News

25.12.2007. Some photos of Pilli's, Mandi's and Lulu's (Juliet) kittens.
At the photos below: Lulu and her kittens 25.12.
Mandi's kittens 22.12.	Mandi's kittens have gotten their names. Z-letter is not the easiest one, so this time I chose the names which just sounded nice. The male is Ziggy, the females Zelda and Zsa-Zsa. The females have opened their eyes already some days ago, yesterday the male just opened his a little.
Mandi's kittens 22.12.	Mandi's kittens 22.12.
Mandi and her kittens 16.12.	Mandi and one of the babies 16.12.
Mandi and her kittens 16.12.	Mandi and her kittens 16.12.
Anja and Esa gave the names to Pilli's kittens. The female is Xena and the male Xerxes. The kittens have grown a lot and are already running all over the house. At the photos Xena and Xerxes are 3½ weeks old.	Xena
Xerxes	Xena
15.12.2007. Some photos of Pilli's kittens. News from the show in Pori and about Mandi's kittens.
Mandi	A moment before delivery. Mandi is concentrating ... as you can see from her face.
Mandi	Mandi
Mandi	Mandi ja Gilda
Mandi ja pennut	Mandi has 3 sweet kittens! The kittens were quite big when they were born, the females 120 and 100 and the male 116 grams. Mandi, Gilda and Taika are so good friends, always together. When Mandi had gotten her kittens, 2 others wanted to go and see what Mandi has there. As usual Mandi was very friendly and confident to the others. So, now they all 3 can take care of the little ones. Gilda knows what to do and nurses the kittens, also Mandi sometimes. Taika is very astonished, she wonders the funny sounds of the kittens and tries to get them to move with her paws (very gently though). Now and then there is all 6 cats at the same nest.
Mandi ja pennut	Mandi ja Gilda
Mandi ja Gilda	Mandi ja Gilda
Renenet (ow. Kirsi Antikainen) and judge Christina Kowalczuk in Turku in the end of November. Photo Markus Wikström.	FIN*Zarin Renenet, 'Siiri', was BIS-neuter 8.12. at the show in Pori. Swedish judge Eiwor Andersson, who has also bred Russians herself, though some years ago, judged our cats. When Eiwor saw Siiri, her first comment was: "That's what I  like!". Many congratulations to Siiri and Kirsi!
Some photos of Pilli's 2 weeks old kittens.
The female	The female
The male	The male
23.11.2007.
Pilli has 2 little kittens! A male and a female. Mom and the babies are so fine; the kittens grow well and Pilli takes care of them the best way!
18.11.2007. Some showresults. At the first weekend in November I was in Tallinn with Gilda and Fedja. Gilda became Grand International Champion. Fedja got also his certs and was both days BIS-neuter. On Saturday the Russians were judged by Sara Ojaniemi from Finland, on Sunday Martti Peltonen from Sweden. After a week from Tallinn shows we flew, Fedja and I, to Stockholm. Fedja got his certs also there and was again both days best in show! Our judges were Elisabeth Raab Alvarson from Sweden and Arja Martikainen from Finland.
Fedja. Photo Camilla Patek.	Gilda
22.10.2007. Both Talita's females have moved now too. Wannabe (called Wanna) went to Tampere to Anette's and Unna's (FIN*Zarin Unna) home. Walking On Sunshine's (called Salli) new home is in Paimio with family Heino. Also Salli got a new catfriend, Rauha (FIN*Zarin Re). Everything is very fine with all the cats!
Wannabe 29.9.	Walking On Sunshine 29.9.
Walking On Sunshine 23.9.	Walking On Sunshine 23.9.
Wannabe 23.9.	Wannabe 23.9.
7.10.2007.
Wind Of Change, our gentle giant, moved to his new home on Friday. There he also got a new name, the sons of the family decided to call him Mici. First Mici was a little bit afraid and missed his mom, granny and sisters. But began to feel at home very quickly, started to play and eat. Mici is quite a huge kitten, he weighed more than 2 kilos already at the age of 13 weeks. The photos of Mici are taken 23.9.
15.9.2007. What a day!!!
Pikku and Charlotte. All the photos Elisabeth Larsson.	Russian Blue Klubben celebrates 30-years anniversary this year and arranged a special Russian Blue show 8.9. in Gothenburg at Västsvenska Kattklubben's show. There were about 20 beautiful and handsome, older and younger Russian Blues, which were judged by a Swedish judge Glenn Sjöbom. It was really so nice to see all the cats and meet the people. Fedja became IP, was BIV-neuter and also got to the panel. The panel took much longer than usual, because this time there was also taken the best cat of the show (best of best, BOB). First Fedja was BIS shorthair neuter male (one of his competitors was World Winner 2006), after that he won the best neuters of the other categories. So, Fedja got to the final where was 4 cats left; the best adult, neuter, youngster and kitten of all the categories. From these 4 cats a judge from Holland, Alexey Shchukin decided who is the most beautiful cat of the whole show and he chose Fedja!!! We got a lot of prices. And we got so many congratulations, from our friends and also people I didn't even know. Many thanks and hugs to all of you who were happy for us. So well done Fedja! The last time a Russian Blue was BOB in Sweden was in spring 1997; Elisabeth Larsson's extreamly beautiful IC S*Kosmoskattens Cassandra. Glenn nominated other beautiful Russian Blues too; Kenneth Eklind's Kia (EC Limelight's Kia,DSM) and Poca (Limelight's Pochahontas) and Charlotte Bredberg's Plysch (IP S*Valinor's Celebrian) and Pikku (FIN*Zarin Querida Maia), who was BIS shorthair youngster! The celebration continued in RBK's evening party, plenty of wonderful company, food and drinks. We toasted to Cassandra and Fedja, and to all our lovely blue cats. What a day!!!
IC S*Kosmoskattens Cassandra (Own. & br. Elisabeth Larsson), one of the most beautiful Russian Blues I have ever met, was BOB in spring 1997.
Fedja and Glenn.	Fedja and Glenn.
Glenn takes his BIV-adult, who was Kia.
15.9.2007. Some photos of Talita's kittens.
Wannabe 30.8.2007.	Serious Wannabe 15.9.2007.
Wannabe 16.9.	The girls, Wannabe and Walking On Sunshine 15.9.
Wind Of Change 30.8.	Wind Of Change 15.9.
Wind Of Change 15.9.	Walking On Sunshine 31.8.
Walking On Sunshine 15.9.
Wind Of Change 16.9.	Walking On Sunshine 16.9.
7.8.2007. Some photos of Talita's kittens. The kittens are so lively, that it has been more or less difficult to get good photos of them. Some separate potraits of each kitten I have gotten however. But to get all 3 to the same picture, that's another thing... As you can see of the lowest photos.
Wannabe	Wannabe
Walking On Sunshine	Walking On Sunshine
Wind Of Change	Wind Of Change
26.7.2007.
Walking On Sunshine	Talita's kittens became 3 weeks old today. They have grown and learnt so much new again in a week. The male weighs already about 500 grams, the females also about 400 grams. Already more than a week the male has gone to his trips out from the nest, the females were a bit more careful, but they have started their adventures too. The first born female is walking around with a bit more dignity, but the sister is running around and makes funny little sounds.
Wind Of Change	Wind Of Change
Wannabe	Wannabe
23.7.2007. Some photos of Zarin-cats at the shows. Photos Heikki Siltala.
Mandi and Mira at the KES-KIS-show in Jyväskylä 30.6.2007.	Taika in Jyväskylä 30.6.2007. Photo Katja Patrikainen.
Wagner (FIN*Zarin O'Malley, own. Christine & Jerome Rühlmann) in Jyväskylä 30.6.2007.	Viivi (FIN*Zarin O'Hara, own. Jaana Karjalainen & Risto Mämmelä) and Risto in Jyväskylä 30.6.2007.
Taika and the judge Martti Peltonen at the POROK-show in Kempele 7.7.2007.	Taika and Martti in Kempele 7.7.2007.
Gilda in Kempele 7.7.2007.	Fedja and Martti in Kempele 7.7.2007.
Milli (GIP FIN*Zarin Yan Yan, own. Susanna Gunnar) at the RUROK-show in Vantaa 21.4.2007.	Fedja in Kempele 8.7.2007.
Gilda and the judge Angelika Kneifel in Kempele 8.7.2007.
20.7.2007.
The male, Wind Of Change.	Talita's kittens became 2 weeks old. And they got their names! From musik. The first born female got the name Wannabe, second born female Walking On Sunshine and the male Wind Of Change.
Walking On Sunshine	Wannabe
Wannabe	Wind Of Change
Walking On Sunshine	Wind Of Change
13.7.2007. Talita's kittens, a male and 2 females, were born a week ago on Thursday. Quite a huge male, 123 grams, was born first, then 2 females, both about 100 grams. The kittens have more than doubled their weights in a week. Mom Talita and grandmammy Kapris take so good care of the kittens, which look very happy.
So cute face, the first born female.	Talita and the second born female.
Talita and the second born female.
The second born female.	The male is yawning.
The male is peeping.	Have to stretch a little, the second born female.
23.6.2007.  Some photos of Mandi and Taika.
Taika 11.5.2007.	Mandi 11.5.2007.
Mandi 11.5.2007.	Taika 11.5.2007.
Taika 10.6.2007.	Mandi 10.6.2007.
Mandi 15.6.2007.	Taika 15.6.2007.
Taika 21.6.2007.	Mandi 21.6.2007.
Taika 21.6.2007.	Mandi 21.6.2007.
16.6.2007. Elli's and Gilda's kittens have moved from their birthplaces. All of them are doing so well at their new homes with their new friends; people, dogs and other cats.
Sheer Sapphire. Photo: Ainomaria Mäkinen.	Elli's female kitten, Sheer Sapphire, moved to Italy to Francesco and his Russians, Lyú, Tender and Sophia. The male, Sheer Emerald lives in Turku with family Silventoinen. Eino has a cat friend, Divina.
Tähti moved to Anita's, Aura's and Vito's home here in Helsinki and is called Luka now. Because of playful Luka, also the older dog, Aura, interested in to play more. The cats, Vito and Luka, are the best friends!	Tähti 10.5.2007.
Tähti 10.5.2007.	Luka's new friends, Siberian Husky Aura and Red Point Siamese Vito. Photo: Anita Schadevitz.
Toivo or Topi as he is called now, stayed also in Helsinki and lives with his new people Annukka and Tommi and a neutered Russian male, Bronto. When the males met the very first time, there were no hissing at all and very quickly Bronto and Topi became  fine friends.	Toivo 10.5.2007.
Toivo 6.6.2007.	Bronto and Topi having an afternoon nap. Photo: Annukka Koskela.
2.5.2007. Mandi was quite sad when his brother Qat moved away. Mandi is very energetic indeed and it is very fine Taika, Toivo and Tähti are still here and play with Mandi. Especially Gilda and Luukas are also running and playing a lot with the kittens.
Mandi	Taika
Taika	Taika
Toivo	Mandi
Toivo	Toivo
Mandi	Tähti
Tähti	Tähti
29.4.2007. The kittens grow up so fast... A week ago Qat moved to his new home to France, to Camilla, Jan and Jasmin. Lively Qat has already made at home and has done some things there; like he has climbed to the stand with clothes hanging to be dried and put them all on the floor, he has climbed to the laundry basket and pulled it down, he has climbed to the highest places and played with almost every toy at his new home. Camilla wrote to me that Qat is very charming, talkative, cuddly, full of energy and mischievous! Some photos of Jasmin and Qat, from Camilla Patek.
Qat	Jasmin and Qat
Qat is playing...	...and playing
Also Pilli's kittens have moved to their new homes; Ra moved to Ambas' home which is in Helsinki, Re moved to Paimio to Heino's home and Renenet went to Säkylä to Kirsi and her family.
Ra	Re
Ra	Renenet
24.4.2007. Last Sunday I visited Christine, Jerome and Alexandra and their happy cat family, Joy (FIN*Zarin Joy), Wagner (FIN*Zarin O'Malley) and little Unna (FIN*Zarin Unna).
Joy	7 weeks old Unna
Unna	Unna
Wagner	Wagner
Wagner	Unna
21.4.2007.
Visiting Ainomaria and her cats. At the photos there are Elli (IC FIN*Zarin Grace) and her kittens (the male kitten FIN*Zarin Sheer Emerald and the female kitten FIN*Zarin Sheer Sapphire), Iivari (IP FIN*Zarin IIvari) and Kibo (FIN*Zarin Kibo).	Sheer Sapphire
Sheer Sapphire and Sheer Emerald	Sheer Sapphire. Photo Ainomaria Mäkinen
Sheer Sapphire and Sheer Emerald	Iivari
The little girl sleeping.	Elli and her kittens. Photo Ainomaria Mäkinen
Sheer Emerald	Kibo
Kibo just love to be pet!
16.4.2007. News from some shows. Photos Heikki Siltala.
Seinäjoki 10.-11.3.2007. On Saturday Fedja (Silverlock's I Believe In U) was BIV and BOX-adult. Wagner (FIN*Zarin O'Malley, own. Christine and Jerome Rühlmann) was BIS-neuter. Vega (EC&CH FIN*Zarin Vega, own. Heidi and Janne Rand) was BIV neuter and also nominated. On Sunday it was Vega's turn to be BIS-neuter. Because of that result DSM-title (Distinguished Show Merit) was granted to her 15.4.2007. Tukholma 7.-8.4.2007. At Easter I was in Stockholm with Fedja.On Saturday show Fedja was BIV, NOM and BIS-male. On Sunday he was again BIV and NOM and became IC. Fedja got splendid judgments.The judges wrote about him, among other things, type: super type, head: gorgeous head with ex profile, eyes: ex green, ex "look", super!, condition: super, outstanding, general impression: en riktig showcat, fantastic temper, superstar!	Vega
Fedja at the panel.	Lotte Borch takes a look of Vega at the panel.
Wagner and Jerome	Fedja
Wagner with judge pupil Sara Ojaniemi.	Wagner
Sara is doing her parallel judgment and takes a look of Fedja.
12.4.2007. Taika, Toivo and Tähti 6.4.2007.
Taika	Taika
Toivo	Toivo
Tähti	Tähti
Maia and Mio with their new friends. Maia's, Diesel's and Plysch' photos Charlotte Bredberg, Niilo's and Mio's photos Elina Jokinen and Harri Vuorialho.
Niilo and Mio	Niilo and Mio
Maia reading a newspaper	Maia and Diesel
Diesel and Maia	Maia and Plysch
Maia and Diesel
31.3.2007.
Some photos of Gilda's about 6 weeks old kittens. The kittens are very wild, they are jumping around like little rubber balls, out of reach of my camera. It was very difficult to get any good photos before the kittens were more or less tired.	Gilda
Toivo and Taika	Taika
Tähti	Taika, Toivo and Tähti
Taika and Tähti	Tähti
Toivo	Taika
Playing
A sleeping Star (Tähti)
Maia and Mio have moved to their new homes. Maia to Charlotte's home to Stockholm, where lives also 2 other cats; Diesel and neutered Russian Blue female Plysch. Mio's new home is in Tampere with Elina, Harri and Russian Blue neuter male Niilo. Maia had been only about 2 hours at her new home, when she became a very good friend with Diesel. Plysch decided to watch Maia from a distance for a while before to make better friendship. Niilo was a bit afraid of Mio first, but after about 24 hours he found out that little kitten is not dangerous at all and boys made friends. Qat will stay here a little longer; Mandi is happy when she can still play with her brother.
Maia	Maia
Mio	Mio
Mandi	Mandi
Qat	Qat
14.3.2007. Some photos of Pilli's about 7 weeks old kittens.
Re	Renenet
Ra	Re
Renenet	Renenet
Some photos of Gilda's 3 weeks old kittens; little female Taika and males Toivo and Tähti. The names are Finnish and they all have a special meaning, Taika is magic, Toivo means hope and Tähti is a star.
Tähti and Toivo behind, Taika in front
Taika	Sleeping Tähti
Tähti	Toivo
Tähti and Taika	Taika
Tähti, Toivo and Taika	Tähti
Tähti	Toivo
All together	Taika
24.2.2007. Some photos of Gilda and her 4 days old kittens.
20.2.2007.
The second male is just been born	Gilda got three kittens on Monday. The kittens were born quite exactly at intervals of one hour; first 2 males and the last one was a female. Gilda is very happy with her babies!
Talita's kittens are 8 weeks old tomorrow. Qat is the most active of the kittens, a madcap, who runs and jumps as long as he isn't sleeping. In the other hand Qat comes very often to my lap and purrs. Mio is more prudent: better safe than sorry! Mio is mom's boy, who likes to eat (he weighs already about 1100 grams). Maia is very kind and sweet. Maia is the first one to do many things; to open her eyes, to start to eat and to go to toilet. Mandi is brave and ingenious, an adventuress, who talks a lot. Mandi was the first one who came out from the nest (she was only a week old) and she also found out very quickly how to get over a cardboard, which I had made to prevent the kittens to come out from their room too early.	Qat
Mandi	Mio
Mio	Maia
Mandi	Qat
Mandi	Maia
The names of Pilli's kittens come from Egypt. The male got the name Ra, which means the sun. The last born female is Re, the sun of the noon and the first born female is Renenet, the queen of happiness.
Ra	Ra
Re	Pilli and her kittens
Renenet	Renenet
13.2.2007. Some photos of Pilli's 2 weeks old kittens.
The first born female	The male
	The second born female
4.2.2007.
	Pilli and her kittens are very fine, they look so very happy. All the kittens have opened they eyes, in part or in whole, on Saturday. It is Pilli's little male in the photo.
Mandi	Talita's kittens have grown very much. They are happy, playful, brave and so sweet little kittens! Some photos of about 5 weeks old kittens.
Qat	Mandi
Mio	Mio
Qat	Maia
Maia	Mandi
28.1.2007.
	Pilli got her litter (a male and 2 females) on Friday. The first kitten was born about at 10 in the morning and the last one about at 9 in the evening. Pilli and her kittens are just fine!
Some photos of Talita's 4 weeks old kittens.
Mandi	Qat
Mandi	Mio
Maia	Mandi and Maia
Mio	Qat
24.1.2007.
Nicky has his 16th birthday today! He looks like an old man, as it should be at this age.  But he still has an active mind. Congratulations to my old gentleman!
21.1.2007. Talita's kittens have gotten their names. The females are Querida Maia and Querida Mandi and the males Querido Mio and Querido Qat. Last Thursday the kittens became 3 weeks, below some photos of cutiepies.
Mandi	Mandi
Mandi	Mandi
Maia	Maia
Maia and Qat	Mio and Qat
Qat	Qat
Mio	Mio
Talita and her children
15.1.2007. Talita's kittens have grown very well. They have opened their eyes, have started to play with each other and try to run around their nest. Curious and brave kittens have already come out the nest too.  The kittens are still small, but already big personalities; different looks and temperaments can already be seen.
	The females
	The males
5.1.2007. Some photos of Talita's 1 week old kittens.
Another girl, her eyes still tightly closed.	Talita
A boy and a dream.	A boy and a girl.
Cautiously I look at the world.	Another girl, she has opened her eyes already!
Little boy on his back.	The mother with a daughter.
29.12.2006. Talita got her kittens, 2 males and 2 females, late on Wednesday evening.
All in one heap	I am eating!
The mother and a daughter	A cutiepie
	Photo: Jan Nyström
Happy and proud parents, Talita and Fedja.
6.12.2006. 7½ weeks old Apila's kittens.
Poem	Poem
Pearl
Onca	Onca
Pardus	Pardus
Tigris	Tigris
20.11.2006. 5 weeks old Apila's kittens.
Pearl	Pearl
Poem	Poem
Onca	Pardus
Tigris	Tigris
Boys
15.11.2006. News from Stockholm. Last weekend we were, Fedja and I, in Stockholm at Stockholms Kattklubbens 60th anniversary shows. The shows were quite big; on Saturday there were about 850 cats, about 280 of them in category III and on Sunday about 700 cats, about 255 in category III. Also some more Russians than at many other shows in Sweden were present, which was very interesting. It was really nice to see the cats and meet the breeders. Alexey Shchukin and Maj-Britt Stein judged the Russians. Fedja was as usual; relaxed and playful. And his success was much more I could ever had dreamed of. Fedja got the same results both days: Ex 1, BIV, NOM and BIS! On Saturday shorthairs were judged by 11 judges and on Sunday by 12. And at the panels Fedja even got most of the votes!
Fedja in Hämeenlinna in September 2006. Photo Heikki Siltala.
4.11.2006. Some photos of Apila and her 3 weeks old kittens.
3.11.2006. Apila's kittens have grown well, they patter fast already, they have run of the nest. The kittens have gotten their names. The names of the males reflect fastness, nimbleness and strength; Panthera Onca (jaguar), Panthera Pardus (black panther or leopard) and Panthera Tigris (tiger) and the names of the females sweetness and beauty; Panthera's Pearl and Panthera's Poem.
22.10.2006. Happy Apila!
Apila's kittens were born a week ago. Happy mom and her kittens are very well.

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29.8.2006
Photos of Fedja at SUROK show 30.7.2006

	Photos: Peter Forsgård

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14.7.2006
It was the last day in June when it was Nadja’s turn to move her new home. She went to Turku to Satu and Topias and also got a new nickname, Tove. Little Tove was first a little afraid and thought it is better to hide behind the washing machine. She didn’t come out, so she was taking out. Actually Tove was not at all scared anymore but started to look around. After a while Tove met her new cat friends, 2 neutered males, Elvis (Sacred Birman) and Eetu (Ocicat). To Elvis Tove had to hiss a little bit; maybe Elvis was frightening with all his long hairs. Eetu was a bit afraid of Tove. However now, after about a week all the cats are already friends to eachother. They eat and sleep together. And Tove and Eetu are playing a lot, as we thought they will. Gilda’s little, brave, wild, sweet baby girl already feels at home; I know that, because she has been hanging in the curtains, teared a kitchen roll, which she first took from the closed cupboard, to pieces...

The first weekend in July we; Pia, Gilda and Fedja, went to POROK’s shows to Kempele. It was a long way to go there, but the shows were very nice and the atmosphere peaceful, as usual. Both days Gilda had a competitor, who she won, got 2 CAC’s and became Champion. On Sunday she was also nominated. Fedja got Ex 1 both days and very fine judgments. It looked like he enjoyed to be shown, so relaxed and playful he was at the shows. On Saturday there were also some other Zarin cats. On Saturday Joy got the results Ex 1, BIV and NOM and neutered males B.B.King and Florian (Eetu) got their certificates. Eetu was shown still on Sunday and was BIV neuter. On Saturday our judge was Vera Vasilieva from Russia and on Sunday Jaana Jyrkinen from Finland.

	Nadja (Tove) and ocicat Eetu, photo Satu Rauhala

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14.7.2006
Apila's kittens 8 weeks old

O'Keefe	O'Hara
O'Hara	O'Clover
O'Malley and O'Hara	O'Malley

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26.6.2006
Talita became GIC 10.6. in Mo i Rana in Norway. On Saturday Talita was also nominated and on Sunday she got her first CACE. Talita was praised a lot of her harmonic body, beautiful expression and head, fine green eyecolour and very kind behaviour. Some extra thanks she got because she really is a mature female. Hanne-Sofie Sneum from Denmark was our judge on Saturday and Karl Preiss from Austria on Sunday.

Next weekend Gilda’s males moved to their new homes. Nicholas, ‘Niilo’, left on Saturday to Tampere to Elina’s and Harri’s home. It was Niilo who had been the most cautious of the kittens from the beginning. But he had gotten a lot of more courage during his first 13 weeks. Elina told me, that on Saturday evening they felt like there would have been a little invisible ghostcat at their home; they could feel his presence but didn’t see anything. Niilo was hiding under the sofa, the bed or the arm-chair and found a good hiding place behind the CD-shelf. But only for a short while; later in the evening he was already playing! When Elina, on the next day, told me, that Niilo really is very talkative, he is sitting in their laps purring, baking and talking, I knew Niilo already began to feel at home.

Early on Sunday morning we drove to Jämsä. Tarja and Timo were already there, and took Neo to his new home in Viitasaari. When we were driving to Jämsä, Neo, who is always so happy and contented, was just purring and baking with his paws. At Neo’s new home there were also new catfriends for him; an older, clever gentleman Opsu and the kindest younger boy B.B.. Neo, the big adventurer, the conqueror of the world just walked around of his new home, went to Tarja’s lap, was lying there on his back, purring. And that was it; Neo felt at once at home and the older cats accepted the little kitten.

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22.6.2006
Billy (Silverlock I Believe In U, br. Iris B. Tanner) has been about 4 weeks at his new home now. Billy also got a new nickname, he is called Fedja. Quickly brave little Fedja got to know his new home, people Arja and Petri and made friends with the other cats in the house; Russian males Juri and Igor. Juri didn’t almost notice Fedja’s coming, Igor was a little afraid in the beginning. But a huge Bloodhound Kaapo frightened Fedja more or less at first. Kaapo really doesn’t move as quietly and gracefully as cats do. Also he made strange voices and looked so big, Fedja had ever before met anything like that! But in a few days Fedja found out that big Kaapo is not at all dangerous but very friendly. Here some photos of Fedja, he is there 4½ months old.

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16.6.2006
Photos of Apila's kittens 6 weeks old

O'Clover	O'Hara and O'Malley
O'Clover	O'Malley
Apila's kittens	O'Hara
O'Keefe	Apila
Apila

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15.6.2006
Photos of Gilda's kittens 10 weeks old

Nadja	Nadja
Nadja	Nicholas
Nicholas	Nicholas
Neo	Neo
Neo	Neo
Nadja and Nicholas

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8.6.2006
Show results from Tampere 21.5.
Joy did very well 21.5. in Tampere at PIROK's show. She was BIS kitten! Also Elli (Grace) and Iivari got very fine results. Elli got her sertificate and was BIV, Iivari got also his certifate and was NOM too.

Joy O:Christine and Jerome Rühlmann, photo Heikki Siltala	Joy O:Christine and Jerome Rühlmann, photo Anssi Gunnar
Iivari O:Ainomaria Mäkinen, photo Heikki Siltala

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8.6.2006
Billy is here!
On Friday 26.6. a little blue male kitten flied to Finland from USA. His trip had taken, of course, many hours. Because of that I was more or less worried, when I thought how the little male had gotten over the trip. But nothing to worry about! When we met first time, Billy and I, at the airport, there was no signs of the strain of the journey seen on him. The little kitten was miaowing, purring and playing with his toys in his transport box. Very brave little boy!

More news of Billy coming later.

Billy

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26.5.2006
More photos of Apila's kittens
The kittens got Irish names: O'Hara, O'Clover, O'Keefe ja O'Malley.

O'Hara	O'Clover
O'Keefe	O'Malley
O'Malley

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24.5.2006
More photos of Gilda's kittens

Neo 7.5.	Neo 7.5.
Nadja 8.5.	Nadja 8.5.
Nadja and Neo 11.5.	Nicholas 12.5.
Nicholas 12.5.

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2.5.2006
First photos of Apila's kittens.

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1.5.2006
Gilda's kittens have became wild, little cats, who will climb to your lap to purr; at once they have played enough. All the kittens are as sweet and charming, although I can already see their a bit different characters. Nadja is independent, brave, clever little girl, who knows what she wants. Neo is broad-minded, big adventurer. Nicholas is the most loudly, funny little boy talks to you even when he is half sleeping; but he is also the most cautious.

Nadja	Nadja
Nadja	Nadja
Neo	Neo
Neo	Neo
Nicholas	Nicholas
Nicholas	Nadja, Neo and Nicholas

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15.4.2006
Gilda's kittens 3-4 weeks old

Nicholas	Nadja
Neo	Neo
Nadja	Nadja
Neo	Neo
Nicholas	Nadja

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5.4.2006
Something old and something new
Gilda’s kittens have gotten their names. Something old: the blue male is called Nicholas and the female is Nadja. One of the nicknames of Nicholas is Nicky. So, the blue kittens got their names after my first Russian Blues. The pointed male is Neo, which means, among other things, something new. Neo is the first pointed kitten, which is born at my home. Kittens opened their eyes about a week ago. Here is some photos of little cutiepies.

Nicholas	Nicholas
Nadja	Neo and Nadja
Neo and Nadja	Neo
Nicholas

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20.3.2006
Kittens!
Gilda has gotten 3 kittens! A blue male and a blue female and a male who is white like snow were born on Saturday night. Gilda and her sister Elli (Grace) had some similarities when they gave birth. Both females started a bit earlier we had expected, also without midwives knowledge. Elli's first kitten was born when Ainomaria was still working. Gilda got her first kitten early in the small hours, when I had fallen asleep, just for a minute or two between the ringings of my alarm clock. Both, Gilda and Elli, had also decided to have a bit more colourful litter. The second kitten in both litters was a white male (which will be a blue pointed later).

Gilda's delivery went very fine. Gilda is purring a lot to her kittens, stretching herself and baking with her paws. The kittens have started to eat very briskly. They all look so happy!

Battle for food	Some order
A kiss	Nursing
Paws	An adventurer
A happy mother	The trio

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17.3.2006
Photos of Elli's (FIN*Zarin Grace) kittens 12.3.

Kenya	Kenya
Kibo	Kibo
Kabibe	Kabibe
Kibo, Kabibe and Kenya

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5.3.2006

Bella’s kittens have moved; Joy went to Seinäjoki to Christine and Jerome. Julian moved to Outokumpu to Timo and his family. And Juliet stayed quite near us, she went to Espoo to Heli and Tommi.

At the beginning the kittens were longing for home, but fortunately they got used to their new homes in a short time. As kittens usually do. Also mom Bella was looking for her kittens a couple of days. But when the kittens didn’t come back, Bella decided to start a heat. And a loud roar still continues. Maybe that way she could get kittens again!


Some photos of Joy and Juliet taken 25.2.

Joy	Joy
Joy	Joy
Joy	Juliet
Juliet	Juliet

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19.2.2006
Bella's kittens 5.-17.2.2006

Joy 10 weeks old.	Joy 10 weeks old.
Julian 10 weeks old.	Julian 10 weeks old.
Juliet 11 weeks old.	Joy and Julian 12 weeks old
Julian 12 weeks old.	Juliet 12 weeks old.
Joy 12 weeks old.	Julian 12 weeks old.
Julian 12 weeks old.

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30.1.2006

Joy	Joy
Joy	Juliet
Juliet	Juliet
Julian	Julian
Julian

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22.1.2006
Some photos of Bella's kittens.

Julian	Julian
Joy	Joy
Juliet	Juliet

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28.12.2005
CHRISTMAS 2005

Bella’s kittens were 4 weeks on Boxing Day. The kittens have grown very well and they are already running all over in their nursery.

The kittens have also gotten names. The girl who was born last, got the name Joy, simply because she is so brave, happy and super social. When she hears a voice of me or some of my friends (she doesn’t care if she knows her/him or not), she runs to the lap and starts to purr. Another of the females is very pretty indeed, with her big eyes and ears. She is Juliet. The male is like a teddy-bear, so big (he weighted 680 grams 4-weeks age!) and he got the name Julian.

All the kittens are very sweet!

Juliet	Juliet
Joy	Joy
Julian	Julian

Bella

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7.12.2005

Bella's kittens have grown well. They are 1 week old now and the male weighs 265 grams and the females 225 grams. The females have opened their eyes already, the male still have half opened eyes.

Kittens 3 days (above) and 1 week old (at the right).

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30.11.2005
KITTENS!

Bella's litter was born on Monday 28.11. Everything went very fine and a male and 2 females were born in an hour. The kittens were quite big, the male weighted 112 grams and the females 116 and 93 grams.

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16.10.2005


Some results from Porvoo (1.-2.10.2005) and from Kuopio (17.-18.9.2005).

Porvoo
Russians were judged by Sirpa Lindelöf from Sweden on Saturday and on Sunday Anne Paloluoma-Sundholm from Finland.

FIN*Zarin Grace, 'Elli' (own. Sari Kulha and Ainomaria Mäkinen) got her first CAC on Sunday and was also BIV, NOM and BIS!
(Photos: Samu Saurama)

Apila was at the show on Saturday and got results Ex 1 and BIV in kitten class. (Photos: Peter Forsgård)

Pilli became European Champion on Saturday! (Photos: Peter Forsgård)

There were 4 females in open class on Saturday, Gilda was Ex 2.
(Photos: Peter Forsgård)

FIN*Zarin Into (own. Timo Saarinen). Into was at the show on Saturday and got Ex 1 in youngster class. (Photos: Peter Forsgård)

EP FIN*Zarin Ximenes (own. Maria Forsgård) was shown on Saturday. Petja's results were HP and NOM. (Photos: Peter Forsgård)

9.10.2005 Kuopio
Judges were Louis Coste from France on Saturday and on Sunday Glenn Sjöbom from Sweden.

EP&CH FIN*Zarin Vega (own. Heidi and Janne Rand) was both days BIV, NOM and BIS neuter.

EP FIN*Zarin Oberon (own. Tarja Paananen) was on Saturday BOX neuter and on Sunday Opsu's result was HP. photo: Heikki Siltala

So, on Saturday Opsu and Vega were again together at the panel. As they had been in Jämsä in June too!

IP FIN*Zarin Blue Billy Joel, 'Pablo' (own. Noora Paananen) got both days CAGPIB.

photos: Heikki Siltala

PR FIN*Zarin Florian, 'Eetu' (own. Jaana Karjalainen and Risto Mämmelä) became Premior on Saturday. On Sunday Eetu got his first CAPIB and was NOM.

photos: Heikki Siltala

Pilli photo: Heikki Siltala

Pilli (Blue Billie Holiday) won her competitor both days and got CACE. Gilda was in youngster class; on Saturday she was Ex 2 and on Sunday Ex 1, BIV and NOM. Apila got both days Ex 1 in kitten class.

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30.8.2005

APILA (DK*Paragon Blue Fiver's Clover)

Apila flied to Finland in a hot Tuesday in the end of July. At once little brave Apila was at ease at her new home (she is living with Heidi and Janne Rand). Apila was at all afraid of the new place and people, but at first she thought her new catfriends Vega (EP&CH FIN*Zarin Vega) ja Sirimiri (FIN*Zarin Sirimiri) were a little bit exciting. After a few days also the cats made friends. Apila's parents are CH Silvergrey Paragon Blue Fiver and Feodora Francine v.d. Goehr, breeders Allan Kastberg&Kurt Holst.

Apila is a brave, cheerful and confident kitten, who seems to be a kitten, who is not afraid of new situations so much. Apila was at her first shows in Hyvinkää 21.-22.8. In her cage Apila was lying on her back, was enjoying when she was pet on her stomach, played and slept. When I took her to our judge, she was a bit excited the first day, but on Sunday it looked the situation was already familiar for her, because she was purring and playing while she was judged.

On Saturday there were 4 female kittens, Apila got Ex 1 of them, and a male kitten; Apila was BIV in kitten class. On Sunday there were 2 female and 4 male kittens and Apila got Ex 1 and BIV again. Apila's excellent coat and her whole sweet being were maybe those things who decided the victories for her good.

Some cats from my breeding were also in Hyvinkää. On Saturday Pilli's results were CACE and BIV. Grace was in class 11 and became Ex 2. Vega got her certificate and was BIV and NOM. On Sunday Chia (Cinzia) got CAGCIB, Vega and Petja (Ximenes) both got their last CAPE and became European Premiors! In class 11 Into won his 2 competitors and got Ex 1, Gilda had 5 competitors, which she won as well as Into, when the judge chose BIV. Gilda was nominated too. On Saturday our judge was Marie Westerlund and on Sunday Jitka Kytlerova.

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31.7.2005

There was a show in Jämsä 18.6.2005. The neuterpanel in category III was a big success for Russian Blues! First Opsu (EP FIN*Zarin Oberon) was chosen as the best neutered male and then Vega (GIP&CH FIN*Zarin Vega) won the other female neuters. So, in the end we had there two Russians, Opsu and Vega. The panel was a thriller to the end; there were 4 judges and the votes went even. Both cats got 2 votes. Anne-Gro Edström was the judge who was chosen to decide, if the votes are even and finally she chose Vega to win.
Oberon became European Premior at the same show!

Photo: Heikki Siltala

EP FIN*Zarin Oberon was BOX neuter, own. Tarja Paananen.

GIP&CH FIN*Zarin Vega was BIS neuter, own. Heidi and Janne Rand.

Happy winners!

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1.7.2005

Results and photos from the shows in Tampere 4.-5.6.2005.
Gianfranco Mantovani from Italy judged Russians on Saturday and Marie Westerlund from Sweden on Sunday.

Photos Peter Forsgård

FIN*Zarin Gilda On Saturday Gilda got Ex2. On Sunday she was Ex1, BIV and NOM.

FIN*Zarin Grace (own. Sari Kulha & Ainomaria Mäkinen)
Grace "Elli" and her sister Gilda were both in class 11 on Sunday. This time Gilda was Ex1 and Elli Ex2.

GIP & CH FIN*Zarin Vega (om. Heidi & Janne Rand) Vega got CAPE on Saturday. On Sunday Vega got another CAPE and was also BIV, NOM and BIS.

FIN*Zarin Gregory (own. Jaana Olli)

Gregory was at the show on Saturday; his results were Ex1 and BIV.
Gregory was in class 11 like his sisters Gilda and Grace.

IC FIN*Zarin Cinzia, 'Chia' (left) and GIP FIN*Zarin Ximenes, 'Petja'.

Chia got CAGCIB both days and was also BIV on Sunday.Petja got CAPE both days and on Sunday he was NOM too.
The owner of both cats is Maria Forsgård.

GIC FIN*Zarin Vanda (own. Tarja Lehtimäki) got CAP on Sunday and became Premior.

FIN*Zarin Iivari (own. Ainomaria Mäkinen) was at the show on Sunday and got the results Ex 1 and NOM.

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15.5.2005

S*Astragalus Blue Nureyev (born 9.12.2004), Reiska, moved to Finland in the beginning of April. His parents are CH S*Molotov's Moody Blue and EC Guldvingens Silver Zinnie, breeders Magdalena, Oscar, Peter and Sara Feldt. Reiska doesn't live at my home, but very near. I was very lucky, because a friend of mine, Satu, wanted to give a home to him. Except Satu, Reiska has two other friends, a neuter Russian male Eppu and a neuter abessinian male Indi. Reiska has a short, soft coat, excellent profile and a beautiful dark green colour in his eyes, already now. Hopefully he will be the father of next Zarin-litters, which are planned to be born next autumn.

Photo: Harri Wickstrand

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11.5.2005

Gilda 1.5.

Gilda 16.4

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9.5.2005

Gilda and grass 10.4.

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8.4.2005

JOYS and SORROWS

When Holly, Iisakki, Iivari and Into had moved it was time to take Gilda here. She came to us on Good Friday. Little Gilda is very brave and wasn’t at all afraid of her new home and all my adult cats. Already at the weekend she run all over the house. Gilda is a little beam of sunshine; playful and always in good mood, the one who loves to sit and purr in your lap.

Every one of my cats had a little bit different reaction to Gilda’s coming here. Luukas was very friendly from the first second he saw Gilda. He just wanted to play with her. Nicky didn’t notice the new kitten almost at all, he is so used to them and always been very friendly for new ones. Kapris watched very closely what Gilda was doing. So did Talita, who was also a bit afraid of her. Arina warned Gilda not to come too close, but at the same time they ate next to each other. Two days Bella was after Gilda, just wanted to smell her and try to find out who she is. Nadja didn’t react at all. Next week the reason became clear to me.

Gilda 27.3.2005	Gilda 27.3.2005
Gilda 28.3.2005	Gilda 28.3.2005
Gilda tervehtii Talitaa

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THE BIG SORROW.

Nadja would have celebrated her 14th birthday in summer, which would have been quite a high age for her because of all her illnesses and bad luck. In spite of all her troubles Nadja was always very happy, friendly and contented. A cat who didn’t save her purring. Nadja loved summer, sunshine and flies. She loved to be pet and brushed. And to eat boiled chicken and dry food; although she didn’t have any teeth. She loved pingpong balls, which were bouncing funnily.

I had noticed, that lately, little by little, Nadja had started to sleep more, it was harder for her to walk. She didn’t want to play so much anymore, she didn’t come to the sofa with me, when I watched TV. Either her appetite was not so good it had been.

But last week I saw very clearly, that Nadja was not in a good condition anymore. Poor Nadja stopped to eat, she drank only. Nadja staggered when she was walking. Nadja couldn’t sleep but just wandered from place to place. Nadja didn’t want even her best friend, Arina, near her. There was very sad and tired look in Nadja’s eyes. All week I thought about the difficult, but inevitable decision, to let Nadja get free from all pain and tiredness. In Friday morning, when I looked at Nadja, I made up my mind. Nadja was very afraid of vets, so I asked her to come to our home.

In the beautiful sunny Friday morning, 1th April, Nadja breathed her last. Nadja fell asleep, peacefully, in my arms.

Nadja 1.4.2005.

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29.3.2005

Holly lives at her new home too; in Sweden with Elisabeth Larsson (S*Kosmoskattens).

Holly’s flight to Sweden was just at the same day, when one of the worst snowstorms of the winter was both in Finland and Sweden. Flight and road conditions were very bad; some flights were cancelled, many of them were late, there was a lot of accidents on the roads.

Holly’s trip from Helsinki to Kungshamn should have taken about 5 hours, but now it took 12 hours! But Holly was very calm all day. She didn’t say a word, just sat and looked around. When she, at last, got to her new home, she started to look around, play, eat and drink. Holly is not afraid of anything, said Elisabeth. At night Holly slept with Elisabeth, very close to her, sometimes around Elisabeth’s neck like a boa snake.

Such a cat is Holly; brave, happy, speedy, playful and sweet-tempered!

Holly	Holly
Holly	Holly

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27.3.2005

Holly	Holly
Holly	Holly

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26.3.2005

Bella’s males have moved to their new homes.

Into went to Imatra and is the only catmaster of the house.
Iisakki’s new home is in Jyväskylä where he has a friend, a housecat called Leevi.
And Iivari stayed here in Helsinki, his new friend is called Elli, a little Russian Blue female.

All the males are very social kittens, who are purring a lot and like to be in a lap. Iisakki is the wildest and most stubborn Into always the last one who wakes up, but also when he starts to run and play, there really is speed! Iivari is the kindest, who thinks before he does, he is the most cautious.

Bella’s kittens have always been very big, all of them have weighted more than 100 grams when they have been born. But these kittens are the most huge ones we have had. The weights of the boys, when they were 12 weeks, were: Iisakki 1886 grams, Iivari 1768 grams and Into 1854 grams. The new owners didn’t get small kittens but small cats!

Leevi (own. Minna Kiili and Tomi Laitamäki, photo Minna Kiili)

FIN*Zarin Grace "Elli" (own. Ainomaria Mäkinen)

Into, Iisakki and Iivari	Into, Iisakki and Iivari
Into, Iisakki and Iivari	Into and Iivari

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Into	Into
Into	Into

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Iisakki is the hundredth FIN*Zarin kitten!	Iisakki
Iisakki	Iisakki

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24.3.2005

Iivari	Iivari
Iivari	Iivari

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21.3.2005

Two weeks ago we were at a show in Vaasa; Pilli first time after she has had kittens and Gilda at her very first show. Gilda was a bit worried; almost nothing else in her moved but her big eyes. Gilda pretended to be as unnoticeable as possible! Our judge was Eric Reijers, who was rocking Gilda and looking at her quite a long time, and then took her to his lap during the judgment. Both girls got very fine judgments and both were BIV too.

Gilda and Eric	Pilli
Gilda	Gilda

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13.3.2005

Iisakki	Iisakki
Iivari	Iivari
Iivari and Into	Into
Into	Into

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20.2.2005

Holly 8 weeks old.

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20.2.2005

Iisakki, Iivari and Into.

Iisakki	Iivari
Into	Into and Iivari

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31.1.2005

Iisakki, Iivari and Into 5 weeks old.

Iisakki	Iisakki
Iivari	Iivari
Iivari and Into	Into

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31.1.2005

Holly

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30.1.2005

Holly in 6 weeks age.

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16.1.2005

Bella's males got this time old Finnish names Iisakki, Iivari and Into (which means also eagerness).	Iisakki
Iivari	Into

Holly

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5.1.2005

Talita´s little girl, Holly, on New Year´s Eve 2004.

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31.12.2004

Bella got three big males on Thusday evening 28.12.2004. The birth went well and quickly, the males were born in an hour.
The photos are taken 30.12.2004.

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22.12.2004

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22.12.2004

Talita surprised me and gave birth already on Monday 20.12.!
As I had thought there was only one kitten. But everything went so well and Talita and the little H-female are fine. Talita would have milk to whole army. The little one goes from teat to teat, she is very lucky! In the photo the little H-female is 1 1/2 days old.

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15.12.2004

Gilda, Grace and Gregory about 3 weeks old.

13.12.2004

9.12.2004

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26.11.2004

Pilli's kittens were born 19. and 20.11.2004. The first photos of Pilli and her kittens.

Pilli, a few hours before she got her kittens.

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14.11.2004.

We are waiting for kittens to be born!

Pilli will have her kittens after a week. Masi (Janosch vom Salzbachtal) visited us two times and met two very different cat ladies. As a happy result of his visits we are also waiting for Christmas babies to be born.

Talita should have her kittens 23.12. and Bella 27.12.

All three, Pilli, Talita and Bella, seems to feel very fine. You can already see little kicks of kittens in Pilli’s stomach. Talita is as she is always; playful and happy and loves to be with her Kapris-mom. Bella’s behaviour changes maybe the most. Always when Bella is pregnant, she is the happiest cat in the world. Purring continually, she looks like she would be smiling all the time.

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10.10.2004

The first weekend in October was quite a success for Luukas’ kittens! Kenneth Eklind’s S*Limelight’s Kia became European Champion and Kia was also best in show adult (BIS) 2.10. in Sweden in Mantorp. At the same day Kati Lampela’s FIN*Hana-Bi Anakin was also BIS-adult here in Finland in Porvoo. And a neuter male from my own breeding, Maria Forsgård’s GIP FIN*Zarin Ximenes was best opposite sex (BOX) both days, on Saturday and on Sunday in Porvoo. The photos are taken by photographer Peter Forsgård (except Kia’s photos are my own).

EC S*Limelight's Kia	EC S*Limelight's Kia
FIN*Hana-Bi Anakin	GIP FIN*Zarin Ximenes
GIP FIN*Zarin Ximenes	GIP FIN*Zarin Ximenes

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