Introducing Cats on Tuesday

My friend Gattina has some cats that she writes about (also some beautiful paintings and photos of her exotic travels). She has begun something called Cats on Tuesday.

For those of you who like reading about crazy O'Kitten's feline cohabitants, you can now look forward to Tuesdays, the day of the week upon which this blog will mindfully highlight the adventures of the true rulers of the O'Kitten household. (As they say, "Dogs have masters, cats have servants.")

For those of you who may not be so fond of cats, you can now avoid Tuesdays, and join us tomorrow for our regularly scheduled programming--which, as you have probably learned by now, may or may not include cats, or llamas, or chickens and eggs and knitting and other random events in the life of O'Kitten.


Emma

This is Emma, the queen of the lair. Full name: Emma Fife Peel, named for my great-grandmother, Emma Fife, and the Emma Peel of the old Avengers television show (because an avenger she is, indeed).

It is very difficult to photograph an Emma, because she is blonde, red-head, and raven-haired all at once. (I've often thought someone must spend extra time painting these dilute tortie cats before sending them down to live on our planet.) In places she has small patches of solid colors, in others a slight tabby, but mostly just crazy-mixed up whirls of color. Her eyes are even two slightly different colors (one orange-yellow, one green-yellow); her paw pads alternate from pink to black toe by toe; her whiskers are both black and white.

She was a fierce little stray kitten living under a dumpster in Kearny, NJ when we found each other. (I'll save this adventure for another post.) Emma, now seven years old, rules her two humans and two adolescent kitten charges with an iron paw, but enjoys a good stretch and will allow a belly-rub upon occasion.




The Girls

Purr...purrrrr...zzzzzz.....

Whaaat?
At left: Morgan Freeman LeFay, born 7 February 2006, grey tabby

At right: Isis Kyle, born 25 March 2006, black (mostly)

Can't a girl get any sleep around here?

I realize now, looking at the above photos, just how much bigger Isis has gotten than Morgan (who remains ever the agile, slim, and graceful one of the pair). We still call them Moose and Squirrel, but in those top two photos, Isis really does look quite the Moose! (And it's not just those polydactyl toes in the foreground, either...)