Oh good grief...could he be ANY more adorable? He's getting fuzzy, poofy, big and bad! I wish I could snuggle him. Give him snuggles and skritches from the crazy lady on the other side of the US...

I absolutely will.  He loves his interwebs scritches!

What a precious kitten, I want to kiss his fluffy head

Sending scritches and snuggles over to that tiny adorable ball of fluff. Squeeee

So happy he is going strong. You did a great job there through all those sleepless nights! 

I love how kitties are all fan-wrangling action one moment and then they just keel over the next moment for an instant nap! 

I feel like my own bambini would be jealous if they knew how much I wanna snuggle this little muffin. I so hope you can get footage of him riding the fan. That's better than riding a roomba.

my Thor-clone will stand on a chair behind the dog's rump and take swings at his wagging tail.  he chases literally everything that moves, including feet.  he likes to follow me up the stairs, and he will chase my fingers up the bannister; if it's dark, his little claws always startle me.

Hubby looked at the pics and said..."sleep tight Thor, it's a big job protecting the universe"

When did Thor start getting stripes?  He's a tiger kitty!

@Palimpsest  the stripes showed up a while back....but it's weird, they are only really visible in high light.  I'm very curious to see if they become more defined as he ages.  The Old Man looks so different than he did as kitten so I'm kind of steeling myself in case he goes more tabby than sleek black kitteh.  

Thank ya'll so much for all the support and encouragement, I tell him all the time that he's got a big fan club!  

May the Mighty Thor stick to fans in his future.  Charlie did this today: he jumped onto a shelf that couldn't support eight pounds of hurtling cat and dumped a bunch of jewelry.  But he sure looked innocent later!!

@catlady "so Ma, you might look to the cat shelf that had all those human things on it..... it doesn't hold cats now either...." 

I feel your pain, @catlady. Half the stuff in my house only stays on the table/counter it's put on because I've stuck it there with museum wax or gel. I invested in a couple huge cans after Speck shoved an antique (it was my husband's grandmother's) cut glass punch bowl off the counter. I turned my back for TEN MINUTES and what does she do? Smash the only truly irreplaceable breakable thing in the house. Cats.

We don't have any truly decorative shelves, they can all hold at least 30 pounds and are mounted to studs. Even the bookshelves are secured to the wall. Because, well, cats.

At least you have carpet, I guess, some padding for the inevitable Stuff Rain.

Cable guy came today to fix our cable...Leia split. She was laying on the floor by the sliding glass door, saw the guy, got this utterly panicked look on her face and ran to her favorite hiding place. She hid for a good couple of hours. her brother...yeah, he was on the table enjoying life. 

Fortunately, neither one of my dynamic duo is really destructive (but then again, there ain't much out here in the oversized closet). 

Hubby just translated Charlie "I didn't do it, I didn't do it. I was here the whole time". 

One of my cats is tabby in certain lights, but pure black in others

Thor is too cute! Sending more kitty cuddles your way.

Speaking of kitteh destruction...this morning, we awoke to a broken glass, almost everything on the bar and behind the sink either on the floor or IN the sink.  Looks like they had a good time last night. Now, they're both playing innocent. 

2 minutes ago, feministxtian said:

Looks like they had a good time last night.

OK.  I've changed my mind.  No cats.  The dogs are quite destructive enough!

if my male wasn't such a jerk...this is really the first time they've been THIS destructive. We usually just find stuff on the floor. 

28 minutes ago, feministxtian said:

if my male wasn't such a jerk...this is really the first time they've been THIS destructive. We usually just find stuff on the floor. 

I've just finished with a pretty major remodel/overhaul at my house.  Finally ready for the little details like what shelves go where on the wall and with what on them.  I'd been looking forward to putting this beautiful wood plank just near the front door, over the coat pegs, and then displaying some oil lamps and candle lanterns.  Finally got the shelf up the other day, gathered the lamps and lanterns, set them out -- and then looked around to the couch, a nearby piece of furniture, and that shelf which is suddenly obviously reachable by cat...

Sigh.  Re-designed my plan to have only metal stuff up there, no glass.  At least as long as the furniture stays in this arrangement.  I've seen how high these kitties can jump, and they're still little!

Luke can do about a 5 foot vertical jump. Leia can do about a 4 foot vertical jump. They're not usually jumpers or destructive...but...

years back, i had a cat that could jump about 6 vertical feet.  we lived where they could be outdoors, and this cat, a really pretty white long-hair with dark green eyes, would jump onto the top edge of a shed door to get on the roof.  

Charlie above is on a 6.5-foot cat tree; he doesn't jump that high, but he'll climb the verticals like a squirrel.

As soon as we have a bigger place, I'll be getting them a couple of cat trees. They have one that's about 4 feet tall right now. I got that one when they were babies...they need a bigger one. 

I love cats, & he's a doll. Give him a pat for me, please.   

this made me think of the Mighty Thor

http://blog.theanimalrescuesite.com/tinyfriskycat/?utm_source=ars-amc&utm_medium=fb&utm_term=20160904&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=tinyfriskycat&origin=ars_amc_social_fb_link_tinyfriskycat_20160904