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Hemingway Cats
Speaking of polydactyls, here are the cats resident at the Ernest Hemingway Museum in Key West, Fl. They are descendants of Hemingway's six-toed cat, Snowball, and most are also six-toed. You'll notice that they are named after some of Heming way's favorite people. http://www.hemingwayhome.com/HTML/our_cats.htm Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ |
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On Sat, 29 May 2004 20:55:50 -0400, Kreisleriana
wrote: Speaking of polydactyls, here are the cats resident at the Ernest Hemingway Museum in Key West, Fl. They are descendants of Hemingway's six-toed cat, Snowball, and most are also six-toed. You'll notice that they are named after some of Heming way's favorite people. http://www.hemingwayhome.com/HTML/our_cats.htm Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Thanks for the link. I had heard of all the cats who live at the museum, but this is the best link I've run across for information about them. Couple of funny/interesting facts here. Like the story of how the cats are founded up for annual shots. Also glad to hear that the old practice of selling kittens as souvenirs is a thing of the past - hated that when I heard of it a few years ago. Now the adults are neutered to keep the population stable. Way back when, in the mid 60s, we rescued a days old polydactyl tuxedo kitten when it was dumped in the foothills with its littermates. Mittens was the sole survivor ;-(( We weren't the best of owners, so he was never neutered. When we brought him home, all the neighborhood cats were tabbys, but by the time Mittens went to the RB, polydactyl tuxedo was the norm. Don't have nay pix of Mittens, but one of his descendents, Tarheels, born about 10 years after he had gone to the RB, can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/yu2e4 She was quite the character who used to chase dogs away from our yard - no matter how big the dog was. Unfortunately, she was the victum of traffic back in the 70s. -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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On Sat, 29 May 2004 20:55:50 -0400, Kreisleriana
wrote: Speaking of polydactyls, here are the cats resident at the Ernest Hemingway Museum in Key West, Fl. They are descendants of Hemingway's six-toed cat, Snowball, and most are also six-toed. You'll notice that they are named after some of Heming way's favorite people. http://www.hemingwayhome.com/HTML/our_cats.htm Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Thanks for the link. I had heard of all the cats who live at the museum, but this is the best link I've run across for information about them. Couple of funny/interesting facts here. Like the story of how the cats are founded up for annual shots. Also glad to hear that the old practice of selling kittens as souvenirs is a thing of the past - hated that when I heard of it a few years ago. Now the adults are neutered to keep the population stable. Way back when, in the mid 60s, we rescued a days old polydactyl tuxedo kitten when it was dumped in the foothills with its littermates. Mittens was the sole survivor ;-(( We weren't the best of owners, so he was never neutered. When we brought him home, all the neighborhood cats were tabbys, but by the time Mittens went to the RB, polydactyl tuxedo was the norm. Don't have nay pix of Mittens, but one of his descendents, Tarheels, born about 10 years after he had gone to the RB, can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/yu2e4 She was quite the character who used to chase dogs away from our yard - no matter how big the dog was. Unfortunately, she was the victum of traffic back in the 70s. -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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On Sat, 29 May 2004 20:55:50 -0400, Kreisleriana
wrote: Speaking of polydactyls, here are the cats resident at the Ernest Hemingway Museum in Key West, Fl. They are descendants of Hemingway's six-toed cat, Snowball, and most are also six-toed. You'll notice that they are named after some of Heming way's favorite people. http://www.hemingwayhome.com/HTML/our_cats.htm Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Thanks for the link. I had heard of all the cats who live at the museum, but this is the best link I've run across for information about them. Couple of funny/interesting facts here. Like the story of how the cats are founded up for annual shots. Also glad to hear that the old practice of selling kittens as souvenirs is a thing of the past - hated that when I heard of it a few years ago. Now the adults are neutered to keep the population stable. Way back when, in the mid 60s, we rescued a days old polydactyl tuxedo kitten when it was dumped in the foothills with its littermates. Mittens was the sole survivor ;-(( We weren't the best of owners, so he was never neutered. When we brought him home, all the neighborhood cats were tabbys, but by the time Mittens went to the RB, polydactyl tuxedo was the norm. Don't have nay pix of Mittens, but one of his descendents, Tarheels, born about 10 years after he had gone to the RB, can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/yu2e4 She was quite the character who used to chase dogs away from our yard - no matter how big the dog was. Unfortunately, she was the victum of traffic back in the 70s. -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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Don't have nay pix of Mittens, but one of his descendents, Tarheels,
born about 10 years after he had gone to the RB, can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/yu2e4 She was quite the character who used to chase dogs away from our yard - no matter how big the dog was. Unfortunately, she was the victum of traffic back in the 70s. -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html Aww. Cute pictures. Tarheels looks a lot like Sammy (who looks an awful lot like my Bootsie). |
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Don't have nay pix of Mittens, but one of his descendents, Tarheels,
born about 10 years after he had gone to the RB, can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/yu2e4 She was quite the character who used to chase dogs away from our yard - no matter how big the dog was. Unfortunately, she was the victum of traffic back in the 70s. -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html Aww. Cute pictures. Tarheels looks a lot like Sammy (who looks an awful lot like my Bootsie). |
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Don't have nay pix of Mittens, but one of his descendents, Tarheels,
born about 10 years after he had gone to the RB, can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/yu2e4 She was quite the character who used to chase dogs away from our yard - no matter how big the dog was. Unfortunately, she was the victum of traffic back in the 70s. -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html Aww. Cute pictures. Tarheels looks a lot like Sammy (who looks an awful lot like my Bootsie). |
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On 30 May 2004 23:20:52 GMT, itty (Sherry ) wrote:
Don't have nay pix of Mittens, but one of his descendents, Tarheels, born about 10 years after he had gone to the RB, can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/yu2e4 She was quite the character who used to chase dogs away from our yard - no matter how big the dog was. Unfortunately, she was the victum of traffic back in the 70s. -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html Aww. Cute pictures. Tarheels looks a lot like Sammy (who looks an awful lot like my Bootsie). It's funny when I stop and think about it. Rocky is the only cat I've ever had who isn't a tuxedo. But there is that long break between pets, except birds, while in the Army - about 25 years. Tarheels really doesn't count as my pet, since she came to the family after I had joined the Army and I only visited her when on leave. -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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On 30 May 2004 23:20:52 GMT, itty (Sherry ) wrote:
Don't have nay pix of Mittens, but one of his descendents, Tarheels, born about 10 years after he had gone to the RB, can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/yu2e4 She was quite the character who used to chase dogs away from our yard - no matter how big the dog was. Unfortunately, she was the victum of traffic back in the 70s. -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html Aww. Cute pictures. Tarheels looks a lot like Sammy (who looks an awful lot like my Bootsie). It's funny when I stop and think about it. Rocky is the only cat I've ever had who isn't a tuxedo. But there is that long break between pets, except birds, while in the Army - about 25 years. Tarheels really doesn't count as my pet, since she came to the family after I had joined the Army and I only visited her when on leave. -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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