Today is Holly's 15th birthday

Today is Holly's 15th birthday. She is my special "shadow cat"-wherever I
go, Holly is sure to follow. I adopted her when she was about 6 months old
and was told that she was born in "early June," so I arbitrarily set June 1
as her special day.

Holly is my delight. She loves to play, she follows me wherever I go, and
everyone who sees her thinks she is a young cat. She has a nightly routine
that still amuses me-I will hear a low-pitched "moaning" sound, look up, and
there is Holly on her way to me with her gift. It is always the same little
red mouse, and she has done this for several years. The original mouse wore
out years ago, so I bought a replacement package. There were 4 of these
little mice in the package in 4 different colors, but she always heads for
the red mouse. She considers it to be one of her "duties" to walk back and
forth in front of the computer monitor as soon as I sit down to work, and
she doesn't stop until I pet her and talk to her awhile. Then she often
meatloafs on the side of the keyboard tray or walks to the back of the
monitor and sits there peering around the side at me. I have a small bench
that I keep beside my computer chair, and that is one of here "special
places"; if she doesn't jump up to the computer, she relaxes there any time
I am using the computer. That is one place that she usually will not share
with Duffy. He has to be content with perching on the top of the computer
hutch, often hanging down toward us.

Holly is amazingly graceful and agile, especially for a 15-year-old. She
will easily leap surprising distances and never break anything. There are
times when I will suddenly realize that she is sitting on the arm of the
chair or even on the back of the chair above my head, and I was not even
aware of her jumping onto the chair.

Happy birthday, my wonderful little girl. Today is your special day.

MaryL

Photos of Holly: 'o'
Holly: http://tinyurl.com/9t68o
Duffy and Holly together: http://tinyurl.com/8b47e

On Jun 1, 4:40*pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER
wrote:
Today is Holly's 15th birthday. *She is my special "shadow cat"-wherever I
go, Holly is sure to follow. *I adopted her when she was about 6 months old
and was told that she was born in "early June," so I arbitrarily set June 1
as her special day.

Happy purrday to Holly.

--
Will in New Haven

wonderful, Lee
"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message
...
Today is Holly's 15th birthday. She is my special "shadow cat"-wherever I
go, Holly is sure to follow. I adopted her when she was about 6 months
old and was told that she was born in "early June," so I arbitrarily set
June 1 as her special day.

Holly is my delight. She loves to play, she follows me wherever I go, and
everyone who sees her thinks she is a young cat. She has a nightly
routine that still amuses me-I will hear a low-pitched "moaning" sound,
look up, and there is Holly on her way to me with her gift. It is always
the same little red mouse, and she has done this for several years. The
original mouse wore out years ago, so I bought a replacement package.
There were 4 of these little mice in the package in 4 different colors,
but she always heads for the red mouse. She considers it to be one of her
"duties" to walk back and forth in front of the computer monitor as soon
as I sit down to work, and she doesn't stop until I pet her and talk to
her awhile. Then she often meatloafs on the side of the keyboard tray or
walks to the back of the monitor and sits there peering around the side at
me. I have a small bench that I keep beside my computer chair, and that
is one of here "special places"; if she doesn't jump up to the computer,
she relaxes there any time I am using the computer. That is one place
that she usually will not share with Duffy. He has to be content with
perching on the top of the computer hutch, often hanging down toward us.

Holly is amazingly graceful and agile, especially for a 15-year-old. She
will easily leap surprising distances and never break anything. There are
times when I will suddenly realize that she is sitting on the arm of the
chair or even on the back of the chair above my head, and I was not even
aware of her jumping onto the chair.

Happy birthday, my wonderful little girl. Today is your special day.

MaryL

Photos of Holly: 'o'
Holly: http://tinyurl.com/9t68o
Duffy and Holly together: http://tinyurl.com/8b47e

"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message
...
Today is Holly's 15th birthday. She is my special "shadow cat"-wherever I
go, Holly is sure to follow. I adopted her when she was about 6 months
old and was told that she was born in "early June," so I arbitrarily set
June 1 as her special day.

Happy purrday Holly! Mary, I just love the way some cats get into routines.
My RB cat Marley used to get clearly upset when it was late and he thought I
should be getting to bed. He'd meow then walk toward the bedroom, and come
back when he saw I wasn't following. He'd keep this up until I finally got
the message that it was late and followed him in. Then he'd settle down and
sleep on my head. Ok, that part I didn't like.

"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message
...
Today is Holly's 15th birthday. She is my special "shadow cat"-wherever I
go, Holly is sure to follow. I adopted her when she was about 6 months
old and was told that she was born in "early June," so I arbitrarily set
June 1 as her special day.

Holly is my delight. She loves to play, she follows me wherever I go, and
everyone who sees her thinks she is a young cat. She has a nightly
routine that still amuses me-I will hear a low-pitched "moaning" sound,
look up, and there is Holly on her way to me with her gift. It is always
the same little red mouse, and she has done this for several years. The
original mouse wore out years ago, so I bought a replacement package.
There were 4 of these little mice in the package in 4 different colors,
but she always heads for the red mouse. She considers it to be one of her
"duties" to walk back and forth in front of the computer monitor as soon
as I sit down to work, and she doesn't stop until I pet her and talk to
her awhile. Then she often meatloafs on the side of the keyboard tray or
walks to the back of the monitor and sits there peering around the side at
me. I have a small bench that I keep beside my computer chair, and that
is one of here "special places"; if she doesn't jump up to the computer,
she relaxes there any time I am using the computer. That is one place
that she usually will not share with Duffy. He has to be content with
perching on the top of the computer hutch, often hanging down toward us.

Holly is amazingly graceful and agile, especially for a 15-year-old. She
will easily leap surprising distances and never break anything. There are
times when I will suddenly realize that she is sitting on the arm of the
chair or even on the back of the chair above my head, and I was not even
aware of her jumping onto the chair.

Happy birthday, my wonderful little girl. Today is your special day.

MaryL

Photos of Holly: 'o'
Holly: http://tinyurl.com/9t68o
Duffy and Holly together: http://tinyurl.com/8b47e


You must be a pretty special person yourself to inspire that kind of
devotion.

Happy Birthday, Happy Happy Birthday Holly!
Karla

Happy Birthday Holly Love Kyla
"MaryL" \
Today is Holly's 15th birthday. She is my special "shadow cat"-wherever I
go, Holly is sure to follow. I adopted her when she was about 6 months
old and was told that she was born in "early June," so I arbitrarily set
June 1 as her special day.

Holly is my delight. She loves to play, she follows me wherever I go, and
everyone who sees her thinks she is a young cat. She has a nightly
routine that still amuses me-I will hear a low-pitched "moaning" sound,
look up, and there is Holly on her way to me with her gift. It is always
the same little red mouse, and she has done this for several years. The
original mouse wore out years ago, so I bought a replacement package.
There were 4 of these little mice in the package in 4 different colors,
but she always heads for the red mouse. She considers it to be one of her
"duties" to walk back and forth in front of the computer monitor as soon
as I sit down to work, and she doesn't stop until I pet her and talk to
her awhile. Then she often meatloafs on the side of the keyboard tray or
walks to the back of the monitor and sits there peering around the side at
me. I have a small bench that I keep beside my computer chair, and that
is one of here "special places"; if she doesn't jump up to the computer,
she relaxes there any time I am using the computer. That is one place
that she usually will not share with Duffy. He has to be content with
perching on the top of the computer hutch, often hanging down toward us.

Holly is amazingly graceful and agile, especially for a 15-year-old. She
will easily leap surprising distances and never break anything. There are
times when I will suddenly realize that she is sitting on the arm of the
chair or even on the back of the chair above my head, and I was not even
aware of her jumping onto the chair.

Happy birthday, my wonderful little girl. Today is your special day.

MaryL

Photos of Holly: 'o'
Holly: http://tinyurl.com/9t68o
Duffy and Holly together: http://tinyurl.com/8b47e

MaryL wrote:
Today is Holly's 15th birthday. She is my special "shadow cat"-wherever
I go, Holly is sure to follow. I adopted her when she was about 6
months old and was told that she was born in "early June," so I
arbitrarily set June 1 as her special day.

Hoppy Purrday, Holly!

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban.
In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

MaryL wrote:

Today is Holly's 15th birthday. She is my special "shadow cat"-wherever I
go, Holly is sure to follow. I adopted her when she was about 6 months old
and was told that she was born in "early June," so I arbitrarily set June 1
as her special day.

Happy birthday, Holly! 15 is an impressive age.

Joyce
--
A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going
somewhere. -- Groucho Marx

"Cheryl" wrote in message
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"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in
message ...
Today is Holly's 15th birthday....

Happy purrday Holly! Mary, I just love the way some cats get
into routines. My RB cat Marley used to get clearly upset when
it was late and he thought I should be getting to bed. He'd
meow then walk toward the bedroom, and come back when he saw I
wasn't following. He'd keep this up until I finally got the
message that it was late and followed him in. Then he'd settle
down and sleep on my head. Ok, that part I didn't like.

Aw, come on! I'd just LOVE a kitty sleeping on my head, and I'm
sure you did as well :-)

--
MatSav



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On 1 June, 21:40, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER
wrote:

Happy birthday, my wonderful little girl. *Today is your special day.

MaryL

A belated Happy Birthday to Holly.

Jeanette