Spring seems to be coming ... (Kitty pix: dialup warning)

[Call Me Wesley]

Some are already outdoors and have a bath in the sunlight. ;)

[billyskank]

1. Ginger is a handsome cat

I especially like the fact that he's called that and yet not ginger at all. :D

[Call Me Wesley]

2. Our nieces named the kittens,

out of a book. So he ended up with a girl name ...

[billyskank]

31. I doubt he cares what his name is

so long as the food and attention keeps coming. :)

[Heidi]

3. What? No brazilian joke superimposed over his fur?????

:evilgrin:

[Call Me Wesley]

4. How dare you?!

That would be cat abuse!

[Heidi]

5. It's not even funny

to post _that_ cat's photo in Ginger's "Spring is coming" thread. :spank:

[billyskank]

32. Hi Heidi!

:hi:

[progmom]

6. awwwww.....

:D


edit - dammit...i really am becoming a cat person. x(

[Call Me Wesley]

7. Don't fight it.

There's no escape. ;)

[progmom]

13. Harley, I think, has been whispering that in my ear as I sleep

[Call Me Wesley]

16. You're hyp-mo-tized ...

They can do that.

He's of course gourgeous, too. Ginger says 'Hello!' :hi:

[Heidi]

8. So where's the Rufus Harley photo?

Huh? Huh? I propose that one of your cat's Significant Humans post a _daily_ Rufus Harley thread! :thumbsup:

[progmom]

11. ask and it will be given

:D

[Heidi]

22. He's just so gorgeous, progmom!

I know I'm an indulgent cat-mom, but I could never say no to a face as sweet and open as Rufus Harley's. You'll see. You're becoming a cat person already. :hug:

Thank you for the photo, gf. :loveya:

[progmom]

28. he has TOTALLY won me over

and progspawn talks about him all the time. they're a very sweet pair. :)

[Call Me Wesley]

29. Kids and cats are great.

Here's our niece, Luisa, with Barley. (He might have thought otherwise, though ...) :rofl:

[LynneSin]

9. I love that coloring - what kind of cat is that?

:D

[Call Me Wesley]

10. House cat.

There's his mother (with his brother and sister), and his dad was - what we believe - a wild black and white cat. He does resemble the coloring of a Burmese cat. Could be that once one of these were involved way back and some genes made it through.

[Misunderestimator]

12. GORGEOUS!!!

:loveya:

[Call Me Wesley]

15. He sure is.

I found a kitten pic of him, showing even more Burmese features:

[Misunderestimator]

19. That FACE! Damn.

[Heidi]

30. I was very pleased

when Ginger finally "grew into" his ears. Those were some big ol' honkin' ears, and when he was a baby, I worry when he'd go outdoors on a really windy day, because his ears sort of "caught" the wind like not-so-little sails. :scared:

[Misunderestimator]

14. Here's Rufus Harley.... Admiring himself:

Actually, he's chasing the mouse pointer. :)

[Call Me Wesley]

17. Heh heh!

Just be careful if that's a flat screen. Getting cat scratches out of it is almost impossible.

Here's the whole bunch: Barley, Ginger and Tabitha. Yes, they're brothers and sister.

[Misunderestimator]

18. Yeah, it's a flat screen. I only let him in here when I'm here.

I know... I need to stop him from doing that.... but it's so damn cute!

You're kitties are so beautiful!

[Dangerously Amused]

36. Oh gosh, your kitties are all so beautiful!

And I have to say that I am absolutely enthralled with the color spectrum reflected in their eyes from the flash. From this screen I'm getting a fabulous... god, how to describe it even?... like the deepest, cleanest light caribbean blue with maybe a hint of turquoise in Tabitha's eyes, a screaming marachino cherry red in Ginger's eyes, and an otherworldly bright hunter's orange in Barley's eyes. It's really quite a stunning photo from that perspective alone. Incredible. Amazing. Almost like pop-art!

Wow.

[RevCheesehead]

20. Ginger!!!

Tell him "Happy Spring" from his Aunt Ruth, and his two stateside girlfriends, Oreo and Binky! :hug:

He's not only wiley and excellent, but also especially handsome, too. :loveya:

[Call Me Wesley]

21. I just told him. :)

I don't know if he appreciates the fact that I post baby pictures of him (when he was, somehow, still in diapers,) since he's mostly a grown man now.

:hug:

[RevCheesehead]

23. Nah - he knows that all parents do that....

especially if there are potential girlfriends around. :D

[Call Me Wesley]

24. LOL! You mean there you are, ready for prom night,

and your mom/dad walks straight to your 'date' with the big book full of earliest family pictures with tears in her/his eyes? And you'll never be able to forget the loud screeching sound of the book opened! :scared:

[RevCheesehead]

25. Yup.

The book also appears at graduation, weddings, and family reunions.
Cats have learned the art of letting go. Either that, or they sit quietly, contemplating their revenge.

I wish I had baby pics of my kitties - but I got them when they were 5. They're now 16 - yes, old enough to drive.

[Call Me Wesley]

26. Toonces?

http://www.catass.com/toonces/

I wish more people could actually learn the art of letting go from them.

[RevCheesehead]

27. OMG! The Tooncinator!!

:rofl:

[LostinVA]

35. Beat me to it! I love Toonces...

[In_The_Wind]

33. He is a beautiful cat!

It's nice to see that he's feeling good again.

[Call Me Wesley]

34. Thank you!

How is Miss Frodo?

[In_The_Wind]

38. She is very happy.

But she is trying to take over my entire bedroom!
Have YOU ever tried to take a nap with a parrot stomping around the floor, trying to find a way to climb up onto the bed?
Well! It isn't easy! x(

[Call Me Wesley]

39. Parrot stairs!

Straight to your bed. Come on! ;)

[Orsino]

37. I love seeing a contented cat.

Especially a gorgeous one.

[Heidi]

44. Don't tell Ginger he's gorgeous.

We're encouraging him to develop his mind and spirit. :rofl: It would be terrible if he believed he could get by on good looks alone. :spray:

[Arugula Latte]

40. Kitties in the sun. *sigh*

Nothing more beautiful nor calming ...

[Heidi]

43. I totally love to see a cat

sitting in the sun and washing its little kitty face. (And I totally love to see that more than seeing a kitty "polishing the family jewels," which The Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat Named Ginger does with _alarming_ frequency. :rofl:)

[allalone]

41. my boy cat Ginger

he was found in a parking lot and when I agreed to take him we all concluded he was a girl. oops, he jumped up on the cabinet one day and oh dear, not a girl. I had another cat named Fred, so Fred and Ginger right? well, years later gigantic black cat with 6 toes on each foot with the name Ginger.

[Heidi]

42. Your Ginger is a polydactyl cat?

Cooooooool! :thumbsup: My mother's cat lives in absolute fear of the polydactyl cat next door. :rofl:

:hi: