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Re: I got a new cat: Tatiana!
« Reply #255 on: June 06, 2015, 12:01:07 PM »
Tatiana got out of the apartment again last night.  As I was steering her back towards my apartment, she suddenly veered off, like she was chasing something.  Turns out she was, a mouse!  The poor mouse did not survive.  However, it wasn't Tatiana that killed it, but me.  I accidentally stepped on the poor thing.

Needless to say, Minto, the company that manages this apartment building, is going to get a call from me.
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Re: I got a new cat: Tatiana!
« Reply #256 on: June 07, 2015, 12:02:28 AM »
My cats are quite excellent hunters and I actually get excited when there is a mouse as pray for them.
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Re: I got a new cat: Tatiana!
« Reply #257 on: June 07, 2015, 07:09:19 AM »
My cats are quite excellent hunters and I actually get excited when there is a mouse as pray for them.

Lol, shades of the murinely named Prince Myshkin! I can imagine you in your former life as a Russian lord of the manor with a pack of hunting dogs swarming around your booted feet, announcing in French you are happy your hounds will get some good sport now that a bear has appeared and terrified serf childen picking berries in the woods!
Берёзы севера мне милы,—
Их грустный, опущённый вид,
Как речь безмолвная могилы,
Горячку сердца холодит.

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Re: I got a new cat: Tatiana!
« Reply #258 on: June 07, 2015, 12:49:07 PM »
My cats are quite excellent hunters and I actually get excited when there is a mouse as pray for them.

My Charlotte is also an excellent hunter, but I can't say I get excited when she wakes me up at 2:00 am asking me to praise her for her kill ;)

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Re: I got a new cat: Tatiana!
« Reply #259 on: June 07, 2015, 05:11:31 PM »
They usually say that if a cat is well fed, it won't kill.  However, sometimes the urge to hunt is strong in them, they've been doing this since the days when Smilodon Fatalis roamed the Earth.

Anyone watch my new video yet?
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Re: I got a new cat: Tatiana!
« Reply #260 on: June 08, 2015, 07:48:59 AM »
Anyone watch my new video yet?

Yes, I did. Tatiana looks like a very content cat.
Берёзы севера мне милы,—
Их грустный, опущённый вид,
Как речь безмолвная могилы,
Горячку сердца холодит.

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Re: I got a new cat: Tatiana!
« Reply #261 on: June 08, 2015, 09:50:31 AM »
I thought it was worth mentioning that my cat Teddy has decided to take out his boredom and/or aggression on a paperback copy of Helen Azar's "Maria & Anastasia diaries". The little guy jumped to the top of out nearly six foot high dresser, where the book was placed, and went to town on it. Not sure what he has against Helen or the Grand Duchess's but I'm about ready to throw his Commie a#$ out onto the street (just kidding)! :-)
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Re: I got a new cat: Tatiana!
« Reply #262 on: June 08, 2015, 02:04:27 PM »
I watched the video, Tim--Tatiana is a beautiful cat!

And edubs31, I'm laughing at your Teddy destroying a Romanov book, because Charlotte chewed up my copy of Nicholas and Alexandra.  What is it with these cats?

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Re: I got a new cat: Tatiana!
« Reply #263 on: June 08, 2015, 05:25:08 PM »
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I watched the video, Tim--Tatiana is a beautiful cat!

Thanks, Amanda.

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And edubs31, I'm laughing at your Teddy destroying a Romanov book, because Charlotte chewed up my copy of Nicholas and Alexandra.  What is it with these cats?

Thankfully, Tatiana has left my Romanov books alone.
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Re: I got a new cat: Tatiana!
« Reply #264 on: June 09, 2015, 11:48:52 AM »
I watched the video, Tim--Tatiana is a beautiful cat!

And edubs31, I'm laughing at your Teddy destroying a Romanov book, because Charlotte chewed up my copy of Nicholas and Alexandra.  What is it with these cats?

He gets into everything. Especially if it's placed up high on something...



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Re: I got a new cat: Tatiana!
« Reply #265 on: June 09, 2015, 05:20:27 PM »
Awwww, your  Teddy looks like such a sweet cat.  These are great pictures of him.
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Re: I got a new cat: Tatiana!
« Reply #266 on: June 17, 2015, 04:15:01 PM »


I have to share a photo of my "Charlotte Shoes" with my fellow cat lovers on here  8)

And edubs, Teddy is gorgeous--I love his eyes!

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Re: I got a new cat: Tatiana!
« Reply #267 on: June 17, 2015, 05:10:26 PM »
Love the Charlotte shoes, Amanda.  They do look like her.
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Re: I got a new cat: Tatiana!
« Reply #268 on: June 17, 2015, 11:28:06 PM »
Thanks. He's a handsome little guy. He's also a frisky biscuit. I'll have to post a picture or two if his calico sister Sophia.
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Re: I got a new cat: Tatiana!
« Reply #269 on: June 18, 2015, 02:10:36 PM »
I would love to see  pictures of Sophia.
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