My famous singing duo

Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn

These two baby kitties, about eight weeks old, were given to us several weeks ago by daughter alipurr. They are blue-eyed Dolly Parton and green-eyed Loretta Lynn*.

*The sister kitties are so-named because while bringing them home in our cat carrier, they howled and sang to us for the entire 70 miles we were in the car.

When I came into the kitchen a little while ago, I found them hugging, as only sisters can, in this small basket while getting ready to take a mid-morning snooze. Aren't they cute?

In case you are wondering who they resemble, and for those not familiar with these two famous Country and Western singers, here are their namesakes, the real Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn:

Dolly Parton

Loretta Lynn

Thank you, alipurr, for letting us adopt these babies from your latest litter of kittens (two down and several more to go). We have derived a great deal of pleasure from Dolly and Loretta and love to watch their antics as they fight and play around the house. Our other cats are finally getting used to having the newcomers here and have mostly stopped hissing at them.

As my sister, mrsgreenthumb, always says, are we absolutely nuts for having so many animals? I really needed these two extra kitties like two extra holes in my head. But, we really couldn't resist taking them and we are glad we did.