Madeline and Eloise, the bestest cat buddies there ever was.

Eloise, the fence jumper. We tried every type of baracade imaginable to keep her inside the patio. She overcame every challenge put before her.

Eloise had the softest fur. It almost felt like an angora rabbit's fur.

Boy did she look funny after getting a bath. Hymalyans are mostly fur and no body.

Madeline is the most stubborn cat I've ever met. Once she sets her mind to something there just isn't any compromising with her.

Maddy is Eloise's protector. Every time Ellie would escape over the fence, Maddy was sure to fink on her by yowling loudly until she returned.

Maddy's coat was very thick, so thick it often matted and she ended up being shaved quite often to remove the knots.

Some of her haircuts made her the laughing stock of the kitty cat gang.

Budha Maddy, this was her favorite position for sitting anywhere to relax.

She'd sit up with her rolls of furry fat overflowing and paws together in what looked like prayer, not moving except to revolve her head around to see what is going on around her.

Zeus, sleeping atop the TV using his favorite buddy as a headrest. Can't tell you how many times I've had fits of side-splitting laughter as Zeus rolled off the TV in his sleep.

Zeus, the cat of many names. He acted like a god so I wanted to give him an appropriate name. I came up with Zeus because of the Greek god,

but also because when I called him, I'd call "hey Zeus!" and that sounded like the Spanish pronounciation of Jesus.

Zeus always walked around with the tip of his little pink tongue sticking out.

Zeus at play. His favorite sport was fetch and his favorite toy was a plastic strip from a gallon milk bottle.

Buffy kitty! One day during a volleyball game in highschool, Buffy wandered onto the court and adopted me. She wouldn't take "no" for an answer.

When I left home, she moved to Texas with my dad and lived a very long time, I think she was more then 20 years old.