Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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Happy birthday, Thomas!

Today is Thomas's first birthday! Yes. One year ago precisely, Thomas Price Lynn Rhymer Taylor McGuire was unleashed upon the world by Betsy Tinney at Pinecoon Maine Coons, who was kind enough to then let him come and live with me. In honor of his birthday, Thomas has been brushed, cooed over, given treats, and didn't get yelled at for sleeping on the counter.

And now...pictures.



This is Thomas, right after I brought him home from Seattle. So he was about four months old, full of curiosity and twitching. Such a sweet boy.



Thomas promptly began to fit into our lovely Halloween world, displaying a good eye for lighting, and a fondness for orange things. He's about six months old here.



Long cat...is very, very long. Seven months old, and having the first of the really major, disturbing, "weren't you smaller when I left for work this morning?" growth spurts.



This picture was taken yesterday. That tree is sized to full-grown, large cats. Note how much of it Thomas fills. I live with the Yeti.

And I wouldn't have it any other way.
Tags: cats, good things, photo post, thomas
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ravenclawed

July 16 2011, 03:48:27 UTC 5 years ago

Yay, kitten pictures! Such a big, lovely boy, and he's not done yet!

Is Alice full-grown?

seanan_mcguire

July 16 2011, 03:54:45 UTC 5 years ago

Not for at least another year.

ravenclawed

5 years ago

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phoenixsansfyr

5 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

July 16 2011, 20:26:27 UTC 5 years ago

Big kitty...

...is big.

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archangelbeth

July 16 2011, 04:04:45 UTC 5 years ago

Yay, Yeticat!

seanan_mcguire

July 16 2011, 20:26:38 UTC 5 years ago

VAST SPATULATE PAWS.

archangelbeth

5 years ago

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aliciaaudrey

July 16 2011, 04:06:11 UTC 5 years ago

There is something about a Maine Coon that reduces me to incoherent urble-burble noises and some sort of a high pitched squeeing noise that could probably be weaponized.

And a fortunate day to be born, too (I am biased; my favorite aunt's son was born a year ago today too. It was clearly a day for happy arrivals.)

Happy birthday to Thomas! Such a handsome fellow. :)

seanan_mcguire

July 16 2011, 20:26:54 UTC 5 years ago

That's because Maine Coons are AWESOME.

solarbird

July 16 2011, 04:06:51 UTC 5 years ago

I love that last photo. It looks so fake, but it's not. XD

seanan_mcguire

July 16 2011, 20:27:05 UTC 5 years ago

I know, right?

snowcoma

July 16 2011, 04:08:13 UTC 5 years ago

He looks so much like my Duke! Except mine is a mix with no tail, but the face is the same, down to the white eyeliner.

seanan_mcguire

July 16 2011, 20:27:15 UTC 5 years ago

Alice also has eyeliner.

kirylyn

July 16 2011, 04:11:27 UTC 5 years ago

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

kitty smooches!!!

PURTY KITTY (and he SO knows it!!)

pity you live on the opposite coast, else I'd so volunteer to kitty-sit!!

seanan_mcguire

July 16 2011, 21:48:30 UTC 5 years ago

He would promptly seduce you, as he has seduced all else. Boy gets so many treats...

silvertwi

July 16 2011, 04:18:46 UTC 5 years ago

I laughed at the third picture. So funny!

I <3 your cats. And my cats and cats in general. Yours are a joy to hear about and see pictures of. Especially the bath stories, those are pretty awesome.

Thanks for taking the time to post photos! *recently spent 2-3 hours attempting to post a photo-blog*

How do you have room to sleep on your bed? (Assuming they sleep with you. One of mine does, and she's an average-sized cat and still takes up more than half the bed at times--a FULL sized bed, mind you. I suspect I'd have a harder time sleeping if they went to school with me and shared my twin-sized bed. Likely I'd be on the floor.)

seanan_mcguire

July 16 2011, 21:48:45 UTC 5 years ago

I really don't. I shove them a lot.

tollers

July 16 2011, 04:21:42 UTC 5 years ago

Large kitten is LARGE now! :-)

I love the long stretched-out shot. Pretty boy!

seanan_mcguire

July 16 2011, 21:48:54 UTC 5 years ago

He is loooooooong.

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seanan_mcguire

July 17 2011, 03:07:53 UTC 5 years ago

I don't mind at all. Be aware that Pinecoon is a very small cattery at this point, so you may have to wait a while, but if they'll also give referrals if they don't mesh with your timeline.

phoenixsansfyr

5 years ago

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beccastareyes

July 16 2011, 04:24:49 UTC 5 years ago

Aw, what a fuzzball.

seanan_mcguire

July 17 2011, 03:08:02 UTC 5 years ago

He is my good boy.

deire

July 16 2011, 04:25:34 UTC 5 years ago

Da paaaaaaawwwwss!

seanan_mcguire

July 17 2011, 03:08:12 UTC 5 years ago

They are huge, it is true.

herewiss13

July 16 2011, 04:26:04 UTC 5 years ago

Is it sad I immediately started squinting at your bookcase rather than the cat (who is a handsome devil, btw)? I recognize quite a few of those titles, and I think it's really cute that your own books are just stuck in the mix with everyone else "see, just regular books, nothing to see here."

I'd probably have given them a slightly more prominent shelf at least (or a box in the back of the cupboard depending on how I felt about them).

*squints harder* Ok, alphabetization almost justifies it. One of these days I'll have enough shelves I won't have to double-stack PBs and I can do that too. :-P

trialia

July 16 2011, 15:26:19 UTC 5 years ago

*laughs* You're not the only one who did. I alphabetise, too. I'm so glad that the cat with whom I'm currently living is not a shelf-climber...

seanan_mcguire

5 years ago

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the_liz666

5 years ago

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starmalachite

July 16 2011, 05:25:10 UTC 5 years ago

Happy birthday, young man! (says Heidi, our just-possibly purebred MC rescue)

seanan_mcguire

July 17 2011, 03:08:58 UTC 5 years ago

Hi, Heidi!

avahgdu

July 16 2011, 05:33:54 UTC 5 years ago

Ya mean...my little mix breed...might keep growing????

He's a year an a few months and already gaining on my 38 pound half wild cat. I still say Hexx, the 38 ponder, is above amplification safety levels. And he already wants to eat any stranger he sees.)

Happy bday Thomas. You haz many fans!

seanan_mcguire

July 17 2011, 03:09:10 UTC 5 years ago

It's very possible!

tekalynn

July 16 2011, 05:48:46 UTC 5 years ago

Awwww, happy birthday to Thomas!

He looks like my baby.

seanan_mcguire

July 17 2011, 03:09:24 UTC 5 years ago

What a pretty kitty!

cgbookcat1

July 16 2011, 05:57:37 UTC 5 years ago

Sending many cat treats in his direction!

seanan_mcguire

July 17 2011, 03:09:32 UTC 5 years ago

Yay!

mskauri

July 16 2011, 06:34:44 UTC 5 years ago

What a handsome boy! No wonder you're proud! Happy birthday, Thomas!

seanan_mcguire

July 17 2011, 03:09:41 UTC 5 years ago

Betsy breeds good cats.

lilrongal

July 16 2011, 07:09:12 UTC 5 years ago

Awesome cat is awesome.

seanan_mcguire

July 17 2011, 03:12:28 UTC 5 years ago

Yes, he is. Very awesome.

aryana_filker

July 16 2011, 07:18:07 UTC 5 years ago

Oh, he's beautiful. Happy Birthday, Thomas!

seanan_mcguire

July 17 2011, 17:15:59 UTC 5 years ago

He thanks you. Fuzzily.

aryana_filker

5 years ago

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shiyiya

July 16 2011, 07:35:12 UTC 5 years ago

What a gorgeous boy! Happy birthday to Thomas.

seanan_mcguire

July 17 2011, 17:16:11 UTC 5 years ago

We're all amazed he lived this long.

tiferet

July 16 2011, 07:59:13 UTC 5 years ago

He's so pretty! <3 to you and your cats!

seanan_mcguire

July 17 2011, 17:16:20 UTC 5 years ago

Yay, <3!

jamoche

July 16 2011, 08:13:22 UTC 5 years ago

(Here from tiferet)

Pretty! When I brought my Maine Coon home at 6 months old she was already as big as any other cat I'd ever had



and keeps getting bigger - she's 15 months old now

keristor

July 16 2011, 11:48:53 UTC 5 years ago

/me iz ded of kewt! Especially the first one.

"Little girls, like kittens and butterflies, need no excuse." [RAH vice Lazarus Long]

seanan_mcguire

5 years ago

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ex_naomi_ja

July 16 2011, 09:45:44 UTC 5 years ago

He's beautiful! Happy birthday, Thomas!

seanan_mcguire

July 17 2011, 17:16:49 UTC 5 years ago

Yay!

taldragon

July 16 2011, 10:01:13 UTC 5 years ago

he's so gorgeous (i love Maine Coons)! happy birthday Thomas!

seanan_mcguire

July 17 2011, 17:16:56 UTC 5 years ago

I do, too.
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