Alastriona, The Cats & Dogs

(March 2025) Hershey and Oreo Take Over

Yang and Chimera went hid from the kittens in Youngest Boys room.

Fenris and I stuck around to kitten sit. Poor Fen, the kittens stole his bed.

I tried telling Hershey it was a dog bed but he didn't listen to me.

I eventually persuaded them to go find Chimera and Yang.

Yang escaped before they could pounce.

As you can see Hershey had no qualms about pouncing on Chimera.

Youngest boy did keep an eye on him to prevent him from getting into too much trouble.

He eventually came found me again. Mom says he is learning to Yin. MOL he copies everything I do.

Including sitting in the dining room chairs.

When they were little Oreo came too, but she doesn't hang out with me as much as Hershey does.

Oreo has way too much energy to ever successfully Yin. She is usually in motion.

She liked hanging out with Fenris.

Occasionally she tried playing with his tail.

Mom says she thinks Hershey and Oreo have some Siamese in them. While they don't look anything like Siamese they are very vocal, much more than the rest of us. ~Miss Yin, reporting for ATCAD

March 2025 Discussing the Kittens

Chimera and Fenris discussed the kittens.

They pretty much agreed that the kittens would make a great addition to the family.

Chimera told Ladybug about them.

Chimera was always trying to get Fenris and Ladybug to play with her, but they never would.

Mom says she thinks they were afraid of hurting her she was such a tiny little thing. And she was a baby when she came to live here. Arty Mouse was an adult cat and Fen was just a puppy when they meet so we don't think puppy Fenris realized there was a huge size difference between them, even if he did Arty Mouse was definitely the boss of that pair.

Fenris did a lot of kitten sitting when they first came here. Oreo especially was in to everything. Mom's shoes were treated like toys, (sigh) so was every flower in every vase.

Fenris mainly just watched but if she did anything especially bad he barked to let Mom know.

Fenris really liked cats and got along well with all of us.

Oreo and Hershey really liked him.

They were not as fond of Ladybug. It's not that she chases you or anything but she does want to come over and say hi and stick her nose in your face. Fenris was smart enough to let us say hi to him. Hey we are cats we eventually have to investigate everything even huge dogs.

I would like to say that me and Yang were as welcoming as Chimera when Oreo and Hershey first came but we did grumble about it. Especially me. I eventually decided to adopt them and Hershey is my shadow now, Mom calls him my mini me. ~Miss Yin, reporting for ATCAD

Remembering Chimera and Fenris (March 2025) Chimera and Fenris meet Hershey and Oreo

Me and Chimera liked hanging out in the infirmary even when we weren't sick. Good view of bird TV.

And I of course had my man cave.

Me and Chimera were usually together. She was my best buddy.

Ladybug and Fenris were still going on walks.

Fenris loved his walks even when they wore him out, it hurt our hearts seeing him struggle to walk a path he used to run like the wind multiple times.

One day when MDad came to visit we got booted out of the infirmary and Mom started calling it a nursery. This little squeaky thing (Oreo) and her brother (Hershey) got put in there. Oreo is the bravest of the duo and she came to explore the rest of the house when the door was open. She made friends with Fenris. He was really good with cats he basically just laid their and let you walk all over him after he got older. Unless you were Scylla he always chased Scylla it was a game they played. And he and Arty Mouse had a very special relationship, she taught him to play fight like a cat and they did zoomies together and rolled on the floor in sync. Mom loved watching those two play.

Chimera broke into the nursery to meet the kittens. She found where they were sleeping.

Mom was happy that Chimera was basically OK with kittens just like Socks was. She liked watching them until they were old enough to play with and then they became buddies.

You can see Hershey and Oreo didn't think she was much of a threat. ~Yang, reporting for ATCAD

Meowy Monday with Miss Yin

Hanging on to my favorite bookmark so it doesn't get lost Mom.

What are we going to read today?

Oh I guess I could help you with the housework so we can read later.

Mom I really think you should stop experimenting with the camera.

I mean really you are making me disappear.

Although this is a good picture of Tortuga the Turtle.

What do you mean that Turtle the Turtle is a silly name. I named him Tortuga not Turtle

What do you mean Tortuga is Turtle in Spanish. Turtle should be Turtle in any language. Next you are going to be telling me that I am not a cat in Spanish.

(actually Yin you would be a gata in Spanish since you are a female cat). That makes no sense Mom I am a cat. A cat is a cat. What would Yang be? (Yang is a gato since he is a boy cat) Bizarre we are CATS.

Yin, reporting for ATCAD

PeeS: I am supposed to tell you that Mom and MDad are getting married today. Not sure what that means other than MDad made the yard look super nice and helped Mom clean the house and a whole bunch of stranger showed up for a pre wedding party last night. We also apparently have a turtle he slipped into the garage just like Slippy and refuses to leave. Anyway Mom has been running around getting beautiful today and youngest boy took the day off and Mom says when they come home her and MDad will be married. I am sure at some point there will be pictures and I can tell you more.