Quick Snap Sunday

Hey Piper are you celebrating early? Tomorrow is Piper's big day! Her 3rd birthday!

I think she already got her favorite gift...a gift bag! Cat's love bags, plastic or paper. Our Piper is not picky.

Doesn't that little kitten on the bag look like her? Same markings on the sides of the face and same white chest. She likely thought she was looking at a mirror when she first saw this bag. Both are cute little tabby cats but I'm certainly partial to the one in the bag! ;)

In case anyone happened to be wondering Piper is a Mackerel tabby cat. She's a domestic short haired cat as her breed but her coat pattern is Mackerel tabby, if that makes sense. Kind of like Simon is clearly a pug but considered a "silver pug" because of his dark markings. Cody is a fawn pug. For cats though the resemblance of the coat is much more important and heavily noted.  Storm was a medium hair calico. Yes, there's lots of breeds of cats but the biggest percentage of them fall into 3 categories...short hair, medium hair, and long hair. Discussing cat breeds is a lot more complicated than dog breeds! Believe me!

Short Side Note: In early September of 2013(about 4 months after Storm passed) I was walking through Petsmart one day when I saw a tabby cat up for adoption. I made a mental note at the time that I would like to have a tabby cat next. Low and behold a mere 6 weeks later Brad walks in our front door with this super tiny newborn tabby cat. Hello Piper-Girl!