Aby-a-Day – February 17: Brotherly love (Friday Flashback)

A cat photo community I’m a member of runs a weekly theme contest. This week, the theme was “Lovey-Dovey Cats,” and I entered this photo of Patrick and Gun-Hee:

Trick and Gun-Hee were both born in the Year of the Dog, and as such were 12 years apart in age (in this photo, Trick is 12 and Gun-Hee is 4 months). Gun-Hee adored Patrick from the start (I’ve always noticed an unlikely bond between my cats born in the same Chinese zodiac year; Harri and Tessie were both born in Goat years and were also friends right from the start despite their age difference). Patrick, who always preferred boycats to females, grew fonder of Gun-Hee than he ever was of Tessie and Kylie, despite knowing them longer.

These two were taken the day after we brought Gun-Hee home! Already Gun-Hee was trying to cuddle with Patrick…although Patrick wasn’t really sure about the newcomer yet.

They were such an unlikely pair!

Abys in Need: Special needs Ruddy kitten needs a home in Boston!

OMG! Kim (Clancy and Finn’s mom) sent me this link…with the comment “Always room for one more.” *sigh* I wish…

URGENT NEED — SPECIAL NEEDS KITTEN!!
14 week old Abyssinian purebred ruddy male kitten needs a home urgently. He has a mild upper respiratory illness, tested positive for calicivirus, and he sneezes. This may or may not go away as his immune system matures. He is very sweet, very beautiful, and already neutered and up to date with vaccinations (will need one more plus rabies in a couple of weeks). He is FREE to a good home!! You will need to get him from Boston, Massachusetts. Email Susan Graham from Aksum Abyssinians for details.

Isn’t he a sweetheart!?