Milo Piddlewhiskers, Handsome Lavender

Milo Piddlewhiskers is the eldest of his litter, as he was firstborn.  He's a Lavender nonstandard Selkirk Rex straight with champion bloodlines on both sides of his family.  Milo is the Big Boy, and will have golden eyes which are beginning to change now.  Milo is stocky, cobby and has an excellent form.  He's a lot like his dad, gorgeous Route66 King Arthur, a British Shorthair.  When he's big enough to adopt some humans for his family, he will be up to date on all of his shots and will be free of disease and neutered.  He's a handsome one!

And here is Milo's nice-looking father.

Lovely Jasmin Piddlewhiskers

There is some debate in our family about whether Jasmin will have the middle name of  'cloudscape'.  I think it is a fine name, but Dennis is ruminating about a better one.  He says, "Your daughter Katy Simone is so lucky that you named her before you got on this crazy name kick."    We'll see.  Jazzy is going to be ready for her permanent home about the first week in March.  She's very femme and delicate.  What are the advantages of getting a pedigreed cat instead of adopting a cat that needs a home?  I feel bad that there are any cats who might not be loved.  But if you have small children, it may give you more assurance that you will have a cat which has not lived out of the wild, and has been literally vetted for diseases that sometimes cause a short life or even death.  It helps to strengthen the breed when cats are raised humanely and come from a long line of well-cared for cats.  Jazzy has a wonderful life, and her forever home, with whomever is destined to have her, will also give her goood food, a clean environment and human interaction, hopefully also with other pets.  Jazzy is so sweet.  She'll be a registered nonstandard (straighthaired) Selkirk Rex with a long line of champion cats for her ancestors.  $250

Dudley Piddlewhiskers, Man About Town

Dudley Piddlewhiskers is about 6 weeks old now, and getting around famously in his cream curls.  Dudley is a pedigreed Selkirk Rex kitten and can be spoken-for.  The purchase price of kittens, $250, is a fairly accurate 'real cost' of actual expenses and we'd like to make sure our kittens will have a good home.  From time to time, his coat will be even curlier than it is in this pic.  And Selkirks sometimes 'go bald' then come back with another curly coat.

Best Wishes from the Steady Pace Team

Happy 2011 from Steady Pace Rehabilitation

The great thing about having a business of our own is that we can do business like a family.  Here's Dennis Tibbits, owner and Speech Pathologist for Steady Pace, along with Terra Bellamy who is Steady Pace Rehab Manager and Physical Therapy Assistant.  Next is Sheri Davis, contract Physical Therapy Assistant and then Bryson Harris, Physical Therapist.

My Sister's Quilt

Karen's Quilt

Summer a year ago, my mother and I decided to make a quilt together for my sis, Karen Carey.  We picked brighter colors for the top to match the bedroom decor, and a neutral back fabric.  I was to make the top, and Mother planned to do the quilting on her home sewing machine.  It turned out that she got ill at the end of Summer, and then didn't have the energy to quilt it.  After Mother passed away, I found it still in the sack in her sewing room.  This year, I finished it, with nice pure cotton batting, as a final gift from our mom and from me.

Daphinous Buttercream Piddlewhiskers Kitten Born December 7, 2010

A few days ago, I posted one pic of this little sweetheart kitten in blogging about her mother, but now she gets a blog article of her own.  She's the most gregariaous of the Piddlewhiskers babies.  She was born December 7, 2010 and opened her eyes just about December 21, 2010, which was the date of the Winter Solstice and Lunar Eclipse.  Who would not want to be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for an occasion like that!  A desireable breeder Cream Selkirk Rex, she carries her mama's genes for agouti, red and black, dilute, and I think shading.  (If smoke is recessive and takes 2 carriers, because she has a full-blood sister of shaded smoke).   She's the beauty.  If you are interested in having her for the Selkirk Rex breeding program, please do contact me.   Both her British Shorthair sire and Selkirk Rex mother have amazing pedigrees to multiple champion blood lines, and she has the most amazing type, disposition and form.  Right this moment as I write, she is sleeping in her mama's kitten nest (a big wooden treasure chest by my desk), yawning and having kitten dreams while she grows. 

Smokey Jasmine Piddlewhiskers, Blue Selkirk Rex

Jasmine Piddlewhiskers, Smoke Blue Selkirk Rex, Born December 7, 2010

This darling little baby girl was born last and is the sweetest and most delicate kitten of Gracie Piddlewhiskers' three babies.  She's a smoke.  That word describes a cat whose fur is dark at the tips and light at the base close to the skin.  When you run your finger across her fur from back to front, you can see that her base color is lighter and the tips of her fur are darker.  She is just way barely opening her eyes in this pic.  Yesterday (Solstice and eclipse) she began to open them.  Here she seems to be really concentrating on the bright sheet she can see.   Jasmine is not as stocky and big as the other two girls, so she might be less 'typey.'  The idea in the Selkirk Rex breed, is that Selkirks would be outcrossed with other pedigreed cats so that by 2015, they would have more genetic diversity and also look thick, cobby and plush.  Jasmine is 100% official Selkirk Rex breed, but her genes include ancestors of Persian, British Shorthair, and Exotic.  Today, Selkirks are being distinguished as Long Hair, Short Hair, Straight and Curly.  Not sure but she seems at this time to be a short hair straight.  She is for sale, $250 and when 12 weeks old she can go to a new home as a neutered family pet Selkirk Rex with papers. 

We'd like to feel assured that she will get a great lifetime home and be treated like royalty.  When you choose a kitten, you are adding a new family member and we want to make sure that it is a totally positive relationship all the way around.  If you are interested in adopting her, reach ktibbits@lrec.org .