Spot and Nikki Yesterday

Nikki & Spot as kittens.
Both cats were abandoned as kittens and subsequently rescued. Spot was found wandering in heavy traffic -- her eyes were glued shut with mucous from an upper respiratory infection. Nikki was tossed through the front door of a veterinary clinic before she was able to walk. Nobody saw who abandoned either cat. Nikki is the grey one, and Spot is the white one. Spot got her name from the dark smudge on her head when she was a kitten. The smudge disappeared, but the name stuck.

The first picture I ever took of Spot. She always ran straight toward me whenever she saw me, and was hard to focus on.

Nikki always slept on her back.

Spot at about 20 weeks.

Nikki is polydactyl, and has large "thumbs".

This is one of the things that Nikki still does best; she weighs 18 lbs. today.

Spot and Nikki Today

Spot and Nikki today; 5 and 4 years respectively.

This is when they get along the best, although they do hang out and play together.

Who knows.......

My cross-eyed cat.

If you aren't old enough to have ever read Al Capp's "Li'l Abner" comic strip, you have no idea what a shmoo is......but they kind of look like this.