We first heard of little Danï and Zoë through Love Meow. When we sent an inquiry to Dani Giroux of The Runaways Animal Rescue, she advised that they needed to be adopted together. We’d heard similar stories of how some kittens and older cats needed to be  adopted together. We’d even gone so far to adopt Beau and Luke together in 2015, not so much because the boys needed it, but because they were the only two male Gingers out of their litter and no-one at the time would step forward for them.

Big Dani was right. The little ones turned two years old back on St. Patrick’s day, so they’re well past kittenhood. But they are still as tightly bonded as the day we first brought them home as little kittens. They eat together out of the same bowl, they play together, and given a chance, they sleep together, usually every mid-day after their second meal. Most importantly they’re happy and thriving together.

I’ve never known two cats more tightly bonded than these two, not even the two older male Gingers.

I’ve written before of my wife’s sewing room in the back of our house. It is surrounded on three sides with lots of windows that look onto our back yard. She loves to sew because of the view and the outside light that is let in, and because it’s a complex task that engages her creativity and exercises her mind. The result is quality clothing that fits and is comfortable for her to wear. I’ve also written in the past about Luke, the Sewing Room Cat, who always visits when my wife is out in the sewing room. Luke isn’t the only feline visitor.

The other cats like to stroll through, usually to find a spot next to any of the many windows and watch the birds and squirrels running around our back yard. The sewing room’s just another part of their indoor playground, as Zoë (top) and Danï (bottom) show. The girls in particular love to climb around and snuggle down into cozy corners to watch all around the room as well as outside into the back yard. I couldn’t see what they were transfixed by when I was photographing them, but it must have been awfully important for a cat.