Tippy

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Tippy was born about mid-September 2004, making her about 11 months old now (late summer 2005). Tippy was another of the three kittens (the "three black bullets") we adopted from the nearby "Shelter of Hope" (who look after stray animals until their adoption). The story of why we adopted these three is told in the section on our sadly departed Pedigree. We adopted the three kittens in November/04 and shortly afterwards they sent this note of gratitude to The Shelter of Hope. We are happy that Tippy, as a friend, was held in the same cage with the two sisters (Diva and Pedigree). Otherwise, we would never have had the occasion to meet and get to know this lovely creature.

As can be seen in the picture above, she has a white tip on the end of her tail (hence the name Tippy -- although she also answers to Tippy Canoe, Tippy Tail, and Tipperary). She was a very close friend of Mady, while Mady was still with us -- often going to sleep cuddled up beside Mady and sometimes licking her large ears. She has a characteriztic and unique meow (not in complaint but in greeting).

It's not immediately obvious in this photo (lacking context markers to give you an idea of size) that here she is a tiny kitten only a couple of months old and just a fraction of her present size (in the picture above left) now (summer 2005).

Here's another Tippy pose.

And finally here's a picture of Tippy climbing up the stairs toward her friend Diva.