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September 22, 2021 by Tien Chiu

Cat-iversary!

Today is a day of celebration! Huge congratulations to Tigress and Fritz, who exactly eight years ago came home from their first successful hunt. And what a hunt it was! They “bagged” not just one, but TWO humans to adore, worship, and serve them for the rest of their lives.

Here are the mighty hunters the evening they arrived:

Fritz and Tigress as kittens

And here they are a few days ago, snuggled up together:

Fritz and Tigress snuggling
Snuggly cats!

Fritz still loves his belly rubs:

Fritz flopped over demanding a belly rub
Belly rubs are therapeutic!

And Tigress still likes to sleep at the top of shelves. (It’s nice to have friends in high places!)

She’s very Zen, so perhaps she’s engaged in sectarian dialogue with HH the Dalai Lama while she naps?

Tigress sleeping on a shelf above a postcard of the Dalai Lama
Tigress the Zen kitty

As a spiritual master, Tigress would be the first to tell you that if you love something, you must let it go free. If you don’t, how could you chase and kill it again???

Tigress hunting a feather toy
Tigress hunting

Yes, it’s been eight wonderful years. Eight years of being sat on, meowed at, mercilessly ordered to hand out the cat treats, and subjected to arbitrary demands from a tyrannical and utterly marvelous pair of cats. Here’s to many more years of “supervision” from our wonderful cats, Fritz and Tigress!

Fritz and Tigress providing supervision for some quill-winding

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Comments

  1. Michelle says

    September 22, 2021 at 4:49 pm

    Lucky cats, Lucky you. Many happy returns of the cat-i-versery

  2. Judy Sheppard says

    September 22, 2021 at 4:54 pm

    Happy Birthday to Fritz and Tigress. It is wonderful to be owned by to such felines, my husband and I are owned by two tyrannical Siamese. Enjoy their love and admiration.

  3. Melissa says

    September 22, 2021 at 5:49 pm

    Absolutely adorable, both of them…. yes, I would say their “hunt” was very successful. Lucky kitties, and lucky you ! May your lives together be long and filled with joy and love.

  4. Maurine Adrezin says

    September 22, 2021 at 8:32 pm

    Cute

  5. Srivandana says

    September 24, 2021 at 1:33 am

    Absolute gorgeousness! Such fortunate felines!

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