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    This is a brag about our Mr. Miyagi
    
    We went away this last weekend from Wednesday night till Sunday late PM
    to the White Mountains. This is the first time we have taken all *3*
    cats. Mr. Miyagi has been outside in his carrier going to the vets but
    that's all since we've had him a year ago last August. 
    
    Well, he was just wonderful. We put him in the carrier with Ming (our
    other seal point himmie) and they rode laying on/beside each other all
    the way. No one except Mocha let out a meow. (That's another story but
    not a brag) When we got to the strange house we took the carrier with
    the himmies upstairs to our bedroom, and let them out there, and fixed
    the litter box and food dishes in the bathroom and went out and closed
    the door till we got everything else unpacked. Mr. Miyagi slept on our
    bed all night with Ming, and by morning was hardly "wide eyed". He and
    Ming stayed in the bedroom mostly, ('cause we had a 2 1/2 year old
    child of the other couple with us.) Saturday evening Tim and I were
    alone in the living room enjoying the fireplace, and down came Mr.
    Miyagi. He hopped up on the couch and stayed there or 3 hours. This
    was so wonderful. For those of you who might have forgotten, when Mr.
    Miyagi came to live with us he spent his first SIX months under one of
    the twin beds too scared to come out. He stayed in that room every
    minute of the time.!!!!!!! Now here he was in a strange house, and
    walking around investigating, and making himself right at home.
    
    We are looking forward to our next trip, and taking our furfaces with
    us, especially so since we know Mr. Miyagi now will be fine and not 
    scared out of his wits.
    
    I am so glad we adopted him. He is my velcro cat, but loves Tim also
    and is very affectionate toward him.
    
    Thanks for letting me brag about my Mr. Miyagi
    
    Barbara
                                                     

    I wish I had made this my first note here..
    
    I wanted to say a BIG Thank You to the moderators for this new
    feline notes file. 
    
    You gals deserve a gold star for the great format and all the hard
    work that went into transfering this file from here to there and
    the many hours of blood, sweat, and tears that accompany doing a
    project like this across the networks.
    
    Regards,
    Barbara

    
    Well said, Barbara!  I was debating whether to enter my comment in 
    this note or in the "moderator" note.  Moderating is a thankless
    job and we DO appreciate it.  You folks did your job and I think we
    should do ours. Feliners, let's try to utilize this space wisely. With
    Corporate cutbacks and "rightsizing", systems will be looked at closely. 
    Using keyword searches and utilizing the topical notes already in place 
    will reduce the amount of disk space we use. It also makes it alot easier 
    to keep track of everything! Moderators, thank you again for a job well
    done!!!
    
    
    

    Hear, hear.
    

    Definitely a job well done!  Kudos to the moderators.  I was in touch
    with Jo off-line and know she worked hard on this new version of
    Feline, not to mention it is her node the conference resides on!!
    If it weren't for Mutton, Feline wouldn't have a home!
    
    Let's make V2 a better place to note!!
    
    -Roberta
    

    I also want to thank the Moderators!!
    
    And I want to brag that Halie and Robileu are the proud parents
    of 5 new little scottish folds born on November 27, 1991.  Three
    black (or black smoke) and white boys, one patch tabby girl and
    one calico girl. 
    
    Nancy DC

    Thank you mods, for being there, giving of your time and for doing such
    a great job.
    
    Giudi

    Well, I had two firsts this past weekend and I just have to brag.
    
    Announcing
    
      CFF MASTER GRAND CHAMPION PUTIPUT'S SILVER SHADOW!!!!!!
    
    I thought he'd made in Saturday night in Liz Bickford's ring but
    I found out Sunday morning that I was off by 2 points.  Then
    Don LeClaire gave Shadow a Best Grand in an ALLBREED ring and I
    said "NOW, he's a master grand".  Liz was sitting there and she
    said "You're sure now....."  :^)  I told her it just meant I got
    to get excited twice.
    
    AND...  Putiput's Quick Silver aka "The silver bullet" made his
    debut at this last show.  There were 4 scottish fold kittens, 25
    shorthair kittens and 40 longhair kittens.  He finalled in 5 out
    of 10 rings and brought me my FIRST BEST KITTEN!!  He also got
    a 2nd and 7th best Specialty and a 4th and 10th best allbreed.
    He was such a joy to show.  
    
    And Sandy, you can tell Dundee that Shadow is carrying on the
    tradition of one escape per show.  He led me a merry chase
    around the show hall first thing Saturday morning.
      Nancy DC
    

	Congratulations, Nancy!  Was this at the Andover show?

	My brag is sorta once or twice removed.  Pat Senser told me that
	her cat Periwinkle got Best Alter, and then Best of the Best in
	Andover this past weekend.  Peri is half-brother to my two girls,
	Jenny & C.C. - same momcat, and he and Jenny look nearly identical.

	Sandy

    Ruby Dandy-lion is one hot contender in the world of altered 
    purebreds.  Besides being a nice scottish fold (if I do say so
    myself) he has a wonderful show disposition.  Shadow should take
    some lessons from "Meeps".  He's definitely got his dad's personality.
    Batman makes some wonderful kittens.   
    
    I'm very grateful to have a stud that produces good quality purebreds
    plus fabulous dispositions.
    
    I think that it won't be long before Putiput can claim a second
    Master Grand Champion.  (Technically, Meeps is a Talegre fold, but
    he's half Putiput)
    
    And of course, Pat does a fabulous job of presenting Dandy.  
    
      Nancy DC

    We've got great news!!  You will never guess!!  I am so excited...
    
     			Announcing (drum roll please)
    
    
     				Grand Champion
    
    
       			PLEASANTVIEW ORESTES OF MYSINHS!!!
    
    
    Yay!!  If it wasn't for Marlene showing up and helping me send "vibes"
    to Will Thompson, I don't think we could have done it.  She and I sat
    in the ring adjacent to Will's and when he was figuring up his finals
    and crossing cats off his list, she and I were meditating and chanting
    (AAahhhhhmmmmmmmm), and sending him the message "final Reste, final
    Reste, final Reste."  The mahareeshi couldn't have done a better job!
    
    Will pulled Reste's number and Marlene says to me, "see, we have just
    disproven the theory that bringing champagne to a show jinxes a
    potential grand!"  But of course, I didn't *know* she was going to
    bring champagne so I guess that the theory still holds. :')  
    
    Will used Reste as his 10th BAB (Best Allbreed) cat, and that gave Reste 
    35 points. Vicki Dickerson had used Reste as her 8th BLH (Best
    Longhair) on Saturday, giving him 15 points.  We only needed 44 more, so 
    with the ring points from the Best of Breed wins, we are over 200.
    
    So, we sent Marlene out for more Champagne and we had a small
    celebration.  The grand party is scheduled for January 4th at the Tails
    and No Tales show in San Jose.  West Coast Feliners please join us
    there for champagne and cake.
    
    Next, we have to finish up Obi and Nepenthe, and then I think I will
    take a short rest from showing and get my house back in order. ;')
    
    Jo  

    
    CONGRATULATIONS Jo & Ken!  I was smiling all the way home.  What a 
    fun afternoon! Jo introduced me to a friend of hers, an Exotic breeder
    from down south. Becky is really nice and her Tortie is adorable.  As it 
    turned out both of the cats granded in Will Thompson's ring.  It was 
    an exciting afternoon!  BTW, mhj, the more that I thought about her
    coloring "brown patched tabby"  kept ringing through my head! :')
    
    
    

    Way to go Jo and Reste!  How exciting for you!!
    
    Hope Nepenthe and Obi can grand easily too.
    
    -Roberta
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I am pleased to announce:

			"Grand Champion" 

		Deverest's Beau Blue of Valique



Beau is CFF's best Blue Point Himalayan for 1990-1991.

He granded at the show in Andover.   I'm thrilled he's my first 
Grand, he'll always be special to me.  

Now he can look forward to a wonderful life of girls...



My congratulations to you Jo and Reste, way to go!


Valerie
 

    Congrats to you and Beau, Valerie.  That is great news!
    
    -Roberta
    

    
    Valerie, CONGRATULATIONS!!!  I'll pass the word onto Melissa and Keith.
    You know how much they love that boy!!!!!  :')
    
    

    Congratulations to the recent award winning cats & their companions!
    
    Bonnie

    Congrats to all.. this is great news.. 
    Kate, Happy, Preschie, Kissy..

    Big Congratulations to the new Grand Champions!!  
      Nancy DC

    Non-feline, but I still wanna stand on top of the world & shout...
    
    
    
    I'M ENGAGED!!! My boyfriend of 3 & 1/2 years asked me to marry him on
    Christmas Eve. We're working on a 93 wedding date. I'm so happy! :*)
    
    Bonnie 

Congratulations, Bonnie!  How exciting!

I was just listening to a couple of women here talking about one of them getting
engaged and remembering how exciting it was :-)

Jill

    Congradulations!
    
    L-

    Congrats!
    
    Now you should hook up to CGVAX2::WEDDINGS (when/if ever they get back
    on line)!  ;^)
    
    :^)
    
    K.C.

    L-
    
    It's not considered an addition to the household, because we're already
    living together, it just means that we won't be such a bad influence
    on "the kids" ! ;*)  Hee-hee!!
    
    Bonnie

    Congrats, Bonnie!!  What wonderful news!
    
    Callie and Tabs must be partying hearty after hearing that one!!
    

    Bonnie,
    
     Great News!!!! I'll bet the girls are already trying to convince you
    that all the decorations at the wedding should be SPARKLE TOYS!!!! ;-)
    
    Y

    Bonnie -
    
    Congratulations! Planning and having a wedding is great fun.  
    
    One piece of advice (gained through experience):
    
    When you get dressed for the wedding, don't put your veil on 
    in the house! Unless you want felines trying to climb up it. 
    
    One of my favorite pictures in my wedding album is of the bride
    (me), in her finery grabbing Poppy, who's trying to escape out the
    door that the limo driver is holding open for everyone.
    
    We're all happy for you. 
    
    Kate
     

    Bonnie,
    Congratulations!  Have fun planning the wedding!  :-)
    
    Karen

    Well, I now have a celebrity in the house.....
    
    Last year Shadow's picture was taken by Tetsu Yamazaki who is the
    photographer who did the photography for "The Legacy of the Cat".
    I got a page from a book (Cat Catalog 1992) that has Shadow's picture
    on it!  The book is in Japanese but who cares!  I can still read
    the pictures.
      
    
    I suppose now he'll want crystal dishes, servant cats and imported
    salmon all the time.  Sigh... the price of fame.
      Nancy DC
    

    	ref .31
    
    	Nancy, now don't get upset with me, I'm just the messenger. But I
    thought it would be nice if Kai and Teddy would share their crystal
    dishes. When I asked them they replied, "Hell no, Shadow can take a
    trip to the dog pound before we will share them, with anybody!". Now
    maybe I was out of line asking them, but I never expected that  come
    back! I'll have to have a talk with them later. Tell Shadow
    I'm sorry...
    
    Mike

    Well, that's ok Mike.  It was a nice thought.  
    
    I suspect that Shadow has his own ideas tho.  I saw him with a
    Waterford catalog yesterday.  He had several items circled.  
    He's also ordered his own phone - cordless, of course - and
    there is an interior decorator arriving tomorrow so that he
    can have his cage re-decorated.
    
    Something tells me he's been speaking to Ms. Prescie.
      Nancy DC

    I'm told that his "kitty contract" is being redrawn. I'd suggest that
    you start hiding any assets that you have...
    
    Deb

    I discovered something this morning.  Alex likes to wash her toys.
    
    I always wondered why, sometimes when she brings us either a foam ball
    or a jingle ball to throw for her to fetch, that it would be wet. 
    Well, this morning, I saw her deliberately take one of her foam balls
    (that we had been playing with) and putting it in her waterbowl, and
    dunking it.  Then she would take it out, and "hand" it to me.
    
    It isn't so bad with the jingle balls (although the bells sound a
    little flat after washing), but the foam balls are rather icky wet.
    
    Well...at least she's clean!  ;^)
    
    K.C.

Beth does the same thing.  Everything goes in and out of the water bowl...
maybe she's part raccoon....drives me nuts!!  Oh, in her defense, I
must say she's stopped washing the catnip mice.  Gross....

Mary

    
    	re Mary...the other night I came home (new year's eve) at 2 am
    	and made a cursory glance towards the water dish...it appeared
    	to be filled with (!) blood, and I thought (time to go to bed)
    	How could that be?? Then I went over and really looked, to find
    	a drowned catnip mouse in the bottom....hhmmmm...
    
    	Sherry
    

    PURRRPURRRRPURRR.. hmm, yes it was me who suggested that he speak with
    THE FIRM.. PURRRRPURRR.. and it was also me that loaned him the
    catalogs for Waterford pressies, etc..PURRPURRRRPURRR.. 
    Love,
    Preschie..

    Finally, I have something tangible to brag about in here.  This
    past weekend I took Onyx to the Tails and No Tails Cat Show here
    in San Jose, CA.  It was his first show and given that he was wild
    as a kitten and is very shy when people he doesn't know come into
    the house, I was worried about how he would react.  Well, once a
    showaholic, always a showaholic...I put my fears and aside and
    entered him.
    
    Drum roll please.
    
    I'm pleased to announce that not only was Onyx well-behaved (if
    somewhat timid), he walked away with a ribbon in every one of the
    6 rings.  Awards were as follows:
       
    		9th Best HHP	from Vicki Dickerson
    		6th Best HHP	from Sylvia Fitzgerald
    		4th Best HHP	from Wayne Trevathan
    		4th Best HHP	from Norma Placchi
    		2nd Best HHP	from Gary Powell
    		BEST HHP	from Carolyn Bullotta
    
    Several of the judges remarked on how shiney his coat was and one even
    compared the shine of his coat to patent leather.  
    
    I'm so pleased with how he did, I think I'm going to have to start 
    showing again on a regular basis (it has been a year since my last 
    show).  Poor Onyx, if he'd have known this he probably would have 
    acted up a bit more.
    
    Onyx and I would like to thank Aunties Jo and Marlene for all the 
    moral support they gave us.  And, I'd like to thank Jo and Ken and
    the rest of their cat club for putting on such a fine show.
    
    Jan

    I want to brag about how well the show went.  We got a late start
    planning it because the club was busy working on a one day fundraiser
    show back in September.  But, we pulled it together at the last minute
    and did a great job.
    
    With the help of my other sister, Jaci, we did a major media blitz for
    publicity.  It paid off in a small article about the show in the San
    Jose Mercury news the day before the show, a small classified ad that
    ran for two weeks prior to the show, space on the Merc's Entertainment
    Calendar, an telephone interview with a local radio station on Saturday
    night, a news story on Channel 11, the San Jose news channel, at 6:00PM
    on Saturday night, a cameraman from the San Francisco ABC affiliate KGO
    (which unfortunately didn't make the newscast but which will be used as
    file footage), and a 6" x 9" color phot of Gary Powell judging a
    Siamese cat on the FRONT PAGE of the San Jose Mercury News this
    morning!  I also had reports from spectators that they heard about the
    show on various local radio stations so our PSA's were used too.  It
    has actually been tough keeping track of all this media attention so
    that we can send them all thank you notes this week.
    
    The publicity really showed at the gate too.  By 3:30 in the afternoon
    on Saturday we had achieved a record gate for our show!  We had
    exceeded last year's total for two days!  By the close of the show
    Sunday we had more than doubled that!  Our club treasurer is so happy
    that we can now pay all the bills, (we were all a bit worried about
    this after losing $2,000 on this show last year) and we are all happy 
    to have some club money left to donate to our favorite charities. 
    
    Thank goodness our show hall is 30,000 square feet.  We were able to
    make 12 foot aisles between benching rows so that none of our
    exhibitors would feel cramped with that much gate in the hall.
    
    Many thanks go to Marlene and Jan, who aren't members of the club
    (yet), but who worked their tails off helping us set up and tear down.
    This is quite a job for a small club and we need all the help we can
    get.
    
    Jo

    Oh, and I almost forgot....there were some finals for us too.
    
    This was Reste's first show as a grand, and he did pretty well.  There
    were 12 Birmans in the class, 3 of them grand champions.  Reste made
    Best of Breed in 4 rings, and 2nd Best of Breed in one, and was dumped
    in only one ring.
    
    He made finals in the four rings he was BOB in.  Carolyn Bullotta gave
    him 6th BAB.  Norma Placchi gave him 6th BAB.  Vicki Dickerson gave him
    10th BLH, and Joan Benson gave him 5th BLH.
    
    Obi, the last of my Kalliste babies, made a champion win in Norma
    Placchi's ring too.  She awarded him 2nd Best Allbreed Champion, and
    now he needs only 10 points to grand.  When he grands, my sweet Joui
    will attain the title of Distinguished Merit for having 5 grand
    champion offspring.
    
    Another Joui baby, her daughter Lyscentia, was also in attendance at
    this show.  Some of you may remember that I had spayed and placed
    her with my friend Dana and her ten year old daughter Michelle back in 
    September.  Well, Lyscentia was expertly shown by Michelle (I showed
    her what to do in the first ring and after that she was offering me
    tips!), and was awarded all her winner's ribbons.  Now that she is a
    premier, Michelle plans to try to show her to her grand.  At the end of
    the weekend, Michelle gave me a hug and thanked me for giving her
    Lyscentia, and for "introducing her to the wonderful world of showing
    cats".  Too cute for words! :')
    
    Jo

    
    A wonderful time WAS had by all this weekend!  It was alot of fun and 
    alot of hard work.  This is really the first show that I have worked
    on and only now can I truly appreciate the effort that goes into it.  
    
    Congratulations to Jan & Onyx!  BTW, his fur does look like patent
    leather! :')  He was a little timid at first but by the time Sunday
    afternoon rolled around Mum and Onyx were walking the floor with Onyx
    looking quite comfortable in Jan's arms!
    
    Reste held his own against the Grands in the class and Auntie was proud
    of him!  He is such a love and we had great conversations in the
    bathroom at the the hotel. I just love the way that boy feels!!!
    
    Jo, only 10 points for another Grand and a new DM.  What a party we
    will have!!!!  Congratulations to you and Ken for a job well done !
    
    
    

    Well, I got my copy of the Japanese Cat Catalog 1992 and discovered
    not only a second picture of Shadow, but three pictures of Diane
    Levin's Alex AND a full sized picture of Holly's Sweetie.
    
    For anyone who'd like to order the book it costs $19.45 plus $5
    shipping and handling.  You can order it from:
    
    KINOKUNIYA BOOK SHOP
    10 West 49th St
    New York, NY  10020
    tel:  (212) 765-1461   Fax: (212) 541-9335
    
    Published by Seibido Shuppan
    ISBN4-415-03399-7 C2076 P1600E
    Size: 283mm (H) x 210mm(W)
    162 Pages  (97 Pages full color)
    42 breeds of cat with 154 photos  (Photos by Tetsu Yamazaki)
    It is a Japanese version and the text is Japanese.
    

    I took Reste to the Watsonville show this weekend and he made all 6
    fianls!!  The highpoint of the show was the first day, when Patti Davis
    awarded him BEST CAT in her longhair ring (Marlene, we made first over
    Mac!), and then Donna Jean Thompson gave him 2nd Best AB Cat (Mac was
    first that time).  What a great time that was.  His other placements
    were 4th BAB from Joan Benson, 6th Best AB from Bob Salisbury, 7th Best
    LH from Gary Veach, and 8th BAB from Betty Denny.
    
    Michelle brought Lyscentia to this show and she had a wonderful time. 
    This was her first show as a premier and Joan gave her Best Longhair
    Premier, Best Allbreed Premier, and 6th Best Cat.  Then Gary Veach gave
    her Best Longhair Premier and 2nd Best LH Cat.  Michelle was so excited
    about all those rosettes!  Then, I taught her to count points and she
    can't wait til the next show.  For a 10 year old she is sure picking
    this up quick.  You should have seen how cute she looked carrying
    Lyscentia to the rings in her show pose. :'D  At the end of the day she
    asked me if there are ever any shows that are only Birmans, and I told
    her that there was a show that had a whole lot of Birmans, but it was
    in Ohio.  She says to me "I will be right back......." and then I hear
    her saying "Mom! there is this show with a whole lot of Birmans and I
    think we should go....it is in Ohio, but that is okay cuz we could take
    our vacation there..." :') :') :')  Looks like I will have a new
    roommate in Medina!
    
    Jo

    
    All right Reste!!!  I wish I could have been there for that BEST CAT
    in Patti Davis' ring. How exciting!!! A BEST over Mac (Mac is an
    absolutely gorgeous black Exotic Shorthair GRC that is quite a package)!
    It sounds like it was a fun show!!!  
    
    I guess Michelle is on her way to a GRP with Lyscentia! I bet she'll
    pick up quickly on the point counts! I can just picture her
    delivering Lyscentia to the ring in the show pose.  It must have been
    too cute!!!  :')
    
    

    Ok, so Jo and company are cleaning up on the west coast!!  Way to go!!
    :^)  Jo's Birmans are definitely first class!  Congrats.
    
    I took Shadow and his son, Quicksilver, to the Mansfield show yesterday
    and they really did me proud!  We made every final. Shadow took all
    five best of breeds against two other folds.  Silver took four of five
    against two other kittens.  
    
    For finals:  Shadow got a Second best Allbreed, two 6th best allbreeds
    and a  4th and 5th best specialty.  
    Silver made all five finals his best being a BEST KITTEN ALLBREED.
    
    Silver was also the HIGHEST SCORING SHORTHAIR KITTEN in show and got
    a stunning silver and white FIVE FOOT LONG ribbon that had been given
    by Dick Marsh and Meg Lambert in memory of their two kittens (You may
    remember Torry - I wrote about him in the old FELINE).  The top of
    the ribbon was the size of a big dinner plate.  I mean, it was too long
    to hang on the cage!  
    
    Quicksilver's dad, Sean, and I are drawing up a custody agreement for
    that ribbon  :^)  Right now it is residing in New Hampshire with 
    Silver, Duggie, Sean and Ava.  Since they own Silver now, it seemed
    the right thing to do.  
    
    Thanks for letting me share this.
    
    Nancy

    Wow Nancy!  Way to go!  Must have been one exciting weekend for you.
    Perhaps you and Silver's people could have joint custody of that
    rosette. :')  I have joint custody for a Breeder's Choice Rosette 
    that was won by the first show quality kitten I ever bred at the 
    Birman show.
    
    So, now Nancy's Folds are cleaning up on the east coast. :')
    
    Jo
    

    Wow!  Way to go Nancy, and all that good stuff!!  You certainly have
    come a long way since those early days of showing.  I knew the Putiput
    Folds would someday get the recognition they deserve.
    
    A big fan of Shadow's,
    
    -Roberta
    

    				
    				Announcing
    
    
    		Champion Sacrechat's Jouissance de Mysinhs....
                
    
    			Distinguished Merit (D.M.)!!!!!
              
    
    		   WE DID IT!!!  I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT!
    
    Joui has now earned the title of Distinguished Merit by having produced
    five CFA Grand Champion or Grand Premier offspring.  
    
    Joui was born on August 20, 1986.  Her first litter, born January 31,
    1988,  was sired by Baslatan's Artaise of Junsui.  That litter produced 
    two grands, GRC Mysinhs Lysander of Junsui, and GRP Mysinhs Lizette.  
    Another litter sister is on her way to granding in Premiership too, her 
    name is CH, PR Mysinhs Lyscentia.
    
    Joui's second litter was born on December 7, 1988.  This litter was
    sired by GRC Pleasantview Kalliste de Mysinhs.  That litter of three
    kittens produced two more grands, GRC Mysinhs Latisse of Birgatos, and
    GRP Mysinhs Livin' In The Wild Wild West.
    
    After her second litter, Joui had to undergo surgery for Pyometra.  We
    were afraid we would have to spay her, but she pulled through with
    flying colors.  She took a couple years off from breeding to
    recuperate.  Her third litter was also my last litter from Kalliste. 
    That litter was born January 20, 1991, and there was one special little
    blue boy kitten that was destined for a show career.  His name is
    Mysinhs Our Obsession of Kattah, and Patsy Lanman and I co-own him. 
    Obi, as he is affectionately called, became a Grand Champion this weekend 
    in Seattle, becoming Joui's 5th Grand, and earning her the title of
    D.M.
    
    Joui is very pleased with herself.  She has been strutting around the
    house since I told her the news, and she shared a glass of champagne
    with me and Ken too.  I also saw her and Limoges (the west coast partner 
    of THE FIRM) with their heads together on Saturday night. Oh no!  So far, 
    among her list of demands, she now wants to be referred to as the 
    "Grand Dame!" 8')
    
    The big celebration will be this weekend at the Coronado Cat Club show
    in San Francisco, at the Hall of Flowers.
    
    Jo
    
    PS - as far as I know, Joui is the FIRST SEAL POINT BIRMAN D.M.  Will
    have to wait until CFA confirms before I will know for sure.  There are
    only three Birman D.M.'s so far, and they are all blue females.
    
      

    Oh Jo!! That's WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I'm
    so happy for you and for Joui.  That's one heck of an accomplishment.
    As you know I have a great deal of respect for all CFA titles.
    
    re: Putiput fold on the east coast.  Now if I could just teach these
    people how to pronounce the name of my cattery......   ;^)
    

    Dilly is SOOOOO proud of her mom.....we are planning a celebration!
    A small, family-only affair.....well, maybe family and a few close
    friends...say, 500 or so....
    
    					D
    

    Oh, Congratulations to you Jo!
    
    Giudi

    Jo, I think you are correct about the Birman D.M.'s being blue.
    
    Gayla Geering's blue girl is one, the Boroff's have another, and I
    can't remember the third... thought I'm almost positive she's blue....
    
    Wow!  How neat that would be for you!
    

    Oops,
    
    Isn't Victory Peterson's sealpoint, Jelli, a D.M.?  She's spayed now.
    I'll have to check the newsletter tonight.
    

	YAY!! Congratulations to Jo and Joui :^}

	

Congratulations to everyone!

re .46 (Nancy DC)

>     I took Shadow and his son, Quicksilver...

>     Quicksilver's dad, Sean...


I'm so confused...

Jill (just kidding :-))

    The first blue female DM was a girl owned by Hilde Schone in Portland,
    OR.  I hadn't heard that Jelli was a DM.  Haven't seen it in the
    Almanac yet (believe me I have been looking). 
    
    The most recent DM was the Boroff's girl.
    
    Jo                          

    Congratulations, Jo and Joui.  I'm so thrilled, and Lizette said she is
    happy to have helped make this special award possible.
    
    Kiss the "Grand Dame" for me.
    
    Steffi
    
    PS. Congrats to Nancy DC also, for her Fold wins.

    Just confirmed with Julie that Victory's Jelli has not D.M.'ed yet. 
    Jelli has already been spayed, but may still be able to do it someday.
    
    Jo

    Congrats to both Jo and Nancy.  You guys must be so proud. 
    

    Congrats Jouie (and you to Jo).  Auntie Jan is very proud of
    Jouie and all her beautiful GRC and GRP babies.
    
    Jan

    
    Jo, what can I say?  I get all misty just thinking about it!  Just
    make sure that you get Joui's picture in for the Almanac.  I want to see
    her in print with that prestigious "DM" after her name.  I have such
    respect for you and for your breeding practices and for the quality of 
    cats that you consistently produce. Congratulations to both you and Ken
    and to the owners of the Joui babies that showed them to their
    titles!!!
    
    

    Never fear, I was on the phone with Chanan shortly after the call from
    Patsy that Obi had granded.  Didn't want to waste any time!  I have
    ordered a couple of shots from a sitting he did a few years ago and we 
    can look them over and choose the best one Marlene. :')
    
    Jo
    

Congratulations Jo and Joiu!  What a wonderful honor!!  You must be SO
proud!  That's really fantastic!

congratulations to you too, Nancy.  That ribbon really is something else.

We brought PIMA and Kyra to the show in Mansfield as well.  Kyra didn't do
very well since her sister was there.  Her sister is a Black and white
Turkish angora and her head is much better than Kyra's.  

but PIMA did fantastic!  She finaled in four out of five rings.  she got
a nineth best allbreed kitten, a fifth best allbreed kitten, a BEST Shorthair
Kitten and a BEST  ALLBREED KITTEN!  And boy was she a character!  she wouldn't
let her number stay up in ANY of the rings!  As fast as we put the number up,
down it went!  She didn't like her number I guess!

Hey Pat, when are we going to hear about Dandy-lion??

Holly

    Yes, Congrats Holly!!  PIMA is such a little character.  And she
    was appropriatly dressed for the "formal finals" with her sterling
    silver fish necklace.
      Nancy DC
    

    
    Sounds like you folks had a great time at the Mansfield show!
    Congratulations to you both!!!  NDC, I'll take rosettes any
    time but I would LOVE one of those huge ones!!!! You must be
    so proud!!!
    
    Holly, I still have a picture of you in my head from Brooklyn with
    Sweetie riding on your shoulder!!!  I think it is great that the 
    "tradition" is being carried on!  :')
    
    
      

    Congratulations to Jo, Joui and Obi. Earning a DM is quite an
    accomplishment!  How fitting that this very special honor should be yet
    another gift from your wonderful Kalliste. He is smiling down on you
    and the son that is carrying on his legacy.
    
    We're proud of you!
    
    Linda

    I can't resist bragging about this one! ..and I thought you folks that
    work so hard with the Pat Brody shelter would like to hear about it.
    :^)
    
    You may recall that my friend, Darlene, could not leave the last
    Invitational Regional Qualifier without a little dilute calico/siamese
    kitten from the Pat Brody shelter.  Melange has been living the good
    life ..training Darlene to cater to the whims of a very special
    fur-person. 
    
    Well, this past weekend Melange made her Debut at the CFA show on
    Long Island. There were 12 HHPs entered in that show ..and Melange,
    not yet six months old, decided to start her career off right ..winning
    Best HHP in her very first ring! Darlene was very proud of her girl and
    enjoyed telling the story of how she got her from the Pat Brody
    shelter.
    
    Melange wasn't quite sure what to make of all of this, but she seemed
    to enjoy herself and all the attention.  Her success continued through
    the show as she ended up with 7 rosettes:  1 Best, 1 2nd, 1 3rd, 1 5th,
    2 6th and 1 8th.  In one ring the judge opted to give the only two
    kittens a cat-toy kitten award so she could give rosettes to the ten
    adults.  
    
    Melange is scheduled to be spayed this Thursday so she will be home for
    the next few weeks, but she has been entered in the Boston show
    next month ..and Darlene plans to continue to show her as long as
    Melange seems to enjoy it.
    
    Linda :^)
                               

    That's neat, Linda!  Melange sounds beautiful.  I am hoping to spectate
    in Boston so it would be great to meet Darlene and Melange.
    

    My first experiences in showing were with my household pet and boy,
    after that first rosette I was hooked!!  Congratulations to Darlene and
    Melange.  
    
    Jo

    I'm a sucker for a blue-cream.  Good luck in Boston!!  And tell
    Darlene thanks for giving the Brody shelter some publicity.
    

    I have it on good authority (Sandy Merritt) that there is an article
    in the latest Cats Magazine on the last cat show and that Shadow's
    name appears in it.  Has anyone else seen this!
    

    Congratutaion on all the winners.  Jo you must be so proud and
    you have worked so hard for all you and your furfaces have
    achieved.   You must be beaming!!!
    
    I loved seeing Silver Shadow's name in print....it felt like I
    new a Hollywood star and I told Nancy I expect to see Shadows'
    name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame...right next to Lassie.
    
    Linda that is great about Melange...and hopefully I also will be
    at the Boston show (with the shelter) so I can visit.   Imagine that
    a little shelter kitty that was going to be tossed away is making
    it big at the shows.
    
    Good luck to all on your continue success.
       
    Sandy

    Yeah, I can see it now... Shadow will have his own paw print embedded
    on the walk!!
    
    Congrats, Nancy.  That is so neat!!  It's the good thing you didn't
    neuter Shadow after all!
    
    Forever a fan,
    
    -Roberta (who will look for the article when her new CATS mag arrives)
    

    Yes, he's already booking flights for LA.  He intends to put his
    pawprint in the cement in front of the Chinese Theatre.  I also
    understand that Joui will be joining him along with the other
    kitties made famous in the Cat Catalog 1992  - Sweetie, Alex
    etc etc etc
    
    I also hear that THE FIRM has installed two more phone lines to
    handle the increased business  (God help us all)  :^)
      Nancy
    

    THE FIRM would like to congratulate all and considering our 33.3333etc%
    "commission", we are talking about very hearty congrats being in order.
    THE FIRM knows that our success is directly tied to our "clients"
    success. 

    THE FIRM is considering setting up a booth at the next show so that any
    participant cats that need "representation" (or professional portfolio
    management) can get the expert council that they require. Referrals
    are always welcome (that is how THE FIRM has managed to grow in these
    recessionary times).

    Congrats,
    THE FIRM

    
    Congratulations to Pat and Dandy!  What a great show you guys had!!!
    
    

Yes, congratulations Pat and Dandy!  What a sweet baby Dandy is!! 

Who won the show ring?  Actually the perfect person won it.  Phil Albert
won it!! (one of the CFF judges).

Holly

    Congrats to all of you.. this really great news ..
    Kate, Happy, Preschie, Kissy..

    Congrats to you on Dandy's wins.  You must be very proud! (you too
    NDC!)
    
    Jo

    re: .77 - the raffle prize was won by Phil Albert which is 
    appropriate since he's a CFF judge.
      Nancy
    

Ok, call me a bad mommy!  This happened a while ago and I'm just now getting
around to putting this in here.  In fact, the people that were at Mary's house
in Nashua have already seen it!!

Get out your Cats Magazines everyone, February 1992 edition.  On page 31 is 
a picture of Sweetie!!  It's the ad for CFF.  The title is "Ain't he sweet??"

Needless to say, I have my order in for a few more copies of it!!

Sweetie saw in and just pranced around the house.  "Yes, that's MY picture
in Cats magazine!  And yes, I AM sweet!  Just as sweet as can be!  Yes you
may pet me, but only if you must."

Kyra and Pima saw it and just said, "Hey, big deal!  Now there'll be NO 
living with him!!"

The rest of the clan was unimpressed as well. (-:

Holly

hmm... when is my next show??  Well, whenever the next CFF show is.  Except
I won't be at Renegade's in NJ.

Will bring it, I promise!!

Holly

    And it IS a Sweet picture!
    
    K.C. (who is probably more impressed than anyone, except maybe
    Sweetie!)  ;^)

    Holly...Sweetie is gorgeous...what a star!!! You must be proud!!
    
    Sandy

    Well, I'm a very proud mom this past weekend! I took P.A. (my Korat
    kitten) and my niece took Crystal (P.A.'s sister) to their first CFA
    cat show in Marion, OH. And I'm proud (tickled pink!) to say that P.A.
    came in 8th best SH in one ring, and 9th best SH in another! Also,
    Crystal came in 10th best ALLBREED in a ring!
    
    Mom (Gracie) is proud of her girls, and THIS mom is still glowing!
    
    Cheryl and the Korat crew
    

    Cheryl, that is REALLY GREAT!!  Your first breeding and finals to boot!
    
    :^)
    
    
    -Roberta
    

Cheryl,

That is really fantastic.  Take it from someone who knows, notoriously Korats
don't do well as Kittens!!

congratulations!  That's really fantastic!

Holly

    Great news Cheryl!!  I love showing kittens (especially when they are
    winning!! ;'})  So, when is their next show?  
    
    I am anxiously counting down the weeks til March 20-21st.  That is when
    Joui's son, Opposites Attract, will be old enough to go to his first
    show.  
    
    Jo

    P.A.'s show is this coming weekend in Lancaster, PA, and then the
    following weekend in Norfolk, VA. Crystal's next show will be March 7-8
    in Lorain, OH. I'm REAL anxious to see how both of them do in the next
    few weeks!
    
    Cheryl

    
    Cheryl & crew, CONGRATULATIONS!!!  How exciting! We'll be waiting to
    hear how they did next time around!  :')
    
    Marlene
    
    

    			INTRODUCING....
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    	     GRAND CHAMPION PLEASANTVIEW ODALISQUE OF PATSUCRE
    
    
    It's official. I just called Herman at CFA and confirmed that Dancer is
    now a Grand Champion. She granded in Frank Roderick's ring at the Show 
    on Staten Island last weekend. Frank made her 2nd Best LH Champion,
    2nd Best AB Champion and 3rd Best AB Cat in show.
    
    Later, at the same show, Walter Hutzler placed her Best LH Champion,
    2nd Best AB Champion and 3rd Best AB Cat in show   ...and Donna Davis
    placed her 5th Best Cat in her LH ring. She finished up with 310
    points and I sure am proud of her.
    
    Danny beat Dancer out in one ring going 2nd BOB and Best Champion
    giving him his first four points towards granding. Only 196 to go! :^)
    
    Dancer will be making her debut as a Grand at the upcoming Boston show
    and Danny will be there also.
    
    Hope we see you there!
    
    
    Linda   
    

    Yeah Dancer, way to go!!  Now that you are a grand the real fun
    begins!! ;')
    
    Jo

    
    CONGRATULATIONS!   I have heard wonderful comments from both coasts
    abount Dancer!  Best of luck at the Copley!  310 points???  That's
    what I call a nice weekend!
    
    Marlene
    
    

    YAHOO!!  HIP, HIP, HOORAY!!!
    
    Incredible feat performed by an incredible cat!
    
    Congrats, Linda.  I won't be in Boston to cheer you on but hope to make
    it to Boxboro.
    
    Champagne for all!
    
    -Roberta
    

    Oooops!   I think I was misleading. Dancer finished up as a Grand with
    310 points overall. 134 points were picked up at the show this past
    weekend, 142 were picked up the at the Ct. the weekend before, and
    the rest were divided between a couple of NJ shows.
    
    I owe a big thank you to Jo for introducing me to Julie Collin ..and
    to Julie for trusting me with Dancer. It's been great fun showing her
    ..and part of the fun has been sharing the experience with you folks!
    
    Linda :^)
    

    The CFA show in Boston this past weekend was alot of fun ..and it was
    great seeing many of you Feliners. Dancer did very well, making the
    finals in two LH rings and one AB ring.
    
    The highlight of the weekend, though, was Melange, the former Brody
    shelter kitty being shown by another Deccie, Darlene Mulcahy. She did
    very well in all rings and ended up winning the special award for
    Best Household Pet overall for the weekend. Suzy Becker, the author
    of "Everything I Need to Know I Learned From My Cat" presented a framed
    orignal drawing that she had done ..and there was also an engraved
    award with a silver cup. Darlene was thrilled ..Melange seemed to
    wonder what all the excitement was as she posed for pictures. :^)
    
    Many spectators stopped to admire Melange and Darlene enjoyed being
    able to show the folks how much fun you can have with a pet adopted
    from a shelter. :^)
    
    Hope we'll see some of you folks at the Binghamton, NY show next
    weekend...
    
    Linda
    

    I was at the CFA show in Norfolk -- I think everyone must have gone to
    Boston !  Anyhow, P.A. (my Korat) didn't place at all last week in
    Lancaster, PA, but DID place 8th best kitten in an Allbreed ring! I've
    got a WHOPPING total of 70 points accum!
    
    And congrats to everyone who showed this past weekend!
    
    Cheryl
    

    Amonst all the folks I saw at the Boston show, I had a long
    conversation with Penny Greene.  She told me to give everyone her love,
    to tell all of you that she missed FELINE and talking with you.  She
    seems to be doing fairly well and is getting married shortly - that's why 
    the condo. is for sale.  Her Russian Blues are gorgeous, with the
    sweetest faces!
    
     

    Congratulations, Linda.  Dancer must be quite a beauty.  I'm so happy
    for you.  Enjoy showing her as a grand.
    
    Now for a little brag.  I showed Lizette this past weekend in her first
    show as a grand.  She finaled in 3 rings.  In one longhair speciality
    ring she got 3rd best LH in premiership. The judge likes to call the
    Birman girls, Birwomen. ;-) 
    
    In the rings where she didn't final, the judge didn't pick any Birman,
    and there were 3 beautiful Birmans.  Lizette's sister got more points 
    toward granding.  Lizette's granddaughter was there, also.  On the
    human side, Jo and Jan were also there.  It was a fun time.
    
    Steffi 
    
      

    Congrats, Steffi!!  She sure is a beauty.
    

    Well, it was Onyx's 2nd cat show ever this past weekend and he
    didn't do too badly.  He might even have done better if his mother
    hadn't of blown the last ring for him by mentioning to the clerk
    that he was wanted in the ed ring as soon as he was done.  The clerk
    told the judge, the judge got a weird look on his face and sent him
    back 2 seconds after looking at him.   I didn't mean for that to
    happen, I just wanted to know if the judge was going to keep the cats
    up or send them back as he finished them since there were 19 of them.
    
    He was awarded with the following ribbons.
    
    			8th Best HHP    Jean Grimm ?
    			4th Best HHP    Lois Jensen?
    			2nd Best HHP    Willa ? Hawke
    
    Sorry, forgot to write down the judges.
    
    Three wins out of 6 rings is not bad.  There were 19 HHPs fighting
    for wins (or just fighting in some cases...lots of hissers and growlers
    in this bunch).  They were all very beautiful, very well cared for
    HHPs and I'm sure it was tough to narrow them down to 10.
    
    On to Reveler's...
    
    Jan

    
    Congratulations you guys!  I wanted to visit but just could not muster
    up the energy after getting home from Los Altos.  Steffi, give Lizette
    a big hug for me.  I thought it was so appropriate that the Almanac
    came on Friday with her "Grandstand" picture it in just in time for 
    her "Grand debut".  Hugs to Jan and Onyx, too! Jan, I didn't know
    what you meant by "ed ring".  I'd take 3 finals, good job!!!  See
    you at Revelers!
    
    

    Ed ring = education ring
    
    Sorry, I didn't mean to assume that everyone would know what I was
    talking about.  The people who put the show on asked me if I would
    put Onyx in the education ring.  Joan Wasselhubber talked about how
    judging was done and what she looked for.  She also talked about how
    Household Pets were judged; Onyx was her model kitty.  Then she called
    me up to tell about how I acquired Onyx. 
    
    Poor Onyx, he had 2 rings close to each other in the morning, sat 
    around in his cage all day then had 2 judging rings and the ed ring 
    all in the space of 1/2 hour.  What a little trooper he is.  Although, 
    I have to say...I've never seen him hiss once since I got him... until 
    this weekend.
    
    Jan

    I also was asked to participate in the education ring this weekend. 
    They asked me to give a talk about Birmans.  What an honor!  Anyway,
    the ed ring topic was "pointed breeds" and they had a Siamese breeder,
    Balinese breeder, Tokinese breeder, Himalayan breeder, and myself.  It
    was great fun.  I had Reste up there as my prop and he loved every
    minute of it!  :')  He just soaked up all the attention from the
    audience.
    
    Jo

Dilly sends congrats to all her relatives who are doing so well...and she
said it was to be expected, after all...breeding will tell.  Dilly's
mom quite agrees.

			Dilly's mom

    Well, this weekend was full of ups and downs, but even the downs had
    their up sides!!
    
    First the downs...  On the way to the very first ring, Trish Long's,
    Shadow pulled one of his *Dundee tricks* and tried to get away from
    me by pushing off my chest.  Since the cage door wasn't open he ended
    up going between two of the ring cages.  I managed to keep a grip on
    one back leg and he ended up hanging on to the back of the cages. 
    When I tried to get a grip on him with my other hand he chewed me
    up pretty badly.  
    
    Later it was discovered that he ripped off one of his claws in
    the process.  I have no doubt that he was in intense pain at
    the time I was trying to get a grip on him and that was why he
    chewed me up so badly.
    
    Shadow went to a very very nice vet who gave him a shot of antibiotics
    and who even made a "show call" the next day to check up on him.  
    
    Sunday I put Shadow back in the ring and he was just fine.
    
    I want to put in VERY SPECIAL THANKS to the following folks -
    
    First to TRISH LONG (CFF Judge).  Trish spent alot of time talking to
    Shadow while I was being attended to.  She petted him and calmed him
    down and then took him OUT of the cage and over to the judging table
    to examine him.  That's when the injury was discovered.  I have no
    doubt that it was her care and handling of Shadow that enabled him
    to go back into the ring the next day.  Most judges have been
    bitten at some point in their career and the *KNOW* how painful
    it is.  To take a cat out of a cage who has just "blown", when the
    owner isn't even there, is a great act of faith and bravery IMO.
    
    Second, to Joyce Gutches and the other wonderful folks who fussed 
    over me and kept me from falling on my face and from getting blood
    all over the show hall :^)
    
    Also Many many thanks to the Naragansett Bay Cat Fanciers who hosted
    the show for the fantastic care that was given to both Shadow and
    myself and for the wonderful support and concern expressed by all
    the exhibitors.
    
    I also understand that I made the Providence Journal.
    
    I'm going to put the second half of this note in another reply.....
     

    Now for the UP side.  
    
    Shadow's son, Quicksilver, was the third highest scoring kitten
    in the show winning the THIRD BEST OF THE BEST ribbon for the show.
    This is my first BOTB ribbon ever.
    
    And I might add that the field of folds, SH & LH was very very
    impressive.  Beverly and Gene had some absolutely gorgeous kittens
    out at this show.  The breed has come a LONG way in CFF and it
    is a source of great pride for me to see such good quality folds in
    the rings these days.
    
    Nancy DC
    

    Hi Nancy,
      Congratulations on Quicksilver's ribbon!  Sorry about the other
    stuff though....sounds like you had a *lively* old time!  Hope
    none of the cuts/bites/bruises were deep - I hope you are better
    and back in one piece soon!
    
    -HA

    re: "Studly Murphy"   Well, Ms. Tiffany Purrmeadows was experiencing
    her second heat.  (Gotta get Panda up here!)  First, Silver reminded
    me that he was almost 8 months old and *That's old enough*, so he spent
    the night in the cattery.  Well, I guess after a weekend of hanging
    around with Silver and Shadow, Meeps decided to show 'em what he 
    could do and spent Sunday night chasing Tiffany all over the house.
    
    I never heard anything, but I guess they kept Pat up all night!
    Interestingly, Meeps and Dundee (aka Stud #1) have the same the same
    mother.  Must be something genetic there.  
    
    Nancy DC
    

    Oh - for those of you who don't know Dandy and Dundee - both are
    neutered males. Dundee had been neutered since he was 9 months old
    and he started spraying and even tried to mate Angel (I have pictures
    thanks to Jack).  
    
    Nancy
    

    Congrats to both Meeps, Pat...and of course Granny NDC!!!!
    
    Sandy

    PULLLEEEEEZZZZ!!!!!!!  I'm feeling old enough these days without
    being called Granny!!!!!!!!!!  
    
    Just for that I'm going skydiving this weekend!
    
    You may call me Auntie Nancy, or Mother Nancy or even "late for dinner"
    but DON't call me Granny.
    
    N
    

    Hey Granny!!!! (: (: (:
    
    Lynne

    This past weekend was my first chance ever to show a kitten from my own
    breeding program. On Nov 2, 1991 our first Birman litter was born;
    ...one sealpoint male, two bluepoint males and one sealpoint female.
    Of course every one of them is beautiful to my (admittedly very
    prejudiced) eyes.  I am thinking of having a tee shirt made up that
    says "I'm cattery blind and proud of it! ".    :^)
    
    Two of the kittens made their showing debut at the Long Island CFA 
    show this past weekend. Patsucre's Outback Renegade (seal male) and
    Patsucre's Offislander (blue male) were purr-buckets all weekend.
    They loved all the attention and seemed to enjoy the whole experience. 
    
    Since they are only four months old and competing against the many older
    kittens who are out there making a serious showing now that the end of 
    this year's show season is approaching, they were entered mostly to get
    them used to the show scene.  They were a delight to show ..giving me
    great big rumble-purrs and 'head-butts' when I was carring them back and
    forth from the rings; .....and it was extra thrilling when Joan Ohara
    finalled *both of them* in her LH ring. Renegade was 9th best LH kitten
    and Offislander was 6th best kitten!
    
    Needless to say, I am one very proud mom!   
    
    Linda  :^) :^)
                                        

    Congratulations, Linda.  How exciting to show kittens from your own
    litter.  How nice that the boys enjoyed being shown.  Here's to many
    more finals. 
    
    Steffi

okay, I missed the show in San Mateo this weekend due to a self-induced
mondo-allegy attack (I removed the drapes from the house, thereby inhaling a
great deal of house dust - guarenteed to do me in)....how did everyone do???
I know Jo was showing Dilly's brother --- and Dilly is most interested to
find out how he did....

    Linda,
    
    Congrats, and I had to chuckle too because in your mail messages to me,
    you had always like Outback Renegade better!!  Just goes to show ya how
    opinions vary within the breed!
    

    I made it to the Revelers show in San Mateo this weekend; it was GREAT!
    Sorry to say I can't tell who won what though... it was my first show,
    and I just wandered around big-eyed at all the elaborate cats and
    cages. 8^)  I know that Jan's cat, Onyx O'Kitty, took sixth best
    Household Pet in one ring, and I saw JoAnne showing Opposites Attract
    but I don't know how he placed.  Reste had two Best of Breeds before I
    left Saturday afternoon.
    
    It was so great to meet Jan, JoAnne, Ken, Jackie (Jan and JoAnne's
    sister), and Marlene!  Now I have some faces to go with the names I see
    in this file everyday. :-)  And your friendliness and willingness to
    tell me (cat-show-naive-to-the-MAX) all about showing and judging and
    cats in general (you are all such fountains of information!) made my
    day one terrific outing!
    
    Let me be the first to say, "Congratulations Oppie, Reste, and Onyx!"
    and congratulations to their proud parents, Jan, Jo, and Ken!
    
    --Michelle
    
    P.S. I must say that Oppie is just the MOST adorable love-bucket and he
    was not at all phased by the hustle-bustle show atmosphere. 

    The show this weekend was a blast!  It was great to meet Michelle and
    spend some rather hectic time with her and to see Irene Hensley and 
    Karen Kolling again (even if it was only for a few minutes).
    
    It was also fun having my younger sister there.  She did the Public 
    Relations work for Revelers.  She's also becoming a fast study in 
    Birmans and cat shows and was answering questions with the best of them.
    
    Now, on to my announcement.  The household pet class at the Reveler's
    show was quite large (27 HHPs).  This is one of the largest classes I've
    seen for a while.  Even some of the breeders bring out their HHPs for
    this show.  There have been shows in the past where I spent the entire
    weekend showing (and keeping my fingers crossed) only to go home empty
    handed.  But, not this time...yeah!  
    
    Onyx received a 6th Best HHP in the first ring of the show.  We were 
    given a beautiful rosette and a silver champagne glass.  Then we 
    sweated it out for the rest of the day and came up empty handed.
    
    On Sunday we had 4 finals (one carried over from Saturday).  We weren't
    in the first 2 and I was beginning to think I would not end up with a
    nice set of 2 silver champagne glasses, but I was happy we'd finalled
    in at least 1 ring.  I almost missed judging in one ring since I was 
    totally engrossed in listening to Dr. Rue (Jo's vet) speak in the 
    education ring.  I heard the 2nd call and ran Onyx over to the ring
    (woke him up, cuddled him and stuck him in the ring cage...he was
    thrilled).  I'm not sure why but I didn't expect much to happen in this
    ring.  I was amazed when Onyx got called back for the final.  I was 
    nervous as the judge began working his way up from 10th to the Best Cat.
    When he got to the top 3 and hadn't picked Onyx, I was amazed.  But let 
    me tell you, when Onyx was made BEST HHP in this ring, I almost cried.
    
    This was a fun show.  I had a great time even though I was exhausted by
    the end of each day.  
    
    Jan
    

    Roberta, you are right. Renegade has been eye-catching right from the
    beginning. Offislander was a little slower developing, but he has a
    certain somethng about him that's hard to resist. When comparing the
    two to the Birman standard, Renegade seems to fit the bill a little 
    closer. ..but one look at the sweet expression in Offislander's blue
    eyes is enough to make just about anyone melt. :^)
    
    Glad to hear that the Reveler's show was a huge success. Can't wait
    until Jo gets in later to fill us in on the details.
    
    Linda :^)
                                                  

    
    Linda, you deserve to be a proud mama!  :')
    
    
    

    
    WAY TO GO ONYX!!!!!!!  Jan, I am so happy for you!  You must have
    just about #$%* when they got up to the top 3!!!!  I wish that
    I could have been there!  What a thrill!  You must have been
    SOOOOOO proud!
    
    

    Marlene, I was major excited.  I wished you were there too.  I probably
    would have put bruises in your arm, though, as I hung on for dear life.
    I have never had a cat be BEST CAT at a Revelers show.  The competition
    is ssooooooooooooooo tough.  I had tears in my eyes as the judge asked
    me how I acquired Onyx.  I even went up and had him sign the ribbon 
    when it was over (I'd quit doing that ages ago.)
    
    
    You go through such a range of feelings while sitting there waiting for
    the judges to get through the final.  
    
    You're very happy to be selected for a final and to be in the top ten 
    but then when 10th and 9th are picked and they're not your cat, you're 
    sitting there praying for top 5 and when you make it up to top five you 
    start praying for top 3,  Then when they start the top 3 and you still 
    haven't been picked you start getting really nervous.  Then you start 
    praying for Best and thinking that you'll probably get 2nd or 3rd.  Then 
    when they pick the other cats for 3rd and 2nd it is sooooo exciting and 
    everyone congratulates you and tears well up in your eyes and you hear 
    people say "I think she's going to cry" and you hear the judge saying 
    wonderful things about how well groomed and clean your cat is and how 
    shiney the coat is and you remember how hard you worked to bring that 
    little feral kitten into the house and coax him to like people and you 
    realize that this moment is the reason you keep coming back to the shows.
    
    

    Reveler's is over for this year and boy am I glad!!  I am so tired, and
    I feel like I have been hit by a truck!  Last night after the show we
    collected all the club's supplies, and then the club members retired to
    El Torito's in San Mateo to talk about how it went.
    
    It went great.  The show hall was very large, the decorating was
    devine.  We used a park theme, complete with wooden park benches,
    gazebos, and lots of plants and flowers.  My sister, Jaci, had been
    hired by the club to do our PR and she did a wonderful job.  The show
    was crowded with people.  The judging ran smoothly, and on time.  We
    finished up the best of the best presentations on time.  And everyone
    cooperated with the ESPN crew so they could get our show on tape for a
    later viewing.  
    
    For those that didn't get to see it, the big secret about the opening
    ceremonies was that we had a  Cable Car to come into the show hall and 
    drive our judges to their rings.  It was full sized, and quite 
    impressive!  There was one hitch, the Sheba booth that greeted our 
    visitors ended up being about 6 feet larger than they had told us
    it would be, so when the cable car was to drive between the booth and
    our foutain in the front, it was a very tight squeeze!  We ended up
    moving some of the shrubs flanking the fountain out of the way and the
    car was able to pass through.
    
    On the personal side, I had a great show.  I had just ordered new
    business cards, 1000 of them, and went through about 400 at the show! 
    Oppie was a doll all weekend, charming his way into the hearts of
    spectators, judges, and my fellow exhibitors.  A persian breeder told
    me that she thinks he should have been named "most precious kitten in
    show". :')  Like Linda's kittens, he is just four months old (and two
    days to be exact), and had to compete against a Birman kitten that was
    six months old.  But, he held his own.  Donna Fuller placed him as her
    10th Best Allbreed Kitten (the count was 85), and then on Sunday, Bob
    Everett made Oppie his 6th Best Longhair kitten.  Oppie was cuddled so
    much on Friday (during set up) and Saturday that we had to bathe him
    again on Saturday night for Sunday's rings.  He had a pinkish tinge on
    his head, which I would guess was from lipstick kisses. :')
    
    Reste did me proud too.  He was best of breed in 5 out of 6 rings, and
    2nd best of breed in the other ring.  Way to go! :')
    
    The boys are headed to Tulare this weekend for a show there.
    
    Jo

    Congratulations to both Jo and Jan.  Jan, I had tears in my eyes as I
    read your note about how you felt as Onyx was names best HHP.  Hugs
    from me and the furry kids. ;-))))  Jo, I can't wait to see your
    youngest charmer.
    
    Steffi

    Thanks Steffi.  I got tears as I wrote it and I went back and reread
    it and got them again.  Wait till you see Oppi (Jo's bir-baby) he is
    just the most adorable thing to walk on 4 legs.  When he's held he 
    purrs and kneads the air (or anything else that comes close to those
    front paws).  He's a doll!
    
    Jan

    Congratulations Jo and Jan. It sounds like a wonderful show. Wish I
    could have been there to share all the excitement. Sounds like Reste
    and Oppi care carrying on that Mysinh's tradition in style!  :^)
    
    And Jan, I can just imagine the thrill of that Best Cat win. Moments
    like don't happen very often. It will be a memory to hold on to.
    
    Linda :^)

    Jan,
    
    I've got tears sitting here reading your note.  CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!
    
    Jo,
    
    Congratulations to you too!  :-)
    
    Karen

    Congrats to all!!!!!!!!!!!  Go FELINERs!!!
    

    Jan,
    
     Just read your notes, and I'm still teary eyed! What a great finish
    for a great lady, and a great kitty!! 
    
     The problem is, my boss sits right across the aisle from me, and is
    looking at me funny! My whole face must be red! ;-)
    
     CONGRATULATIONS!! to all our feliners and their felines!!!
    
    Love,
    
     Y

    Jan,
    
    Your note has me teary eyed too. What a wonderful tribute! 
    
    CONGRATULATIONS, to all the feliners and their furry competitors!! :^>
    
    Roslyn

    We have some more good news.  This weekend Mysinhs Lyscentia achieved
    her Grand Premiership at the Golden West show in San Francisco, CA.
    Lyscentia was out of my first litter of Birmans.  She was spayed
    last September and placed in the home of a very special ten year old,
    Michelle Bianucci.  Michelle gets all the credit for having granded
    Lyscentia.  Each weekend she would trim her nails, bathe her, blow her
    dry and then present her perfectly groomed in the judging ring with no
    help from me other than a few simple directions at her first show.  
    
    I have to admit that at first I didn't believe that 10 years old was 
    old enough to handle the responsibility of caring for a cat, let alone
    keeping her in such wonderful show condition.  I was wrong. :')
    
    Lyscentia is the 3rd cat from her litter to achieve the title of Grand. 
    She is also the 6th offspring of Joui's to attain the title.  I am very
    pleased and proud.
    
    Michelle will be holding her "grand party" at the Santa Clara Valley
    Cat Fanciers show on April 11th in San Jose, CA.  She will be
    serving sparkling cider and cake to all those that can make it. :')
    
    Jo

    
    Michelle is certainly a special girl.   A smile would come to me
    every time I saw Michelle walk up to the ring with Lyscentia in
    her "show stretch". :')  I don't know if I am going to be able to
    make it to the show this weekend so please give her a big hug from 
    me and tell her how proud I am of her!  She does get all of the credit
    Jo, but she certainly has had the guidance of one of the best.
    Congratulations!!!!!
    

    Congratulations to both Lyscentia and Michelle.  Michelle is a darling
    girl and so good with Lyscentia.  She certainly did have the guidance
    of one of the best.  So did I, and I granded Lizette.  Lizette sends
    purrs and licks to her sister.
    
    I won't be able to be at the show on the 11th, so Jo please give
    Michelle a hug and kiss for me and Bob, too.
    
    Joui certainly does produce beautiful babies.
    
    Steffi +4 
    

    Congrats Michelle and Lyscentia!
    
    Well, I was planning to be at this show but we've (the HHPs) been
    bumped due to lack of HHP entries.  How disappointing.  I was looking
    forward to going to a show in town again for a change.  Don't have to
    get up so early or drive more than 10 minutes.
    
    I'll probably be there on Saturday anyway.  I want to help celebrate
    Lyscentia's granding and I plan on being totally enthralled with 
    Oppi again too.
    
    Jan

	Drum roll please..........

	And in this corner...introducing...in white fur..the latest and 
greatest...

	GRAND PREMIER KAI PRESLEY   !!!!

	He did it at the Black Tails and Tie show Saturday. He received all 
the points he needed in the first ring!
	Thanks for all the prayers and crossed paws.  Thanks to Roberta, Cin 
(yes she was there and said HI!) Nancy, Barbara Ives (ya just missed Cin!) and 
all the others at the show for keeping their fingers crossed.
	
Mike and Diane
    

    Yay!!!  I was waiting for this entry, Mike, as I wasn't sure if he had
    granded!  Glad to hear he did it, and in the first ring no less!!  When
    you grand in the first ring, all other wins for the weekend are icing
    on the cake.
    
    Congrats!!!
    

    .142
    
    Hi Roberta,
    
    How the H___ are you?  I have not been in this notesfile for a
    looooooong time.  As you can see Michael put in the note for me.
    
    I'll tell you we are so proud of Kai, it took him awhile but he
    finally did it.  I just might persue CFF, I am still thinking 
    about it.  Cin showed up about 1 hour after he Granded.  We did
    not go back on Sunday, especially it being Easter Sunday.
    
    How are all your furry kiddies?  Fine I hope.  Well I have got to
    run, real busy these days.
    
    Keep in touch.
    
    Diane
    

    Diane,
    
    I saw you, but you were talking with someone and I was with a friend
    who wasn't really a cat person and didn't want to stop and chat with
    cat folks!  :^)
    
    I saw Mike, though, and wished him good luck.  Kai looked beautiful, so
    white and fluffy.  And so laid back!!
    
    When I have some free time (hah!) I'll write you off-line :^)
    
    -Roberta
    

    Congrats to Kai and Mike and Diane!!  Another grand from Feline!
    
    Jo

    
       My heartest Congradulations to Mike, Diane, and the wonderful
    
       KAI.  How was the bubbly saturday night?  Sorry I missed Cindy.
    
    
       Barbara

    Congrats...to Kai, Mike and Diane.   Gee...I was there late 
    Saturday afternoon...I missed it...I also missed seeing alot of
    the feliners.
         
    Sandy

    .146
    
    KAI thanks all of you.  Barbara the bubbly Saturday night was just
    great.  We celebrated with chinese food and champagne.  KAI & TEDDY
    just loved it.
    
    Now that I am in here do any of you know of any CFF shows coming
    up in the N.H, MASS or R.I. areas??????
    
    I just might pursue KAI in CFF.  He is already a champion, just 
    might go for the Grand.  We concentrated on Granding him in CFA.
    
    Thanks for any input.
    
    Diane
    

    Maybe it's too early yet........
    
    I don't know of *any* kittens to place this spring!(knock on wood)
    
    M
    

    Re: .149
    
    Nor do I!!  I was thinking maybe we had finally gotten all the
    neighborhood toms neutered...but then again, maybe it is too soon.
    
    Jo

    You might be in luck...because we are being swarmed at the shelter
    with Mom/kittens already!!!
    
    Good job Michele/Jo in cleaning up the neighborhood...all I can hope
    for is that within a year or two I can do the same thing!  But 
    mostly I deal with whole males...so I haven't seen kittens yet either!
    
    Sandy

    
    'Yo Kai!!!  Congratulations on your grand!  Aren't you glad that it is
    over with???  The pressure on us is incredible.  Did you tell Dad?  I
    bet he is awfully proud of you!  Way to go!  I'll be lookng for your
    picture in Grandstand!!!!
    
    Bailey
    
    

     Congratulations Kai!!!  Good work. :^)
    
    The Boxboro show is always fun as we get to see so many of our friends.
    This one was special for me as I was showing my kittens. I was thrilled
    on Saturday when both kittens made the final in Gary Veach's ring.
    Renegade was 6th best kitten and Offislander was 3rd best kitten. :^)
    
    Sunday was even more exciting. Renegade was called to the final in Bob
    Molino's ring and still hadn't been placed when only the top two were
    left. He took out Renegade and described him ...and instead of placing
    him 2nd best ..said he was best Birman and put him back. The only
    remaining kitten was then placed 2nd best and Renegade was then placed
    best kitten!  Such is the stuff that dreams are made of.. :^) :^)
    
    Renegade and Offislander purred and made 'happy-feet' all weekend and
    seemed to just eat up all the attention at the show.
    
    Linda                                              

    Yahoo!!  A Best Kitten win with your first litter.  Wow!  :') 
    Congratulations Linda and Renegade.  And to Offislander too. :')  Not
    bad to have both kittens in one final.
    
    Jo

    Congrats to all....!!! I just love logging in and seeing stuff like
    this!!!. I only wish I had more.. the girls and I send lots of
    kitty hugs and paw pats to you all..
    Kate.. Who is 400+++ notes behind..

it may not seem like much to you guys, but...

Hana has lost 1/2 pound since January!!! AND SO HAS SAM!  This means that
the diet plan is working!!! We are so happy at our house....you see, Sam
had developed a heart murmur and I was frantic to get his weight down to
make it easier on his heart...and I am equally determined that Hana won't
get this problem to begin with - at least not due to her extra weight...and
we have the two youngsters who are NOT fat.  It has been very tricky to
get this done.  What we do is remove the food at 6:30 PM and put it out
at 6:30 AM...the food is now lite Max dry only...and the two slim girls get
treats (canned fishy food - they love it REALLY FISHY) every other night...

And, it is working.  Whew! What a relief.  I was afraid I was going to have
to restrict the fat ones to their rooms during the day - and really limit their
access to the munchies, but apparently, cats ARE republicans...remove the
food during the hours they tend to eat the most - and they will eat less
food, rather than change the times that they eat it.

I had a fantastic weekend this weekend at the Cranston, RI CFF show.

First, I got to meet Sandy Merritt.  Glad to meet  you Sandy.  The kitties
were glad to meet you too.  Especially Pima.  Purrpurrpurrpurrrrr!! (-:

AND!!  PIMA is now known as:

GRAND CHAMPION Starstruck's PIMA of Taliea Manor  

I was SO thrilled that Pima granded on saturday !!  She didn't really care
too  much, though. She was more interested in the boy next door as she
was really "looking for love". (-:

Kyra came []this close to granding!  She only needs 16 points!!

Holly

    Congrats Holly....glad to finally meet you too.  And for those of
    you interested.,..Holly also busted me about the whole males!!!
    
    All your kitties are beauties....but my heart has a special place
    for Pima...what a precious loving feline!!
    
    And thank you for answering all my questions about showing!!
    
    Sandy

    Congratulations to another Feliner grand.  Can't wait to hear that Kyra
    did it too. :')
    
    Jo

    re: .161
    
    That's too funny.  Now if you could only put Middy on Medicare! :-)
    
    Lori B.

>     That's too funny.  Now if you could only put Middy on Medicare! :-)

Um, shouldn't that be "Middycare" ?

sorry...couldn't help myself... :-) :-)

Jill (who else?)

    re: .163
    
    How those of us with more than 7 do it?  We end up with vet bills that
    look like the national debt!  We have very understanding vets.  We
    keep our vets on retainer.
    
    Jo (whose current vet balance is *down* to $1,305.00!!!)

    ditto ditto on Jo's response about more then 7!!!!  I just paid
    off my vet bill from this winters problems (VG, new cats) and
    since I have paid it off I have already been back to visit twice.
    I will never ever see a 0$ balance.
    
    It's never ending.....
    
     Sandy

    Now that I'm up to 5 cats, I find myself getting more and more
    acquainted with my vet! I almost feel I should ask her over for dinner!
    
    Cheryl

    My vet and I are on a first name basis!  At first I felt funny calling
    her Linda, because she worked so hard to attain the title of Dr., but
    she insists it's okay.  Besides, we are so close in age that it feels
    weird to call her Dr. Breitman.
    
    Once when she came over for an emergency visit she couldn't get a
    sitter, so brought her baby girl.  I ended up watching her while Linda
    checked my cat!  She (Keisha, the baby) wasn't very happy about that
    arrangement at all and screamed the whole time.
    
    
    -Roberta
    
    
    

    
    To add to the rathole.... I've been named the Conofite Queen by my vet. 
    Two kittens with ringworm means lots of Conofite.
    
    ...Rania
    
    

    This brag note is a little late due to a very busy week, but I wanted
    to share the results of the CFA show on Long Island last weekend. The boys
    did well with a combined total of 6 finals.
    
    Helmrich:  Renegade  7th BLH    Offislander  9th BLH
    Koep:      Renegade  2nd BLH
    Cummings:  Offislander  3rd BAB
    Mellies:   Renegade  5th BAB
    Thompson:  Renegade  5th BAB
    
    Renegade (sealpoint) and Offislander (bluepoint) pretty much took turns
    going BOB and 2ND BOB in the rings. They were purr-buckets all weekend
    and, needless to say, I was very proud of them!
    
    Will any of you Feliners be at the Westfield NJ show next week?
    
    Linda

Just wanted to let you know about the great weekend I had!
Despite my Korat's attitude (only P.A.) I got the following:

Allbreed Ring (same ring!)
Robbie (Dagneau's Throb Bleu of Mowl Sima): 10th Best Allbreed Kitten
P.A. (Mowl Sima's Silver Shadow): 3rd Best Allbreed Kitten

Specialty Ring
P.A.  - 3rd Best Shorthair Kitten


For those of you that know Korats, it's a very happy moment to final
them. However, when was the last time ANYONE saw 2 Korats final in
an Allbreed ring on the East coast? I am SO HAPPY!!!!!

Cheryl

    Jakey (J.K) my younger brothers cat, gave birth to four wee beauties on
    Sunday 17th May - what a geat cat she is - no-one knew she was in
    labour as she never made a sound.  The first anyone knew was when my
    Dad came in from the garden and heard a squeeking noise.
    
    The smallest one is 4 oz and the biggest 5 oz it took her roughly 2
    hours (about 1 every half an hour).  
    
    At first Jakey was very timid and went into the corner and hid -
    staring at her knew babies, she didn't what was happening.
    
    Anyway mother and babies are doing well.
    
    Tracy W :-))

Gee, that reminds me of the night Meggie had babies.  She chose to have me
in attendance for the births, but she did the same "Hey, where did those
kittens come from???" act! 

Ah, baby kittens..........no, no, forget it....I'm coming to my senses....

Mary

    The Westfield, NJ CFA show this past weekend turned out to be fun in
    spite of the uncomfortably (to say the least!) hot show hall that
    sent most of us looking for ice packs and battery operated fans to keep
    our cats cool and comfortable.  The kids sure have been coming through
    for me and I was thrilled when both of them made finals in four rings
    and one of them finaled in three of the remaining four. 
    
    The results were:
    
    C. Rothermal:  Offislander 10th BLH
    H. Helmrich:   Offislander 5th BLH   Renegade 7th BLH
    B. Lee:        Renegade 10th BAB
    D. Rothermal:  Renegade   2nd BLH    Offislander 5th BLH
    P. Jacobberger: Renegade 6th BLH     Offislander 9th BLH
    R. Goltzer:    Renegade  2nd BLH     Offislander 7th BLH
    L. Watson:     Offislander  5th BAB
    
    The Catskill show in June (in conjuction with the regional awards
    banquet) will be their last kitten show. Although I am excited about
    starting them on the championship-seeking trek in July, I am going to
    be sorry to see their kitten career come to an end. They have given me
    so much fun ..and seemed to enjoy it as much as I did.  Like our human
    kids ...they grow up too fast!
    
    Linda 
    
    

    Congrats, Linda.  Your kids must be beauties.  I wish you'd bring them
    west for a show, so I could see them and especially you, again.
    
    Steffi

    Way to go, Linda!!  Way cool!!!!
    

    Oh Boy, Oh Boy....I get to be the first (of many I'm sure).
    Well, The CFF Parade of Perfection results are out. 
    
    Dundee Mac Tavish is CFF's Best Brown tabby and white scottish fold
    alter.
    
    Putiput's Silver Shadow earned the following.....
    
    Best Silver Tabby/White Scottish fold
    
    
    
    
    Best Scottish Fold Eastern Region
    
    
    
    
    
    Best Scottish Fold NATIONAL
    
    
    
    
    EIGHTEENTH BEST CAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    
    
    
    I am so proud of my boy!  

    Nancy!
    
    
     CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
     That's incredible! Shadow is such a beautiful boy! Can't wait to see
    you, and Shadow to give congrats in person!
    
     Dundee is a beautiful boy too, although I've only seen pictures of
    him! ;-)
    
     Again, CONGRATULATIONS! Your cattery makes such pretty kitties!
    
    Y

    Nancy,
    
    I'm THRILLED for you!  How exciting!!  Wow, Putiput sure has come a
    long way over the years.
    
    Big smiles and hugs!
    
    -Roberta
    

    That top 20 win was icing on the cake.  You guys who know me, know I
    don't keep track of POP points etc.  I just go to each show and do
    my best and try to have a good time.  I was hoping Shadow would
    make a National win but I wasn't "expecting" anything.  So this
    was an extra special surprize.
    
    Guess I'll be going to the banquet again this year.  :^)
    

    
    CONGRATS NAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    Dancer is busting his buttons at being related to such an esteemed
    whole male... :-)
    
    The others in the house can barely stand him, he brags so!
    
    Nancy, her five "mutts," and her one Fold

    Well, the first White Glove Society Cat Show was held this past
    Sat. and Sun. and Onyx and I were benched with a row full of Birmans.
    By the end of the show you could look down the aisle and see bunches
    of show ribbons hanging off of every cage.  Our row was doing quite
    well in the finals.
    
    And what about Onxy, you ask...
    
    	5th Best HHP
    	4th Best HHP
    	3rd Best HHP
    	BEST HHP
    	BEST HHP
    
    This was an 8 ring show and there were only 11 HHP's that actually
    made it to the show.  Top 5 awards were given out for the HHPs.
    
    One of the judges that gave Onyx a BEST HHP ribbon said he looked like
    a "satin panther".  He's such a beautiful boy and his momma is so proud
    of him.
    
    Jan
    
    
    P.S. Nancy, congratulations on rakin' in all those wonderful awards. 

    I was benched in the same Birman row as Jan, so I watched her hanging
    all those lovely black, white and silver rosettes on Onyx's cage.  The
    rosettes looked lovely with that gorgeous black cat.  Congrats, Jan and
    Onyx.
    
    There were 28 beautiful premiers and I'm proud to say that Lizette
    finaled in both longhair speciality rings and one allbreed ring.  If she
    had a better attitude she might have finaled in another ring, but she
    wouldn't look at the judge when the judge was waving toys over her
    cage.  It's so funny to watch all the Birmans do the Birman huff when
    the judge is holding them.
    
    Steffi
                       
    PS. Congrats, Nancy
      
    
     

    Congratulations, Onyx and Jan!
    
    Wish I could have been there to see it!
    
    Congratulations to you too Nancy.  What a wonderful kitty you have to
    win so many awards; I bet he's just beautiful!
    
    Michelle

    Well, so far Putiput's Quicksilver has been acclaimed
    
    BEST SILVER TABBY/WHITE SCOTTISH FOLD ALTER
    
    No kitten awards.....  Does anyone remember if CFF gives out 
    Awards like BEST SILVER TABBY/WHITE SCOTTISH FOLD KITTEN
    
    or do they only do that for the adults.  It IS possible that's all
    he got.  Its also possible that the awards for the adults were sent
    out first and the kitten awards will follow.
      N
    

    
    NDC, I believe that the kitten awards have gone out also, right D???
    
    8'D
    
    
    

I'm not sure if the kitten awards have gone out yet.  It's somewhat expected
that Kyra will possibly be in the top twenty kittens of the year, but I've
not received anything yet.

Anxiously waiting!

Holly

    Well, I do know that Diane Levin got Judy Garland's awards via
    Cindy and I wish she'd get a chance to post the results because
    they're really exciting!  I don't want to steal her thunder.
    

I went home last night and our awards were in the mail.  I'm SO excited!!

Fogmagic's Sterling Silver received second best Korat national.

Jaltari's Lady Sings the Blues of Taliea received BEST Korat national.

Starstruck's P.I.M.A. of Taliea Manor received best Blue-cream cornish
rex and second best rex eastern region.

Tu-Tone's Sweet Sixteen (the one that was best alter last year) was only
in three shows this year.  But he did fantastic in all three shows (One
day I remember he got three best cats and two second best cats.)  Well, 
in those three shows he managed to become BEST Red Tabby cornish rex alter,
BEST cornish rex alter,  AND 19TH BEST ALTER NATIONAL!

And now, my Darling Kyra.  I'm SO proud of her!!

Raham's Kyra of Taliea manor .. Best Amber eyed white turkish angora,
BEST Turkish Angora kitten, and 10TH BEST KITTEN NATIONAL!!


I am SO proud of ALL my kitties!!  CFF Awards banquet, here we come!!

Holly

    Wow Holly!!! That's wonderful news! You must still be spinning from all
    of this! Your feet won't be on the ground for weeks! ;-)
    
    Give all of your kitties hugs and paw pats from me and my two furfaces!
    
    Love,
    
     Y

    GREAT Holly! I love to see Korats win! And your rex's and angora!
    GREAT news!
    
    Cheryl

     
     Well, the final official standings for last year's CFF show season are in.
     L and L's Alexander the Great (ALEX) is:

	7th Best Alter Nationally
	6th Best Alter Eastern Region
	Best Exotic Shorthair Alter National and Eastern
	Best Red Tabby Exotic Shorthair Alter National and Eastern

     And his little sister L and L's Judy Garland of Cattyshack (JUDY - the
     pick of our last litter) is:

	BEST Kitten Nationally
	BEST Kitten Eastern Region
	BEST Exotic Shorthair Kitten National and Eastern
	BEST Brown-Patched Tabby Exotic Shorthair Kitten National and Eastern

     And their father, Cattyshack's Tiger Stripes (who was only at 3 shows
     all year....) is:

	14th Best Cat (as in whole cat) Nationally
	14th Best Cat Eastern Region
	Best Exotic Shorthair National and Eastern
	Best Brown Tabby Exotic Shorthair National and Eastern

     We are VERY, VERY proud!  Hope you all share in our excitement, too.  Cin 
     asked that I say HI! to all!

     Thanks and CONGRATS to all the winners!,
     Diane

    
    Diane!  I'm glad you finally got in to brag!!!!  To say that I am
    excited is an understatement!!!! I am thrilled that the line has done
    so well (may i even come CLOSE to that...).  We have always said that 
    the Stripees-Candy combo produced beautiful babies and this bares it
    out!  CONGRATULATIONS!!!!  
    
    Marlene, Bailey and Callie ( @ day 63 :'D )
    
    
    

That is fantastic!  I am SO excited about Judy!  She's such a little
sweetheart!!  

Judy and Kyra were shown together in the fall.  They traveled together to the
show out in Ohio.  2 vans with 9 people and 22 cats!!!  It was quite the
experience!!

ANd then of course there's my alex baby!  EVERY show I've gotta go get my
cuddles and hugs.  He's SUCH a sweetheart!!  I love him to pieces!! (-:

Congrats, Diane!!  You must be THRILLED!!

    Congrats to all the winners!  It just proves what we knew all along ...
    ...that the FELINER's cats are the greatest! :^) :^)
    
    Linda

    Congrats to all the year end winners from all the cat associations!
    
    Since I'm so new to this, I don't have any national/regional wins, so I
    have to celebrate from show to show! ;^)
    
    Well, this weekend I had to admit was pretty darn good! I tool Robbie
    and P.A. (this is her last weekend being shown as a kitten) and got the
    following:
    
    Saturday: Robbie beat her in every ring
    Finals:  Walter Hutzler: 6th Best Shorthair Kitten (this was a
    specialty show - no Allbreed rings)
    
    Sunday: P.A. beat ROBBIE in every ring
    Finals:  Frank Roderick: 8th Best Shorthair Kitten
             Becky Jones:   10th Best Shorthair Kitten
             Gary VEach"     6th Best Shorthair Kitten
    
    What a great weekend for my little Korats!
    
    Cheryl

    Received Meeps' (Ruby Dandy-Lion) CFF certificate of award Friday night
    and am soooo proud of my little boy.
    
    	"Twentieth Best National Alter
    	 Best National Scottish Fold Alter
    	 Best Eastern Scottish Fold Alter
    	 Best Red Tabby Scottish Fold Alter"
    
    Couldn't wait to call his Aunt Nancy so she could pass the word to
    Batman and, of course, Tiffany Purrmeadows.
    
    The Clan and I celebrated with sardines and pina colada (the Clan had 
    the sardines).  ;-)
    
    Pat & the Clan
    

YAY MEEPS!!  This little baby is SO adorable!!  Give him lots of congrats
kisses and hugs for me!

Congrats to mom too! (-:

H 

    
    Congrats, Pat!  Dandy, alias Meeps, is such a doll.  Hugs and kisses
    and purrs for him from everyone at our house!
    
    We'll see you at the banquet, if not before......
    
    Have fun celebrating!
    -Diane, Alison, Alex and the gang....
    

    I love Regional Awards time! :')
    
    GRC Mysinhs Nights In White Satin was Region 2's 2nd Best Blue Point
    Birman.
    
    GRC Mysinhs Our Obsession of Kattah was Region 2's Best Blue Point
    Birman.
    
    GRC Rosebai Olivia De Mes Reves (one of my grandchildren) was Region
    2's Second Best Seal Point Birman and 2nd Best Birman.
    
    GRC Pleasantview Orestes of Mysinhs was Region 2's Best Seal Point
    Birman, Best Birman, and 17th Best Longhair Cat. 
    
    
    :') :') :')
    
    Reste was also the winner of The White Glove Society's Best Birman in
    Championship (region 2) Award, and their Best Birman Kitten Award. :')
    
    
    And the Region gave us a wonderful award for Joui's D.M.  It is similar
    to the national awards that CFA gives out.  A round crystal CFA logo
    sitting on a pedestal with her name engraved on it.  It looks great on
    the coffee table!! ;')
    
    Jo

    Congrats Jo! I'm so happy for you and your babies! I hope I only get to
    see them all someday!
    
    Cheryl
    
    P.S. Hope you're feeling better!
    

    Great work, Jo!!  I saw all the pics in the newsletter (not Reste's
    though) and what beautiful cats they are, especially Olivia!  She is
    just lovely!
    
    :^)
    

    Congratulations, Jo, Reste, and the rest of the babies!!  What
    wonderful kitties own you, Jo!
    
    Best,
    Michelle

    Congratulations, Jo, on all your beautiful winners.  Lizette is
    especially proud of her granddaughter, Olivia, and her mother, Joui. 
    Misha is also proud of his grandmother, Joui and his niece, Olivia.
    
    Hugs,
    
    Steffi, Lizette, Misty, Misha, and Marnie  

    Any of you that may have seen the San Francisco Reveler's show on ESPN
    the other day may have unknowingly caught a glimpse of Mysinhs
    Opposites Attract at his very first cat show!  At the beginning of the
    cat show, they showed each judge and told a bit about them.  While they
    were showing Donna Fuller, she was handling Oppie.  He is kitten number
    1 in the show, and Donna went on to give him his very first final in
    her Allbreed ring.
    
    If you missed the show, check your cable directory.  They are supposed
    to show it again on July 14th during prime time, and then again later
    in the month.
    
    Jo

    I saw him!  In person at the show and on the ESPN telecast.  He's such
    a sweet kitty!

    I saw him too, last night at Jo's.  He's a sweetie, and so playful.  I
    had him doing wonderful Birman leaps as he tried to get the sparkler
    toy.  The 2 three month old girls are adorable and such purrbabies.  It
    was fun seeing Jo and all the beautiful kitties.
    
    BTW, at the end of the ESPN telecast, they showed all the different
    breeds and the Birman that they shown is Olivia, (Lizette's
    grandaughter).  It's not a great picture of her though.  
    
    Steffi

    Well, P.A. was in her first show as a Champion this weekend, and it was
    Robbie's last show as a kitten. Granted, we didn't 'sweep' up any
    rings, but we did get a few winners!
    
    P.A. (first show as Champion:)
    Jacoberger: 8th Best SH, 2nd Best Champion
    
    Robbie (last show as kitten)
    Bulotta: 6th Best Allbreed Kitten
    
    I'm so proud!
    
    Cheryl

    We just returned from the SCBF show yesterday and I logged in here
    expecting to see some brags from my fellow Birman breeders who have a
    three hour advantage on me.  But, it looks like I will just have to go
    first.  Maybe this will get them to come out of their shells and brag
    too. :')
    
    Had a great time at the show this weekend.  Although I wasn't able to
    show my cats myself, because I am still laid up with the hip thing, I
    still had a great time.  Ken and Julie helped make sure our cats got to
    the ring, and Ed had a wheelchair there for me to make things easier.
    
    Piano Man, my new boy, did very well overall.  There were 61 Birman
    kittens entered in the show.  Piano Man didn't do much the first day,
    only got one second best of color ribbon, but he made up for it the
    second day.  On Sunday, he managed to pull down the best of color and
    best of breed in all three rings, and then he finalled in 2 AB rings
    and 1 SP ring.  Gene Darrah gave him 6th BAB kitten, Sheila Mizzi gave
    him 3rd BAB kitten, and Diana Rothermel gave him 5th BLH kitten.  He
    ended up being Best Birman kitten in show.  He was also voted
    Exhibitor's Choice for Best Birman Kitten.  We are just thrilled.
    
    I can't wait until I am walking again so that I can show this boy
    myself.  He is such a love, and I would really love to be able to put
    him in the ring myself.
    
    Jo

    
    
    
    Jo, congratulations on your new arrival and his success at the show!!!
    I cannot wait to see him! 8'D
    
    

    Well, I guess I should write about the Birman show but since I have a
    hard time bragging about my cats I will say just a little.  It was a
    very stressful show for me since my boy, GRC Chatange Olery, is my
    absolute hearthrob and I knew many eyes were on us.  Olery made five
    out of six finals including one best cat in a longhair ring.  My
    kittens both made a longhair final getting BOB/2nd Best Kitten and
    2BOB/3rd Best Kitten.  They are littermates and 3/4 brother/sister to
    Olery which was also the same ring that Olery got his Best Cat in. 
    It was obvious to me that the judge must have liked the look of my cats
    to have placed all three of them so high in her finals in such heavy
    competition.  Also, immediately after leaving the kitten final, the
    girl, Chatange Pippi Whitestocking, was sold to Jan Carnes in St.
    Louis to begin her show career.  I am pleased that a such a nice girl
    from my cattery will be shown in another region.  The boy, Chatange
    Puttin' on the Ritz, for now will remain with me to begin his show
    career until I find just the right show/breeder home for him.  I have
    very high hopes for this boy as he displays all the wonderful
    attributes of both his parents.
    
    If any of you are following the cats in the Almanac it will be an
    interesting year for me in the birmans as I am campaining my boy,
    Olery.  I have high hopes and am determined to do the very best that I
    can with him.  He is a fine representative of the birman breed and
    should be seen by as many judges as possible to promote this wonderful
    breed.  
    
    BTW, I have a nice premiership boy available which I would like shown
    out of my region.  If you have an interest please contact me offline.
    
    Linda, you're next!
    
    Nancy
         

    Hey, Nancy, that is GREAT!  Yes, I know you, and know you have a hard
    time bragging about your cats.  :^).  For those of you who don't know
    Nancy, she is better at pointing out their faults than their
    attributes!!  So these kitties must really be NICE!
    
    You have worked really hard over the last 3 years, and I'm proud of
    your accomplishments!
    
    Congratulations, and I hope to meet Olery in Boxboro this year.
    
    -Roberta
    

    Well, this was one of MY biggest shows yet, and I'm SOOOOO excited!
    
    I was at the Feline Forum in Long Island this weekend, and had a blast!
    First of all, I hate driving in New York, so it was not pleasant
    driving. THEN, when I got to the show, there was another Korat there!
    That's not BAD, but the people who owned Mouse (the cat's name is
    Passport's Mini Mouse) have been breeding for 18 years! So, I KNEW I
    had some heavy competition!
    
    Here's how the rings went:
    
    Ring 1: Mouse, Best of Breed
            P.A. (my baby!) Second Best of Breed
            No finals for anyone
    
    Ring 2: Mouse, Best of Breed
            Robbie (my OTHER baby!) Second Best of Breed
            No finals for anyone
    
    Ring 3: P.A., Best of Breed
            Mouse, Second best
            P.A. - 7th Best SH Cat
    
    Ring 4: P.A. Best of Breed
            Robbie - Second Best
            P.A. - 4th Best Allbreed Cat
                 - Best Shorthair Champion
                 - Best ALLBREED Champion
    
    NEedless to say, I don't need to continue with the other 2 rings, cause
    we didn't final there! However, we are 39 points away from Granding! I
    gave P.A. AND Robbie TONS of hugs! I'm so proud of my babies! I'm a
    REAL glowing mom!
    
    Cheryl & kits

    Congrats, Cheryl.  That's really something!!
    

    I hardly every brag, but I feel so proud of myself today!!  This
    morning, I took Beth in for her leukemia booster.  My vet had some
    extra time so we stood around and chatted about what a great cat Beth
    is.  My vet told me that when this pathetic litle creature first showed
    up in her exam room, she thought that she didn't have much of a chance,
    but when I left, the staff was saying that if anyone could bring her
    through, it would be me.  And now a year later, my happy, healthy, well
    adjusted blind kitty is a great cat because her Mom is a great Mom!!  
    
    You know, I read all these notes about how so many of out kitties have
    struggled, but without great Moms and Dads like YOU GUYS, they just
    wouldn't have made it.  So, to all you who have stayed up nights, have
    paid vet bills instead of electric bills, who have considered getting
    an once of formula into a sick kitty, CONGRATS!  While I'm busy patting
    myself on the back, I reach out electronically to pat you all on the
    back, too!!
    
    Mary
    

    How about Beth as the cover girl on the first issue of the feliner
    offline newsletter?  What a great little cat she is, and her Mom is
    pretty great too.
    

    Well, we'd just love to!!  I happen to have a few hundred pictures of
    her and she'd just love to be a cover girl!  I'm just so proud of my
    little fur face!!!
    
    Oh, this is really funny...while my vet was busy telling me how great I
    am, one of the techs who was there when Beth had her surgery came by to
    see her.  Carol hadn't seen Beth since the surgery and told Robin (my
    vet) what a great job she had done on Beth's eyes.  Carol said Beth
    looked like a little teddy bear who's button eyes had fallen off!!!!
    
    I think we're just about getting over the shoulder strain from patting
    ourselves on the back....
    
    Mary
    

    Ahhhh little Beth belongs on the Cover....she not only stole your
    heart, the vets heart...she stole all our hearts...and most of us
    have not even met her!!   I still think her and Van Gogh would make
    a lovely couple...even though VG is old enough to be her great great
    grandfather...just think the stories they could share!!
    
    I can't tell you how many times I relay Beth's stories to folks...
    especially those that come to the shelter and see our one-eyed kitty
    Toot and think that is truly amazing!!
    
    And here's a Tap on the back for the most wondeful Mom!!
    
    Sandy                                                  

    I agree! Beth should be our first cover girl! I've never met her
    either, but as Sandy said, she has stolen all of our hearts! I know
    she's stolen mine, and my kitties want it back! ;-)
    
    Mary, we already knew you are a GREAT mom!
    
    Love,
    
     Y

    
    	Hey Mary can I suggest which picture to use?
    
    	The ones with her tongue sticking out or yawning I think are
    	the most adorable pics ever......  =)
    

    Well, I HAVE had the pleasure of meeting this wonderful baby!  And if
    you think she's stolen your heart without even meeting her, wait until
    you meet her!  She is absolutely fantastic!  I ALMOST had the
    opportunity to sneak her into my bag before I left Mary's house, but I
    KNEW I wouldn't get away with it!  She is absolutely amazing!  She even
    followed my finger as I was moving it on Mary's Leather couch!  And the
    way she chases her ball around, it's absolutely amazing!
    
    Beth DEFINITELY should be our cover girl! (-:
    
    Holly
    

    
    Oooohhh, I vote for the pic with the tongue hanging out!
    
    I *LOVE* those kind of pictures!
    

Ahem, before Beth contacts The FIRM, I must explain that the picture of
her with her tongue hanging out is one that I took of her mid-yawn.  The
expression is one of pure delight and it's just the cutest picture!!  I sent
it to Jo to give her a good laugh while she was recuperating.  It's a riot.
But, Beth does not want to give the impression that she goes around with
her tongue hanging out.  Only dogs do dumb things like that........

Beth loves to be held (I wonder why), and her preference is to be in my
left arm with her paws on my shoulder.  From that vantage, she's ready to
take on the world.  Last night, I was holding her and happened to be in
front of a mirror.  She reached out a paw to the mirror so I got up close
to it and I swear she was busy looking at herself.  She looked so cute with
one paw on my shoulder and the other one swatting at the mirror.

Boy, she's a great cat.....

    I can't tell Casey that!!  He goes around with his tongue
    hanging out quite often!  So does B.K.!!!!
    
    L

    
    
    	I second Holly's note.  She is a little heart-stealer.
    
    	Especially when drowning fur mousies in the water dish..... =)
    
    	JJ
    

    Josette is now closer to her Grand with 146 points.  She was as well
    behaved as she can get and did manage to get best short haired champion
    and 9th best cat in Roger Lawrence's specialty ring.  At least it is
    better than the 119 points she went in with!  She made best of breed
    champion in all but 2 rings.  I now plan to run with Baby, my chocolate
    lynx male, while he is still a youngster!  No sitting around for six
    months between shows!  That is what I did with Joey and now it is
    becoming more difficult as she has mentally matured and prefers not to
    be at the shows, she would prefer to remain at home and make babies! 
    Our next shows will be the cape show this weekend working on her
    Supreme Grand and then on to the Schenectady show to try and earn those
    last 54 points!
    Karen

    I just gotta brag about this.  I'm so proud of myself.  A week or
    two ago as I was crouched down trying to get Christie (one of the
    cats mentioned in the adoption topic) to come near me, a man walked
    by and noticed what I was doing.  He asked if I liked cats and when
    I said yes he told me there was a tiny kitten in his parking space
    that he almost didn't see and quite nearly ran over.  He went running
    down to his car to get the cat for me.  It was this tiny little gray
    ball of fur.  He said he was going to bring it inside but he was
    afraid his daughter would want to keep it.  I told him that sounded
    like a great idea and that perhaps he should keep it.  I told him
    that if he took it in and for any reason decided he couldn't keep it,
    he should bring the kitten to me and I gave him my apartment number.
    
    I didn't hear from him that night so the next day I went by his place
    and asked someone what happened to the kitten.  That person told me
    this man had taken the kitten to his ex-wife's house.  I told this 
    person the same thing I told the original man, that if they didn't
    keep it to bring it to me.
    
    I agonized over whether I had made the right decision to talk this
    guy into taking the cat.  I didn't know anything about him or how he
    handled animals.
    
    Well, last night I ran into this guy with one of his grandchildren.  I
    asked him whatever happend to the kitten and he told me his daughter 
    was going to keep it.  I asked if it was healthy and he said yes and
    told me how they had gotten it a litterbox, collar and toys.  I asked
    if the kitty went outside and if I would see him (turned out to be a
    boy) in the neighborhood and he told me that his daughter would not
    let the cat outside and that'd he'd have to bring me over to see it.
    
    I'm soooo excited.  I think I stumbled onto a really good home for
    this kitty.  I just had to brag.
    
    Jan 

    Jan,
    
    Good for you.  It's nice to hear some happy news about a cat,
    especially after reading your sadder notes in 'whine' and adoption.
    
    Steffi

    Well, Josette got her "Best Cat" rosette at the TICA show this weekend.
    If I have figured correctly she has 1,930 points towards her Supreme
    Grand Champion.  I read at one of their shows that less than 1% of the
    cats registered in TICA achieve this so it is pretty good!  We will
    need to take her to one more show just to finish off the points.  Just
    as well, I didn't have the champagne at this show.  Now we can do it
    right with a little party at the next one!  (BTW they need an
    additional  2000 pts. beyond the points accumulated for Quadruple Grand
    to
    Supreme and one Best Cat as an Quadruple Grand Champion).
    
    Needless to say, Jimmy and I are very proud!  WE also met Ruth Laursen
    at the show along with Jerry Williams the Radio personality.  One of my
    husbands fav's!
    Karen

    This weekend was the CFF awards banquet.  We had a wonderful time, and
    were very proud of our national winners this year.
    
    Sweetie (aka, Tu-tone's sweet sixteen) was best Cornish Rex national
    and 19th best alter, national.  This is the cat who was BEST alter last
    year, but then again, he only went to three shows this year.
    
    KYRA (aka, Raham's Kyra of Taliea Manor) was best Turkish Angora
    kitten national, 2nd best turkish angora national, and 10TH BEST KITTEN
    NATIONAL!!  This was SO great to get this award, as Kyra is really my
    "baby".  Her kittens are due in less than three weeks.  I can't WAIT to
    see what she has!!
    
    A great time was had by all!!  It was a lovely banquet!
    
    Holly
    

    The trip to Medina, Ohio for the SCBF show was, as usual, the highlight of
    the year for me. It was great to see everyone, especially Jo since this
    is the only time we get together 'live and in person'.  We had good
    times with good people ..and lots of wonderful Birmans ..though I have
    to admit I spent some time drooling over some of the beautiful examples
    of the other breeds as well. Congratulations again to Jo and Nancy and
    their successes in Medina.  Olery has been doing very well for himself
    ...and Jo's new Piano Man seems to be making the judges take notice
    of the new kid on the block. If fell in love with him on sight. Keep 
    up the good work!  :^)
    
    This year was extra special for me since it was my first time showing
    two cats from my own breeding.  Renegade and Offislander went as young
    champions so I didn't build my hopes up that they would compete
    seriously with 'the big guys'....but I was thrilled to be a part of
    everything.
    
    The kids did me proud, ..and Offislander (my bluepoint boy) knocked my
    sox off by going best champion and 9th best cat in Bullota's and D.
    Rothermal's sp rings ..and 2nd BOB, best champion and third best
    cat in Beck Jones' ring.  Although Renegade didn't make any finals, he
    placed very well in all rings, including 5th BOB in Becky's ring.
    Needless to say, I was walking on air and wearing a silly grin I
    couldn't seem to keep off my face. :^}
    
    
    Offislander made two finals in the Portland show ..and three this past
    weekend in CT ...including Best AB champion and 9th best cat in Walter
    Hutzler's ring...  So I am now very pleased to introduce....
    
    
              CFA GRAND CHAMPION   PATSUCRE'S OFFISLANDER
    
    
    Offislander, also known as 'Studs', got lots of extra hugs. He just
    kept purring and flirting with those big baby blues.  Thanks Kiddo!
    Ya' keep me smiling. :^) :^)
    
    Linda
                   

    Congratulations Linda!  I am sure you are very proud.  It is a nice
    feeling when one of your own breeding has done so well.
    Karen

Ya know, Linda, I know what you mean....when things are just awful, Honey
looks at me with that "stupid Himmy" look and those blue eyes just melt me!!

Congrats!!!!!!!

    Congrats Linda!!!
    
    Steffi

    Hats off to both you and Studs!!  Love that "pet" name!
    
    A much deserved title for a beautiful cat!
    
    Congrats, Linda, and keep up the good work!!
    
    :^)
    
    

    
    Linda, CONGRATULATIONS to you and Studs!!!!!!! :')  What a feeling that
    must have been--one of your own!!!!!!!
    
    You know, you Birman folks always have such a great time in Medina.
    Maybe I switch breeds......NOT! ;')
    
    

    Congrats Linda!!!  Yahoo!  Offislander sure made it look easy at
    Medina. :')  I was thrilled to read that he had granded already.
    Medina was fun this year, and I am already planning for next year.
    Marlene, you will just have to come along next year and join in the
    fun. :')  But be warned, we get absolutely no sleep the entire time we
    are there, and you come home feeling like you need a vacation to
    recover from your vacation! :')  Too much fun, too much partying, can't
    wait to do it again.
    
    Jo

    Linda,
    
    Again, congrats on Offislander and his ability to grand so quickly.  He
    is such a nice boy and as Lambie and your girl were sitting downstairs
    doing their things almost one year ago, I kept whispering to them,
    "make us some nice grand babies" and by golly they sure did.  I am sure
    that Renegade will quickly catch up to his brother as he never lets
    "bro" get the last word.  It will be fun being there to see him grand
    as well.  I hope I am just as intuitive on him as I was with Offisland 
    and bring that bottle along for his celebration as well.  I sure will
    be there cheering you and Renegade on to just a quick a grand with him
    as you did with Offislander.
    
    See you soon,
    
    Nancy  

    I'm a very well fed mommy! (;
    
    This Saturday, a mouse was left for me on the porch, and
    on Sunday a tiny shrew was left for me at the barn door.
    
    And, this morning's breakfast was being brought to me as
    I left to go to work (not dead yet, but getting there).
    I thanked her profusely, and scooped up the mouse in a
    box when she wasn't looking, and moved it to a safer place.
    
    I should rent her out as a living mouse trap!! (:
    
    Lynne

    Well, we went to the Framingham cat show this weekend .. PIMA did quite
    well!
    
    3rd best all breed cat .. Phil Albert
    4th best all breed cat .. Chris Kern
    5th best shorthair cat .. Ed Topleman 
    
    She also got second best Grand Champion in each ring!  She picked up a
    total of 18 points toword her Master Grand .. hopefully she'll master
    grand by Christmas!  
    
    They also had a "spectator's choice" award.  This was where all of the
    spectators got a ballot when they came in and were asked to vote for
    their favorite cat in the show.  Well, a number of people came by and
    admired Pima .. she really is an interesting looking cat (Blue/Cream
    Cornish Rex).  Well, she ended up as 3rd best people's choice!!  I was
    thrilled!!  
    
    Of course, this has gone RIGHT to PIMA's head!  She keeps telling us
    she's beautiful, now she's got a ribbon to prove it!  And NOT just from
    a judge!!  THIS is from ALL of the spectators!! (-:
    
    Holly
    

    Congratulations to Pima and Holly!!
    Karen and her 13

    Hi Holly!
    
    Thanks again for picking up Dandy's awards at the banquet for me.
    
    Dandy and Amber were also at Framingham this past Sunday and did very
    well.  This was Amber's first show and she was very relaxed and seemed
    to enjoy it too.
    
    Dandy finaled in 2 of the 5 rings:
    
    	2nd Best Alter and Best Altered Grand Champion from Edd Toepelman
    	9th Best Alter and Best Altered Gran  Champion from Trish Long
    
    Amber finaled in 4 of 5 rings in the HHP Kitten Class:
    
    	2nd Best HHP Kitten from Phil Albert
    	3rd Best HHP   "     "   Edd Toepelman
    	4th Best HHP   "     "   Trish Long
    	5th Best HHP   "     "   Deb Wadsworth
    
    and in Kris Kern's ring the hhp kittens (5) that didn't final out of 10
    received a Haddleigh House catnip bag (which Amber and Dandy enjoyed).
    
    I was very proud of both my "kids", as usual. :^)
    
    Pat & Clan
    

    Time to brag on my little Pee Man.  He is really holding his own in the
    shows.  I took him to a one day show in Richmond CA at the end of
    August, our first show after Medina and he ended up making all four
    finals and being highest scoring kitten in show!!  He just gets up
    there on the judges stand and shows himself off.
    
    He has continued to do well for us each time we've showed him.  Ken
    took him down to Santa Monica last weekend to see if he could hold his
    own with the campaigners and we were thrilled when he made two LH
    finals and an AB with the count being 110 AB.
    
    He now has 1008 kitten points with only 32 rings (kittens are allowed
    to count only their top 40 rings).  I have him entered in Bremerton, WA
    next weekend and we are hoping he will do well since this will be his
    last kitten show.  He turns 8 months old on September 30th.
    
    Jo

    Jo, can you give me the rundown on how to tally kitten points?  Also, I
    am not clear as to how getting points will work for a champion at the
    qualifier.  Josette only needs 54 more points to grand and I am hoping
    she can get some at the qualifier.
    thanks
    k

    My kittens are soooo smart!  My little "lynxus" has learned that she
    can climb the chair, get onto the kitchen table, hop over to the cart
    that has their food, and then hop on to the stove and hence, have
    access to the countertops!  She is only a little mite and not even 10
    weeks old yet! Now it's monkey see, monkey do.  Guess the cart finds a
    new home!
    Karen

    Karen,
    
    Champion points at the qualifier will work just like they do at the
    regular shows, although there will probably be more points available
    since the qualifiers are bigger than most shows.
    
    Kitten points are figured just like regional points.  Best kitten gets
    the count - 1 for itself, 2nd best gets 95% of what best got, 3rd best
    gets 90% of what best got, 4th gets 85% of what best got, etc.  Kittens
    are only allowed to count there best 40 rings.
    
    Pee is now a champion.  Took him to Costa Mesa and he got his winners
    and was best of breed in 5 out of 8 rings!  There were 6 Birmans there,
    one of whom was a seal male grand.  Pee also finaled in two rings.  I
    can't wait to show him as a champion.
    
    Jo

    This is more of an "announcement" than a brag (MS Pip tells me that it
    that bragging is not refined).

    So, I'd like to announce that Her Loveliness, the Honorable and Lovely 
    MS Pip S. Pussycat, Esq. had a "studio session" a week and a half ago
    at a local photographer's. I received word that her "portfolio" came
    back yesterday, and the photographer told me that the photos were
    outstanding (and they are, but then the photographer had a gorgeous
    subject matter to work with so outstanding photos should be expected),
    and that she is planning on having one blown up to 30x20 and placed in
    the front studio window.  So, if any of you happen to pass by Albert's
    Studio at 409 Moody Street in Waltham, MA, and notice a gorgeous Tortie
    and white Main Coon  apparent, be informed that you are looking at the
    likeness of Her Loveliness. It should be in the window  in about a
    month.

    As locals are aware, Waltham is trying to revitalize and beautify  the
    downtown area; Ms Pip looks at this as her chance to make a major
    contribution to the later effort.

    Deb

    Well Josette did well in Montreal!! She earned 35.1 points towards her
    Grand, now we only need 18.9 points!  The suspense is killing us! 
    Karen and Jimmy

    Grand points round off in CFA so that might help you get part of the 19
    points faster. :')
    
    Jo

    I rarely recommend someone to the shelter I support, because
    if something happened, I would feel the responible party.
    But, I really liked this guy and his kids, so I sent him
    to the shelter to find a barncat (knowing that there are at
    least 10 adults that fit that cattergory (: ) for his barn.
    He plans on building a cathouse in the barn so that the cat
    will have a safe place to sleep.
    Well, he will be bringing home a pair!  I was so excited when
    I heard this!  I will find out more tonight, at the alumni
    gathering.
    
    Now I know how Sandy M. and others feel when they score a cat-home!
    
    Lynne
    
    

    Lynne...the percentage of finding wonderful homes that both
    the humans and cats are happy....totally out weigh the times when
    cats are returned to the shelter or folks are unhappy!!!!!
    
    CONGRATS......There is no better feeling in the world then finding
    great homes for the shelter kitties...especially ones that are 
    considered "barn kitties" because there chances are slimmer!!!
    
    To share another happy story of a shelter kitty.....the man that
    lives down the street from me is about 50 years old...he is not
    retarded...but a bit slow.   He adopted "Buttons" a 3 year old
    female from the shelter...and all volunteers were a bit nervous...
    so they asked me to stay in touch with him.   Well I made the
    initial contact...and he now calls me giving me updates.  He is
    truly in LOVE with Buttons...he has turned his lifesytle upside
    down for Buttons....he keeps lists of things she likes and dislikes
    so he won't make the mistake of buying something she won't eat...
    ...he leaves the heat on 68 for her when he is not home...because
    he doesn't want her to catch a cold....he feeds her first before
    meals...because he doesn't feel right eating in front of her.  He
    walked to a pet store to buy her toys...and a high quality hard
    food.....they have a routine where she lays on him for hours
    while he watches TV...and his one comment to me made my day!!!
    "GOD...how could I have ever live without the company of this cat!!!"
    
    Success stories...are the greatest!!
         
    Sandy
    

    Lynne,  that's great!  Not one, but two furries found a new home.  Yay!
    
    Sandy,
    
    What a wonderful story!  It just makes me warm all over when two
    "people" who really need each other find each other.  I'm sure the
    quality of both their lives has improved 10-fold.
    
    Best,
    Michelle

    Hi!
    
     This is not a brag for me, but for another former FELINEr!
    
     I got my copy of Cats Magazine yesterday, and was flipping through it,
    and found that Cattyshack's Judy Garland was CFF's kitten of the year!
    There was a nice picture of Judy, and it said the owner was Cindy
    Gerry. 
    
     I was thinking of writing in and having them correct the name to
    MamaCin! ;-)
    
     All the other award winners are in there too, but not in an ad like
    Cindy's was! They are more like a yearbook mode. I haven't had a chance
    to read all of them yet, so I don't know if more congratulations are
    due!
    
     Congrats to Cindy and Judy Garland!
    
    Yonee
        

    Yeah!  That sounds like the CFF Yearbook is out.  Isn't Judy gorgeous?
    
    I'm anxiously awaiting my copy of the yearbook as my Scottish Fold,
    Ruby Dandy-Lion, has his photo in there too.
    
    Pat & Clan
    

    Yes, they are beautiful and I saw Kyra too!!
    Karen

    Woah!  The CFF yearbook is out??  Wait a minute!  I haven't seen it!  I
    haven't gotten my copy of CATS magazine yet.  Gotta call them and
    change my address.
    
    Karen, where did you see a picture of kyra??  You've got me curious! 
    
    Holly
    

    Holly,
    
    I saw Kyra's pic in the November issue of CATS mag, this morning. 
    Congratulations.  She looks beautiful even in such a small black &
    white pic.  What color are her eyes.?  
    
    Also saw Cindy Gerry's name several times.
    
    Steffi

    Are the issues of Cats Magazine available on the newsstands?  I get Cat
    Fancy but not Cats Magazine.

    I took a closer look last night at my magazine, and found Kyra's
    picture. She's such a love! Congrats Holly!
    
    Yonee

    Oh wow!  I've gotta go home and see if my cats magazine is there!!  Oh,
    I can't wait!!!!
    
    THanks for the info and the compliments .. If I do say so myself, she
    is a beautiful baby!
    
    Oh, and her eyes are amber.
    
    Holly
    

    
    Holly,
    
    If you're coming down to RI this weekend, bring the magazine along. 
    I'd love to look through it and I don't subscribe to it.  It's not out
    in stores to purchase either.
    
    Pat
    
    

    
    Although this isn't a show related brag, I felt I just had to add it!
    
    One of the barn kitties has a new permant loving home.  Chester took
    right to my friend, who decided she was `chosen'.  We packed him up
    in a warm box, but wouldn't you know it, she wasn't out of the driveway
    and he was in the front seat with her chattering away.
    
    Chester will remain a barn cat, and was given his own stall and
    `blamies' to sleep on.  He has made himself right at home and just
    loves all the attention and new friends he has.
    
    He had dinner the other night, purring away, and when finished, he went
    over to his blamie and settled in for the night.   What a life!
    
    I'm so psyched for my friend and for Chester.
    
    Michele

    Alright Chester.....glad to hear he found a wonderful loving
    home!!!!  You must be on cloud nine today!!!
    
    Sandy

Missed seeing you at the RI show, Holly.  
    
What a wonderful weekend we had in RI this weekend.  Dandy-Lion and 
Cinderamber did VERY well on both days.  It was especially nice that 
volunteers from the Pat Brody Shelter for Cats were there to see how 
well Amber did too.

Sat., 10/31
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	Dandy finaled in all four rings:

		2nd Best Alter Grand Champ.
		4th Best Alter

		9th Best Alter

		6th Best Alter

		10th Best Alter

	Amber finaled in two rings and received 2nd Best HHP in each.

Sun., 11/2
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	Dandy finaled in three rings

		Best Alter
		Best Alter Grand Champ.

		2nd Best Alter Grand Champ.
		4th Best Alter

		8th Best Alter		

	Amber finaled in three rings

		Best HHP
		Happy Household Best Cat 

		5th Best HHP
	
		9th Best HHP

	and Amber was also crowned "Princess of HHP's" at end of show. 


By the way, it was a heartwarming show to see a "one-eyed" Persian-type 
cat being shown in the HHP classes and she did very well too.  I understand 
from one judge that as long as someone mentions a handicap (missing 
eye/limb) to the judge before judging starts, this is very much 
appreciated because they don't want to mishandle a handicapped cat when 
picking it up or placing it on the table.
    
Pat & Clan

    Congrats Pat....sorry I wasn't there to see Dandy and Amber.  I'll
    catch them at one of the shows!!!!
    
    Sandy

    I saw Cheryl Coleman recently - she says "HI" to everyone!
    
    She wanted me to let you know that "P.A." (female Korat kitten) made
    Grand champion several weekends ago.  
    
    Both Robbie and PA have been doing well at shows, but Robbie has grown
    into his hormones, so they didn't show him recently. Cheryl's been
    going to shows almost every weekend over the past several months.
    
    Cheryl still has 3 kittens from the last batch and is still looking
    for homes for them (she said the house is getting just a little too
    crowded - no place for humans at this point!).  However, there was
    enough room to get another female Korat (always room for another
    kitty!) - more silver than her others. They call her MIMI, as in
    Screaming MIMI, since the kitty has quite a mouth on her!

    Before I get chastised for imroper placement:
    
    Introducing....
                     .....
                            Grand Champion, Moonsta's Petite Josette!!!
    
    She is a happy girl and so are her parents!
    We ran right out and had more pictures taken for the CFA Grand Parade
    in the Almanac!  I just hope they come out ok, these had a bright royal
    blue silk background and the first ones had a magenta background. 
    Hopefully the blue will set off her eyes more in the color pics!
    
    Her last show will be a the TICA show in December to receive her final
    200 points so that she may achieve the title of Supreme Grand, but we
    will wait to write about that one!  Then,  it is off to see the
    boyfriend! Gosh, so many studs, so little time....8')

    Congratulations Karen and Josette!! :^)
    
    One of these days we're going to have to actually 'meet' at one of
    these shows Karen.   ..The show was alot of fun and it was great seeing
    so many of you. I enjoyed meeting Sandy ...and seeing Roberta again. We
    don't have a chance to get together very often these days.
    
    BT&T did a nice job on the show ..and I loved the rosettes! :^)
    
    Roberta, I promised to fill you in on how the boys did at the show. I
    think you brought us luck. Offislander made 6 (out of 8) BOBs and 
    Renegade got 5 best Champion (of breed) wins.
    
    Becky Jones made Renegade her best AB champion.  :^)
    
    Offislander's finals: :^)
    
    	B. Jones       4th best cat  AB
    	G. Darragh     9th best cat  AB
    	M. Mellies     8th best cat  AB
    	C. Osier       2nd best cat  LH
    	N. Dodds       8th best cat  AB
    	M. Cruz        5th best cat  AB
    
    Thanks for the encouragement. Having Feliners cheer us on ..and sharing in
    the excitement of other Feliners' wins ...sure adds to the fun.
    
    Linda  :^)
    
    

    Way to go Linda, Offislander, and Renegade!!  I had a feeling you were
    going to clean house!  :^)
    
    Silly me didn't even notice the rosettes, but I am sure they are
    beautiful.  Pretty soon Linda will need to build a separate house to
    display them in!
    
    Congratulations and keep up the good work!!
    
    :^)
    

    
    Linda...congratulations!!   It looked pretty funny at the show
    when I found your kitties because I remembered their names...but
    couldn't find you!!   The folks benched beside you must have thought I
    was crazy when I asked Offislander and Renegade "where the heck
    is mommy and will you please point her out for me"!!!
    
    It was nice to finally have met you and those beautiful kitties!!!
    
    Sandy
                                            

    A good suggestion (I thought :^)) for hanging all those rosettes that
    just always seem to be in the way...
    I took a string of fishing line (20lb. test) and ran it down the hall
    way hooked up on tacks.  Then you can just slip the rosettes on and
    they are all in a row.  It is up to you to arrange by color, count,
    style or show!  Have fun!
    Karen

    And for those of you who don't have long hallways like myself, and have
    used up all the curtain rods and framed prints on the walls, I also use
    the heavy duty picture hooks that come with a roll of wire.  These
    hooks are for hanging heavy framed pictures/prints without damaging
    walls.  Like Karen does with the fishing line, I string the picture
    line from one heavy duty hook to another across the walls of the "kitty
    room".
    
    Pat & Clan
    

    Pat, you are very lucky to have a "kitty room". My cats assume, ahem,
    KNOW that the house is THEIRS. I told a friend of mine last nite that I
    got a KITTY KONDO for the house (it is a large cage), and she asked me
    if it felt like this was the cat's house or ours!!  It consumes a
    rather large area in our living room now.  Anyone want to buy a
    recliner cheap?!  A sign will be hung on the door pretty soon "yard
    sale, cats took over, no room for nuthin'"
    Karen

    
    Another suggestion for those of us without long hallways--daisychain
    wire coat hangers....
    
    

    .273 
    
    Karen, mine all known they own the whole apt. too.  I just keep the toy
    box, a large kitty tree, their jumbo litterboxes, and a couple of cat
    beds in the kitty room.  Of course, when I come home at night I find
    the majority of toys strewn all over the livingroom and kitchen floors;
    Amber even tossed one of the toy mice out the door when I opened it to
    come in.  "Welcome home, Mom.  Want to play?"  ;^)
    
    Pat & Clan
    

    For anyone who was at a recent show and awarded those pretty red &
    green ribbons & rosettes, I designed a Christmas tree out of them on my
    kitchen wall.  Have Dandy's Candy Cane rosette at top of tree and
    trimmed the "ribbon tree" with 2 sets of small lights, some lightweight
    ornaments, and it is beautiful (and safe from being knocked over by
    little mischiefs). 
    
    Pat & Clan
    

    What a great idea!  I also put my Christmas decorations on the wall to
    keep mischevious paws away.  I strung a garland in three loops along
    one wall at ceiling level, then hung all my special ornaments on the
    two outer loops.  Just under the center loop, I hung my stocking with a
    decorated pine bough above it.
    
    Michelle

    Well Josette did great this weekend!  She now has 7,345 points and two
    best cats as a quadruple grand champion.  Mom just has to send in the
    confirmation at this point (believe me when I say "checks in the
    mail"!).  The breakdown is as follows:
    judge		ab/sp		Bof Color Bof Division 	Final  pts.
    Linda Jean Grillo	ab		1	   1		3	230
    Aline Noel		AB		1	   1			50
    Louise Vande Water	AB		1	   1		3	230
    Connie Webb		SP		1	   1		8	130
    Karen Matz		SP		1	   1			50
    Phillipe Noel	SP		1	   1		5	160
    sunday:
    Aline Noel		SP		1	   1		6	150
    Barbara Ray		SP		1	   1		1	200
    Phillipe Noel	AB		1	   1		9	170
    Frances Yow		AB		1	   1			50
    Solveig Pflueger	SP		1	   1			50
    Nancy Nolen		AB		1	   1			50
    
    For a grand total of points at this show of 1,520 points.  She was very
    happy and got to eat all the pizza crust she wanted last nite!!
    Two of the kittens I brought also made 5/6 finals also. Little Lynxette
    managed to pull off a Best Kitten Allbreed for her very first show! Now
    that is what I call followin' in the footsteps of her great Aunty Joey!
    Yippee!
    Karen
    who must now humble herself....

    Congratulations, Karen!  Josette and the kids sure "did ya' proud". :^)
    
    Sounds like Moonsta had a star-studded weekend. :^)
    
    Linda

    Congrats to Cheryl and Karen for granding their girls!  We granded the
    Pee Man at the beginning of December.  Vicki Dickerson made him best LH
    champion and 2nd Best Cat which put him over the 200 point mark. :')
    The next weekend he made 5 out of 8 finals as a new grand, including
    another 2nd Best Cat from Vicki.
    
    To display our rosettes, Ken and I hang a large (sliding glass door
    size) vinyl mini blind (1/2" works well) in our cat room.  The hooks 
    on the back of the rosettes slide in between the blinds to hook them 
    on.  With the blind, you can have a whole wall of rosettes! :')
    
    Jo

  
    Well, it's finally time for me to brag.
    
    This weekend was the CFF show in Mansfield, MA.  Kyra didn't make any
    finals on Saturday, but did make some one Sunday.  
    
    She got a 10th best cat from Marge Collier, a 10th best cat from Chris
    Kern, and a 2nd best cat and best LH champion from Bob Stamatis.
    
    But that's not all!  Because of these wins I am VERY proud to announce
    that I am now owned by ....
    
    
      Drumroll please ...
    
    
    
    
    GRAND CHAMPION Raham's Kyra of Taliea Manor!!  I was SO excited!!!  She
    got her grand in Bob Stamatis's ring.  The others were just icing on
    the cake!!!
    
    
    Holly
    
    
    

    Congratulations to Holly and Kyra!!!  :^)  I can just imagine how proud
    you were!
    
    Sunday must have been a lucky day as I am pleased to introduce....
    
    
    
    	   CFA  Grand Champion Patsucre's Outback Renegade
    
    
    Renegade granded with a flourish making 5th Best LH in Donna Davis'
    ring at the Feline Forum cat show on Long Island.
    
    I'm thrilled that both boys have granded, ..but my joy is bittersweet;
    Since Offislander has such a headstart on getting regional points the 
    plans are to retire Renegade from showing and give Offislander a chance to
    see how well he can do until the end of the show year. It's the
    "sensible thing to do" ..but I'm going to miss him...
    
    A toast to the new Grands!!!
    
    Linda  :^)

    Congrats, Linda!  Have an extra glass of champagne for me!!  :^)
    
    I'm sure Renegade hasn't seen the last of the shows.  Keep him out
    there (if his hormones will allow it!) next season.
    
    Thanks for sharing the news!!
    
    -Roe
    

    Congrats, Holly and Linda and to the new grands.  Have a glass of
    champagne for me, too.
    
    Steffi

    Well, it's time to Brag again.
    
    As most of you know, I was on vacation for the past week.  I went to
    the CFF show in Orlando, Florida.  I brought PIMA (My mother's Cornish
    Rex) and Kyra (My turkish angora) with me.
    
    Kyra did wonderful!  She finaled in 6 of the 7 rings she could be shown
    in (She couldn't be shown in one because we rode down with the judge). 
    She got a second best grand champion, 2 10th best cats, 1 9th best cat,
    1 8th best cat ...
    
    AND A BEST CAT!!!  
    
    For those of you who don't know how to score in CFF, she needed this
    BEST CAT in order to become a Master Grand Champion.  She also needs a
    total of 100 cumulative points.  She received a total fo 32 points in
    this show.  She's 1/3 of the way there!!  Hopefully, she'll be a Master
    Grand Champion before the end of the show season.
    
    
    Now it's REALLY time to brag:  My dear PIMA Finaled in 3 rings and 
    now PROUDLY bears the name ...
    
    
    Another drumroll please .........
    
    
    
    MASTER GRAND CHAMPOIN STARSTRUCK'S PIMA OF TALIEA MANOR!!!
    
    She Master Granded on Sunday.  Both mom and I were THRILLED!  Now
    she'll be staying home and "making rex babies". (-:  We'll be breeding
    her to a chocolate and white.  Since she's a blue/cream, it should be
    very interesting to see what we get!
    
    Holly
    

    
    Congrats to Kyra and PIMA (and of course, Holly & mum, too)!!!!
    
    
    

    
    Let Farnham out into the pool room, which door we leave ajar cuz his
    cat door to the outside world is there. A few minutes later we hear
    this almighty splash (and it's cold in the pool room, maybe 35-40 at
    this time of the year, except when the sun is shining when it can get
    up to 70 even if the water scarcely gets above 40). We rush out, but
    it's ok - Farnham fell in but somehow leaped out even though water
    level is wayy down. What a cat! 
    
    After a few hours in front of the fire, he's feeling fine.
    

    
    I took advantage of a $5 rabies clinic at my vet's last night.
    (1 cat didn't get his shots as he was ill at the time)
    
    Anyway, a woman brought her 3 cats to be vaccinated, and when
    she opened the door of her van, one of the cats got loose in the
    parking lot. (which is 10 feet away from a busy main road).
    (That they were not in a carrier or at least on a leash is another
    topic we should discuss!)  I went in, got my cat the shot, and
    when I came out, they still hadn't caught the cat.  So, I was
    a good fellow cat owner and put my cat in the car so I could help.
    The poor thing was terrified, and at this point there were 10
    people milling about trying to catch the cat.  It got chased to
    where it climbed up into the van engine, and after the owner opened
    the hood, I quickly grabbed a handful of scruff and nabbed the kitty.
    
    I was imagining this poor cat becoming road pizza, let me tell you...
    

    Very good Lynn!  I suppose you should think she has half a brain (
    the woman that owned the cat I mean!) as opposed to none.
     At least she was trying to protect
    her cat from rabies! Did she consider a carrier after her little
    episode?  
    Karen 

    I think she got the cat carrier hint! (;

    The CFA show in RI last weekend was fun in spite of the undertone of
    sadness from the recent passing of fellow cat-fancier, Bob Hoffman. He
    was in alot of our thoughts this weekend....   ...and while at the show
    we learned of the passing of CFA judge Bob Everett while on his way to
    a judging assignment.  One of the nicest things about the cat fancy is
    that there are so many great folks who are there for each other during
    the sad times. 
    
    Karen, 
    
    I am so glad we finally met. ...Talk about instant friends!  Running
    into you at BXC on Monday morning felt like running into a long-lost
    sister. :^)
    
    Your kids are great. Cassie is very elegant.. I love Lynx' markings
    ..and Little Drak is a character. :^)  I guess the judges must have
    liked them too ..from the number of ribbons hanging on their cages.
    :^)   Congrats on Ruby's new litter!  We'll be looking for those babies
    in the show hall in a few months.  :^)
    
    The Birmans did very well this weekend. ..Including Darlene's (remember
    Melange) Birman premier, Lucky, who made all 8 finals. I told her having
    all those rosettes on Lucky's cage was tacky and gaudy. :^) :^)
    
    Showing Offislander was a joy to me, as always, ..and I was delighted 
    that he made two allbreed finals. Including Frank Roderick's ring where
    he was..
    
    		       		BEST CAT!!!
    
    
    We're in the middle of remodelling a room for Offislander and Renegade
    ....tentatively scheduled to be called "Boys R Us".   :^)
    
    
    Linda
    
    

    
    Congratulations to Offislander for his BEST CAT!!!! That is so exciting 
    Linda!!!
    
    About those rosettes, Karen.  I agree with Linda, how gaudy ;'D!!!!!
    (keep it going!!!!)
    
    I was saddened to hear about Bob Everett's passing.  His physical 
    appearance belied his true nature (i viewed him as a "gentle giant").
    
    We are losing so many talented people...  :'(
    
    

    Nice going, Linda and Offislander!!  Frank has a thing for Linda's
    cats... they go waaayyy back!  What a nice win!!
    
    Congrats to Lucky, too.  Geez, some people's cats... they want the
    limelight all to themselves!  :^)
    
    That is sad about Bob Everett's passing.  Although I attended many
    shows in my cat showing days, I cannot recall my cats ever being judged
    under him.
    
    Keep up the good work, Linda!!
    
    -Roe
    

    Congrats, Linda and Offislander.  Best Cat! Wow!
    
    Hugs from me, too.
    
    Steffi

    Thank you Linda!  Yes, I feel like we have known each other for years
    almost!! Offislander is soooo beautiful, how wonderful for him.
    Lynx and Cassie did not make a final but Lynx got 2 Best of Breeds
    against 2 champions and Cassie got 4 (or 5?) 2nd Best of Breeds against
    1 open, 2 champions and a Grand/Regional winner.  Not bad for there
    first show as opens. 8*D  Let's see how we do this weekend.
    Karen
    (perhaps Cassie can be bribed into playing Easter Bunny ;"})
                   

    We had a wonderful time at the show this past weekend.  Especially
    little Drak, he made a fith best kitten in the short hair specialty
    ring of Jody Garrison.  And purple is a very good color for him!
    
    Offislander looked gorgeous as usual and I believe "Lucky" made his
    Grand Premiership.  I will let Linda fill in the details.  The
    decorations were also quite pretty!
    
    As for Lynxette, she made six best champions and Cassandra made three
    best champions.  The classes were all very good.  
    
    Pam Gladding was there from the Pat Brody shelter so it was nice to see
    her too!  We picked up three of the beds from them and one of Yonee's
    crocheted afghans in a real pretty turqouise color.
    
    All in all, everyone behaved quite well and looked gorgeous!	
    Karen

    Hi Karen!
    
    It was great seeing you too!!  The PB Shelter will also be at
    the show this coming weekend in Burlington, thanks to Karen!
    Sandy Merritt and I will be working on Saturday.  Hope to see 
    lots of noters then!  
    
    Pam

    I guess I can brag here for our club,
    
    Priscilla has told me that with the money that is being donated to PBS
    for supplying stewards, they will be putting in a new floor in the
    isolation ward.  That is something to crow about 8'}
    Karen

    You deserve a brag.....because we have been waiting a very long
    time to complete our isolation house and the flooring is about
    the only expensive thing left!!!!!!!!! Hopefully our Feluk + cats
    will be moving to our new buidling soon!!!!
    
    Sandy (who truly can't wait any longer...I cry when I see them
           at the old place)

    Thank you for all coming to our show!!  It was wonderful to meet some
    of you and to also see the "usuals" :^}.  I had a very nice time and I
    think my husband was a little surprised, he said to me at one point...
    "hey, I think there's another noter here to see you!"  He has heard so
    much about all this stuff, it was nice for him to get to see people in
    the flesh!!
    
    Brag here:
    Lynxette made Best All Breed Champion in Hazel Lindstrands ring and
    also Best SHort Hair Champion.  The little devil is now up to 63 points
    in only her second show.  I hope she can keep up the good work.  Little
    sister Cassie made 2 points!  I am sure Cassie will do better as the
    new season starts.  I was told that she has very nice boning for a
    white, which should help.  We will see what the future brings.
    
    There was also an AWESOME Chartreux Male attending all the way from
    California (Debbie is nice Jo!).  What a guy....  
    
    The Birmans were beautifully groomed and doing well, as usual 8^)
    
    My eyes were mostly turned to a couple of visiting white Orientals
    (when I could take my eyes off of that Chartreux 8'D).  Very exquisite
    type on the Odd eyed White.  He even made a final as an open.  I will
    have to stay tuned for further developments....
    Karen

    Boy, what a slow note!
    Here I find myself doing another update!  Lynxette got another win: 2nd
    Best Short Hair Champion in an Allbreed ring from Marilyn Cruz.  She is
    now up to I figure 147 points towards her grand.  She is such a well
    behaved little lady, always purring when I take her down from the
    judging area :')
    
    We also saw Len and his s/o Sandy, Linda Jacobs and her hubby.  Jen
    Jacobs also came by for a few tips on preparing her kitty for a hhp
    show!  I think she will enjoy, just hope the cat does too!  All in all
    we had a nice time.
    Karen

    
    Congrats, Karen!!!  147 and counting!!!!!!!
    
    m
    
    
    

    Karen....congrats to your baby!!   
    
    For those that don't know Jen Jacobs...she is a young teenager of
    two of our volunteers from our shelter.  Jen has been volunteering for
    over 3 years and currently has about 8 cats at home.  She is a true
    kitty lover....and after attending multiple shows with the
    shelter...she decided she wanted to show a cat!!
    
    Jenny adopted a very small kitten from the shelter and has been working
    with him for the last 9 months. If I remember correctly this kitten
    was found in a bag on the side of the road.   This kitty is truly a 
    mellow cat that loves people and loves to be held in "weird" positions.  
    He can even play dead in her arms and is already trained in the stretch 
    out pose.   Jen has worked very hard and now that she's getting some
    advise from the experts...it sounds like Jen is preparing for her first 
    show!!   Thanks for helping her Karen...I'm sure she appreciated it!!
    
    Sandy

    I took Mondo (AKA Mysinhs Quicksilver Girl) to her first show this
    weekend in Eugene, Oregon.  It was her first show, her first trip in
    the carrier (besides the vet trips), and her first time on a airplane. 
    She was great!  She never let out a peep on the plane, was great in the
    hotel room, and did very well at the show.
    
    We were benched by a set of metal stairs, and other than her being a
    bit afraid the first day whenever anyone clomped up and down those
    stairs she was fine.  She made Jean Grimm's AB kitten final that day,
    placing 9th Best Kitten.
    
    The second day was much better.  The stairs no longer bothered her and
    she figured out how much fun it was to let all those nice judges handle
    and play with her.  She came out of her shell and began showing off. 
    The first ring was Brian Moser's LH ring, and we nearly missed the
    ring.  Patsy's (my traveling companion) car battery died during the
    night and when we came out to go to the show, it wouldn't even turn
    over.  We ended up finding another exhibitor to give us a jump and
    arrived at the hall just as they were second calling Quickie to Brian's
    ring.  Brian gave her a good looking over, even though she was the only
    Birman kitten.  I had never seen him judge before, but he seemed to
    like her.  When it came time for the final, he called her back.  After
    he had awarded his 5th Best Kitten to a Bi-color Persian, he took out
    Quickie and I wrote her down as 4th in my book....but, much to my
    delight, after he said a few nice things about her type and show
    personality, he held her up and said "this is my best kitten in
    show!!"  It was great because it was so unexpected.
    
    She made the other three finals on Sunday too, a 4th Best LH kitten
    from Vicki Dickerson, a 4th Best AB kitten from Joan Benson, and a 8th
    Best AB kitten from Betty Denny.  Not bad for her first show, 5 out of
    8 finals. :')
    
    I am really looking forward to showing her this season.
    
    Jo

    Oh, can't believe I forgot this part!!  I also picked up my regional
    wins last night.  Piano Man finished out pretty well...
    
    He was Best Birman kitten, 8th Best Longhair Kitten and 18th Best
    Allbreed kitten in our region!!
    
    He was also Best Seal Point Birman, Best Birman, and 18th Best Longhair
    Cat in Championship in our region.
    
    Jo

    Wonderful!!!  Congrats on your beautiful kittens.  I'm glad the judges
    recognize how wonderful Quickie and Piano Man are.
    
    Steffi

    Congratulations, Jo!
    
    What a great weekend for you and Quickie. Nothing like getting off to a
    good start!  It's nice to see the judges agree with your faith in her.
    We're going to be watching for her successes this year. :^)
    
    And congratulations, too, on Pee Man's regional wins. Those awards
    don't come easy and Pee Man certainly deserves them.  I'm glad I got to
    see him in Medina last year ..he's such a handsome guy.
    
    The kids "done good"!
    
    Linda  :^)

    Congratulationa also!  Took me long enough to get in here though!
    Now I need to boast a bit! 
    Moonsta's Petite Lynxette granded this past weekend at the Half Moon
    Cat Show out in Catskill, NY.
    In Barbara Thal-Sumner's SH Specialty she took Best SH Champion and
    Fourth Best Cat,  in Marylin Cruz' AB ring she took Second best SH
    Champion and in Sharon Kapilian's SH ring she got Second Best Champion,
    Eighth Best Cat.
    She did it in five shows with points to spare (302), you need 200 to
    Grand.  I will be very pleased to see what she can do now!
    The best part of all this is how sweet and what a wonderful ham she is. 
    She purrs in every ring and then whispers sweet nothings into the ear
    of the judge ;'}
    Karen

    Karen,
    
    I've been waiting to see the good news about Lynxette.  Congratulations
    on your new grand!  She's a beautiful little lady with wonderful 'melt
    you on the spot' eyes and color and markings that make me wish I were
    an artist.  
    
    Good luck to you and your sweet girl in the show season ahead!
    
    Linda :^)

    Karen,
    
    Congratulations to you and your beautiful grand, Lynxette. 
    
    Steffi

    Well, it's my turn to brag again.
    
    I received my awards from CFF last weekend.
    
    Kyra got Best Turkish Agora National.
    
    Sweetie got Best Cornish Rex Alter National and 11th best Alter
    national.
    
    And PIMA (whom I didn't expect to get anything at all!) got second best
    cornish rex cat national and 18th best cat!!!  
    
    I was SO excited to see TWO of my cats in the top twenty this year! 
    Especially considering that my club is hosting the awards banquet this
    time.  
    
    Needless to say, I am QUITE proud of all of my babies!!
    
    Holly
    

    speaking of babies....are there any yet?  
    
    
    Jo

    Congratulations, Holly! 
    
    	 Your kids had a fantastic year.  :^)
    
    
    		Linda

    Congratulations to Holly and her crew!
    Karen
    
    "Good show ol' chap!"

    Hip hip, hooray!!
    
    Sounds like it was a very good year all around!
    
    Jo

    This past weekend was the 2nd Annual White Glove Society show.  The
    White Glove Society is a region 2 Birman club affiliated with CFA.
    
    I took Gunny and Quickie to the show, and they did me proud.  Gunny
    made Joan Benson's final as 9th best cat, which gave her 15 points more
    towards her grand.  She now has 145 with only 55 to go.  :')
    
    Quickie stole the show in kitten class. She was best of breed in 7 out
    of 8 rings, and made all seven of those finals.  She even made another
    Best Longhair Kitten win, this time from Joan Benson.  She ended up
    as 2nd Best LH kitten in show, 3rd Best AB kitten in show, and Best
    Birman kitten in show.  
    
    I was very proud of my girls. :')  
    
    Jo

    Congratulations Jo, and Gunny and Quickie.  
    
    Steffi

    Better stock up on Champagne soon!
    Congratulations to all!
    Karen

    Karen,
    
    You trying to jinx me or what???? ;')
    
    Jo
          

    Congratulations to Jo, Gunny and Quickie!  The Mysinhs kids are on a
    roll! :^)
    
    ..And don't let this be your last "Brag" in Feline, Jo.  Just keep in
    touch and we'll be happy to pass on the good news. :^)
    
    ..and "no jynx ..just fact." ..right, Karen!
    
    Linda  :^)

    THat's right mam, nothin' but the facts!
    Hey Jo, you told me not to bring the champagne to my last show 'cause
    you said it would jinx Lynx (ha, ha!) but it was obviously the thing to
    do!  So you see, it doesn't really jinx things!  Gotta think posative,
    and with a good cat ya gotta be at the ready ;'}
    Karen 

    Nothing like jumping ahead, but do you think you will come to the
    invitational this year in good ole Nashville, TN?
    
    I will certainly bring champagne for that!!!! Just hope I can go.
    K

    I am planning on going so far, but time and money may be a factor when
    November rolls around.
    
    I think TNT is going to sponsor a ring. :')
    
    Jo

    Good news for Moonsta's Petite Josette!!
    The regional standings in TICA have just come out.  
    Joey is third best of breed, and 19th best short hair in our region!
    Congratulations girl, you're beautiful!
    Karen
    (not too shabby for the lesser known striped version of the siamese :'}

   Well, I've just GOT to do a little bragging about our crew !!

   As some of you may have read, we have quite the menagerie at our home - 
   I have 2 canines and 3 felines who own *me* and my housemate has 3
   canines (one is "sorta" my son's) and 2 felines..........

   For the first time, this weekend, ALL TEN ANIMALS were loose together
   running, roaming, playing, cavorting all over the place !!!!!  
   The only real exception is Neely, who's the 16-17 year old feline who
   pretty much just stays in *her* place and wants **nothing** to do with
   the others !!!!!!!!!!!!!

   It was so much fun and so amazing to see 5 dogs, ages 6 months to 2-1/2
   years getting along so well with 4 of the cats, ages 5 months to 1-1/2 
   years !!!!!!!!!!!!

   HURRAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
   The "Baker's Dozen" :
     Debbi & Neely, Peanut, Lipton, Missy, Patches (felines, last 3 adoptees 
        	from the PB Shelter)
           & Cocoa, Spike, Topper, Kain, Roscoe (the canines)
           & Ginny & Matt (the other "humans" !!)

    This really floored us when we opened the mail yesterday!
    
    The National Award of Excellence to:
    
    Supreme Grand Champion Moonsta's Petite Josette as: The International
    Cat Associations, Second Best Seal Lynx Point Siamese of the Year 1993.
    
    and
    
    Moonsta's Bringing Up Baby as: The International Cat Associations,
    Third BEst Chocolate Lynx Point Siamese of the Year 1993.
    
    Both Jimmy and I are very proud and certainly didn't expect this.  WE
    knew how beautiful they are, but now others know too!
    
    

    WOW!  Congratulations to you and Josette and Baby.  They must be
    beautiful.  I wish I could see pictures of them.
    
    Steffi

    Last weekend in Portland Moonsta's Elfin Fudge Magic made her first
    appearance as a kitten and came home with five rosettes.  She made four
    allbreed (one of which was a best kitten!) and one specialty.  Mom was
    very proud needless to say (dad too!)
    
    This weekend she is going to New York, let's see what happens!
    Karen
    MEFM aka Chessie, is a chestnut-silver spotted tabby ornamental FYI.

    Well, Chessie's magic number must be 5!  She made that many more in NY
    between allbreed and specialty.  Choco got 3 and Lynx got 2.  I forget
    what the placement was, it is getting hard to keep track without my
    catalog at my side!!  Walter Hutzler really appreciated her eyes, but I
    am surprised he didn't do his little talk about "snake eyes"!  The
    judges also have been commenting on the pure color of Choco and that it
    is very rare for them to see a chocolate lynx of such good and clear
    color.  I didn't think it was rare! Oh, well...
    Karen

    Well, I haven't seen it yet, but Steffi told me it's there.
    
    If anyone gets CAT FANCY, check out the feature breed, the Turkish
    Angora.  I understand that there's a picture of Kyra's litter sister. 
    She's a Black and White and her name is "Raham's My Little Margie".  
    
    Holly
    

    Holly,
    I have it and did see her picture.  I remember her from before too!
    Who could forget that name?  I remember the show for glory's sake!@
    Karen

    
    	Ok, this isn't really cat related but I didn't want to
    	start another note just for this so...
    
    	As some of you might know, I've been making my own jewelry
    	for close to a year now.  Mostly it's been stuff for myself
    	and as gifts for friends and relatives.  Well I've recently
    	been approached by someone at work to make some gifts for her
    	to give for Christmas AND I've had a friend offer to display/
    	sell some of my things in her boutique affiliated with her
    	Jazzercise franchise.  This means I have to come up with a 
    	name for my "business" and make it all legal etc.. This is
    	all very exciting for me.  
    
    	But I do have one holdup.  I can't think of a catchy name for
    	the business!  Since this crowd is usually pretty good with
    	names for our fuzzfaces I thought I'd ask here for ideas.  I
    	don't want to use cat related names though because what I make
    	doesn't have anything to do with cats other than the three of
    	them trying to "help" when I'm creating.  =)
    
    	These are some I and a friend have come up with thus far but
    	nothing really "grabs" me ya know?
    
    	All That Glitters
    	JJ's Jems
    	Razzle Dazzle
    	Jewel of the ???
    
    
    	Any of you have any brainstorms?  I make most of my jewelry out
    	of natural stone and glass beads if that helps.
    
    	Thanks!
    
    	JJ
    
    
    	

    I would like to congratulate my three little ones on making mum and
    dad proud this weekend!!
    We had them entered in the CFA show up in Sherbrooke Quebec this past
    weekend... 
    
    Grand Champion Moonsta's Petite Lynxette
    finals:
    4th in Walter Friend's Allbreed ring
    4th in Nancy Dodd's Specialty ring
    3rd in Joan Wastlhuber's Allbreed ring
    5th in Roger Lawrence's Specialty ring
    
    Open: Moonsta's Petite Chocolette 
    seven winners ribbons, now a Champion!
    6th in Becky Jones Allbreed ring
    9th in Nancy Dodds Specialty ring
    
    Open: Moonsta's Elfin Fudge Majic
    seven winners ribbons, now a Champion!
    8th in Nancy Dodds Specialty ring
    9th in Roger Lawrence's Specialty ring
    
    so, I had three in one final, two opens and a grand!  The classes
    were fairly large too.  Seven Colorpoints (Lynx took 7 BOB's and Choco
    took 72nd BOB's, they swapped on the 8th ;').  The Oriental class
    had 12 and that included a grand.  I will be curious as to how they
    will now do that they have become champions, from there we will just
    hope.
    Karen

    Karen,
    
    Congratulations on your new champions, and Lynette's wins.  They are
    beautiful kitties.
    
    Steffi

    Karen!
    
     How wonderful! They are absolutely exquisite kitties! It's nice to be
    able to picture them now too! Thanks for making me bring Steffi and Bob
    to your house that night! (Yeah, like you really had to twist my arm
    hard, huh?)  ;-)
    
     Congratulations to your whole group!
    
     Question: Did you have any problem taking them across the border into
    Quebec and back? More curiosity than anything.
    
     You have wonderful kids!!!!!
    
     Love,
    
     Yonee
    

    Thanks you guys!  Hey Steffi, I think we are going to try and show 
    Wizzer in the premier class. Something new for us!
    
    Yonee, we just made sure to bring rabies and health certificates. 
    Jimmy was the one that needed his birth certificate!  They don't really
    hassle you too much.   And this from the one that stays at home!!
    I really missed them too, Chessie is my little shadow and of course
    Choco always checks up on me!   She pretends to be so aloof!  
    Anytime you want to come over and visit you are more than welcome! 
    They all responded so well to you all.
    Karen
    

    I will be crossposting the original jewelry brag and moving the
    associated replies to the "Generic" topic.  Please look for them
    in note 515.0.  Please do not post any more name suggestions in
    this topic.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Jan
    Moderator, FELINE

    I entered Devin in the Tails and No Tales Cat show as an HHP Jan 1-2, in San
    Jose.  Jo was there and so was Michelle (both ex DECcies).  I am proud
    to say that Devin did very well at his first show.  He finaled in 4 of
    the 8 rings.  One judge made him 4th best cat.  Devin was pretty scared
    though, and photographer couldn't even get many pics of him.  Bob wants
    to try another show or 2, so... hopefully Devin will be more
    comfortable.
    
    Steffi
    
    

    Finally,  I can brag a bit about how we did at the TNT show too.
    
    Onyx was his usually no-personality but well groomed self on the 
    judging table and still managed to walk away with 10th Best HHP, 
    7th Best HHP, 7th Best HHP and 2nd BEST HHP.
    
    This was MacGuyver's first show.  He's still not sure how he feels
    about it.  He doesn't particularly like to be groomed (especially
    under the arms, stomach and back legs...which is really a pain since
    he's a longhaired cat).  Well, he counted and he was groomed at 
    least 16 times that weekend.  But, it paid off.  Mac came home with
    a 5th Best HHP and a BEST HHP (from Vicki Dickerson)!
    
    Jan                    

    Congratulations to Devin and Onyx!!!  That must be so much fun.
    Choco now has 58 points and Chessie is up to a whopping 14!  So goes
    the showing.  There are plenty more shows coming up, to bad you
    guys couldn't come to the east coast to show and drag Jo with you!
    Karen

    Devin went to his second show this past weekend.  He did very well.  He
    finaled in 5 of the 6 rings and got two 3rd best HHP rosettes.  He's so
    good, he never growls, hisses or acts ups.  (There were a couple of
    HHPs, that were not at all happy to be there.)
    
    Bob and I are very proud of our big guy.  (He is 10 1/2 months and
    about 10 1/2 pounds and growing).
    
    Steffi

    And also to you and Bob, Steffi.  This is an even more impressive
    performance than the last show.  And what a great guy Devin is for
    his exemplary behavior.  Good show!
    
    Carl

    Congrats Devin!!  Steffie, I bet you and Bob were pleased as punch
    and awfully proud!!  I am taking Choco to a show in Connecticut
    this weekend and would love it if she could do as well.
    take care,
    Karen

    Karen, the rosettes were: red & black, white and black, black and hot
    pink.  At the top of one rosette was a champagne bottle, another had a
    'glass" slipper, another was a teddy bear, and 2 were lace garters. 
    The name of the show was "One Night Stand and the Morning After".  On
    Sat. it started at 2PM, there was a dinner break and we got out about
    8ish.  Sun. was 9 - 4.  It was nice being able to sleep late on Sat.
    
    Good luck with Choco.
    
    Steffi

    I am happy to say that I met some more "read only" feliners along with
    some old regulars this past weekend!  Choco earned herself a new nick
    name, "Foghorn".  She can be very voiciferous and would clear the
    aisles of people as we worked our way to and from the rings :'}.
    
    She took 6 best of breeds out of 8 and 6 best champions out of the 8.
    She also made second best shorthair champion in Donna Fullers Allbreed
    ring.  We are very pleased, as it gives us 40+ points towards her
    grand.  Chessie did not fair as well, but made many friends with her
    charming demeanor.  
    
    Jimmy on the other hand won himself one of the Fancy Feast plush
    kitties, now we have a resident longhair!
    
    It appears that Petite Lynxette has earned herself the title of Best of
    Breed in the region, but we won't now for sure til the standings come
    out.  For those of you that have seen her shown or met her, you know
    she was a wonderful kitty to show.  She will be having her first litter
    on or around March 13th, Congratulations to Lynxette!!
    Karen

    Karen...Congratulation on a great weekend.  I wish I had been there
    to see your babies and to meet more feliners.
    
    See you next week in Andover......
    
    Sandy

    Karen,
    
    Congratulations to you and Choco and Lynxette.  I'm looking forward to
    hearing about Lynxette's babies in a month or so.  I'm so glad that I
    got to meet all your beautiful kitties, so I can sort of visualize them
    when you talk about them.
    
    Steffi

    It's nice to have to wonderful things to talk about!  I will start with
    the correct order of things.
    
    Two weekends ago I took Choco and Chessie to a show in Schenectady.
    Choco did very well and is now called.... Her Grand Grouch!
    She Granded in Larry Swanson's ring by making his second best
    shorthair and placing 9th best cat in his all breed ring.  She was
    allowed to wear the jeweled necklace around the house this past
    weekend.
    
    She looked pretty nice in it too, and what surprised me was that she
    seemed to enjoy it!!!
    
    Secondly,  Lynxette gave birth to two healthy little girls last
    friday at around 1:30 am.  Mom and babies are doing very well and
    have settled in nicely.  Lynx is doing very well for a first time
    mom.  
    Happy birthday and congratulations to my two "grand" girls!!
    Karen

    Congratulations Karen, on both your new grand, and your new babies. 
    May they both be future grands for you.  Kiss them all for me.
    
    Steffi

    I am happy to announce......
    
    the North Atlantic Region's Best of Breed Coloropint Short Hair:
    Moonsta's Petite Lynxette
    
    2nd Best of Breed Colorpoint Short Hair:
    Moonsta's Petite Chocolette
    
    I am so happy for them and for Jimmy and I.  It was a lot of hard work
    and well deserving of these two beautiful kitties.  Kisses and hugs 
    to them both.
    Love momma

    Congratulations, Karen.  That's wonderful news!!!
    
    Give them hugs for me. (and a little kitty treat).
    
    Steffi

    Wow!!  Best *and* Second Best?  Great work, Karen!!  You must be a
    very proud Mom.  Give those champion kitties and yourself a little
    extra TLC tonight.  You deserve it!!
    
    Carl

    Geesh, I thought there would be more stuff in here by now!
    I would like to brag again....
    
    Thaibos Calais of Moonsta has achieved his Grand Championship at eight
    months and in only two shows!!!  A very nice thing for a Colorpoint to
    do.  It usually takes them longer.  Here's hoping for another Regional
    win this year for the breed!
    Karen

    Welcome back Karen...so nice to hear from you again.  Hugs to
    all your kitties.
    
    Sandy

    Well, Ashlar and Joey (2 of my foster cats) just completed their first 
    show ever.  It was my club's (Tails & No Tales Cat Club) show.
    
    Getting ready for this show was a real treat.  After spending the
    entire day setting up the show I went home to bathe cats.  I discovered 
    during their 2nd-ever bath that both cats are part octopus...all arms.  
    Got a small scratch on the nose and Joey tried to bolt from the sink 
    but mostly I just got wet.
    
    Ashlar's bath was complicated.  Pulled him out of the water to get 
    him dry and managed to bleed on him.  He's all white so back to the
    sink we go.  Got him all wiped off and attempted to dry him again.
    Turn on the blow dryer and it scared him so badly he peed right there
    on the spot...then sat in it.  Back to the sink we go.  Decided he
    could dry himself after that and he seemed much happier with that 
    arrangement.
    
    Anyway...the reason I'm in here is to tell you how they did at the
    show.  I was really expecting Ashlar to do quite well because he's
    such a mush when you pet him.  He just falls all over himself trying
    to get scratched in just the right way.  Unfortunately, only 1 judge
    took a second and scratched him behind the ears.  As it turns out Joey 
    walked away with the most ribbons and he was basically just along for 
    the ride.
    
    Joe Friday - 2  4th Best Household Pet
    		 2  5th Best Household Pet
    
    St. Ashlar - 1  3rd Best Household Pet
    		 1  5th Best Household Pet
    
    
    Whew!  It's all over till next year.  Lessee, we start planning that
    show in just a couple of months.
    
    Jan

	My roomates cat Isis does something really wild. She goes over to the
easy chair, gets up to the part your head lays on, reaches over with both paws
and rests them on the door knob. She then leans on the door knob, pushes with
her hind legs, and turns the knob with her 2 paws, and she opens the door to my
roomates room! My roomate has said she did this, but until I saw her do it with
my own 2 eyes, I never would have believed it. 

	She is also very good at shutting off light switches. She jumps up
until she can pull down on it. It's fun to watch, but annoying when you're 
taking a shower. :-)


Glen

    	this morning while getting myself in gear to leave for work, I let
    Navajo into the basement when I went down to put some cans in the
    re-cycle bin....I then went upstairs and shut off the lights knowing he
    was adventuring about....well a few minutes later I notice the lights
    flick on from the open basement door.....I got a little scared, as no
    one else was home just Navajo and me. so I go over to the stairway and
    call down to whomever might be down there...but only Navajo is down
    there....naaaaaaa he couldn't have turned them on, could he ? well then
    I notice that the lights that are on are the shop ones, which are not
    on the light switch at the top of the stairs....these light are turned
    on/off by a string....Navajo climb on top of the table and a toolbox to
    reach the string and (I guess after watching me do this) put the lights
    on for himself ! silly cat....:')
    
    Chris

    My Max & Daisy bought me a Valentine's card...and wrote on it!
    
    Sue

    Well, I finally did it.  I broke down and spent money on a brand
    new cat tree (like I have money to blow on this stuff).  It's a
    cat tree that can handle 8 cats.  A tree to be proud of.  A work
    of art. :^)  
    
    My original cat tree is very small and suited more to 1-2 cats.  
    Plus it's already 9 years old and shredded like crazy.
    
    The tree was delivered last week.  The cats ran like hell when 
    they saw it coming through the door.  I kept trying to bring cats
    out of hiding to see it and they wouldn't have anything to do with
    what they thought was a monster from the depth that had come to 
    devour them.
    
    It's beautiful...blue base, 3 blue platforms, 1 blue crow's nest,
    3 cream poles, 1 sisal rope pole.  It's probably the nicest piece
    of furniture in my house. :^)
    
    It didn't take long.  Shortly after the Bob (from Katrees, the vendor) 
    left I brought them all out one by one and put them on it.  It took 
    about 1/2 an hour but soon the tree was the center of attention.
    
    Now, you can find 3-4 cats sitting on it at any given time.  The
    love it.  They're using it to scratch on instead of my furniture.
    
    Happy, happy, joy, joy
    
    Jan

    We have granded a few kitties in our history, all lynx points. Some 
    of our own breeding and others we have purchased.  D'white is of
    our own breeding and the first Blue-eyed White Oriental to become a
    grand!   He is now a Grand Premier!  It only took him 3 shows with
    3 Best Allbreed wins and 2 Best short hair wins, and I think a 
    2nd best sh win.  We have championed a few of our whites, but never
    granded.  I hope this is a new beginning as I watch Ruby's little
    white ones grow. 
    Congratulations to:  GP Moonsta's D'White Frye!!
    love,
    momma

    Congratulations, Karen!
    
    You're cats are beautiful. Glad I got a chance to see them (and you) 
    at the show.
    
    Pam

    Pam,
    Yes, and it was great to see Jenny!!  I think Jimmy was
    starting to get a little scared I would be wanting one! ;')
    Hope to see you again, sorry it was sooo busy.
    Karen

    Well I confirmed it Saturday nite:
    GC Thaibo Calais of Moonsta  is now the second Best of Breed Nationally
    and Best of Color.  In the Region he is Best of Breed.  For those
    of you who haven't seen Cally at one of the shows, he
    is a blue lynx point.   What a good kitty!!!!
    

	I have a cat that is part dog. K.D. has a favorite toy. It's a
superball. I bounce it down the hall, and she goes mental trying to tackle it!
Once she has it wrestled to the ground, she picks it up in her mouth, brings it
back to me, and drops it on the floor, waiting for me to toss it again. She
will do this until she is tired of running after the ball. Crazy cat! :-)


Glen

    
    
    	Not really a brag but I just wanted to say that I'm 
    	overwhelmed by the generosity shown to me by fellow
    	Feliners.....I'm at a total loss for words.
    
    	THANK YOU ....  you know who you are.
    

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      IRL......   4 week old kittens!
    
       My daughters mother cat surprised me August 29th and 30th with
    such a wonderful experience.
    
        I woke up in the morning and felt a furry thing near
    my face. I opened my eyes slowly and was looking at one of the
    kittens she had 4 weeks ago. Then I realized things were crawling
    on me. I sat up a bit and there were all 4 kittens on my bed! the
    mother cat sat at the end of the bed and watched while I played 
    with them a bit. I then left them on the bed and left to take
    my shower , I came back and they were back in the other room. 
    
       She did it again this the next morning!  They are so soft and so 
    adorable and tiny!
    
        Rosie

    Rosie,
    That is so special!  Mom-cat definitely thinks you would be a good
    mother cat.  Or maybe she's angling for a babysitter?
    : ) Sarah

    
    
    	Not really sure where this should go but.....
    
    	While down at Stoneworks today in Dunstable, putting together
    	ideas for earrings for a craft fair I'm doing in December,
    	I came across some small blue lapis kitty-cats.  I couldn't
    	resist.  I bought two, to make a pair of earrings for myself.
    	They also had them in tiger eye, rose quartz and moss agate.  =)
    
    	(along with ducks, bunnies, turtles, owls, elephants and dogs)
    
    	Hee!
    

    I guess I don't have a bragg, but eveytime I read of one of our little
    furry love bugs passing on, I get a tear in my eye, and go home and hug
    my little one for hours. 
    
    I love my little furball. she's my buddy...
    

    re: -1  Amen to that!
    
    I always hope no one stops by my cube while I'm reading such a note, as
    I always have tears either welling up or running down my face and it
    would be difficult to explain, except to another animal-person.
    
    And, the guys always get extra hugs when I get home, whether I've read
    a note or heard some sad news about other kitties  (or like today, they
    get guilt hugs cause I have to take them to the vets for shots!)
    
    I'm glad we have this notes file, where there are others who understand
    us!
    
    janetb.

Ditto -1 and -2...

I do have something to brag about too, though.  Gypsy let me pet his back for
about 10 seconds Saturday...he didn't run from me!!!!!! 

Laura

    My girl Sapphire just earned her Distinguished Merit Award from CFA. 
    She is the mother to Four Grand Champions and one Grand Premier in just 
    five litters.  
    
    Dennis

    Dennis,
    
    Congratulations!  This is a very important title.
    Just curious, but what is mom herself and what type
    of kitties?
    thanks
    Karen

    Karen,
    
      She is a brown classic tabby Maine Coon.  She has had all colors of
    kittens.  The ones that became grand champions were all brown tabbies.
    My grand premier "Max" is a blue mac-tabby.
    
    Dennis

    I like blue mackerals!
    
    Karen

    My wife never registered a cattery name.  We thought we would only have
    one litter then fix sapph and her sister but Sapphy liked being a mom
    and her kittens are adorable.  Her sister Ruby didn't do so well so she
    just sits around looking pretty.  Look for Sapphire Star Pomcat, and 
    Mister Diamond Maximillion.
    
    Dennis

    Ok.. I'm gonna brag .. but it's not about my kitty .. but it is kitty
    related! (-:
    
    Alycia, my 7.5 month old daughter, said her first word last weekend.
    
    Was it Mama??  no.
    Was it Dad?? no.
    
    What else would it be in my house???
    
    
    
    
    KITTY!!
    
    
    hahaha!  We were at a friend's house and I showed Alycia one of her
    cats (she loves our kitties).  Her eyes lit up and clear as day she
    yelled "KITTY!!!!"  We couldn't believe it!
    
    Holly
    

    great story.  You should submit that to cat fancy magazine or
    something.  
    
    Gita

    I guess we know who she taks after :-)
    
    congratulations!
    
    Deb

It'll be a great one for her to tell of 
when she's older too! 

Reminds me of an comment a friend who's expecting 
soon read out of a babies magazine -

"Having carefully sterilised everything in sight I 
looked around to see my little angel (the baby) 
chewing the cat." 

Hahahaha!~!!!1  Holly, that's a great one!!!!

Lola

    Now that she's discovered that she knows that word, every animal/being
    other than a human, is a kitty.  Her Grandma's birds are kitties, the
    daycare's dogs are kitties, the fish are kitties ... ugh!!  hahaha!!
    
    Holly
    

    well..she's going to be a smart girl...she already has her
    priorities right!!!

    Holly,
    That's because every time she says "Kitty" you make a lot of oooh's and
    ahhhhh's.  She's a very smart little girl, learning very quickly how to
    manipulate Mommy.  Just wait until you hear "But Mom, You have your OWN
    cats. Can I have a kitty of my own?"
    She must be a real cutie!
    Sarah

    Be happy she's stuck on the word "kitty".  That's a pleasant word.
    It could be worse.  She could be stuck on the word "No" so that 
    everything you say to her receives a firm NO in response.  Now that
    would be frustrating. :^)
    
    Jan

    
    
    	My friends with kids tell me that word arrived in 
    	the vocabulary at about age 2.  =)
    

    That's the Terrible Twos.  In cat time, about 8 months :-)
    

> That's the Terrible Twos.  In cat time, about 8 months :-)
 
...through 8 years in the case of tortoiseshells. 
 

    With all of the bad news we've been hearing about lately, I'd like to
    make a suggestion and see what everyone thinks.
    
    Occasionally, we hear good news about people that have "gone above and
    beyond" the call of duty when it comes to their cats or dogs (or pets
    in general). Also, with the information highway being what it is today,
    we also sometimes have the ability to get messages to these people.
    
    I think it would be nice, when we hear these stories, to contact the
    people involved and just let them know that their fellow feliners (or
    whatever the case may be) appreciate what they've done.
    
    Here's an example that's a sad story that turned triumphant.
    
    A person I work with adopted a female cat. Being an outdoor cat and
    before they had a chance to have her spayed, she became a mommy cat
    giving birth to 4 beautiful kittens. Here's the sad part. Just 2 days
    after giving birth, the mother was hit by a car and killed. Now having 
    4 two day old kittens and being beside herself (actually she AND her 
    husband) they contacted the local vet to get advice. They spent lots of 
    bucks buying sepcial formula and hand feeding the kittens all day and 
    all night long. The husband would do the feeding during the day, then 
    Pat would do the feeding at night. The husband is Phil by the way. I'm 
    sure you can all realize what a chore this was and how touch and go 
    things were. The triumphant part of the story is that the kittens are 
    ALL 7 weeks old now and doing great. Pat is keeping two, and already has
    parents for the other two for next week. Considering what other less
    dedicated people might have done, I think this is great.
    
    If anyone would like to send a message to Pat, she can be reached at
    PBourgoine@mail.dec.com (Exchange mail) or PBourgoine@snax.enet.dec.com
    
    Steve