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Sunday, July 13, 2008

meet the franklins

marta and i are very happy to announce the newest member of our family, benjamin franklin.


he is about 1 year old, and is a real giant. his name was a no brainer since his sister's name is aretha franklin, and when we met ben, he was wearing a red, white, and blue collar and bifocals. Ok, no bifocals, but he was wearing a patriotic collar.

the cats aren't completely sure of each other yet. benjamin is currently living in a "safe room" while he and aretha get used to the idea of each other. i don't think it will take too long, since they are both real lovers.

7 comments:

jb said...

CONGRATS! Benjamin looks like he will be a perfect fit. A very handsome cat.

Nana Staple said...

Does this make me a grandmother again?

Bonita said...

I think you next home brew should be called "liberty Belle" in honor of both Ben, and his sister Aretha (the "belle" part). Hahaha. It should be a pale ale probably, in honor of ben's grey hair.

I have no idea where this came from...just couldn't resist the recommendation!

smoothdave said...

Since you are now collecting cats here's a list of other notable Franklins from the Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_%28surname%29

dwstaple said...

we are going in alphabetical order. It looks like john or kenneth will be next.

Jim said...

Great looking new cat, Great name. Can't wait to meet Ben.

Anonymous said...

congrats. you're one cat away from crazy cat people.