Lucy, Mistress of Darkness

"Isn't She Lovely"

Lucy

Cats do what they want, when they want.

They rarely listen to you.

They're totally unpredictable.

They whine when they are not happy.

When you want to play they want to be left alone.

When you want to be alone, they want to play.

They expect you to cater to their every whim.

They're moody.

They leave their hair everywhere.

They drive you nuts.

Conclusion:

Cats are little, tiny women in cheap fur coats!!!!!

(Framed picture of Lucy courtesy of Debbie at Coco's Castle)

That is how my mother's cat,
Lucy a.k.a. LuciFurr
goes through life as a cat.

Lucy was adopted from the
animal shelter where I volunteer,
but I didn't know
they were calling her Ricochet.

She came into our clinic
as a kitten in July of 1997 and
after being spayed waited
her turn to come over to the shelter.

You see as with most animal shelters,
we have way too many kittens in the summer
and she didn't get to come over
there until October.
No one showed any interest in her
and she found herself still with us
at Christmas time.

I had been trying to talk my parents
into a cat for some time.
My Dad became sick and he thought it would
be nice if Mom had some company.
So we got Lucy.

She came home in mid-January, 1998
and was with Mom for about a year.
She was very POSSESSIVE
of my Mom as you will see in this picture.

RULE #4 LAW OF CAT PHYSICS
(Law of Obedience Resistance)
A cat's resistance varies in proportion
to a human's desire
for her to do something.
Lucy settled right in
as soon as she got home.
狢 have never seen a cat
adjust so quickly and take over.
She was company for both Mom
and Dad but Dad only got to see her
for a little over a week and then
he became very sick and went
into the hospital.
He passed away at that time leaving Lucy and Mom alone.

As you can see Lucy is very active.
Lucy Flying

She loves to play with her toys,
particularly her feathers.
The first feather she got
was one that belonged to Rufus but he
never played with it after Christmas.

She "killed" it within a month and
still carried around the empty stick
to play with. 狢 had to
steal it to throw it out.
You never know what a cat will like best.
Most people find that milk rings
are about the best toy for kitty.

Lucy Panting

Lucy plays hard and then she
pants like a dog.
I never saw a cat do that before.
She's been a real riot to watch so far.

With all this energy it is easy
to see why Lucy joined Bitsy's Whackers,
the girl kitties baseball team.

My mother was in the hospital in
January of 1999 and Lucy came to visit again.
All mine are afraid of her and
that is how she became LuciFurr.
But they are getting along much better now,
thank goodness.

I was never able to take Lucy
back home after the visit in January, 1999.
My Mom was too sick when she got
home from the hospital and
she died on February 18th,
so Lucy lives with us now and
is a permanent member of my family.

I grew very fond of her and
she was a blessing for my Mom.
I think she always knew my Mom didn't
feel very well and that is why is would lie
on her chest and protect her heart.
She could sense her heart was bad.

I am thankful that Lucy
seems to be settling in with us just fine.
She didn't really like the dogs
when she first came to visit.
I know she misses my Mom though
but she's starting to come and sit in my lap
now to get her chin scratched.
A big step for her to come to me like that.
I still wonder what she thinks though
and if she wonders where Mom is.
She is also letting Madison kiss
her on the head now and not hissing.

Rufusline

On a lighter note, I must take
this opportunity to tell a funny Lucy story.
When I first brought her to my house,
I took her upstairs before
letting her out of the crate
and she has come to think of
the bedroom as belonging to her.
So she guards the stairs and
the dogs were afraid to come up.
I just have to laugh.
Then in the night she started to attack the bed.
Murphy doesn't normally sleep in bed with us,
but she did that night and each time
Lucy attacked they crept closer to me.
It was almost like the shark
from Jaws was after us.
The next night Murphy slept downstairs
in the bathroom to avoid her.

The dogs also had trouble
telling which cat is which.
After she went back to Mom's
when we were going to bed one night
Rufus was at the top of the stairs
waiting and I was walking Madison
up the stairs in our usual fashion
when he focused on Rufus and
stopped dead in his tracks.
I know he was thinking
"Oh No, there's that terrible cat again".

Here are some more pictures of Lucy.
I have to laugh at the way she lays.
She always looks like she is ready
to take off fast; and if
you check out our Xmas page, you can
see her with her very first Christmas stocking.
She had a lot of fun but still liked
our Christmas paper better than the toys.

Lucy near her gate Lucy stopping for a picture

You can see in these pictures what a huge lion's mane she has.
Well I take her to get groomed every six weeks to comb through all that hair.
She looks and smells so pretty, but she hates it.
It is better for my allergies though, so she must go anyways.

Click HERE to see a few more pictures
of Lucy and Rufus.

Lucy was swept off her little kitty paws recently by a "catsome" Don Juan named Ginger. He found the way to the ladies heart was through food so he sent her lots of tuna and won the fair maiden's paw. So we cordially invite you to meet Lucy's Wink Wink, Ginger.

Lucy said "show me the tuna" and he did!

Ginger sure knew how to win a lady's heart,
or at least Lucy's heart.

It is with deep sadness that we write
today that Ginger has passed away.
He will be greated missed by Lucy and his mommy, Shell.
Please take a moment and read Ginger's story
and visit his home page and meet
the others that live in his house.

My Mom Is A Proud Member Of Phenomenal Women Of The Web

Here is Lucy trying to scare me.

She is lying on the ledge of our loft -
there is an 18' drop below her
into the livingroom and yes,
she has fallen off of it before.
So has Rufus.

What I can't get over is the way she lays up there -
acts like she is lying in a lounge chair
instead of a ledge.
I swear she goes to sleep like that
and then just "drops off".
And she takes every opportunity
to push Rufus off the ledge.
He sailed down the other night
onto the loveseat and walked off in disgust.

Lucy took Second Place in the Quarterlies at Coco's Castle.

Lucy has retired from contests.
It is too hard on her mama.

Well we broke our promise about contests.
Lucy was in a bikini contest at Cosette's Lair.

Here is her beautiful award for taking Second Place.
If you click on it you can see her outfit and also the special award Lestat gave her.

Here are a couple of pictures from Christmas, 1999.
She is truly scarey when she looks at you like this while sitting in your lap.

Stop it I Mean It

All good things come to an end and on May 25, 2001 Lucy's world came crashing down around her. If you click on the "next button" below you can read about Pandora, my new kitty. Pandora has taken it upon herself to make Lucy's life Hell on Earth. She has taken this job very seriously and my LuciFurr suddenly turned into Lucy, the Meek and Hidden. I still don't believe it has happened. Funny thing is I feel so sorry for her I don't know what to do. Everyone is giving me tips on how to get the girls to get along but right now the only solution appears to be leaving Lucy downstairs in the livingroom at night. Pandora has not come downstairs too much and sleeps with me at night. I miss Lucy being with us in the bedroom but it has become just too stressful for her so I have given up for a while and will let her sleep in peace on or under the couch. At least she can rest there without being screamed at. Funny, I had expected Lucy to be the one to make Pandora miserable. Goes to show you that you can never predict exactly what will happen with animals.

Well, my Christmas present for 2001 is that Lucy has started coming back into the bedroom again. There are still some problems but the girls seem to be working it out. It sure is nice to have her back on the bed again!

And now in February, 2002 Lucy has decided it is okay to chase Pandora and Pandora is running. I think it is their attempt at play, although I hear a lot of hissing. Anyways it just goes to show that if you give it time, things can work out, I guess.

She has also gained her top cat position again (most of the time). Pandora does run from her now but she will stand her ground, if necessary. Rufus is low man on the totem pole (sorry big guy).

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