Hi, I was wondering if my cat Buster Theodora could join T.A.T.A. She's a torbie, I think at least. She's got tortoiseshell down her back, with four white feet and yellow tabby stripes down her leg.
Buster is one of four kittens and the only tortoiseshell. Her brothers and sister are all black with white lockets, just like her mother, Godiva. We found them last fall as strays and fed them until it got too cold for them to be outside. Now, at our house, she is the unrenounced Queen Buster. It's a joke around the house that one day Buster truly will rule the world and I really think she actually believes it!
Buster Theodora's unique name stems from two sources: our initial belief she was a boy, and Theodora, a Byzantine empress. When she was outside she was so rambunctious and crazy we thought she was a boycat, because all the little girlcats we know are quiet and sweet. After we brought her inside and found out she was a girl, "Buster" had already stuck, but it fit her perfectly. I added the Theodora after we started teasing her about world domination.
I saw on your site about torties in folklore and, as someone mostly Irish with warrior Celts in my ancestry, I agree completely that a tortie settling is a good omen. For my family, it's been one of the best!
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Lily Locke
Blogbean, Adventures in Cat Philanthropy
catphilanthropy.blogspot.com
