June 26, 2009

Friday Cat Blogging – 26 June 2009

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Sure, I might be on vacation, but that doesn’t mean there’s no Friday Catblogging this week.  What kind of monster do you think I am?

But if I’m on vacation, then Inkblot and Domino get a vacation too.  So this week, courtesy of reader Randy G., we have some guest catblogging.  The pile of furballs on the right are Lennie and Louie, and as you can guess, they’re littermates.  Sigh.  I want a pair of littermates some day.  They’ll be 14 years old next month, but if you’d like to see pictures of them as kittens, along with their mentors Ralph and Alice, just click here.  It’s bonus historical kitten blogging!

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