April 3, 2011 – Scribblings From The Public Restroom Stalls Of The Gods

Critters

A generational family album of kittehs

You may remember this photo from this post in 2007 – the “O” series:

Othello, Oberon, Olivia

From left to right, oldest to youngest: Othello, Oberon, Olivia.

The other day, I got this photo of the “P” series in the same window:

Portia, Puck

“O” cats = Othello and his trainees.
“P” cats = post-Othello: Puck and his trainee(s).

(this blog post typed with Portia sitting on the mousepad)… Read more

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