Know what?  That's she's a tuxie or isn't sweet all the time? ;-)
I don't blame her for not being sweet all the time, she has had a very hard
life, living on her wits in the out for years.  It can make a old girl
grumpy, which she often is.  More often than not, actually.
But sometimes she will creep up on to my chest if I am watching TV and
settle there, and she purrs her head off and headbutts me and puts her cheek
against mine.  That's when I realise she loves me a bit.. and that she isn't
all spikes and bad moods.

Tweed

You have an attractive family Christina.
Suz

She probably was ;-)
I have learnt that Kitty luvvin-stroking-pettin can only happen when she
instigates it.   Sometimes - often! - most of the time in fact!!  she
ignores me.
She likes her comfort.  She will spend hours and hours curled up by the
kitchen fire.  If it's warm in *this* room where my computer is (and it
isn't always if I have not lit the woodburner) she will perch on her cushion
on the back of the settee like in the pic and commune with the mothership.
It's a small cushion 17 inches x 15 so that will give you an idea of how
tiny she really is.
Just occasionally, she really seems to need a meowmiefix.  She will get on
me and knead and purr for hours if I could let her. When she's in this mood
I try to give her as long as possible but I just don't have hours and hours
to give her for snuggling.
She doesn't seem to mind if I need to get on with other things after half an
hour to an hour of blissful kneading and purring.

Tweed

Well, thank you!  I think so too.

That's because I did actually wake her up.  She was asleep in a patch of
sunshine among the periwinkles and I decided I wanted a photo.

Boyfie is an absolute darling.  I love his nosie, too!

That's one of my favourites too, taken just outside my back door.

It does here too, it's just a joke that I call her that..

I didn't have a digital camera at the time, and my aunt took the first three
pictures when she was looking after me after my last eye op in September 04.
She found that Kitty's eyes had come out completely white, so she
photoshopped them.  She was very proud of managing to do it (she is 80) so
I've left it like that.
Having auntie taking the pictures  explains why Boyfie was trying to escape
from my arms - she was too close to him and also why he was sitting at the
back door a minute later saying  "out right now, please, scary aunt.."
He is very shy with everyone, and still a little bit shy with me.  He was
just a youngster, maybe 9-12 months old when he fetched up here, but I
cannot imagine he'd been abused - how could anyone abuse such a lovely
boy? - it's probably just his temperament.  He suits me fine.  I don't like
"in yer face" cats (nor dogs) that are always poking at you for attention.

Tweed