First attempt - please work......

[MotherBear]

No secret Stevey.  They all live with me.  Just helping me out on the forum to earn their keep.  That's why we live in such a big house.  Need room for them all.

I'm just adding a bit of colour and movement to Taffy's forum to jazz it up a bit.  Nagged him long enough for more emoticons to no avail, so went and got me some elsewhere.

If you want to know where I got them, you can always try bribing me.
Sorry, haven't got a smiley for bribing.

[SteveyC]

How can I bribe someone half way across the world!!!!

I could blackmail you with a few well timed abuses of my MOD POWER!!!! :icon_evil:

[MotherBear]

 Drat it, can't think of one!  Had you been local to me I'd have got you to release me from the prison that my home has become.  I'm being held captive by a 4 month old kitten who has decided he's found the perfect provider.  I can't go outside without him welding himself to my feet and smothering them with kitty kisses.  I truly cannot walk even a few steps, as he's all over my feet.  The noise he makes outside the door is horrendous, not so much miaowing, more like a duck quacking   .  And temper.....!  He's pulled huge chunks out of our doormat and hurls himself at the door because I won't let him in.  I have to creep about inside the house, so he can't hear me and pipe up again.  We already have 2 hulking cats and don't wish to take on a third with our nomadic lifestyle.  Had you been available, you could have given him a nice home but, am I right, you already have 2 cats of your own?

P.S. You've already threatened to moderate me and I still lived to tell the tale.

[Glenda]

Hee hee. I had a cat a bit like that - followed me everywhere, insisted on sleeping next to me, bought gifts of mice, rats, insects and even a frog. When he got angry he would whack my ankles with his paws. Almost as devoted as a dog!

Awwww ... that little kitten lurves you! :055:

:icon_biggrin:

[SteveyC]

Hehe yeah I have cats brother and sister. See here. Sounds cute tho, is the kitten a stray or something then or are you keeping it for someone else?

Damn you called my bluff on the moderating!!
!!VV!!

Quentin, big brother of....

Lilly! Both are almost 2, and we've had them since 10 weeks from the cat rescue place near us. Can't believe how non scraggly non-descript like they are. (Hmm one for the MtoNZ dictionary I think)

And just cos I just found it next to the cat ones. Here's Claire and Isaac, awwwww I love them sooooo much (and RupyDoop of course).

You're going soft in your young age Stevey :icon_wink:

[SteveyC]

Hehe I know Taffy, must admit to being a bit of a disgrace to MANkind when it comes to emotions and empathy and stuff. At least with my family, all mushy and gay I am!! My colleagues in the office all crack up with laughter and disbelief when I ring home and start speaking 'baby talk' on the phone to them all. Really must work on manness....GRRRR!! :icon_evil:

Pah who cares what they think, probably just jealous that they don't have the same loving family that you do!

[SteveyC]

I can really feel the love in this room maaan :icon_biggrin:

No I really can, we've got a proper little community going down ennit ::):

[selchie]

Finally a photo of the nearly mythic Claire! She certainly doesn't look like the type to be married to Stevey bin Tree-person :icon_biggrin: !

Stevey, your cats look like they may have some Maine Coon Cat blood in them - big loveable lugs. Not non-descript in my book. We lost our's last September (17 years), and miss having him drool on us. Perhaps we will find another when we get to NZ. For now, moving 2 cats will be more than enough. This one is Artemis. She loves playing in bags, tissue paper, etc.
I need to get a digi-pic of Isabel to show off.

Sylvia, I tried to get those smileys, but unfortunately they don't like Macs :-/ . I suppose I should scout around for a gang of Mac-friendly ones.

Nice sunset, Welsh Girl. I'm glad I was drinking some NZ wine when I peeked. I wonder, does it change depending on the type of beverage?