Not a day goes buy that I miss my Annie, a calico picked up as a kitten in the streets of Pittsburgh. She was mean and had a will of iron, but was my cat.

one for 10 years. Nobody could step into my flat without being forearmed with a broom or mop to keep her at bay.

She attacked anything that moved--including me. Still have scars on my arms and hands.
She was called 'Cake'--short for Fruitcake, Nutty as a...

Beautiful thing she was, though.

She is totally oblivious to everything around her & just blithely walks into the path of oncoming objects of all sizes, or just flops down in the path down regardless of what is headed her way.

And - yes she attacks me. She's playing with me through the stairs as I head out to work - and still has her claws.

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What a wonderful video...

I married one. They tend to be much nicer, smarter, funnier, liberal, and more confident. The cat-hating guys usually have anger/control issues.

Recently I saw an interesting study that showed that people in deep red states are much more likely to have dogs and much less likely to have cats. The need for control and obedience definitely goes along with Republican men.

Of course this is a broad brush. I'm not saying that all dog guys are controlling creeps. But a good portion of rabid cat-hating guys are controlling creeps.

As an adult I much prefer cats. I do like dogs, but the independence of a cat suits my own personality - which is much more cat-like - far better. Cats let you know when they want to snuggle, play and socialize where dogs can be clingy. Cats know themselves and where it is at. And there is nothing like a happy purr.

What a nice kitty!

❤!!!

Thanks for sharing!

and proceeded to name him "Stevie the Wonder Cat".

Blind kittehs do pretty well. They use their whiskers the way blind humans do their travel canes.

It gives me hope for humanity. Because how we treat animals is a barometer.

…just emanating his happiness.

Something like 99.9 of calicos/torties are female. There was recently a boy calico kitten up for adoption in the Bay Area, and it made national news.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/samimain/one-in-a-million#.kfdOlG6yX0

I didn't know that. Had a calico cat as a child——and yes, she was a she. Great little cat. Love how they're all so different from each other.

I've lived with many, many kitties over the years and each one is so different and special. Although there are some stereotypes that do tend to hold true, like orange males (the large majority of orange cats are male) are big lovebugs. In general the calico/torties tend to be spunky and sassy. We had one when I was a kid and she was a sweet but tough little girl. She was tiny, but she'd aggressively chase off any "stranger" animal that came into our yard. There's a reason "Tortietude" is a thing.

great, heart-warming story.

And just has to venture off for some interesting sniff.

Wonderful kitteh, wonderful hoomin.

You'd never guess she was blind except for the close-up, vacant eyes.

Beautiful couple.