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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / June 2006Happy Birthday, Holly -- 11 years old
My beautiful Holly is 11 years old! It's hard to believe that so many years have passed since I adopted her. Her name is a shortened version of "Holiday Cat" because I adopted her between the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays (actually, the day after Thanksgiving in 1995). At that time, I knew she had been born in early June, so I adopted June 1 as her "official" birthday. I had to miss her special day this year because I was on vacation with my sister. <sniff> But, at least, I only missed it by a couple of days. My sister drove back to my home with me, and we arrived this afternoon after being "on the road" for 3 days. We ran into major storms one afternoon, but the rest was good traveling. Weather in East Texas right now is *gorgeous* -- absolutely perfect. We visited Mother at the nursing home, went to the office to check my mail, and took a nice walk. Holly and Duffy get excellent care while I am gone, but I missed them every day. I have a wonderful pet sitter -- she even vacuumed and weeded my garden while I was gone! Both of my cats were all over me as soon as I walked in the door, and I now have two little shadows who follow me all around the house (just as they did in previous years). Holly, my birthday girl, is gorgeous, healthy, active and greatly loved. At age 11, she supposedly has entered her "senior" years, but she looks and acts like a youngster. I am looking forward to many, many more years with her. Portrait of Holly: http://pic13.picturetrail.com/VOL464/2364916/9165042/127799804.jpg Holly's photo album: http://tinyurl.com/9t68o MaryL > My beautiful Holly is 11 years old! It's hard to believe that so many years > have passed since I adopted her. Her name is a shortened version of "Holiday [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > MaryL Happy Birthday Holly! She does look much younger. She is such a beautiful cat. Sherry Happy Purrsday to Holly. I also adopted Rusty in 1995. The adoption date was June 17 and Rusty was 1 year old then. His exact birth date is not known, so we marked our anniversary day as his purrsday. So Rusty is also a purrsday boy this month He is 12 years old and a senior cat. Winnie > My beautiful Holly is 11 years old! It's hard to believe that so many > years have passed since I adopted her. Her name is a shortened version of [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > MaryL Happy purrday, Rusty. Do you have some photos to share? MaryL > Happy Purrsday to Holly. > [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >> >> MaryL Sorry I don't. I don't have a digital camera. I should look into scanning some old photos of Rusty. Winnie > Happy purrday, Rusty. > [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] >>> >>> MaryL > Happy Purrsday to Holly. > > I also adopted Rusty in 1995. The adoption date was June 17 and > Rusty was 1 year old then. His exact birth date is not known, so we > marked our anniversary day as his purrsday. So Rusty is also a > purrsday boy this month He is 12 years old and a senior cat. Happy purrday, Rusty!  Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > My beautiful Holly is 11 years old! It's hard to believe that so many > years have passed since I adopted her. Her name is a shortened version [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > MaryL Happy Birthday!!!! > My beautiful Holly is 11 years old! It's hard to believe that so many years > have passed since I adopted her. Her name is a shortened version of "Holiday [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > MaryL Happy Birthday to Holly yes she is beautiful. My TuTu turned 9 sometime this spring, I celebrate her birthday on April lst and she is acting like a senior cat. She no longer plays, but loves to watch me try to get her to play. Best wishes. MLB > > My beautiful Holly is 11 years old! It's hard to believe that so many years > > have passed since I adopted her. Her name is a shortened version of "Holiday [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Happy Birthday to Holly yes she is beautiful. Looks like your common everyday ordinary black pussy kat to me. > My TuTu turned 9 sometime > this spring, I celebrate her birthday on April lst and she is acting > like a senior cat. She no longer plays, but loves to watch me try to get > her to play. Best wishes. MLB This thread is not about your cat... it's about her's. IBen > My beautiful Holly is 11 years old! Hoppy Purrday to one beautiful catlady! SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > Holly, my birthday girl, is gorgeous, healthy, active and greatly loved. At > age 11, she supposedly has entered her "senior" years, but she looks and > acts like a youngster. I am looking forward to many, many more years with > her. > Portrait of Holly: > http://pic13.picturetrail.com/VOL464/2364916/9165042/127799804.jpg > Holly's photo album: > http://tinyurl.com/9t68o She's adorable! Is she part Scottish Fold? Her ears don't look like it, but something in her face does. Happy Birthday, Holly! Joyce > > Holly, my birthday girl, is gorgeous, healthy, active and greatly loved. > > At [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Joyce No, she's not part Scottish Fold. She is supposedly a Persian/Oriental Shorthair mix. I adopted her from a woman who works in a pet store and gave me this story (which I cannot verify because I do not even know the name of the breeder involved, but my vet says her structure would fit that mix): I was told that a local breeder mixed a Persian with an Oriental Shorthair in an attempt to create a specific type of cat. She even wanted a particular color. Holly solid black, and the breeder wanted dusty gray (although there was a more specific term for the color that was used, which I have forgotten). Holly was destined to be euthanized simply because she is the "wrong" color, so the clerk in the pet store convinced the breeder to let her find a home instead. At the time I adopted her, she was named "Jinx," for "bad luck." I wanted a better name for her, so she became "Holly." As I said, this is anecdotal, and I did not make any attempt to learn the name of the breeder or verify the story. But Holly is now a "good luck cat" and definitely not a jinx! MaryL > My beautiful Holly is 11 years old! It's hard to believe that so many years > have passed since I adopted her. Her name is a shortened version of "Holiday [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > MaryL WHEEW...!! OH-BOY...!! FAN-f.cking-TASTIC...!! HAPPY B-DAY HOLY...!! ALL-RRRRRIGHT..!! HATS-OFF...!! SUPER-DUPER-FREEKIN'-KOOL...!! EXQUISITELY DONE..!! THIS IS JUST TOOOOO f.cking MUCH..!! OKAY..!! ALRIGHT..!! FANTASTIC ACHIEVEMENT HOLY..!! GREAT, GREAT, GREAT...!! ELEVEN CHEERS FOR HOLY THE KAT (AND ONE TO GROW ON)...!! LOL...!! So what..? Who really gives a rat'z azz...? You and you alone, that's who. Your friggin' kat doesn't even care. She's only concerned about whether her food bowl is full and her litter box is there. If you were the size of a mouse, Holy would EAT you, MaryL. Do you realize this? How silly you look making such a big boisterous deal over something so insignificant. All you do when you put on such a display is alert every person who reads it to your staggeringly low maturity level. You might not be the size of a mouse physically, MaryL.. But you are emotionally. Mentally, too.. IBen >Troll Drivel Man, if you can't do better than the muu muu man, don't bother. We strive for high class trolls in here. Pam S. >>Troll Drivel > >Man, if you can't do better than the muu muu man, don't bother. We >strive for high class trolls in here. > >Pam S. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War In rec.pets.cats.anecdotes Tanada <tanada@earthlink.net> wrote: > >Troll Drivel > Man, if you can't do better than the muu muu man, don't bother. We > strive for high class trolls in here. LOL! Pam, I'm not sure there are many who can reach the pinnacle of the muu muu man - he is the gold standard of trolls on this newsgroup. Joyce >In rec.pets.cats.anecdotes Tanada <tanada@earthlink.net> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Joyce In another ng, there was a troll who called us all a bunch of "pretentious cows." He was the moo moo man. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War >>In rec.pets.cats.anecdotes Tanada <tanada@earthlink.net> wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > In another ng, there was a troll who called us all a bunch of > "pretentious cows." He was the moo moo man. ;) The Muu Muu man had a link to his fetish URL. He was into being babied. We could have called him the Doo Doo man Pam S. still laughing > The Muu Muu man had a link to his fetish URL. He was into being babied. > We could have called him the Doo Doo man I didn't know this! Or maybe I did, but I forgot. Which means I get to laugh all over again. (One of the perks of getting old - you're never bored.) You mean a man who likes to wear a *diaper* had the nerve to accuse us of wearing muu muus??? Joyce > > The Muu Muu man had a link to his fetish URL. He was into being babied. > > We could have called him the Doo Doo man [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Joyce YUP!! IIRC, TJ was the first to check out his link, then I think most of us checked it out so that we could laugh at him. Pam S. still snickering >> > The Muu Muu man had a link to his fetish URL. He was into being >> babied. > We could have called him the Doo Doo man [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Pam S. still snickering Hee hee! Yup, I saw the links. We're talking *hundreds* of pics of this dude wearing a diaper and lying around in baby poses or crawling. Too freakin' hilarious! I laughed so hard I cried. Still cracks me up whenever I think about it. Thank you, muu muu man! :-) SignatureBritta Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > >Troll Drivel > > Man, if you can't do better than the muu muu man, don't bother. We > strive for high class trolls in here. > > Pam S. You didn't quote me. How am I to know which part of my posted word impressed you in such a negitive manner? Because 'that troll' bullshit don't cut it with me. Only open your f.cking MOUTH if you got something constructive (or destructive) to say about my posted word. My opinion. That's what I do here, you f.cking JERK. I'm not interested in any other thing that you have to say. (Unless it's pointing down the road to a fight.. :) IBen > My beautiful Holly is 11 years old! It's hard to believe that so many > years have passed since I adopted her. Her name is a shortened [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > MaryL Happy purrday, Holly. :-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk She is a beauty, Mary! Happy purrday to her and to you! Christine > My beautiful Holly is 11 years old! It's hard to believe that so many years > have passed since I adopted her. Her name is a shortened version of "Holiday [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > MaryL >My beautiful Holly is 11 years old! It's hard to believe that so many years >have passed since I adopted her. Her name is a shortened version of "Holiday [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > >MaryL Lovely lovely Holly! She's cute as all get-out. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War > >My beautiful Holly is 11 years old! It's hard to believe that so many years > >have passed since I adopted her. Her name is a shortened version of "Holiday [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Make Levees, Not War You're a trifle mixed up, dear... It's the State's job to build levees. Not the Federal government's. Their job is to make war (notice who did their job and who didn't). Besides, If New Orleans had a decent white Mayor and a Governor who wasn't a friggin' half-wit, then none of that would ever have happened... IBen Happy birthday, Holly. May you have many, many more. LIly & her mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time > My beautiful Holly is 11 years old! It's hard to believe that so many > years have passed since I adopted her. Her name is a shortened version of [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > MaryL > My beautiful Holly is 11 years old! It's hard to believe that so many years > have passed since I adopted her. Her name is a shortened version of "Holiday [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > MaryL All black, like my Sweetie. They say that black cats are special--that most of them still have that something extra that it took for their ancestors to survive the persecution that some europeans wreaked on them. I know that my Sweetie has a particularly gentle, loving nature. What are Holly's special characteristics? Jeff <snip> > All black, like my Sweetie. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Jeff Interesting anecdote. Thanks for sharing -- I had not heard that before. Holly is a very loving cat, but definitely a "one person cat." She is standoffish with other people, and it takes most people quite awhile to convince her that she should let them approach her. However, she is like a little shadow with me and follows me everywhere. She is convinced that it is her particular responsibility to knock my papers onto the floor and to walk back-and-forth/back-and-forth in front of the computer monitor every time I sit down to work! She used to be very aggressive toward any other cat that approached me, but she has accepted Duffy (due to a very slow and careful and integration process). The exception is that she absolutely will not allow him to get onto my bed. She will circle the bed and bat him down if he tries to get up. So, she ends up sleeping on the bed and Duffy is "relegated" to the chair beside the bed at night. She walks with her tail straight up almost all of the time. She also has glorious golden eyes (which look pumpkin-colored in certain lighting -- which makes her a true Halloween cat). MaryL > My beautiful Holly is 11 years old! It's hard to believe that so > many years have passed since I adopted her. Her name is a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > had to miss her special day this year because I was on vacation > with my sister. <sniff> Hoppy purrday Holly! Welcome back, Miss Mary. SignatureCheryl > My beautiful Holly is 11 years old! Happy purr-day, Holly! Many happy returns. SignatureSam, closely supervised by Mistletoe > My beautiful Holly is 11 years old! It's hard to believe that so many years > have passed since I adopted her. <snip> Happy BDay to Holly! She is gorgeous - but I am partial to black cats! -L. > Holly, my birthday girl, is gorgeous, healthy, active and greatly > loved. At age 11, she supposedly has entered her "senior" years, but > she looks and acts like a youngster. I am looking forward to many, > many more years with her. Happy purrday, Holly! Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > My beautiful Holly is 11 years old! It's hard to believe that so many years > have passed since I adopted her.//// Many happy returns Holly! Helen M > My beautiful Holly is 11 years old! It's hard to believe that so many years > have passed since I adopted her. <snip> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > MaryL Happy purr-day, Holly, and many more! Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek |
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