ARLINGTON, VA — A “cat girl” is a “girl who has loads of cats, particularly a girl who lives alone and is thought-about to be barely unusual,” in keeping with the Cambridge Dictionary.
Although some individuals could take offense at that characterization, the dictionary additionally classifies the time period as “humorous,” which is probably going why many of the cat women on the market appear to embrace the title. If it is “barely unusual” to have a giant coronary heart and affection for cats of all shapes, sizes, ages, temperaments and fur colours, so be it.
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Friday was National Cat Lady Day. To rejoice the event, Patch invited all of the cat women in Arlington to share pictures of the felines they adore for this photograph gallery.
My 6-year-old, self-professed “cat lady” took the connected photograph of our 18-year-old tri-pod rescue cat named Pip. He lives in Arlington, Virginia, and is our solely pet proper now, dwelling his greatest life getting smothered with consideration and treats. — Suzanne Peurach
Cali is a 10-year-old Calico rescue taking a solar tub on the cat condominium and Blue is within the window. Blue is a 10-year-old Flame Point Siamese rescue. — Martha Holder, Arlington
We reside within the Claremont neighborhood of Arlington. This is my daughter Olivia holding our child Stella (aka Littles). She is a Ragdoll and simply turned 4 and is the third of our 3 cats. Ragdolls rule! — Joelle Kivi, Arlington
This is Casper. He’s an 8 yr old neutered male Maine Coon combine. Casper is a magnificence and he is aware of it. I caught him cleansing his tail and he patiently waited for me to take this image of him. He loves watching birds and bees and supervising me. — Carla von Bernewitz, Arlington
Phantom has been a resident of Arlington for almost 12 years.
But her earliest recognized existence was on the Prince George’s County animal shelter. She was acquired by Tails High, a cat rescue group in Alexandria, as a result of a nursing mom cat was wanted to assist elevate a litter of kittens that had been discovered on a ship.
After the kittens had been prepared for brand spanking new properties, “Ribbon” was spayed and made available for adoption. Her new mother had simply misplaced a cat to coronary heart illness and wanted a brand new roommate as quickly as attainable. When requested what she was in search of, the reply was “a multi-colored, lengthy haired cat,” which was met by the shocking response, “we’ve got a type of.”
Phantom, who was renamed due to her resemblance to the lead character within the Broadway musical, and her mother have been inseparable ever since. — Melissa Pollak, Arlington
This is Suzy a seven-year old-Abyssinian who likes to eat and run. — Helen Malaskiewicz, Arlington
This is Skipper. She is the queen of our home. She is regal, elegant, and assured. She has the softest fur and appears like loaf of pumpernickel bread when she sleeps. — Alex McElroy, Arlington
My lady’s title is Zouzou. We reside in Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia. It’s simply within the different aspect of the Potomac River and Washington, DC. She was adopted from a shelter in Martinsburg, WVA. — Janet Utman, Arlington
I’m not a lot of a woman, however I could not resist the urge to take part and share my favourite Kitty Hicks photograph. Kitty is my little buddy and I’ll put his intelligence, obedience, affection, and loyalty up in opposition to any canine. — Jay Hicks, Arlington
