Flashback Friday

First, we have some exciting news!  Mario awarded us the "Thinking of You" Award, and we are so grateful!  It became too late to really do justice to the award today, so we will post about this early next week.  Mario, you are such a sweetie and thanks for thinking of us.

Instead, we are posting some pix of those who came before.

 Above is the mom's dad with Attila, the mom's second cat.  His mother, Leia, was pregnant when the mom took her in.  Attila was all white with blue eyes, but he wasn't deaf because he had meezer blue eyes, as you can see from his siblings below.  Attila was the sweetest, most loving kitty ever.  Maybe it was because he was never separated from his mom?

 From left to right, there is Shadow, Figaro and Attila.  Attila was the Potty Box Policeman.  He checked to make sure everyone covered up properly after themselves.  If they didn't, he took care of the problem himself.

 Here is Kimba (in a popular box).  He had a congenital heart problem and didn't live past 3 years.  His fur was as soft and long as Julie's.

Kimba with Ninny.  Ok, her name was Ginny, but Ninny was more appropriate.  Ninny hunted in the garden and ate bees.  When she'd catch one she'd shake her head after being stung then hunt the next one.  She drove the mom crazy with those bees, but they didn't seem to do any harm.

This is sweet Minnie Pumpkin.  She loved putting her paws in the mom's face when she was happy. When she wanted to be petted, she would pull the mom's hair, but she would pull away, not towards herself.

Minnie Pumpkin showing her tortie attitude!  She's playing with Toby, who was about a year older than her.  They were instant friends.

 Both Toby & MP were Former Ferals.  Toby was born in a barn, and MP under a porch.

The Girl, the dad and Lumpy.  Lumpy knew his place in the world and insisted on occupying it.  Having been tortured and thrown from a moving car, Lumpy crawled out of a Louisiana  bayou.

 Lumpy was named for what he looked like when those ignorant people got done with him.  He was missing fur, teeth and his paw pads were disfigured permanently.  He lived to 18, and was 15 before the mom could pick him up.

Lumpy was possibly the mom's favorite cat of all time.  Maybe it was his quirks?  He was Toby's mentor and adopted Toby the day Toby became part of the family.  Lumpy didn't have anything to do with the other cats.

Toby showing off some of his extra toes.

He had 22 toes in all.

Have fun and enjoy the weekend, everyone!