The sun beamed washed over Mini Cooper and diluted her already diluted tortie* coloring. When I turned it to black and white, you really see her stripping vs her coloring.
Diluted Tortie Cats
Tortie is short for “tortoiseshell”, a popular coat pattern seen on many cat breeds. In the world of cat fanciers, some coat colors elicit more curiosity than others. Tortoiseshell cats attract attention wherever they go.
Standard torties have a mix of orange and black fur, either finely interspersed (a brindle tortie), in big splodges (a patchwork tortie), or somewhere in between (just a tortoiseshell tortie!) Dilute tortie cats have a tortoiseshell coat pattern with one remarkable difference: instead of the striking, dark mix of orange and black, dilute tortoiseshell cats have a muted, almost blue and yellow color.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
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I think I will nap until the man in the red suit really arrives.
I cannot imagine a life without cats!
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
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I always feel like I am interrupting something very important when I walk into a room and the cats turn around and throw me this stare like “excuse me, but we were in the middle of discussing something.” The other day there was a workman coming in and I needed to throw the dogs somewhere, so I went to put them in my bedroom but all 3 cats were on the bed ‘discussing something’ and looked at me like ‘Heck, No you are not!’ So, the dogs came into my office with me. I would never want to interrupt a good group meeting, would you?
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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A few posts ago, Mom talked about Louise’s POLITE PAWS. Well, cats have polite paws too. At least Nine does.
I cannot imagine a life without cats!
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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Someone, named Noel the Christmas cat, has decided, this week, that my bed is the place she wants to be, and has banned me from trying to make it. And, of course, she wins. Just look at that face! Would you cross her?
Happy Black and White Sunday!
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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Noel, the Christmas cat here. Let’s talk about stupid siblings today. I have no idea why my siblings, Mini Cooper and Nine, have to get as high up on things as they possibly can. I know the dogs told you that Mom had the carpet cleaned. Well, everything was piled up on the table. Then I looked over and Mini was on top of a whole tower of things on the dining room table trying to get the bell hanging from the ceiling fan.
Luckily, she didn’t come crashing down and bring the fan and all the boxes with her.
These kids! You just never know what trouble they are going to get into.
I cannot imagine a life without cats!
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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It takes a lot of us to help Mom get ready for bed. You would think that all she needs to do is pull down her covers and jump in, but noooooo! Louise needs 3 little cookies on her bed (or she paces); Charlie needs one and he wants Mini Cooper to go away while he eats it; Sofie wants to know if there are any extra cookies in the nightstand. Noel wants nothing to do with all these dogs and has left to go see if there are any cat treats in the kitchen and Nine is downstairs sleeping in his bed in the laundry room (until about 3 am when he and Mini pick on Noel and wake everyone up). How would Mom ever get to bed without us?
(Yes, Mom collects M&M machines (if you noticed them in the bookcase). Kind of like she collects silly dogs and cats 🙂
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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