Here is a lovely close-up of Cliche.

And then here is Tillie curled up on my purple blanket:

As I was grading papers this evening, and Tillie looked so cute this lying on the radiator. She likes to lie on hot radiators, and I got the whole warmth factor — but these are hot! I’m not sure how her little kitteny toes can handle it. But they seem to hold up.

Then we have a picture of Tillie by her favorite piece of furniture (well, perhaps not her favorite) — one of our new dining room chairs:

Then here is an angled profile of Tillie. I just love the Tillie close-ups:

Oddly enough, As I flipped through some channels today, I Love Lucy was on, and in this episode, there was someone named Tillie — and the punchline of the joke was that Tillie was a spaniel. Apparently Tillie does make a great pet name through the ages.

Finally, here is a great shot of little Cliche, another quasi-aerial shot:

Goofy as the LOLcats are — they are a simple stress reliever after a long day. Enjoy their silliness!

This is the Tillie I miss from the summer, as we would both curl up on the couch to read some Mukherjee — well, Tillie didn’t read much.

And here is a picture of Cliche that you have to love. I believe she is about to take a drink — she loves that fountain, most spoiled cat in the world — because she has that little pink tongue extended. Truth be told, it’s not uncommon to see her sitting with her tongue sticking out a little, which frankly makes her look dopey. But we love our dopey kitty.

Those little girls. They love their toy mice. Invariably, they play with them, a-hem, I mean they hunt them for awhile. Then suddenly the mice seem to go into hiding. For Tillie, the mouse has wondered under that famed “Lost Mouse China Cabinet,” where, were one to move the cabinet, scads of frightened, hiding toy mice would be trying to evade our cats. Cliche’s mouse seems to have gone behind the couch, also not uncommon.

Cliche has become partial to the top of the refrigerator: