And yet, guess who's the boss? Yes, definitely Mir. ;o)

I've petted a lot of cats in my life, but I've never felt fur like
Caliban's. It's so very smooth and sleek. I call him my little seal
because of it (and his body, which is like a seal's body ;) ).

I was reminded of what you told me about Otis and Chester.  So I'm
expecting Marina to tell me now that even though they have such
different body types, Caliban and Miranda are actually exactly the
same weight. :)

The one that usually comes to eat from the suet ball in my garden is a
great tit. Sometimes a sparrow or two comes and grazes the bread I throw
on the ground. I haven't really seen other birds in the garden. Usually,
bullfinches are associated with Xmas around here, but I haven't seen any.

Then there is the odd crow or magpie that comes fluttering into the
garden. When the cats see those, their eyes go big and round and they
stop ack-ack-acking. ;)

Thanks, I think they look pretty happy and healthy in general. :) I'd
say Caliban is fairly average as boycats go. My sister's cat Linus and
Mir's half-uncle Kasper are certainly larger than him. But Mir is indeed
tiny. I always seem to end up with tiny girls - Nikki was also tiny. Now
that I think of it, all the girl cats in my extended family are
smallish, while the boys tend to be large. But we've had larger female
cats in my family before.

Awwww Pals!