Look who turned 15 today! :^D Some pics inside but

[GreenPartyVoter]

not too good. :( I had some wicked cute ones but I don't know where they are anymore.




Pretzel is on the left and Pickles is on the right.




Pickles balancing on a curtain rod.




Pickles watching figure skating.




Pickles in the sink.




Pretzel beating up a cactus.




Pretzel taking a cat nap.




Pretz taking another nap.

[LibraLiz1973]

1. awwwwwwwwwwwwww

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. I miss them being little, but honestly they never grew up much & were just having a playtime tussle

on the floor a few minutes ago. Playtime just doesn't last as long as it used to. :)

[Arugula Latte]

2. So cute!! Happy Birthday, sweet kitties!

:loveya:

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Pickles says, "Brrrt"

[Arugula Latte]

5. I love it when kitties make that trilling sound.

But, then, I pretty much love everything kitties do. :)

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Mine do it all the time. Day and night. Especially Pickles. She is a very sassy girl. Meows right

in my face, wrinkling her nose up when she's _really_ feeling sassy. So cute.

Right now I cam getting trilled to death because it is their dinner time. :)

[Arugula Latte]

11. I love smart, sassy girl kitties who talk a lot.

The sweet boys are wonderful, too, but throughout my life I've almost always had a girl kitty who is extra smart and extra bonded to me (the kind of kitty that you carry on "conversations" with). I've heard that female cats tend to bond with one human as their mother figure, and that has been true in my experience. Currently my special girl kitty is 16 1/2 years old (but still frisky). She sleeps on my pillow and kneads my hair into a rat's nest. :)

[GreenPartyVoter]

14. I can't get any sleep because of Pickles and her hairdressing, and smothering me, and yelling in my

ear or dropping a toy mouse on the pillow and telling me to get up and play. It's become more pronounced in the last couple of years and even more so in the last few months. Because she's old I don't throw her off the bed anymore but just put up with it. I would feel terrible if I tossed her off the bed only to find that would have been my last night cuddling (and getting smothered) by her. :(

Pretz is the sweetest little boy in the world. Has a quiet squeaky meow and is just so shy, but just as loving as his sister.

I dunno what I will do when I don't have them anymore. I am hoping they will be around another 10 years. :D

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

9. My cat has quite a vocabulary of variations

on that basic sound. Meows are used only when food or attention is desired IMMEDIATELY.

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. Yeah, these two have a lot to say and in a lot of different ways, meows are definitely

a "look at me now!" attention getter around here too.

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Kick for daytime kitteh friends

[sasquatch]

8. Why do cats like sinks?

:shrug:

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. Right size and shape? Drinks are handy?

:shrug:

[TZ]

13. because it feels cool and comfy on the belly?

:shrug:

[GreenPartyVoter]

23. I think it must be that. :^D

[Bertha Venation]

15. Happy Birthday, Kittles

:bounce:

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. They said "thank you aunt Bertha!" :^D

[TZ]

17. Happy birthday Pickles and Pretzel

They are just adorable. Love the balancing on the curtain rod...One of mine did that as a kitten too..:)

[GreenPartyVoter]

18. Thanks! She was also doing monorail cat impressions on top of doors before it was cool. I wish

I had pics of that because my kids never got to see that, as they were born several years after we got teh kittehs. Same with pretz' world-record high jumps. He loves the rings from milk jugs and the wrappers from orange juice cans. We used to toss them up and he would go after them, flipping all over the place.

Good times! :D

[Rob H.]

19. Cute!

That last picture is especially adorable. :D

[GreenPartyVoter]

20. Thanks. I have one similar to that that shows Pickles too but I can't find it anywhere. :^(

[Call Me Wesley]

21. Happy Birthday!

:tuna: I hope you're having a wonderful day and countless more to come! :mice:

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. Yay, Tuna! Thank you!