Sophie Hiding Beneath the Pillow

Sophie Rearranged the Bed

Calico Grrls: Flash & Sophie

Flash watches out the window.  Sophie looks up.

Flash, the tortoise shell, with Sophie, the tabby-tortie, muted & unmuted, color-pointed kitty

Flash and Sophie Cozy on the Bed

Sophie Tries Out the Daybed

Sophie Tries to Claim Daybed

Sophie Settles In

Sophie and the Fallen Leaves

Sophie

Sophie in the Backyard

Sophie, Trees, and Leaves

Little Kittens

Michael's Foot & Baby Commodore, October 1996

Dothan & Commodore, October 1996

Commodore & Dothan, December 1996

Flash, 1999

Jesus loves the little kittens

All the kittens of the world

Red and yellow

Black and white

They are precious in his sight

Jesus loves the little kittens of the world

Meeroww!, December 1999

Sophie, 2001

Sophie, 2001

Commodore-Cat Sleeping Beneath Lawn-Mower, 2002

One of Stray/Woodland Cat Maggie's Kittens, 2002

Maggie's Minnie, 2002

Cats and Christmas 2012

Sophie and Ado enjoying the Season.

Pecan bars from a Paula Deen recipe I adapted.

Ado thumps his tail in play.

Princess Sophie of the Woodland Realm

Sophie enjoys a sunny bedroom with a bed with a soft mattress.

That's my jacket-bed she's crossing her paws on.

3 Sofa Cats

Left to Right:  Rayado, Flash, & Sophie

Ado, Flash, and Miss Sophie Sleeping Together

Free or Very Cheap Cat Toys

Ado hides in a bag.

Sophie in Easter bag and grass.

Paper Bags

Orlan in a box.

Boxes

Ado hides in a box.

Sophie loves wrapping paper and ribbons.

Sophie loves strings.

Sophie and her favorite crinkle ribbon.

Ribbons and Strings from Presents

Plastic Easter Eggs

Ponytail Holders and Scrunchies

Ping-Pong Balls

Corks and Plastic Bottle Tops

Old Balled Together Socks

One day when we moved furniture, we uncovered Sophie's nest of all of her favorite little things.  There were ponytail holders and scrunchies she had stolen off bathroom counters, acorns from the Thanksgiving cornucopia, and sweet gumballs carried in from outside.

Orlan has stolen a pair of balled together socks out of a stack of freshly folded clothes.  Of course, when he was about 9 months old, he stole a whole loaf of French bread off the kitchen counter and carried it through the kitchen and across the entire length of a large 1970s ranch style living and dining room onto the first step of the stairs in the foyer.

Little Miss Sophie

Cat of the woodlands
Cat disguised as leaves, earth, and twigs

Raised as an infant with squirrels

She hides nuts and tiny balls and hair-ties

Raised by raccoons until she was weaned

She washes her paws and her strings
Leaving strings in her water-bowl so that they'll be cleaned

A scratch across her nose,

She was shoved and pushed from their nest
Crying and crying she landed on our back doorstep

Such beautiful, sweet eyes the color of an exotic sea

She made her way into the home of humans
And decided she was pleased

Here she remains the princess of all

The camouflaged and beautiful woodland cat
Who is adored by all