cats can fall in love again

Pre-Dentist

As a first time cat owner, I had no idea that you had to reintroduce cats after one had been at the vet for dental work. Surprise! What a glorious weekend spent dealing with Zoya who was high as a kite and Boris skittishly hissing and growling at her. The good news is, after 2 days of separate living, salmon as treats and videos of kittens meowing (it worked!) they are now back to cuddling with each other. Phew. Family love cuddly snuggle time restored.

Post-Dentist

family crest

Ami made me the most amazing family crest to ring in my thirtieth birthday. I do believe that my personal favourite is Boris sporting a dandified top hat and a monocle! Boris is just so refined, he needs an earldom. Our ever present spirit animal the narwhal is also featured as well as Zoya being significantly less refined in her play mode. Next step: get family crest printed on matching hoodies. I'm not sure if he'll ever be able to top this gift!

window love

photo credit Ami

gratuitous cat post

How can you not love that face?


Sometimes I wish I had a top hat and a monocle for this little man.


That is all.

tumblr obsession

I am currently obsessed with To My Wife tumblr. The one above made me laugh out loud to the point where I woke up sleeping afternoon cats. They were very unimpressed and luckily I managed to capture the pre and post-laugh moments. Note: the laughter was due to the fact that I have found airplane boarding passes from at least 3 years ago in Ami's jean pockets.




I do love how pissed Boris looks. Sorry for quality, iPhone's camera fails at dealing with black vs grey cat.

cuddle time in the afternoon

Sweet Boris and Zoya. They've been part of my home for over a month now and it's been an excellent month indeed. I cannot say that I'm looking forward to shedding non-kittens but I invested in some lint rollers from Ikea to be prepared. Boris has become a cuddle monster, he walks along the edge of the bed at night, slowly makes his way up by my pillow and decidedly flops down in front of me to get some bedtime cuddling in. Zoya sleeps above Ami's head on his pillow and if she's in the mood for cuddles she'll fall asleep in pretty much any position. She also ate so much the other night that she waddled out of the kitchen, I don't think I've ever seen a kitten waddle before.

boris and zoya

Black pets are notoriously hard to photograph, I've been attempting to capture Boris and his sweet expression and failing miserably. Ami, in his infinite wisdom (or what I like to refer to as buying a new lens and mucking about with his camera) has managed what I thought might be impossible without professional studio lights! Look at my sweet Boris and his curious little face. However, he has decided that my pillow is his chosen place for sleeping at night... not that I mind his motor purr near my ear as it helps drown out the noises of New York (aka sirens and loud garbage trucks).

Zoya is adorable and ridiculously easy to photograph. Plus she's a freakin' ninja, more stories to follow.

and you will be my squishy...

I'm officially a cat owner, not only that, I'm officially a two kitten owner! Oh joyous! I've fulfilled a goal of 4 year old Kim. They are so cute, soft, sweet, playful and purr purr purr... there is no perfect exclamation for this moment! Ami and I went into the rescue organisation planning on getting one cat... we left pending approval on getting two kittens after a house visit (this means our apartment is cat approved?) Now we have two kittens, one black boy named Boris and one grey and cream and stripy girl named Zoya. Yes, we have two russian cats living in New York... they might be unaware that they are russian but I like to speak to them in what I'm sure is a horribly fake russian accent.