Judith asked Mistral Dawn:

Was your little tuxedo kitty the inspiration of Roni's kitty?

Mistral Dawn Hi Judith!! :-) I hope you're doing well today. Thank you for your question. :-) This is actually a question I get quite often, and I wrote a blog post about it a while back, which you can read here: http://mistralkdawn.blogspot.com/2014... . The short answer is: yes and no. The longer answer is that I've had the great good fortune to know many kitties over the years, and my kitty characters incorporate bits and pieces from more than one of them. Shubert, the kitty in my profile picture, was an orphan who was abandoned in a parking lot at 2 days old. At the time, I was fostering a momma kitty, Lady Laura, and her brood, so I was asked if I would see if she would "adopt" Shubert. I introduced Shubert to Lady Laura, and at first she was all you could hope for in a good mommy, but her babies were already several weeks old, and after about a week she decided she'd dealt with rambunctious youngsters for quite long enough, and would have nothing more to do with him. So poor Shubert was an orphan again (it's a wonder he didn't get named Oliver ;-) ), and I hand fed him for a couple of weeks until he was old enough to start lapping soft canned cat food blended with goats milk off of a plate. He was a determined little thing, what my mom would call "a survivor," who was always ready to play rough and tumble with the older boys, and who had a definite opinion about just about everything. But he was also very sweet, and would happily snuggle once he'd run out of gas. When he was old enough to be neutered, he went to his forever home.
I currently have another tuxedo kitty, Bartleby, who is a permanent resident here with me in Fairie. ;-) You can see a couple of his baby pictures here: http://mistralkdawn.blogspot.com/2015... . He's grown quite a bit since those pictures were taken. Bartleby was one of four kittens found in the parking lot of the hospital where I worked. One of my coworkers found them and took them home. She still has two of them, one went to another coworker, and Bartleby found his forever home with me. :-) You might not guess it from those pictures, but Bartleby is a bit prickly about his dignity, sort of like Mr. Spats, and he jumped into my arms the first time I saw him (though I wasn't on the run from gangsters at the time, thank goodness! ;-) ).
There have also been other kitties over the years who have been kind enough to educate me about how kitties behave and what they might do in certain situations. As my stories continue, I intend to share more kitty antics and ruminations with you. Sorry for the long ramble, but I hope answered your question! :-)

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