and mother who used to steal her food. VERY wary at first, feral as can be. Took us forever to be able to touch her but now she's a snuggle bunny. She also never got out of catlet stage into full-grown cat status so she's MAYBE 5 pounds soaking wet.

Henry: Son of Shasta who wandered into our family room, jumped up on the futon and went sound asleep. We found out later that she was already pregnant and Henry is one of the three kittens she had. When Dutchess showed up, also pregnant and had her kittens, she bailed and found another home. Henry is our big boy. Easily 15 lbs. Big baby and also a snuggle bunny. Henry is 8. Born behind the server in the office.

Xena Warrior Princess: Daughter of Shasta. She was the most active as a kitten and very daring. She's 2nd to lowest on the kittie pride totem pole so she hangs out in the tree house (actually just a board in the bottlebrush tree). Also 8. VERY vocal and chatters constantly when you talk to her. Also 8 and born behind the server.

Erica, originally named "Eric" (until we figured out he was a she). She was less than 24 hours old, couldn't see, couldn't hear and couldn't walk but I came into the office to check on the newborns and she was like 5 feet from the birthing box, just scootin' along, thus, Erica the Viking. Also 8 and born behind the server.

Loki: We call her loco Loki for a reason as she hisses at inanimate objects for no apparent reason. The Espoused One nicknamed her "Her Darkness." She's all black. Found her across the street when she was about 5 weeks old and not weaned yet. Husband swears mama kittie kicked her out of the litter because she ain't right. Other cats give her a wide berth but she can (when she wants to) be sweet and loving and when she's done being petting, she'll attempt to remove one of your body parts. She's 5

Dutchess: Queen of the kitties. I found Dutchess in the parking lot of the Census office. It was obvious someone had dumped her as she was scared but trying to find someone who would take her. I saw her, opened up the door to my truck, patted the seat and up she went. Dutchess was also preggars (though we didn't know it at the time). She had two kittens and both went to the same loving home. Dutchess is also 5 and a BIG hairy girl. She lives on the roof and surveys all she sees.

Alaska. Newest baby. We were having Thanksgiving dinner and see this little white furball stuffing herself on the big cat's cat food (telling me she was starving). Feral so I couldn't catch her and she hung out in the back yard for a couple of days. I was watching her through my studio window when I noticed Erica came up to her, touched noses and she proceeded to attach herself to Erica. At that, I thought, "hmmmm." Opened the sliding glass door, called Erica and Little Shit (nickname) followed right behind. She's the most beautiful cat I ever had, all white, with a grey "skid mark" on her head with one blue eye and one green eye. We just got her spayed a couple of weeks ago. We figure she was born sometime in September 2013. She follows Erica around everywhere she goes. They're BFF's.

So, that's our Pride. All 7 of them and yes, I am the crazy cat lady.