Today is the birthday of my two cats, Stripe and Trouble, and it is the last year their birthday will be a single digit as next year will be the big one zero. And being nine this year, they don’t look five weeks old anymore like when their mommy gave Stripe a bath as Trouble watched.

Birthday Cats

Kittens often play and wrestle with each other with bear hugs and back feet kicking. And they better enjoy these last few warm days before colder air moves in.

Wrestling Kittens

With the rain cooled temperatures, this batch of three kittens may need to cuddle to keep warm and it is hard to tell their bodies apart from another.

Pile of Kittens

Today is the 8th birthday of the orphan kitten who I raised since she was a week old and the star of my children’s book. For all the pampering she had as a kitten, she never was a cuddly cat and became ornerier when my other cat Dutch died last spring so she lost her place in the house and now living in the building outside. Apparently no one told her that on a farm, there are always new and cute kittens which can dethrone a cranky cat like this batch who are just starting to wander out from their nest exploring the big world.

Kittens New Explorations

Today is All Hallow’s Eve, of course better known as Halloween, a night filled with children trick or treating and witches, ghosts, pumpkins, and other scary things are often seen. Black cats are also associated with Halloween but these kittens might be the ones getting scared if they should read what is painted on the door they are hanging around.

Kittens on Dog’s Porch