Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > It was only a few years ago when Buddy the Kat came to live with us that > I > > really became aware of tabby cats and the endless variations of that > > designation. > > > > Buddy is a classic mackerel tabby, and almost perfect in his markings, > but > > then he was born in Japan, so some craftsman must have painted him with a > > watchful eye as to quality control. Our other two cats, Izzy and Henri > are > > not so nicely painted. They're pretty, but the paint is kinda slopped > on. > > Izzy has one sock lower than the other, and they ran out of stripes on > one > > side. > > > > Henri has a nice little stripe painted down his nose . . . uh sort of. > I > > think whoever was doing the painting looked away, or Henri flinched or > > something. > > > > http://www.sonc.com/paint_job.htm > > > > > I thought those were known as "Tiger" cats. > > But what don't know about cats can fill a book. > But it was you who was so knowledgeable on what constitutes a calico, I thought you to be a kittah eggspurt! -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana (+31.754164,-093.099080) USA