Not even all of these are my pets, some are/were just family pets, some just follow me around, some are wild critters.
My parents had some cats when I was little, I just vaguely remember them. But when I was like 7 we went to the pound to get cats, one for each kid.
My sister got a fluffy calico, and I got a Siamese tabby mix. In fact I found my old school stuff and for class one time I wrote about mine, lol.
"I have a cat named Alamo. Alamo’s a boy Siamese cat with blue eyes and short hair. He eats crickets, lizards, and cat food. When he stays in my room I’ll pet him and when I read I’ll pet him. Alamo’s a good cat most of the time."
Yes we were living in Texas so I had to make things Texas themed.
Rainbow with an old DOS computer, circa 1996, because cats have wanted to lay on keyboards since they were invented
Rainbow, Alamo, Cookie, on a bed, 1997. At some point Cookie was a stray came up and had kittens that all died and then stayed with us.
Suzie by the fireplace, 1997. She's a Scottish terrier we got at the pound too, I don't remember if it was a kid demand or to balance out the cats.
Mocha, 2003. I can't remember where she came from, but she vanished one day.
Booga, in 2004. I found her at the end of the driveway, maybe dumped there, which happened every few years.
2005- Kodi (down on the floor), Fuzzawuzz, Booga, Jade, in my room, maybe hiding from a storm, though all the animals liked my room best for some reason.
Fuzzy appeared outside my window one day sometime after Alamo died, and my sister found Jade at the cemetery across the street. Like I said, animals just appear here!
Kodi, 2006. We bought him from someone, he lived a decent long time for a Pyrenees.
Amber, Fuzzawuzz, Jade, 2007.
Fuzzawuzz 2007?
Tipper, in some rare snow that was just a nice fluffy fun time and not apocalyptic, 2010
If you're guessing dumped versus pound, she showed up from somewhere down the road, since we saw her siblings at times.
Jade, 2012, it fits I sits. SHe got chunky because Jasmine would bully her.
Tipper and Ranger, 2015.
Chickens, 2015
Jasmine, Jade, and chickens, before anyone told me about keeping cats indoors. The windows have no screens because of the cats clawing them. 2016
The flying squirrel in the closet! It escaped safely. 2017
This must be Ranger, all the totally white Pyrenees are hard to tell apart, 2017
Tree frog! Not a pet, I was just moving it to safety for some reason. 2017
Jasmine in my lap, 2018
How I met Solo, another stray in the yard, 2019
Solo cannot have the lizard, 2020. Besides quarantine for people, by this point I was trying to keep cats indoors as much as possible.
Tipper didn't want to be alone, 2020
Solo and Jasmine, as far apart as possible, 2023
Bella and Rex do not understand dogs don't belong in trees, 2024. This one got blown down in a storm.