Cats...over the years....

We have had many, many, many cats over our 42 years.  I couldn't even begin to name all of them.  Here are a few of the last ones that we loved:

Here is Gus (Matthew's cat), his brother, Chiang Rei (my cat) and Coconut (everyone's cat).  Coconut, being the female, took to mothering these two youngins'.  Two of these were admittedly trapped by a neighbor and we didn't dare ask what he did with them....and Chiang was run over in front of the same neighbor's house.  We loved these cats....as we did all of our cats.  They were individuals and loved being in our home.  I think it is so sad when people just up and do away with them without even a word being said.

We then had brother and sister Tabbies.  Here is the brother, Chiang Two (named after the one that was run over) and a beautiful black tomcat (Devil in disguise), Boots!  Chiang Two was lithe, sleek, smooth, a hunter and a cuddler.  He slept under the covers beside me most nights....when he wasn't carousing!  The beast beside him, although to look at that face, you'd think he was an angel, was the dreaded "Boots".  Most of the time we called him The Devil because he was always causing trouble with one or another of the other felines.  Looks innocent, doesn't he?  Not so. I think he was either a tax man or a politician in another life!

And the one cat that was able to face the Devil and put him in his place was none other than Job!  I wonder if it had something to do with his name....being a Bible character and all.  Job was LARGE, had patience, was a definite creature of habit, was kind of a gentle giant and exuded great confidence on one side and a simple humility (if a cat can be humble) on his other side.  Yes.  Cats have sides too!  He was likable and sweet and went around making folks happy.  As the picture shows, he was also able to keep the Devil at bay.  Job had a happy face too, I think.

Those are just six of the cats we have had in recent years.  We speak of them often...and remember how they were such a part of our family life.

I love cats.....