According to Sender-Inner LalaLaurie, the ‘one-stroke pet’ set off a chain-reaction of purrs. They stirred and stretched then assumed their positions and drifted off again.
Don’t Forget! The Itty Bitty Kitty Committee is always on the hunt for good people in the Seattle/Tacoma area to adopt foster kittles.
In one stroke, I will pet them all!
March 22, 2011 By
Blinded by the cutness.
Hee hee I should have said Bleened by the cutness.
So busy with the bleen business you forgot your silent “e”, eh?
…Twice?
TEHO IS ALWAYS WATCHING
(Funny story, I actually am a big brother.)
Want one of in every flavor.
Want one in every flavor.
six barrels of cuteness
I want the tortie. No wait – the marmie. No wait – the matching tigers. No wait…. arrrrrrggghhh!!!
*ceejoe is flung off the bridge into the broiling waters*
See Monty P/ Search/ Holy Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrray-ul.
PS: nice kitteh organizational system, there, IBKC !!!
African or European?
Six barrels of cuteness…
You can’t pick just one!! They are all just SOOOO cute!! I bet they smell good too!
I agree, mctwin
I would adopt all six kitties 
That’s why even though we already had two I just couldn’t get rid of momma kitty’s litter of five . Besides , what’s the point of being an adult if you can’t just once in your life keep the whole litter?
love the way you think – happy kitties!
Me too! That is *definitely* one of the advantages of being an adult
Me three! er, four?
ah, the lovely Medley family. Check out the itty bitty kitty committee site…one of the tabbies (Freddie Jean) has an affinity for her brother Kirby’s ear. In this pic, Freddie Jean is claiming ownership to her sister (its either Maxine or Beezus, I’m not sure which) . Apparently this little girl needs a security blanket when she naps.
Agreed. IBKC is one of the best sites out there. Beautiful pics and wonderful narrative.
Hear, hear! I check the IBKC site regularly, but I am glad to see them get a new post here. Great photos–I am in awe of Laurie’s mad photography and kitten-wrangling skills.
I wanna pet them just enough to make them straayyyyche…and curl their lil toesies….and go back to sleep.
Cuz when they wake up……..
KITTEH RODEO CLOWN CIRCUS!!
Roll call!
Sweetie! (heaw!)
Tweetie! (mew!)
Peetie! (mmmph)
Pootie! (brrrp!)
Patootie! (peep!)
Pakutie! (honk-shoo)
luuuv the variation in the Sound FX!!!!
Aw, cute names and answers.
Hah! The little white boy in the middle (next to Kirby, the orangey guy) is named Peter! So “Peetie” fits right in on the roll call!
OK everyone ready?
1..2..3..Assume nap formation!
Gaaaak! The tortie on the far right-want!!
“One Stroke to Pet Them All”
LOTR-esque version of the title
One stroke to pet them all,
One camera to find them.
One bed to gather them
And in the sunbeam blind them.
This makes me happy on a deeply geeky level
awwww…makes me wish my kitties were little a fuzzy again! I miss them being babies! SO CUTE! My head might explode…
Figure 1 – An illustration of the mathematical concept of concatenation.
Ahhhhhhhhhh I heart you!
Lol!
I admire your restraint at not capitalising the cat in conCAT.
Also illustrates the persistence of purrrsion.
WANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANT!!!!!!!!1!!!1!!!!!!1!!
Okay, I’ll be quiet now….
*Here’s a widdwe kitten, victoreia!!
*
[In Elmirya voice] I will wuv heem and hug heem and……
(Or even Elmyra’s voice!)
Oh the little hug going on with the two end kitties on the left! So sweet.
You can’t huff just one!
Wouldn’t it be great fun to adopt all six and let them grow old with you? I did that once – took in a pregnant cat and kept her and her babies. The last kitty died at 17 a few years ago. They were a charming addition to my human family. We all had many happy times together! I owned a golden retriever also who was very loving and patient with the playful kittens. Good times and happy memories.
AWW
That is such a nice story, sabrina rose (nice name) 
What were all those kitties names?
I gave them “food” names! Yum Yum (the mom cat, she was the bestest mother to those kittens), Mignon (the only boy), Suzette, and Creampuff.
*bip*
*bip*
*bip*
*bip*
*bip*
*boop*
(noses)
Sweet.
I love the ittehbittehkitteh committee. Thank you for all the great work you do. Love your pics.
Look at all the colors! Its like skittles of kitties. Skitties!
Snorgle the rainbow.
Nom the rainbow.
ADORABLE!
Strum-pet: when you run your fingers rapidly over six cat guts.
I am SCANDALIZED.
…and when one cleans up under your chair, that’s called a crumb-pet.
I am SANITIZED.
We introduced our two youngest kittehs to turkey bacon a week or so ago. They didn’t so much seem to want to eat it as they wanted to rub all over our hands and get the scent all over them! Our two youngest, Philo and Maggie, are buds, so they were scenting the bacon magic on each other for hours after that. Much nuzzling ensued.
oh theo, LOL!!!!!!!
Verrry cute! I wish I possessed a quick and clever wit!!
I want to go to there!
ha ha ha! This might be what that phrase was really made for.
“a chain reaction of purrs” is by far my favorite phrase of the week….
Like trailing your fingers across the piano keys – traddddddding!
Laurie’s photography at theittybittykittycommittee.com is so beautiful. Always natural light and always soft, lovely and tender. If you haven’t been to her website, don’t miss it. And she has a wonderful craft blog — so darned talented — and a book coming out !! Oh, and she’s saved many, many kitties. She and CO’s Meg are big heroes of mine. Add in Inhae of mymilktoof.blogspot.com and you have my trio of fave websites.
Kittens resting in the sun have such a nice toasty smell to them. All you need to do is put your face right in the middle of the cluster and inhale deeply. I miss having cats around.
so true…and the top of a kitty’s head smells better than perfume~!
Damnit Meg, now you have me seriously considering adopting another kittie. And yes, I’m in the “Seattle/Tacoma area”.
*sympathizes*
If you are to give a kitty a forever home, Martha in Washington
I say GO FOR IT, GIRL 
I meant “if you are “able” to”
Would so love to see video of petting/stretching/resettling action!
This is just the start of a full size bed cover.
i feel faint.
can’t…..handle…..the qte……
*passes out*
“there were 6 in the bed and the little one said, “roll over, roll over”…
there were 5 in the bed and the little one said, “roll over, roll over”
I would love to adopt ALL of the babies who are SO tie tie, but am in Rhode Island so the logistics just don’t work this time…have fostered and kept other kitties ’cause once you meet them, you MUST keep them!
Every time I watch something on Animal Planet about a Family that Fosters somebody, I realize that I couldn’t handle being a Foster Parent and watching them find a Forever Home that isn’t MINE MINE MINE (picture Daffy Duck here)
Per the blog, they laid down like that to nap on their own because there was a sunbeam there… Omg.
“kittles”? was that intentional? because that’s adorable.
Itty Bitty Kitty Committee is one of my Internet “palate cleanser” sites. When I’m stressed or have read too much bad news (I frequent a lot of political sites), I go there, or here, and get my kitteh fix. Aaaaaaaaah.
I don’t know what it is about the face of a sleeping kitten that just does me in every time. I don’t even put up a struggle. It just embodies safe/happy/warm/comfy/content/shnoooz.
And let me just add that the kitties who matriculate from IBKC must be some very lucky and happy kitties indeed!
Say it with me, Troops: “Endorphins”!!!
or see the following:
http://www.rainbowaat.org/crisis.html
[Excerpt]
— The benefits –
When people touch an animal, endorphins in the brain are released. Endorphins are chemicals [in the brain, which] relieve pain. Simple acts such as smiling or laughing release endorphins. Petting an animal releases these endorphins, and petting a dog usually leads to a smile. Dogs also offer comfort and non-judgmental love.
Studies have proven that even a short time with a dog decreases levels of anxiety and loneliness.
Signed,
*Bing*
*The More You Know*
Another thing I love about IBKC: Laurie has a seriously lovely house and very pretty furnishings/carpets/settings for kitteh photography. It’s almost as though (gasp) the whole house is engineered to be a lovely environment for kittehs to play, grow, gambol, sleep, eat, wash, and get their Butterbean socializin’.
(You’d almost think she planned it)
I would LOVE to see the “6-cat pat” as a video!
I would like to see a world record of longest line of sleeping kitties followed by the longest one-stroke pet of said kitties.
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http://cuteoverload.com/2011/01/02/morning-after-hang-on-ers/#comment-498249
Oh kitties so cute when they are babies. Had to have my Cat (itch) put to sleep this morning and I really thought I wouldn’t be able to come on here for like 6mths but strangely it’s helping
AWW
I am so sorry to hear that, Annie2341 
(ONE BIG CYBER HUG)
So sorry, Annie 2341. It’s always hard to lose a family member. I hope you know that you are among friends.
There are so many wonderful things about this photo, but I think my favorite part is the little “arm” of the tabby on the far left (Maxine) over the next kitten (Freddie Jean). That is just so adorable.
And Annie 2341, my condolences to you, too. : (
Oh my goodness! Oodles and oodles of skoodle boodles! (The scientific term for a litter of kittens).
Annie: Hang in there. I’m so sorry to hear about that. It’s quite painful. I’m hugging you!