Too Cute for Comfort

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Does this sweet little kitten look like a total beast who’s racked up a $100 IOU on his kitty account for things he’s destroyed? Don’t let his angelic looks fool you — he is much too cute for comfort. The problem is, he is so cute that it’s difficult to get mad at him for destroying really nice things like new silk scarves.

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Synchronized Napping, Etc.

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Leo and Nikita
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Guildenstern blocking my computer reading the funnies
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“Standing here lonely, like a broken cat! Serving my time, doin’ the best I can. Walls and glass they surround me. All I want is some sympathy…” I’m just “Inside looking Out.” Pleas let me out!
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Mama Manx in a pile of bike clothes.
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Rosencrantz on the fence

 

 

New Cat on the Block

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A kitten adopted our friend Vanessa, but she couldn’t keep it. Since we are down a couple of cats we decided to take him. So far the other cats are nominally accepting him. Rosencrantz has been the most welcoming so far, but none of our kitties have out right attacked him. In the first few hours after arriving, he ambushed Rosencrantz, Guildenstern and Diné and they hardly reacted. He very slowly and timidly crept by Mama Manx while she growled at him, but she only growled. At the moment we are calling him Spunky, as he is working very hard to get into trouble, but he may end up with another name as we get to know him better.

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Vanessa and Spunky

Digital Cricket

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Is that a cricket I see on the computer cable?

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Ah Hem! Paparazzi! That cricket is getting awfully close to the USB port on your computer.

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COME ON YOU STUPID PHOTOGRAPHER! There’s a cricket on the cable and it’s getting AWAY!

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Note: Leo is mistaken. It was a leaf hopper katydid exploring my computer. Insect identification has never been one of Leo’s (or my) strengths.

Cats & Roses

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Rosencrantz evolved from a dragon

 

 

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Handel

 

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Purple Kitty

 

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Graham Thomas

 

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Pile of cats

 

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Royal Wedding

 

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Mama Manx stakes a claim on the guitar case

 

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Love

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Handel

 

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Guildenstern hanging out in the catnip

 

Stumped

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After getting “logged in” the other day, Mama Max got stumped today. Guildenstern is feeling better as you can see by his kingly pose, and Diné was looking at him like “Who do you think you are?” Rosencrantz was hacking up a hairball a few yards to the east of Diné when I did these shots. Rosencrantz is quite a hacker when it comes to producing projectile hairballs, but I figured I’d spare you the action.

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