XingXing, the Spirtual Seeker

XingXing has been hanging around the Buddha statue quite a bit, especially in the afternoon when it is appealingly translucent.  But as you can see from the first pic, he is having trouble reconciling his growing interest in Buddhism with his carnivorous nature!

The Many Sides of Daphne......

What have we here?  Most unusual......at first it looks like a walking domesticated mini-bear; wait, that other pics looks like an over-enthusiastic NFL referee, hold on, its a cat after all, and not just any cat, but a stunning "calendar girl".  Yeap, its Daphne, one of 3 cats adopted by tireless KK volunteer Kathy O that I had the pleasure of photographing last week.  One or more of these pics may appear in the long-anticipated KittyKind 2012 calendar if they pass muster with the prestigious and vigilant selection committee.  Anyways, you can consider this an *exclusive* preview for AMACA2Cs loyal subscribers (all 4 of you!).  All proceeds of the calendar go to NYC's favorite all-volunteer no-kill cat rescue group (www.kittykind.org).  Of course we'll let you know right here when its published and available to order.

This is the most "bear-like" of the shots.  In fact, you could consider it a bear playing with an invisible hula hoop.  Gotta love that hip torque!


And here's the referee - Touchdown!!!!!!

And finally, here's Daphne front & center:

The Two of You are 2

When we adopted XingXing and FuFu from KittyKind (www.kittykind.org), they told us that they were 10 weeks old, so without a whole bunch of precision we counted backwards and decided their birthday was 8/21/2009. On their first birthday last year they strode forward from kittenhood to the fraternity of adult Catdom amongst a rousing celebration that included candles, copious volumes of Whiskas-brand artificial cat milk, marching bands, balloons, banners dragged by aircraft all across the Eastern seaboard of the USA, and fireworks displays by a number of cat-friendly municipalities within a 150-mile radius of NYC. This year, however, their landmark 2nd birthday passed without much fanfare due to their humans decamping to Europe for a vacation, a hurricane scare, and then finally another human dash to the beach over Labor Day Weekend. So with all apologies, I wish XingXing and FuFu a belated happy birthday!