Ola - the dude from California

Ola passed away when he was just six years old. He had a short life but LOADS of ladies and tons of kittens too ;) Behold the cuteness....

Darla

Darla weighed 70 grams when she was born. I've never seen anything so tiny and perfect before.


Here she is couple of days old, still her eyes closed.


Bigfoot ;)


Here she is three weeks old.



She was the first of the kittens to leave "the nest", one night she had moved from my bathroom to the livingroom and was sleeping under their scratching post. Since she was so tiny it took me awhile to find her ;) Even if I carried her back, she would stubbornly wonder out again. The others soon followed.

A perfect place for a little nap - right next to the heater.


"My, what big ears you have!"


Chillin' with mom.


Darla with her "little" brothers Spike and Xander.

Mad hatter

"You can't help that. We're all mad here." - The Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland






"Uh oh, all this maddness hurts my head!"

Hello Kitties

Couple of years ago Buffy got kittens. Here she is week before those kittens were born.


The best place to give birth was in a same basket with Guinness and Ola. I guess she felt safe there.


The little guys were naturally named in the same fashion than their momma,

Darla


Xander


and Spike!


Although kittens = chaos it was the most amazing experience to see them open their eyes for the first time, learn to walk, learn to eat and to grow up to be proper cats.


Here the kittens are 4 days old.



And here 4 weeks.

CatNaps

Cats do know the true art of just chillin'.... and then chillin' a bit more. They do it so well it should be categorized as a sport :)

Synchronized Sleeping by Spike & Darla.


Line Sleeping ( against the warm radiator ) by Darla, Spike & Xander.


Pair Sleeping by Guinness & Maus.


Individual Sleeping by Guinness.


Individual Sleeping for Juniors by Maus.