Happy Birthday Scarlet and Melanie! 15 years young today!!!!

[joeybee12]

Here they are as kittens...6 weeks....










And here they are today!!!

[Heidi]

1. What beautiful girls!

Happy birthday, Scarlet and Melanie, from me and The Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat Named Ginger! :hug:

:birthday:

:par-tay!:

[joeybee12]

3. Thanks...you know, I love looking at the old photos of them...

reminds me how cute they were and what terrors they were!

[Heidi]

8. Here's baby Ginger with his brother, Barley, and his sister, Tabitha.

From top to bottom: Ginger, Barley, Tabitha


Ginger (right) and Barley (left) now, at 10 years old

[joeybee12]

9. Aw! How adorable...their ears aren't up yet!

Prettty as adults, too...they look like one that was abandoned and showed up at my feral colony about a month ago...wich i could find him a home.

[Phentex]

27. I could look at them all day...

love that top one!

[TZ]

2. Wow. Two gorgeous and regal cats

I can't even call them kitties...Too dignified! Happy birthday,girls!:)

[joeybee12]

4. Thanks!

:hi:

[Eyerish]

5. Squeeeeeeee!

:loveya:
Such adorable kitties you have!!!
Happy Birthday Ladies!:party:

[joeybee12]

6. Thank you!

Melanie goot a good grooming this morning...which isn't the way she wanted to spend the big day!

[HEyHEY]

7. Maybe Coons are cool cats, and not in a jazz way

They are full of personality.

[joeybee12]

10. Mine are just plain old classic tabbys...maybe they look big

because of all the fur...but they're kind of small cats, not tiny, but probably smaller than average.

[HEyHEY]

14. Really? WOw

Big looking tabbies for sure.

[joeybee12]

15. Trust me...Scarlet...the one in back...was the runt of the litter...

...it's all smoke and mirrors...in this case, the smoke is fur!

[Call Me Wesley]

11. Happy Birthdays!

:party: I hope you both are having a wonderful day and countless more to come! :catnip:

[joeybee12]

12. Thanks...problem is I've spoiled them rotten, so spoiling them rotten

today wouldn't mean they'd wonder if today was anything special!

[Call Me Wesley]

13. LOL!

I know how that goes. ;)

[joeybee12]

16. Kicking so more people can see how adorable they are!

:loveya:

[Forkboy]

17. Damn, what beautiful cats!

:)

[joeybee12]

18. They can ice skate too!

But they prefer tennis! :P

[Forkboy]

19. Typical!

;)

[joeybee12]

20. I knew you'd approve!

:evilgrin:

[Odin2005]

21. AWW! They look just like my mom's Maine Coon!

Beautiful cats! :D

[joeybee12]

22. Thanks...someone else said that...but they're not maine coons...

plain old tabbys that have long, long hair!

[Odin2005]

23. They sure look like Maine Coons!

:wow:

[joeybee12]

31. I bet it's their pampered attitude that does it! n.t

[Demoiselle]

24. OOOOH Such elegance, such dignity.

I love cats. Thanks to everybody for posting their pics. If I ever learn how to use my cell phone camera (intentionally, that is) I will post my darlings.
In my brood of formerly feral kitties, now grown up, I have two who have lovely long hair. (The only ones in their litters!) They are both small cats, one is absolutely tiny.
None of the parental units (now dispersed, thanks to haveaheart traps, a kindly vet who didn't charge me an arm and leg for neutering, and equally kindly adopters) had long hair,
and yet...these two look like miniature Maine Coons. Go figure.

[joeybee12]

28. The attitude probably hekps with the coon look...pampered since

the day I got them! They rule and they know it!

[marzipanni]

25. Adorable kittens, Gorgeous cats!

I love their white 'eye makeup' ! It's interesting how dark they are in kittenhood, and the dark streaks on their faces remain, but are lighter.
Our old Australian shepherd/blue heeler was 'light blue' merle when we got her at three months old, and gradually the dark spots filled in and she was much more 'navy blue' than white.

Lipizzaner horses start out dark and turn white (actually light grey) over several years.

[joeybee12]

30. Aw, what a sweet doggie!

Yeah, I was sure Melanie was going to be very dark, black in places when she was a kitten...like you said, she lightened up quite a bit.

[Phentex]

26. They are beauties!

Love the pictures!

:)

[joeybee12]

29. Thanks!

Thank God for scanners...didn't have a digital in 1995 when they were 6 weeks old, but now I can "digitize" them and post them and send them around!