Reynolds Family of Fine Felines

It seems fitting that the first hours with my new digital camera (a Polaroid PDC 300) should be spent with my five furry children. While I was learning to operate the new toy, the cats were laying claim to the packing materials including the Walmart bag. This is Pepita, the runt of the litter.

Here are the parents, Anastasha Purrfect and Michail Baryshnicat, lovely cats of pure New Mexico Tech stray-cat stock. Better known as Tasha and Misha, these two cats are litter mates, born in 1989. Tasha's father was a Siamese of questionable parentage and Misha's father was a sleek black cat.

In 1991 Tasha and Misha had a litter of six kittens, 2 greys and 4 blue point Siamese wanna be's. This is Humphrey, better known as Hummer, after he took over the Walmart bag from Pepita.

Here's Debra, exploring the packing materials for the camera. Debra was originally adopted by a very nice woman and a family of some dozen cats and named Debbie. But when she returned to live with us she declared she did not want to be known as "Debbie Reynolds", so we renamed her Debra.

Last, and least in size but not in love, is Penelope Jane, who declared the day she opened her eyes that her name was Pepita. Only later did we realize that "Pepita" was actually baby-talk for Penelope Jane. Sometimes we call her Peppy, Puppy, or Pupper, but mostly we just have to laugh because Pepita is the craziest of them all.