Smudge used to like to lie in an old bird feeder. Perhaps she thought that if she lay there with her mouth open, the birds would fly right in. She was disappointed. *

Bear (now gone to his reward) was the friendliest cat in the world and he would run to the door to greet people. His middle name was PATME. *

Sooty, who spends every summer getting a tan. *

Squeek (also gone to his reward) was also known as "Old Bulldozer Nose", as he was always trying to get attention by shoving his not inconsiderable schnozz into you. *

Bear slept between Sue's head and the headboard. He only knew one way of getting oto the bed, climbing up Harry's side and marchibng across his face. *

In the mid 1970s, we had a tom cat called Marmalade who wandered a lot. Neighbourhod children would carry him back from the park a block away, explaining that they were afraid he's get lost. Marmy took it all with great good grace. One day he wandered off and, despite much searching, we never saw him again. Here he is as a tiny kitten. *

Sooty has always loved to curl up in boxes. *

Smudge prefers to sit by an open window. *

Now and again, Smudge and Sooty curl up together, but mostly they bat at each other when the food is being served. *