CigarLady aka Crazy Cat Lady

I know this site is really about my love of cigars and travel. But when I travel, there is one thing I really miss - my cats. I am known as the crazy cat lady and it's true, I am. I currently have 8 cats ranging in age from about 18 weeks to 17 years - 6 males and 2 females. Until recently, they were all some form of black and white or gray. I now have two beautiful orange kitties in the mix. So let me introduce my cat family. From left to right, top to bottom:

1. Panterra

2. Stogie

3. Jack

4. Mystique

5. Jasper

6. Grayson

7. Tobias

8. Atticus

Quite the menagerie indeed. As true with cats, each has its own personality but they get along very well, often playing and sleeping together. Jack is my oldest - at nearly 17. He showed up when he was barely 6 weeks old in the dead of winter. When he came in, it was like he belonged. The first place he went was the kitty litter. And then one of our other cats (Mr. Fred who is no longer with us) went up to him and started bathing.

Next up would be Stogie and Jasper - brother and sister - who are now 12 years old. Their mother had them in our garage so I was able to get them when they were very young. Their mother (Momma Maggie) was with us until last year when she passed at age 15.

Panterra joined our family in 2016, when he was about 2 years old. Now at age 10, he is known for knocking things off counters. I have to say I had never had a cat who would knock things off counters before. Well, that is Panterra's forte. He will look right at me and know a container on the floor.

Mystique, our little girl, is almost 8 years old now. Just a little sweetheart of a girl.

Then there's Grayson. He showed up one spring morning in 2020. I think he might have been 1-2 years old. He ended up with a really nasty wound, which resulted in him becoming an indoor kitty.

The youngest ones are the two orange kitties. Tobias showed up right before Christmas last year with a dislocated hip. At 1.5 years old, he was a lover boy. So one hip surgery later, he joined the household.

And last, but definitely not least is Atticus.

Now that is just the current family. We have had many others share our lives who are now in kitty heaven. To name a few - Hannah, Tasha, Floyd, Sarge, Fred, Momma Max, Maxwell, Rocky, Race, Bootsie, Buster, and Miss Callie. I can't save them all, but I am saving as many as I can!