Steve - Part I

The long arm of

Smirket Law

Let there be no doubt,

this cat has teeth & claws

Annie

Do You Have An Appointment? 

The Successful CEO "looking back on her career" portrait.

(Eat your heart out Bill Bell!)

Tenderness

Imperious

Guarding Her Orts

Abby

Peering from her Watchtower

Pittsieing on the roof

while Dave is in the basement.

Languid Leopard

A Smirket Tale (or is that a tail?)

After explaining the origin story of the term Smirket, Cheryl sent this:

Since I now HAVE a black cat, Caddy, I will tell her the story, and she will be Smirket today! 

She, and 2 of her siblings, were feral cats in my neighborhood.  They lived outside in all extremes of weather for about 5 years. 

Caddy

Ricky, the white one, is her original cat

Buddy and GB (Geebs for short)

Last year, one of the boys turned up here with a very bad wound in his chest.  I really thought he might die from it, but he let me help him by building a protective enclosure for him and putting in a heater and food. 

The word got out about the enclosure, heater and food, and soon, I had 3 (of the original 6) that were camped out here.  Little by little, they ventured into the house. 

Now, all 3 live indoors most of the time - sharing space with MY 2 cats.  I never WANTED 5 cats, believe me! But they are pretty independent.  On nice days, they prefer to be outside but come in every night.  All 3 of them are lap cats, believe it or not.  I always have at least 2 on my sofa right on top of me while watching TV.  They are VERY sweet.

All Smirkets Day

In the Nomemclature of Cats, as it originated in the late 1950s, a black cat was/is known as a Smirket. Friday the 13ths are, of course, known as All Smirkets Day.

So now you know.

Bonsai & Her Bodyguard

 

Note the tender illumination of Bonsai's left ear.

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Bonsai is Michelle's Tort-at Risk. A friend found Bonsai under a dumpster and though in her youth she was quite intrepid, as she aged she became increasingly a one-person-cat.

Here, she dares the viewer to deny her immeasurable cuteness.