I’ve got one trickster cat (the tabby) who randomly claws and bites for no reason, and one angelic cat (the tortie) who snuggles up and purrs at all times. This is all well and good during the day when I can tell’em apart, but at night when a cat crawls on me in the dark, I never know what fate awaits. It’s like some kind of addled Greek myth, where the cat gods are meting out punishment or reward, and I, the unsuspecting mortal, will either suffer or prosper according to their whim.

Photo taken last year when they were teenage kittens. #Caturday

@iBlame

My experience of torties is that it's usually the other way around!

@westerling I know! I’ve only had one other tortie, and she was a monster killing machine. But this current one is a feckin saint.

@iBlame

We had a tortie through my teenage and young adulthood and she was into everything, all the time. And she preternaturally smart, too.

@westerling Lol my current tortie is dumb as a box of rocks. I literally have to pick her up and drop her in front of the food bowl, otherwise she won’t find it. Have to feed her separately from her evil all-consuming sister, otherwise she drops weight. She’s worth it in purr-hours alone.

@iBlame

Aww, well she is a cutie.

@westerling Yeah, there’s nothing quite like it when a cat nestles into your armpit, engages the motor, and sticks her paw on your chin.