These are my current cats in residence Ralph, Fred, Clyde, Ned, Alice, and Jane Ralph de Ralf is the big white & grey cat. Fredrick Tomo Spawn is the solid black cat. Clyde Albert Gump is the bigger orange cat on the left. Eduoard Josef Van Tayle is the white & tan cat with the elegant tail. Alice Alee is the little light orange cat. Jane Grey is the little grey kitten. You can click on most names to go to their web pages.

I'm sure there are many people who live full lives without the benefit of feline friends, but I'm not one of them.  The cats manage my life. 

Ralph is the grand old man looking forward to his eleventh birthday in April 2006. Fred is a young whippersnapper who is almost two and who delights in pestering Ralph. Since Ralph is six times Fred's size, Fred usually has a lesson to learn when Ralph's monumental patience finally wears thin. They have been joined by Clyde, a young brain-damaged cat who believes Ralph is his mother; Ned, who came in to get out of the rain and wouldn't leave; and Alice, a shy girl I though was feral but wasn't -- however, she was pregnant. She gave birth to six kittens, one of whom, a little grey girl named Jane, is going to stay as part of the clowder.

In the spring and summer of 2005, the cats were not so delighted to have two dogs join the family. The dogs, Bruno & Betsy, live in the yard, but the cats are still not exactly thrilled.

Until July 2004, it was Laura and Ralph who ran my life. We moved and the new house came complete with appliances, furniture, dishes, and Fred. The move exacerbated Laura's health problems and she went to the Rainbow Bridge the morning of July 7, 2004, leaving a huge hole in my heart.

Laura and Ralph are not my first cats.
The first was a lady cat named Albert. 
She was followed by a long furry line of friends, 
most of whom have crossed the Rainbow Bridge.

One of them my was faithful old Monique Davidogue. She crossed October 4, 2000.	She was followed by Mergenthaler and her son Slartybartfast. They died in 2003.
Next was Tomo, my daughter's cat, who crossed the Raindow Bridge March 20, 2004.	And now my beloved Laura Ann Mihstol who left me on July 7, 2004

I miss them one and all!

Perhaps grief leaves holes in our hearts so that others may enter.
If you have an empty spot in your heart & home, please visit a shelter and adopt a pet,
or take in a stray (remember to neuter or spay).