And this is T'Pau, Queen of the Universe, when she was 5 months old.

Oh, T'Pau is gorgeous! She IS Queen of the Universe! You have some lovely fur babies, Tonchi! The Maine Coons are splendid, as well!

I want a Norwegian Forest Cat which may be the ancestor of the Maine Coon:

T'Pau, Queen of the Universe, thanks you graciously for your praise ;) I think she has more of the Norwegian in her than Coon since her body is long, as is more charastic of that breed, while our Coons are very squared, their hair is coarser, and Rocky's head is massive. I was actually searching for a Weegie when Pau adopted me, because the cat I had just lost after 19 years was one.

Here is another picture of the all-grown-up Queen of the Universe, she likes to supervise all the bathroom activities at my house. The sink is filled with water because she likes to play in it :)

(My photos don't look as nice as yours do, I'm scanning Polaroids and you probably have a nice digital camera)

Mari - I want a Norwegian forest cat too! I really want a Serval, but I can't justify that kind of money for a cat.*

*this is the person who just paid almost 2k for a dog for her sister

Tonchi - I have a picture of my cat that is so similar to yours! He will stare at the faucet if it's not on, and he will also stare at it if it's on, but not flowing at the rate he likes.

Spoiled brats!!!

Here is a link to one of my favorite pages, where they have posted every possible color of Norwegian Forest Cat. Being bred in Europe and living in Denmark, this one breeder's specimens look like the Scandanavian Trolls which many historians believe were actually the Skoggkats, glimpsed in the forests by superstitious peasants :worried:

http://www.norskskovkat.dk/english/colours.asp

Notice how the first photo resembles T'Pau, Queen of the Universe?

I'm trying to scan a photo of my Misty, who I believe was a Norwegian Forest Cat. She was very small and delicate and loved to sleep on top of my head or cuddle under my chin at night. I really miss her.