Morningk Kees

by Meg on January 25, 2007

"Good morning James T. Kitteh"

"Good morning, Claire H."

[Day proceeds perfectly]

Blackandwhite

Um, WHERE can I get skin like yours, Claire? (you’re not so bad yerself, James T., just a skosh on the furry side)

{ 129 comments }

1 thedistractor 01.25.07 at 2:15 pm

kiss kiss, good morning world

2 Chelsea 01.25.07 at 2:17 pm

My kitty, Spot, does this every morning. She smells like.. cat breath.. but it’s still cute. If I’m lucky I’ll get a little nose-nibble, too. Then it’s always a good day. :)

3 HelenWheels 01.25.07 at 2:18 pm

Look! They match! I love getting kitty kisses.

4 ceebs 01.25.07 at 2:20 pm

LOL–that was what I first noticed—what nice skin she has! *green with envy*
oh yeah, nice cat too! :)

5 Leilani 01.25.07 at 2:21 pm

Awww, an updated “Study in Black and White.” Beautiful!

6 AuntieMame 01.25.07 at 2:22 pm

James T. Kitteh! LOL! Where is Dr. McCat-toy?

Handsome kitteh, and I want her skin, too!

7 jenn 01.25.07 at 2:29 pm

all these keesing kittehs is just too moische. I had no idea they were so into the smooches.

8 heidilynn 01.25.07 at 2:35 pm

Looks like a Dove commercial to me :)

9 Candyman 01.25.07 at 2:50 pm

Now THAT’S what I call cute!

… and the cat ain’t bad either… ;-)

10 Theo 01.25.07 at 2:50 pm

HeidiLynn — more like a Love commercial.

(awwwww I so sappy)

11 Theo 01.25.07 at 2:51 pm

…oh and Claire, does the T. stand for Tiberius? Or maybe just “the”?

12 ali 01.25.07 at 2:52 pm

now, that’s just adorable.

*awww shucks!*

13 Susie 01.25.07 at 3:00 pm

THEO IS A TREKKIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Eskimo kisses from kittehs are the best.

14 musicchick2 01.25.07 at 3:17 pm

BOOTIFUL way to staht the day. Bofe ‘o dem is bootiful.

15 The honourable Gladys Anstruther 01.25.07 at 3:17 pm

Taint fair kitty looks just like my dear departed Gladys Amelia Anstruther (DFC,DBE and bar) Who would do this (it smelt foul) and I would lick her nose back (ruff ruff)

16 Dazie 01.25.07 at 3:18 pm

My cat does that too. If you’d taken our pic, the next shot would have been of him chomping my nose.

Yeah- he’s that kind of cat.

17 Laura 01.25.07 at 3:18 pm

No kidding! Claire please make sure you TAKE CARE of that skin starting RIGHT NOW. Don’t wait! It’s SO worth it.

James T. Kitteh is telling you the same thing by kissing your smooth creamy nose!

18 Deb 01.25.07 at 3:22 pm

Wow, a rare example of an alabaster complexion.

Lucky girl!

19 RJ 01.25.07 at 3:23 pm

I know it’s been said, but I just LURV the “mirror-effect”: her black hair and fair skin mirroring his black fur and white face! That is just the proshest prosh! Eeek!

20 jaypo 01.25.07 at 3:27 pm

Awww, they match! Both lovely.

21 layla42 01.25.07 at 3:28 pm

keeses! kitty keeses!
What a great way to start the morning.

22 Theo 01.25.07 at 3:30 pm

Susie — erm. Theo is a geek, both technically and culturally.

I find the term “Trekkie”… confining.
;)

23 BenPanced 01.25.07 at 3:31 pm

I don’t get kisses from my kitteh Max, but we do snorgle in the morning.

24 Wendy 01.25.07 at 3:44 pm

Looks like I’m not the only one who noticed THEY ARE THE SAME COLOR!

Well, you know what they say about pets and their people looking like each other.

25 Peg of Tilling 01.25.07 at 3:45 pm

I once kissed a cat while wearing chapstick. I don’t recommend it.

(Sound effect: PFTOOO!!!)

26 Denita TwoDragons 01.25.07 at 3:54 pm

Holy mackerel, I didn’t know skin could BE that perfect!

*sighs, looks at own freckled-and-blemished epidermal vestment…*

Kitty is so cute, too!

–TwoDragons

27 Nikki 01.25.07 at 3:56 pm

Lol, I noticed her skin first, too. So clear, so rosy. It’s AMAZING! And with the blue eyes and black hair, she’s just a template of cuteness. I wonder if the kitteh’s eyes are blue, too?

28 jaypo 01.25.07 at 4:03 pm

Peg of T, LOL! I bet that smelled like…uhm, “kitty breath”

29 Persephone 01.25.07 at 4:11 pm

Such a happy picture! And no one has commented on Claire’s beautiful lips yet. :)

30 llamas 01.25.07 at 4:13 pm

I’ll have to tell my James that there is another kitteh named James on here…he’s never met another one. :)

And Claire does have fabulous skin, truly.

31 A thinker 01.25.07 at 4:13 pm

Aw, they’re both black and white :)

I weesh I had a keety to kees een the morningk. I’m sure my days would go much better.

32 jaypo 01.25.07 at 4:26 pm

thinkie, you can kees a bunny, no?

33 Sissy 01.25.07 at 4:27 pm

Beautiful, both of you!!! Made my icky day go quite a bit better now. . . .
*smiles*

34 Indigo Reiki 01.25.07 at 4:27 pm

Awww, doncha luv gettin cat kisses. :-)

35 Mitsu 01.25.07 at 4:33 pm

I have freckles myself, and I always wanted skin that looked like the inside of a seashell…and a black and white kitty…sigh.

Well at least my cat doesn’t look freckled, that would be weird.

36 Mrs. P. 01.25.07 at 4:33 pm

You stay out of the sun, Claire! I’ll bet you’re Irish–when I was your age, I had exactly the same combo. (Uh, I still have it, it’s just older and more damaged now!) And I have a “tuxedo” kitteh like James. Must try to capture a pic like this–beautiful kitteh and old Irish broad, for comparison!

A beautiful way to start the day, indeed . . . .

37 KITTYPAW 01.25.07 at 4:36 pm

Hi. I usually just lurk but this is such a beautiful picture I had to comment. My daughter has very beautiful gold skin so I always notice nice skin. And what a beautiful kitty. Three of my cats will give me nose kisses. They also like for me to kiss the top of their heads. If I kiss my Romeo, however, he reacts as though I bit him. He was a street cat and has some aggression issues. So I just pet him when he lets me and give him a wide berth when he is eating.

38 19Petals 01.25.07 at 4:55 pm

What a beautiful picture, it deserves framing I’d say. I love how you can see James T.’s fat cheek!

Speaking of cheeks, I know someone with extraordinary skin like that. I could just look at her all day. But, I’m afriad that might creep her out a little bit… :)

39 Angela P. 01.25.07 at 5:09 pm

Hmm… looks like this little nose touch is soon to be followed by a loving little kronshe. :)

40 shanchan 01.25.07 at 5:14 pm

I love getting kitty kisses- however, my sister’s cat Libby will give you the normal “nose” kiss and, every once in a while, a tiny little lick. It is the most ticklish thing you’ve ever felt- your lips buzz for like an hour. But I guess it’s a risk you have to take.

41 Cheryl :) 01.25.07 at 5:19 pm

She is really a beautiful girl. James is nice too, I love black and white cats..(are they tuxedos?)

42 A thinker 01.25.07 at 5:23 pm

Jaypo, not any more :( Sadly, bunny had to go to a new home because his “mom” did not have time for him. Also, I had to move to a new place where there was no room for him to run (as opposed to the old place where he had a whole room to himself). I felt it was better for him…though I was very, very sad :( He went to a no-kill shelter and hopefully is now happily gamboling about in a great place with a loving family.

43 Aubrey 01.25.07 at 5:45 pm

Our cat Juarez would give me nose bonks, and put her paw on my face (a very great honor) but no kisses. Not that kind of girl.

And I won’t comment on Claire’s skin. Too jealous.

44 Peg of Tilling 01.25.07 at 5:52 pm

(Ralph Wiggum) My cat’s breath smells like cat food. (end Ralph Wiggum)

45 zigcat 01.25.07 at 6:10 pm

Cute kiss. Cute kissers.

Nimbus (my 15lb white and grey monstrosity) likes to take first base with me when I’m sleeping. He has onion catbreath.

Needless to say, little dainty cat kisses are usually better.

46 jaypo 01.25.07 at 6:10 pm

PoT, “Ralph Wiggum”?

Thinkie, I be sorry about that. I had to give my parrot back to the breeder because he wanted me to be his birdette and was getting unmanageable.

47 DPOI 01.25.07 at 6:11 pm

Nose prints, crossed paws, tail floof
http://www.dohiyimir.org/2007/01/sotu_catbloggin.html

48 lauowolf 01.25.07 at 6:14 pm

What means kiss?

(And where is Mr. Spot?)

49 A thinker 01.25.07 at 6:27 pm

Thanks, Jaypo. It was sad, but better for bunny.

My sister has a bird who tries to woo her. He’s convinced she’s a female bird…

50 Arvay 01.25.07 at 6:44 pm

Girl and kitty match! :D How cute is that?

51 kittyluv 01.25.07 at 6:54 pm

“Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmoneee! Side by side on my piano keyboard oh no why can’t weeeeee…” Can’t believe no one posted this yet!

Simply beautiful photo. My kitty gives kisses all the time, but her breath isn’t stinky at all. Maybe ’cause she doesn’t eat canned cat food?

52 ka9q's wife 01.25.07 at 7:22 pm

that girl has absolutely beautiful skin. i pray she wears sunscreen

53 Cat with Hat 01.25.07 at 8:00 pm

They match perfectly!
Dark hair and light skin :)

54 melody 01.25.07 at 8:10 pm

OMG, that skin and I am not talking about the cat nose! Gorgeous

55 indi 01.25.07 at 8:27 pm

what an adorable picture!

This website is getting to me. Last night I dreamt I had a new fuzzy pet bunneh, only I was trying to keep him calm and snorgle ‘cept he kept getting wet.

56 Subhangi 01.25.07 at 8:27 pm

Wow! That is one helluva pretty girl (OMG that skin)… and both of them are pink & white & black! Awwwwww.

57 greenighs 01.25.07 at 8:44 pm

I dunno about your folks, but all this “I want your skin” talk is getting a little too Buffalo Bill for me.

*It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again*

58 Jorden 01.25.07 at 8:46 pm

Awww…these smoochy pictures are the BEST! Beautiful cat and beautiful girl!

59 Aubrey 01.25.07 at 8:52 pm

greenighs,

“Don’t you make me hurt your dog.”

60 Ash 01.25.07 at 9:12 pm

My kitty- Muprhy- does this to my boyfriend when he walks in our front door. He’ll hear the car pull up and go sit on the ledge and await his arrival. Murphy then gives him a few welcome keeses and he’s on his way!

61 pyrit 01.25.07 at 9:13 pm

OK. I can’t even look at fava beans at the grocery store. Stop.

62 pyrit 01.25.07 at 9:21 pm

She was white as alabaster
He was cat, Lord and Master
She said, “Love me true.”
He replied, “Only you.”
We’ll stick together like adhesive plaster.

63 CG 01.25.07 at 9:21 pm

I know it’s off-topic but it’s cute! check out the tonguelette on the one on the left

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqnIuS1zp6s

64 Aubrey 01.25.07 at 9:25 pm

(eyes pyrit up and down)

“…just one more thing, love your suit.”

65 pyrit 01.25.07 at 9:28 pm

Aubrey – The only Clarice I’ll admit to is Bambi’s girlfriend. I have no idea what you are talking about.

66 Theo 01.25.07 at 9:31 pm

Pyrit — that’d be Faline. Clarice was Rudolf the Red’s schmoopie.
Nice verse, tho. ;)

67 pyrit 01.25.07 at 9:31 pm

I once had a black and white cat too.
She was lovely, her name was Shamu.

68 pyrit 01.25.07 at 9:33 pm

Theo _ See, that’s how bothered I am, I meant Rudolph!!! Rudolph’s girl was Clarice. Rudolph. (putting hands over ears)

69 Aubrey 01.25.07 at 9:38 pm

Why pyrit…people will say we’re in love…

What – is this going to drive you stark Starling mad?

70 Peg of Tilling 01.25.07 at 9:39 pm

There’s always tomorrow, pyrit. Great limerick!

71 pyrit 01.25.07 at 9:40 pm

Aubrey – Silence! (“And I mean it”)

72 Simpson O'Brien 01.25.07 at 9:41 pm

My big black buddy, Ely,also known as fat-fat the water rat imprinted with me on his ride home from the animal shelter – 13 years ago! He clamped onto my bottom lip, put his little paws on my cheek, and “nursed” to his hearts content. I was encouraged to take the act on the road but never did! Now 13 years later, he STILL does it each morning and every night and will pitch a HUGE hit if I try to hide my face. I figured if anybody understood it would be my friends at the QTE!! meow and woof.

73 Arvay 01.25.07 at 9:46 pm

Waaaaahaha!

pyrit’s a genius

74 Aubrey 01.25.07 at 9:54 pm

Just as well; gotta go home to prepare – I’m having an old friend for dinner.

75 pyrit 01.25.07 at 10:05 pm

Aubrey – Are you a gory-met chef?

76 RevWaldo 01.25.07 at 10:11 pm

“I’m in yr face, steelin yr breath..”

Or kitteh’s just admiring someone with Fritz-from-’Love & Rockets’ skin.
http://www.fantagraphics.com/artist/losbros/lrcomics.html

77 bonho 01.25.07 at 10:13 pm

Crikey. She looks just like Snow White.

78 pyrit 01.25.07 at 10:14 pm

Arvay – If you’re still there. I wrote you a poem once. Nov. 17, Mini Neigher. Don’t know if you saw it. Maybe you did and wondered.

79 Susie 01.25.07 at 10:18 pm

Lol, I understand Theo.

I love it when I make a pop culture reference and I get blank stares back.

80 Aubrey 01.25.07 at 10:18 pm

pyrit, I studied under the master, Emeril Lestat-se. We don’t believe in the use of garlic, but cook with plenty of Rice.

81 lurkertype 01.25.07 at 10:22 pm

OMG. They are the purrrfect couple. How lovely, both of them.

(in creepy voice) Hallo, pyRIT… (thp thp thp)

82 pyrit 01.25.07 at 10:25 pm

Yes, only the best rice-pes, of corpse.

83 pyrit 01.25.07 at 10:27 pm

Redzilla! Where are you???

84 chupacabra 01.25.07 at 10:40 pm

You people are cruel to animals, no animal should be kept for entertainment which is not what nature intended

85 Theo 01.25.07 at 10:44 pm

Nice try, goatsucker.

86 Aubrey 01.25.07 at 10:46 pm

And the finest vegetables:

Corn on the macabre, fresh green deceased…and the Nuffs provide the fertilizer.

87 Simpson O'Brien 01.25.07 at 10:58 pm

hey, is that cupacabra-post for rreallll? NO BODY can be that dense.

88 pyrit 01.25.07 at 11:05 pm

Corn on the macAubrey.

89 Theo 01.25.07 at 11:06 pm
90 Arvay 01.25.07 at 11:11 pm

Awww! Pyrit, I totally missed that! How very touching! My very own horsey bouquet! I feels like a princess, I does! :)

And teho, I’m glad I’m not the only one who bookmarks past “dailies” so I can later get a fix. My favoritest EVAR is:
http://www.dailypuppy.com/index.php?itemid=743

HOW GOSHDARN CUTE IS HE?!?!?

91 Aubrey 01.25.07 at 11:13 pm

Shucks, pyrit, that one never o-kerneled to me.

92 Arvay 01.25.07 at 11:19 pm

Your puns are so silly, I can barley read what you wr’oat!

93 Aubrey 01.25.07 at 11:24 pm

Once they take root – it’s hard to leaf!

But if you stay, there’s much to grain.

94 Arvay 01.25.07 at 11:28 pm

Such rye wit! It’s s’wheat of you to share it!

95 pyrit 01.25.07 at 11:28 pm

I can hardly field another one, I’m cornered and got muffin left.

96 pyrit 01.25.07 at 11:32 pm

A cornnibal is a cereal miller.

97 Tony James 01.25.07 at 11:33 pm

[sneaks behind Pyrit, half-inches the muffin, and scuttles back to his corner with it]

98 Tracie 01.25.07 at 11:33 pm

I usually only like the critter photos without the people in them, but this picture is one of the best I’ve seen here, and I come here daily! The young lady is beautiful and yes, her coloring is so close to the cat’s that the image is a work of art. What makes it particularly so is that it looks very natural and spontaneous, i.e. not contrived or posed. Congratulations to models and photographer on a really great shot!

99 Aubrey 01.25.07 at 11:53 pm

I crust this improves. This is becoming hard to bake.

(observes the quality of the puns)

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Better

100 pyrit 01.26.07 at 12:06 am

Pop!

101 Steve 01.26.07 at 12:36 am

Does anyone else see the resemblence to a Ms.Osbourne in the pic?

102 anon 01.26.07 at 12:43 am

Arvay – while Kevin the Bernese is absolutely precious, my bookmarked favorite dailypuppy is Wally and Timmy http://www.dailypuppy.com/index.php?itemid=710

BFF’s forever!

103 Petafoo.com 01.26.07 at 12:44 am

rubbing the kitteh nose… purrrrrrrrrrrrrrfect way to start the day
————————————–
http://www.petafoo.com – We Love Animals

104 Arvay 01.26.07 at 12:48 am

Awwww!!! Bookmarked! Chubby-lish! I luuuuurves me some fat paws!

105 Theo 01.26.07 at 1:02 am

Y’know Arvay — I *do* bookmark archives of old sites (well… more like I go look up links when appropriate) but that kitten link is from today. Hot off the Daily Kitten postpresses.

106 chet's momma 01.26.07 at 1:33 am

CG what a great video! and great use of “tonguelette!!”

107 anon 01.26.07 at 4:12 am

Definitely share your love of fat paws, though I enjoy calling them “meaty feeties” :)

108 Fable 01.26.07 at 4:38 am

oh yeah! and i really love the big cat that will reatreat in his shell just when we talk about he power of the underworld…..scare of the abysss or what? whoooot!

109 acelightning 01.26.07 at 5:06 am

I can’t let my Loki kiss me, or even put his paw on my face. It’s not the kitty-breath; it’s just that, if he gets anywhere near my face, my eyes swell shut. (Other than that, any allergy I might have doesn’t bother me very much. And, yes, I had the same problem when I had bunnies, although there it was more usual that I’d get a face-ful of fur when they were shedding – same thing happens with Loki.)

110 Kay 01.26.07 at 5:20 am

Meg – If you were ever to declare an Official CuteOverload themesong, may I suggest “Over the Rainbow/ What a Wonderful World” by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole? Pleeease! Everytime I come here and I get inspired, that’s the song that plays in my mind.

111 claire 01.26.07 at 6:07 am

my name is claire, too!! and i have a black & white kitten, too!!

TWINS.

112 AuntieMame 01.26.07 at 6:34 am

Kevin! And Timmy and Wally!

Doh!

Seriously, folks, check out Wally’s Princess Di eyes. And Timmy’s toothy back-sleeping photos!

And I’d join the pun parade, but it’s nearly midnight and I can’t think of anything to rhyme with Weetabix…

113 lauowolf 01.26.07 at 7:08 am

Auntie Em, Auntie Em,
(Couldn’t resist.)

Well, I’d try a photo of my kitty too,
But we can’t * beat da tricks*
of Clare & James T.

114 Aubrey 01.26.07 at 7:19 am

Auntie, I’m not going to bed just yet; I could Weetabix…

115 Krickan 01.26.07 at 7:46 am

I just love the way cat and owner resembles. Sam colours, same attityde..

116 Theo 01.26.07 at 3:29 pm

Kay — I can hear too. Except… it’s a heart-breakingly sad song. It’s kind of Israel’s own epitaph (and… um… also for Dr. Green, from E.R.)

Even the original Judy Garland/Wizard of Oz version of “Over the Rainbow” is sad. Though I must say Louis Armstrong singing “What a Wonderful World” does kinda make me smile.

117 Laurie C 01.26.07 at 3:47 pm

“Though I must say Louis Armstrong singing “What a Wonderful World” does kinda make me smile.”

Teho, could it possibly because of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy? (the radio or TV series, not the movie). That’s my association with it.

118 Theo 01.26.07 at 3:49 pm

Laurie C — nope, in my mind, that song’s all about Satchmo.
I never saw the old radio/TV HHGTTG. I read all the books, tho.

119 Lisa D. 01.27.07 at 3:06 am

There was a TV show on the BBC channel called “Hex” and Claire looks just like the ghostly sidekick, Thelma. At least from this angle.

120 Deb 01.27.07 at 4:30 am

Good observation…”Hex”, fabulous show!

121 edward 01.27.07 at 7:51 am

Has it been mentioned yet that Claire is very, very hot? Just wanted to be sure.

Also, that’s one great cat. Having had a succession of stand-offish cats, I envy those with cuddly, loving cats.

122 scoobie 01.27.07 at 3:19 pm

Lisa D – Actually Hex was on Sky One, not BBC wasn’t it?

123 Audrey 01.28.07 at 1:44 am

The first thing I noticed in that picture was Claire’s skin, and then I saw the caption, and was like, “whoah!” I kiss my kitty like that too. I love my kitty…

124 Doug 01.28.07 at 3:04 pm

You can get that kind of skin at the Whitefolks factory! Say yesh when they try to upsell you with the protectant foam.

125 BellaPrints 01.28.07 at 8:59 pm

Awww – my late Bella-baby always used to give me kisses on the nose like that. I miss it so much.

126 Claire 01.28.07 at 11:41 pm

Wow!!! I wasn’t sure if our pic would get posted and this is the first time I’ve had chance to check. I’m so proud! :o )

Thanks for the lovely comments folks! Skin-wise, I’m English and therefore just don’t tan…

James’s middle name is indeed “The.” I met him at an animal shelter last summer and we bonded straight away. My last cat bit me on the nose one memorable time, but Jamesy has made all that better with his love of faces and snuggling.

[I took the pic on the spur of the moment while taking myspace photos - he can't resist a camera and always joins in!]

x x x x x

127 greenighs 01.29.07 at 10:00 pm

Hih, Claire! Is this you and James T., too? Getting a gentle leeeck on teh nosicle. :D
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2007/01/puttin_on_the_m.html

128 Claire 01.29.07 at 11:04 pm

awww that’s cute!! It’s not us unfortunately, James isn’t that licky. x x x

129 Brak_Silverbone 01.31.07 at 1:20 am

This photo just makes me happy!

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