Seven Streams Photos of our Norwegian Forest Cats and Kittens
(in their forever homes)

~ "Until one has loved an animal, a part of his soul remains unawakened"~

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Hi, Melanie, The furkids are now six months old.....and you should see how they've grown. Ciaran
is magnificent, his coat is full and his color pattern is very elegant. Fianna is a
dainty lady, full of mischief and energy. They absolutely adore each other. The
entire house is theirs, we even brought in a beach log from the beach for them to
play on. I'll send pictures shortly, after I develop a few shots that I've taken
recently...  I absolutely love these two, they have added a wonderful dimension to the home.

Windy and Hummy in their new California home with April

I thought you would enjoy this picture.  I love them sooo much. They are the cutest and they love each other. 
I walked into the back bedroom where their litter boxes are and they were both in the same litter box side by side going to the bathroom. 
They do everything together.  They have totally become my kids.  They are definitely growing too.  

Daisy (aka Spooky) from the Detectives 2 litter,
and Prince Harry, living in a beautiful home on a hill, spoiled rotten with indoor plumbing and all the amenities of wealth.
No old fashioned litter boxes for the rich kids!!!  haha

Bootsie and Tinkertwo in their new home in Arizona,
enjoying a life of ease and plenty.

Here is the big baby, Riley, and beautiful Nancy and Tinkertwo on the right.  Tinker looks thrilled, haha.

Riley, showing the new kids how to enjoy the good life in their new home.

Thank you Janie, for the new pic of BelleAire, from the Detectives II Litter!
I just love her lion-like look!~

Something about a cardboard box that cats just love...Belle Aire is enjoying the view at her new home in Haines, OR.

Belle Aire is advising Corky about the best route for the trip, and then they are one their way!

BelleAire likes to travel with the family.

Columbo, from the Detectives litter, comfortably ensconced in his new home in "Paradise" CA with Leo and Ellen.

Fiona and Uther comfortably settled in their new Colorado home.

Caught in the act.  Guilty as charged.

An updated picture of Crystal, from her home in Texas with Jimmie and the Ragdolls.
Thanks for the new picture!

Cadbury and his brother Henry have found a wonderful home in Rochester, NY.

I thought I'd share this picture of the duo.  They are thick as thieves
and never more than a whisker apart.  They groom each other, snuggle and
follow each other everywhere.  It's quite precious to see how loving and
attached they are.  It's something I had not expected with them being
from different litters. 

Tinkerbelle also has quite a tail, I'll need to get a picture of that to
you sometime - the hair on it is 4-5 inches long.  We joke that Riley
really is the prettier one, his fur is as soft as silk.  Tinker has the
beautiful coloring, but her hair isn't as luxurious as Riley's.  She's
also really much smaller than Riley, the picture doesn't do his size
justice.  He's a big boy and she's our little girl.  We love them
dearly.

Nancy, of course, would love to add another, and another, to the brood.
My husband will kill me.  Rest assurred, we'll think of you next time we
decide to make an addition. 

Hope all is well, Laura

Joy and JuniperBerry seem to be fast friends already!

Here is Francis getting acquainted with the new girl.

Nero and JoJo are so happy in their new home, they pretended like they didn't recognize me
when I went to visit. 
 

Here is Crystal at her new home, fitting right in with her new Ragdoll sisters.

Well we are back to being one family again.  Everybody has stopped growling and Crystal has come out of hiding!!  She is becoming a sweetheart!!  She moves a lot faster than the ragdolls so I really have to watch.  She is also a little pig.  Rivaling Beau in the food department.  They finish up anything that anyone else leaves then want more!!  I am so glad I got her.  Adds more interest to the mix.
Will keep you updated as she grows.

Hi Melanie,
Just dropping you a note to say hi and tell you how Minta is doing with her new family.
Minta is a treasure. She is everything I hoped for and more.
 She started her time with us sleeping on Robert's chest from Dorena to Vancouver on the ride home from Reedsport after leaving you that bright summer day. She melted Robert's heart and he wanted to call her Butter from that moment on.
She is such a joy! She sleeps under my chin every night or by my head. Some mornings we cuddle and its hard for me to go to work. She has learned to play fetch and come to her name. She doesn't like to be left alone and keeps someone company all the time. She is keeping me company right now. Always curious and checking out corners of the apartment, she has had to learn to deal with baths as a consequence.
I love her so much, I know and so does my husband, I don't know what would happen to me if something would happen to her. She is just so special!
I'm so glad I found you and thank you for bringing her to me!
I will send photos later.  Huggles, Christine~
 

I always knew I should have kept Buliwyf.  What a hunk!!  Love the long whiskers and the tiny paws, haha.

Hi Melanie, Buliwyf is doing just great..I'm sure he misses you :-) 
He's such a big ole lover.  He's the sweetest cat I've ever seen.  I'm so happy that you let him come and live with us! 
My daugher, Katilyn, just loves him and he's taken quite a fancy to her as well.  ~ Karla from Halsey, OR

Here is Ghisella, Buliwyf's sister, who has gone to live as a Breeder at Fanciekat Cattery.
This is her summer coat, I can't wait to see what she looks like next winter!

Hi,
I haven't sent you any updated photos in a long time! She is just the love of my life. Thank you so much. I hope all is going well for you? I haven't checked your web site in a long time. I'll have to see what new babies you have. As winter is getting here, she justs gets more fluffy each day! Bless you!
Kim and Morgen

Hi Melanie,
I haven't sent you pictures in a long time. I call "Aine" Morgen now. She just wasn't an Aine, but Morgen just fits her. She is a doll and I love her so much. It is hard to believe in March she'll be 2 years old! She has brought so much joy to my life. I thank you for that. I hope you have a blessed Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year! Kim Vardanega
Mt. Shasta, CA  (Christmas, 2010)

What a beautiful girl Aine has grown to be.  I think her eyes are unbelievable..soooo pretty!
Her coat's a little sparse, but we can always hope maybe it will grow in some this winter, haha.

Here is Aine doing her morning ablutions...getting ready for the day.

Hi Melanie, She is sitting on my lap as I type and is sending you her hellos.  
She is more than I could have ever hoped and prayed for.  She is just one big pile of joy! 
She did just fine at the vets and they all fell in love with her as well... She is just so special.  All I can do is thank you.
~ Kim from
Mt. Shasta, California

Hi Melanie,

We celebrated Gunnar's (Little John's) first birthday on Saturday. He has grown into a solid, beautiful cat whom we treasure. There are so many great qualities in Gunnar. I think one of our favorites is that he is devoted to our oldest cat, Fish. Fish is a grumpy, old guy. To watch Gunnar choose to be near Fish and to watch Fish accept Gunnar's attention has warmed our hearts. We also think Gunnar is very funny when he is hiding under rugs. We come into our living room to see the throw rugs in disarray and then one big lump with a tail sticking out of a rug. My husband says Gunnar is the nicest cat we've ever had. I think that sums it up. Thanks for providing the world with more of these wonderful cats.

Cheers, Jean Mac

Maisie is Siobhan's sister, and has gone to live as a breeder with Martin and Nancy Lane,
of Fanciekat Cattery.  She looks so much like Siobhan they could be twins!

 David, from Brooklyn, NY, is now owned by Prints Charming.  Theirs is a wonderful
love at first sight story, with a Fairy Tale ending!

(From David...) I've taken up enough of your time, but I wanted you to know that he is (and always will be) safe and loved beyond measure.  I have to say "Thank you" again, because without you, he wouldn't be curled up next to me right now and my life would be so much less rich.  I confess that I've looked at your website and all of your cats are so beautiful, I couldn't help but be tempted to add to our family.  I'm thinking about it; I'll admit it.  Yarrow is absolutely gorgeous.  I never thought I was a red cat person until Prints came along and now he's completely convinced me that I am.  Please forgive me for blithering on like this, but I wanted you to know that he's happy and healthy and very much a credit to you. 

 Melanie, Here are Print's rabies vaccination tag/certificate and the receipt for his neutering.  (He's known by the name Awesome at my vet, but he's the only orange and white NFC they have as a patient.  They go crazy over him whenever I bring him in and everybody who works there fights for a chance to hold him.  He always sits on the lap of the woman at the front desk while we handle the billing/payment stuff.)  - David

Update, August, 2011: 

 Here's one of them fighting over who gets to be in the
Scrabble box.  Tinkerbelle is a feisty one and has no qualms about
fighting for what she thinks she's entitled to!

9/13/11 Update:  Tressa is doing wonderful and is still quite the character.  Cyrus is well too, and he is the more sensitive of the pair – he gets all dejected when she won’t pay attention to him, meanwhile she prances around like she is queen…  She still feels she needs to sleep under the covers at night, and strangely seems to get furrier in the summer and less so when it is cool out.  She LOVES the porch and hunting bugs out there in the warmer months – June bugs are her favorite since they crunch and make lots of noise.  (When Cyrus gets his mouth on one of those he gets grossed out, but she wants to scarf them down).  She also loves newspaper, but it is not for reading – it is for her to lay on and/or eat…  She is my little sweetie, filled with beauty and personality.  I am glad you have another one to share with someone!  They are all wonderful, but there is just something special about an all-white cat – always has been in my mind and always will be.

Hi Melanie,
Ok, for the panty story…  She has long been infatuated with laundry folding, which I do on the bed since the washer and dryer are in the basement.  She will sometimes just sit and watch, sometimes “help” me by unfolding while I fold.  The chest where I store underwear is on the opposite side of the bed from where I stand and fold, so I typically just toss those items across the bed into a pile and put them away when I am done everything else.  Well, she thought that was great fun – she at first would tackle the panties when they landed and tear at them like a wild animal, then graduated to leaping into the air to catch them mid-flight.  I thought it was adorable and she loved every minute of it, so I moved on to tossing the panties (I had a pair she actually ripped that I used since I wasn’t exactly going to wear them anymore) and telling her to “bring me the panties”.  She loved that too and looked funny as anything running across the house to bring me back the panties.  Then one night, the whole thing backfired…  I was sound asleep and she had an epiphany and realized those things that I was wearing were PANTIES!  She dove under the blankets and latched on and tried to do her rip and tear thing…  Now we don’t play “bring me the panties” anymore!  Sweet little Tress can sometimes be too smart.

Did I ever tell you how SHE decides when she is going to be held and patted?  She walks over to you while you are say, standing in the kitchen cooking, yowls once, and just jumps up in the air expecting you to catch her.  Then proceeds to just lay in your arms on her back until she just about falls asleep.  If you are holding anything, she expects you to drop it and catch her instead....

She is definitely a character.  Of all the cats I have had over the years, she just has so many cute and different things she does...  I was just playing "fetch the sock" with her - much safer than the panty game.. I can just imagine - I have a hard time now remembering my house without Tressa.  She is just so "Hi! I am HERE!".  She will not be ignored if she wants attention.  I'd say Alasse has excellent genes.

Tress weighs just over 10 pounds here at a year old!  What a beauty!

One night I was awoken by the sound of something getting torn apart in bed.  When I was finally half awake enough to realize it, I reached over and took away the roll of toilet paper she was shredding in the bed and set it on a high chest next to the bed.  A few minutes later, it hit me in the head as she knocked it down…  I took it away again and stuffed it in a drawer for the night, and she instantly DOVE under the blankets and proceeded to terrorize me to get even!  I have yet to figure out where she got it from – all the bathrooms still had their rolls right on the dispensers.  Both she and Cyrus love to haul things around like that – the bigger the better.  It is very strange the first time you see a cat walking around with, say, a dust mop hanging out of their mouth!
~ Excerpts from "Life With Tressa, or...Giseltress the Terrorist!" ~ Jennifer in Maine

Winter came down to our home one night,
Quietly pirouetting in on silvery-toed slippers of snow.
~Bill Morgan, Jr.

Robbie is one of our kittens out of Tabigail and Gandalf.
Isn't he beautiful!  Such an elegant boy.  He is 9.5 months old in the pictures.
Thank you Karla for sharing pictures of your boy!

Richard and Karla now have their own cattery~
To visit their new girls from Germany, click here: www.rikarkatts.com

Dear Melanie,
The thing I like the most about Robbie is his temperament/personality.  He is so laid back and easy going.  Although he doesn't meet with a lot of people except at cat shows, he is gentle and easy going with all who come to the house, and I love that.   He doesn't run and hide, but loves to be petted and played with.  Of course I love his looks too, that beautiful full  plumed tail is outrageous, and his eyes just make you melt when he looks at you.  He's a fantastic cat, and we are so blessed to have him.  Thank you Melanie, for this whiz kid ! !

Robbie is such an elegant boy.  He is a year old in this pic. 
His tail is a wonder to behold!

One of these times when we have a piece of cheese or something the "kids" like, I'll have to get Richard to take a picture with Robbie taking the tidbit out of my mouth.  He does it ever so gently, I've never felt a tooth.   I love to do it.  And sometimes, he will put his paw on my face or mouth, and likewise, I've never felt a claw.  He is something else!

Robbie is what you would call a "Hunk."  Karla takes exquisite care of him, and it really shows!

  From Karla:  In the evenings after the sun goes down, I've been taking him for a short walk (on the leash of course) like about two or three houses down.  He wants to smell everything and sometimes I let him and other times I just give a short tug and he comes on.  It's really amazing that he has learned so well.  At times he walks right beside me just like you train a dog to do.  Then he'll smell something interesting and want to stop.  I think I'll harness him up and go out for a spell

Not only does Robbie have his own private garden to play in, he also is escorted around town and to Cat Shows in a Cadillac. 
A Gold Cadillac.
It was one of the conditions that he required when we were deciding where to place him.  "Luxurious accommodations and transportation" he told me.  Thanks to my friend Karla from Ft. Worth, TX, for giving this boy the home of his dreams.
Click here to see more pictures of this beautiful boy!  Robbie's Page

Here's Jaye celebrating the Holidays with Cian, Tansy, and Hawksley.

Cian is less a kitten these days, but continues to make progress on becoming a big cuddle cat. And I mean big.
He’s had another growth spurt. I’m beginning to regret that he was neutered. He’s charming, gentle, gorgeous, and huge.

Tansy and Cian have taken over Jaye's computer chair.

Here is Gunther enjoying a life of ease and plenty in his new home.
He is just a kitten in these pics...he's going to be a BIG boy!

 

Dear Melanie,  Maidie has a new name – Della Mae (after another Bluegrass song).  Della Mae is sooooooooooooooooooo cute. 
We put her in a safe room like you said, Tennie hissed as expected, and then Friday we brought her out and Tennie ignored her but was interested. 
Della Mae loves everyone, she purrs and scoots through the house like a banshee!  She and Tennie are now friends and Della feels totally loved and totally home. 
She sleeps on our bed (which I love) and is spoiled rotten (like Tennie).  We are so happy and worried unnecessarily about how Tennie would accept her. 
Life is great again.  Love, Lois

 
Arthur went to live with Marina who lives in Estacada, Oregon.

I really love the wide variety of colors and coat patterns of the Norwegian Forest Cats!