August 15, 2005
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Kitten Tales
Well, the six kittens that Frankie had under my bed have started to toddle out and explore the cabin. First out, a Siamese I named Frodo–intrepid little guy (I haven’t sexed them yet, will refer to them in the male gender for convenience). Next out was the gorgeous one, almost all white–named Albion (almost albino–get it?). Them came a mixed brown/white/orange tabby or calico (I can never remember the difference) I named Campbell–he looks Scottish and soupy. Then there’s Freaky Deaky, a striped guy who freaked when I picked him up. Next is Randolph S. Catt (Randy for short), an orange and white guy with a white marking across his back that looks like a saddle. Finally, there is New Jersey (Jeff for short)– now that one really requires some explanation. He is sorta cinnamon-ginger, so I thought about Cinnamon (too cliche) and Cinnabun–(too cutesy) and Cinnamunson, New Jersey (out of the question) That reminded me of Jeff Goldblum, one of my favorite actors, who played a character called New Jersey in one of my favorite movies (Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai). Hence, New Jersey etc.
They are of course incredibly cute–later this week, I hope that SuSu will have photos on her site. I keep the cabin door open a bit and use twelve-packs of sparkling water to keep them in, but they have been able to climb up on top of them. And as I was getting ready to leave, Campbell was climbing into the litter box. Sigh. How fast they grow. Love ‘em to pieces.
More later.
Comments (7)
Well, did you see the cat pics on my site, or did you just read today’s entry and go no further?
…and did you notice your new profile pic?
I could easily be mistaken, but I think tabbies are the stripey sort and calicoes are patchy. I think.
Very cool new profile pic!
All kittens are soooo cute!
Cute kittens, and Albion being white is appropriate. *chuckle* As is “Scottish and soupy” — I love your descriptions.
Nice new profile pic, too.
AAAAAWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love kitties!
Yep, Lupa got it. Also, tabbies always have an M on their foreheads. If the coloring is in stripes, it’s called mackarel (sp?) pattern. If the coloring is in circles, the pattern is called something else (marbled maybe?) I forget and am too lazy to go thru my CatFancy mags to find it. Calicos are usually female, with various coloring in splats more than stripes. The ‘base’ color can be white, brown, or pretty much any variation of the splats.
Love the names – so unique. I have a problem with all those ‘fluffy’ ‘snowball’ ‘oreo’ kinda names. Degrading to the cats, I’m sure! Although they all have their own ‘secret’ names anyway, and what we call them doesn’t matter. Didn’t go visit the pictures yet. Off to SUSU now!