The Girls

These are "The Girls". No this is not trick photography or a posed shot. I walked into the bedroom one morning and found our two cats laying like this, ran out of the room grabbed the camera and they were still there while I took this shot. If you look closely the cat on the left has orange eyes and is a little darker, the one on the right has yellow eyes and a cropped right ear.

These two give Kyle and I such enjoyment. I think that Kyle's greatest enjoyment is harassing them, but they really don't seem to mind. The one with the yellow eyes is Bonita, she is too smart for her own good. It would be real scary is that cat had opposing thumbs, no telling what she would do. She is very fond of shining things and ink pens. I cannot leave any jewelry laying on a table or she will take it and hide it some place. If you are using a pen or pencil she will get up on your lap and try and take it out of your hand. Having her around is like having a 15 year old girl, she even gets crushes on young men, first it was Jason, our son and currently it is Terryl.

Poppy is the other one, she is also our furry alarm clock. Poppy is like having a 7 year old boy in the house. She is easily influenced and a little shy. Bonita puts her up to things and Poppy gets in trouble for it. Poppy's internal clock is so good that I haven't used an alarm clock in over a year and she gets me up within a 15 minute window everyday. 5 am whether it is a Monday or a Saturday, she sits outside our door and meows until someone gets up and feeds her. Then at about 10 minutes to 7 each night she stands in the kitchen and meows to get her dinner. The strangest thing is that she was right on time even when we adjusted the clocks for daylight savings.

The Girls are very much alike, yet very unique. I praise God that we are able to have them both.