Cast your vote!!

Flag stopped running long enough to let us know that all five Beauty Pageant Contestants from Barn Cat Mansion have been announced

Little Orangey Green Eyes
Pinkerton Hillside Warrior
Orangey Tail
Homer "Chelsea" Simpson
Timbit

They were introduced in the last five blog posts and this is the viewers' chance to select the top two.  We will then introduce the five contestants from Fox Farm, and again, select the top two.  In the end, four cats will compete for two titles: 
Beauty Queen and Beauty Princess.

The sky is blue, too!!

Entry #5 - Timbit

Little Timbit has the most beautiful blue eyes you've ever seen - blue as the sky above us!!

Her lovely tan colored body is accented with fantastic brown points.  She has concentric stripes behind the dainty whiskers that adorn her upper lip.

A piercing gaze and unfriendly personality enables her to have her own space and keep it. 

She is, with no doubt, a beautiful cat!!

Seriously beautiful!!

Entry #4 - Homer "Chelsea" Simpson

Here is a beautiful, quiet daughter of OT and Old Orange Tom.  OOT would be so proud to see his kitten all grown up and competing in a Beauty Pageant.  She raised two kittens last year, but you'd never know it.  She is sleek, shiny and looking forward to raising another family this year.  H"C"S is one of the tamest cats in Barn Cat Mansion and rarely causes trouble. 

She has one small clump of hair out of place on top of her head, but that shouldn't be a factor in the voting process.

True love.....

Entry #3 - Orangey Tail.

This matronly cat is already a queen, but not necessarily a Beauty Queen.  Big Kitty, King of the Mansion, chose OT as his favorite girl a long time ago.  They hang out together, eat side by side and sometimes he even gives her a hug.

She won the Whisker Growing Contest two years ago, and would be absolutely ecstatic to win this contest.

No worries, OT.  If you don't win, Big Kitty will love you anyway. :)

What a beauty!!

Beauty Pageant Entry #2!

Pinkerton, Hillside Warrior
and Defender of all Cats that are Pink.

Pinkerton is a lovely rose - orange color, giving him a pinkish hew.  He was taken from Fox Farm as a child, and has grown to be a magnificent tom.  Surprisingly, he is almost tame and stops for the odd back rub.  Just don't try to pick him up! 

Pretty as a picture!!

Contestant #1:  Today, we'll call him "Little Orangey Green Eyes, because those spruce needles accent his eyes so well.

He's a contestant in our 1st Annual Cat Beauty Contest. 

This cat was born at Fox Farm, stolen from it's mother and relocated to Barn Cat Mansion.  For months, we thought he was a female.

We were wrong!!

He's a dark burnt orange color and sports large tabby stripes on his body.  Beautiful, thick dark and light tail rings make him truly unique in this field of simple striped tabbies.

Mirror, mirror on the wall....

We're having a Beauty Pageant at Barn Cat Mansion and Fox Farm.  There are ten contestants, five from FF and five from BCM, and these are the rules:
     1.  No house cats allowed
     2.  Either sex is eligible.
The two most beautiful cats from each group will be finalists.  A Beauty Queen and a Beauty Princess will be crowned.  We have an independent judge to select the top four beauties and fans will be asked to vote for the two most beautiful cats.

BTW, this is Pinkerton and you guessed it!
He's in the pageant!!

It's not that cold!!

Well, the game is over.  Maybe the cats had a legitimate beef about Holly stepping up to the plate and scoring a goal.......maybe not.  Granted, she wasn't on the roster, but then the cat that WAS on the roster didn't remember to play, or....

maybe he got COLD FEET!!

In any case, if you're going to win the game, you at least have to get your feet wet and play like you've never played before.  In Canada, you can't let a little snow ruin your game!!

The End!!

And the cats cried

FOUL!!!   FOUL!!!

And the horses yelled

The whistle blew!!  Lets play hockey!! 

If you cats don't want to get your feet wet and play hockey, we don't care!!

....and Holly quickly moved the ball directly to the wall in "cat territory".  With a quick flick of her nose, the horses won the game!!

Play ball!!!

Wouldn't ya know it!!

A freak snowstorm blew through immediately prior to Big Kitty blowing the whistle to resume play.

Whiskers was in charge of snow removal and it only took a few minutes to brush the flakes to the edge.   He cleared a path and placed the ball on the center line, ready for play to start.
One item of interest:  Whiskers used to look like a female cat.  Now we see that he's not. 

Wouldn't ya know it!!