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October 21, 2002

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Kiwi, the Cat of the Day
Name: Kiwi
Age: Six years old
Gender: Female
Kind: Cat
Home: Annandale, Virginia, USA
 
   This is a photo of my great friend Kiwi. She is the Alpha Cat of our house (although the smallest). Her ancestry is unknown to me, but with her long hair she certainly has some Maine Coon and perhaps a touch of the Oriental, judging from her blue-green eyes and strong personality. This picture was taken one day as she enjoyed a heat wave we were experiencing in Virginia. She and her buddies have an enclosed outdoor run behind our house.

    Kiwi is exceptionally bright. She will look at us with wise eyes that are at times unsettling -- she seems to know more than we do about a variety of subjects. She has no time for fools: one of her housemates is a 25 pound Maine Coon named Mojo who tends to get into situations that irritate Kiwi.

    She is a very nice friend to have around if you are feeling under the weather. She will grace you with her super-soft presence all day if you are in bed. She is also a wannabe-artist. I paint for a living, and she often "helps" me with my work. One time she tracked crimson paw prints all over a nice blue sky -- I think she was trying to make an artistic statement of some kind, so I wasn't annoyed. She doesn't know I nominated her - in fact, she is not obsessed with her looks at all.
 

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