This is Peapod. Peapod.....well, he was a very cute kitten as you can see! However ,he has a bit of the devil in him! He loves to give affection and love to people; but he has a "short fuse" when it comes to doing anything to him. This includes holding him still, or trying to clip his nails, or pick him up and move him when he wants to stay where he is. He purrs constantly and rubs against us, is ridiculously affectionate when you are trying to watch tv.

This is Blackie Nubbins, Nubby, aka Blackie... He is a domestic medium hair with a glossy jet- black coat. He has a little nub for a tail; a congenital mishap which makes him look even cuter than a normal cat! Blackie is extremely affectionate and wants nothing more than to be with us at all times. He wants to sit on us, sleep with us, etc. and can NOT get enough attention. When people come to the house , he is the first one into their laps and rubbing on them for "lovins". He is a very nice boy, yet another discarded cat that we obtained from the Animal Rescue League of Boston, Brewster Branch.

Smykus left us in June, 2008. See "Sweet Memories" for his biography.

Stinky got her name from the stinky kitten milk breath that she had the first time I picked her up. She was only four weeks old, and hissed at me and damn near knocked me out with that stinky sour milk breath. I held her away and cried out, "Oh, STINKY!!" LOL. Everyone laughed and that name ..just...stuck! It was especially cute for a name, since she was a GORGEOUS and ADORABLE little fluffball of a kitten. She came in ,in a basket full of siblings, to be euthanized! These little old ladies brought her in...they said, "These kittens have been living under our porch, and they make an awful wracket! We want you to put them all to sleep!" Well, that was absurd of course and wasn't about to happen. My boss said, well, we won't be doing that; but we'd be glad to take them off your hands and find homes for them. I tok Stinky because she is my all time favorite type of cat- I LOVE the long haired tabbies. AND she was the cutest, even though they were all cute. I used to bring her to work in a Crown Royal sack. We all had these kittens and they needed to be bottle fed, so in to work they came with us. It was a fun time! Stinky is now an old lady. When she was younger she used to suck my eyelids, for some reason. Purring all the time of course. I considered it a huge compliment. She runs away from Ron but loves to come to bed with me. She plays fetch very wildly and likes to flip around on her back and be flirtatious.

CERTIFIED THERAPY CAT * retired* Horton of Whoville, aka Dewton aka Brownie. Horton is one of our elderly kitties who came with us from Chicago, 10 years ago. I think he is 14, although I try NOT to think about it. He is a seal point himalayan; the only cat we ever purchased and one of only three that we have ever had as kittens! We got him as a Valentines Day gift for eachother , on our first Valentine's Day together. He looked like a little raccoon baby ; and ate a cheesburger out of my hand on the way home from his breeder. Horton is a retired visiting pet with the Companion Animal Program od Cape Cod. He was a regular visitor at a number of assisted living facilities. He would purr to beat the band during his visits, and snuggle in the beds of residents who were bed ridden.

Trying to sit in my tiny purse. "Sigh. Oh well, good enough."

Fubu, aka Whitey is our white domestic longhair. He came from a shelter, along with Nubby aka Blackie. Due to medications he gets daily, he is very overweight and cannot keep his coat nice. Periodically we have to give him the haircut in this picture, called a Lion Cut. We love the way he looks afterwards- especially his little tuft of a tail. Whitey is currently "Daddy's Boy". He follows him everywhere and sleep nestled up against him.

Just let it all hang out, Whitey!

Edibly cute little Peapod, when he was just a niblet.