I think calico cats are just gorgeous. None of my cats has ever been a calico. Someday, someday. I'm personally not fond of an all black or all white cat, but that's just me.
And while the article about the 30 breeds is interesting, I will almost always prefer a basic non-purebred cat.
As I said above, I had no idea that the cat I adopted is actually a specific breed.
A decade ago I had three cats, but alas, they all went on to (as I call it) that great litterbox in the sky. My life was such, mainly a lot of travel, that it really wasn't convenient to have any more cats. Heck, the poinsettias a friend gives me every Christmas don't last three months. But then with this whole Corona Virus thing, I realized I wouldn't be going anywhere in the foreseeable future and decided I needed a new feline. At the beginning of May I adopted a 17 year old cat from the local shelter who had health issues. The vet who talked to me before I brought her home was brutally honest and told me that the cat might live two months or two years. I was fine with that because I'd had older cats with health issues in the past. Alas, that cat left me after three and a half weeks, but I am so glad I had her for that length of time.
I hesitated for a bit, but kept on checking the shelter website. When this cat showed up I was hooked. As it happens, two different people looked at her to adopt, but passed. Two other people had appointments to look at her that they didn't keep. Perhaps we were meant to be together. This cat is only four years old, or so the shelter vets thought. She came to them as a stray. She is very lively, not a lap cat, alas. But very affectionate in her own way, and I suspect she will mellow out over time.
One day I will place my order for this:
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