AUGUST 14, 1999

Happy First Month Birthday To The Tyger's Den!!!

AUGUST 14, 1999 Tyger's Diary Aug. 14, 1999 Grrrreetings everyone! Welcome to the one month anniversary/birthday of The Tyger's Den! Yep, today The Tyger's Den celebrates it's first full month in operation. Just one month ago today I wrote the first entry into Tyger's Diary! It's a grrrreat day to celebrate, folks! Celebrate, too, by checking out Mother Keedie's new homepage at The Pet Vine. The address to visit is: Mother Keedie's Place and see what you think of it. Let me know if you like it. I'm only just learning this html thing, so it's not impressive. But I think it's pretty good, considering I didn't know what I was doing and had very little help doing it! Today I'd like to tell you a little bit about the cats that belonged to a friend of mine. Back in the '60's I knew a very nice guy named Paul Gilmore. Interestingly enough, Paul had the same number of cats that I had. In fact, one of his cats, Pequot, could have been the twin sister of my cat, Heidi Kitten, they looked that much alike. Paul's cats were: Pequot, as I mentioned, a black and white half siamese female, Ootsie, a black and white striped male with a cute patch marking on his upper lip that looked like half of a mustache, Punky Stardock, an all white male, Davie, an orange striped male, Boo Boo, also an orange striped male, but he was older (Davie was a kitten when I saw him), Tuna Bay, a dark gray and white male (mostly white with gray patches), and Mouser, a gray and white long-haired male. As you can see, Paul had a wonderful imagination when it came to names. Most of his pets had very interesting and unique names. I got to meet the cats. I remember Tuna was so sweet. I went up to him and said "Hello beautiful kitty" and he touched noses with me! They were all very friendly and loving cats, except for Punky, who was a little on the shy side, kind of a loner type of cat. I'd have to say that, for the most part, I haven't met many nasty cats in my lifetime. In fact, I can count on one hand the number of nasty cats I've known out of the 50 or so cats I've had and/or met in my lifetime to this date. To me, that means that the majority of cats are loving and friendly. Good odds for anyone considering adopting a cat. You're bound to get lucky! I found Paul's cats to be every bit as intelligent and good-natured as mine. Except for Tang, my siamese, that is. He does have a very nasty disposition. But I find this to be the exception, not the rule. Tang is the only cat in my household who growls and spits on a regular basis, literally, at the least provocation. He's got to be the hardest cat in the world to photograph! Have a grrrrreat weekend, fellow cat-lovers! I'll see you next time! Purrrrrfectly marvellous to see you here! TygerStar P.S. Anyone want to hear any stories about my dogs? I'm running out of stories to tell! How about submitting some of your stories?!?