Bastubis, Cat Goddess,

Bastubis, Cat Goddess

In her pure form, Bastubis looks very like an Abysinnian cat. This may be because Abysinnians are her direct descendents. They certainly think so.
Abysinnian cats are special. They are more active and athletic than your average cat. They climb walls and people; they levitate up to great heights, from which they drop onto people passing by. They riot and do mysterious things in the night - often in the bed, under the covers. They are wonderfully affectionate, bright, and entertaining. They make up games, like cat golf and cat chess and "toss" (which is the opposite of "fetch"). They also believe in exercising their people by giving us plenty to do. They are sometimes called Lion Cats for fairly obvious reasons.
Abys do not think that they are people--they think that people are subnormal cats.
I live with an Aby and a Siamese (we all know about Siamese cats, right?) now. I used to have several more Abys, but time has taken it's toll and Marigold is the only one left. She is 13 now but still thinks she is a kitten, so I hope to have her for quite a while yet.

Marigoldthebeautiful

Marigoldthebeautiful

Marigoldthebeautiful (all one word, if you please) is not only beautiful; she is good. She is dainty, elegant, gentle, lady-like, affectionate, and sweet-tempered - hardly like an Abysinnian at all, except for being a fussy eater. She knows she is extremely beautiful and understands that her function in life is to heal people by allowing them to rest their eyes upon her, thus delighting and restoring their souls.
Marigoldthebeautiful is not conceited about this. It is just how things are.
Marigold is a poetess. You can find one of her poems at Cat Poems.

George

George

George is also here. He's a large tom Siamese who belonged to a friend who died recently. This photo doesn't show his extraordinary big blue innocent eyes. At least, he looks innocent until you get to know him better. I'll try to get a better picture of him, if I can.
I like George--he is amiable and easy-going, mostly. He's a big fella and lives outside, chasing birds and faeries. Having him around makes a change from the Queen of the World Marigold.

Cat Sanity

Cats sometimes engage in 'weird' behavior. They don't see it that way. Cats do what cats do. Since all cats are perfectly sane (at least by their own definition) it logically follows that anything they do is normal for cats.
It's only people who make these small-minded rules about 'acceptable' and 'daft' behavior. If a cat does it, it's all right for a cat to do. If you have trouble with this, that's because, like the rest of us, you are only human.
People could probably learn something important from this.