Flynto bean

Flynn is known by a number of names. Occasionally we call him Flynn Hargett. his proper name. He was named for one of the Land ancestors, Major Flynn Hargett, sheriff of Harris County, Georgia. Flynn came to us from Harris County, so it seemed appropriate. Tom's sister-in-law found the kitten inside their under-construction house out in the country and took him in.... Then we took him away!

The picture above is from the first first time we saw him, on Christmas Day 2007; at right is a week after he arrived, right at home in our house. He was very creamy, with dark chocolate points, and as he's grown up he's gotten brown all over. He's very proud of his brown chest hair.

Simon is sometimes a black bean, and Flynn's legume counterpart is the Flynto bean. Kind of like a pinto, but chunkier. His other nickname is Chunk. He is McKenzie's baby and a funny little guy. He's a lot of fun for the people and the other cats (the dog is somewhat oblivious in her old age).

King of the condo (take that, Biscuit)!
Very happy to be the undisputed king of the crow's nest.

Simon says...

Since Aunt Jen (Bowman) pointed out that Alice is the only Land cat she's met, we're going to do introductions here. Biscuit's was first (see escape artist post). Now we'll have a quick update from Simon.

Simon was named for Simon LeBon. He and his brothers were about 6 weeks old and semi-wild when they showed up on our mom's patio. He was the friendliest, so he was named for the lead singer of Duran Duran (because of the song Wild Boys).

Simon is scared of most people, but he actually likes everyone. Even the people he's scared of. He especially loves his Mummy, and he's friends with the Man and McKenzie. And he LOVES other cats. That's him with Alice at left -- he loves his Alice -- and Biscuit below. He and Flynn spar like brothers.

He's also very fond of Zip, whom he considers to be his dog. Scared, but very fond.

Simon's real brother, his littermate Dash, lives in Birmingham with the Land cats' grandparents. Does that make Dash his brother's uncle? That makes our heads tired.

Simon's nicknames are the Monkest (he's monkey-like at times) and the Manlet. We also call him Little Man and Small Boy. (He spends a lot of time feeling a bit embarassed.)

escape artist

Biscuit has decided she wants to make a break for it. Our storm door closes slowly, and she tries to get out every time! Makes Mom yell, and makes the Man REALLY mad. They have to catch her and throw her back into the kitchen. Then they lock her up in a bedroom if they have to go in and out very much. Why is she so bad?

new blog, new look

Our mom borrowed an idea and part of a motif from www.shabbyblogs.com to give this blog a nice new look. We love our mousies!

oh, no! no computer!

There is no computer at the Land home tonight. Our world is upside down. Mom's BlackBerry is having to do all the posting for the Land blogs. Weird.