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Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!
Theophile Gautier
Fun Facts About Maine Coons
Previously I shared about how these cats got the “Maine” in their name.
This week I want to start sharing how they the “Coon” came about!
According to one tale, an English seafarer named Captain Charles Coon
Kept long-haired cats aboard his ship.
Whenever Coon’s ship would anchor in New England ports,
The cats would leave the ship and mate with the local feral cat population.
In time, long-haired kittens began appearing in the local litters.
These kittens were referred to as “Coon’s cats”!
Sound plausible?
For more stories, tune in to next week’s Wordless Wednesday!
Today’s photo features Tsunami of Create With Joy!
Wordless Wednesday – Week of July 9, 2013
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Arriving early for the WW party. Only 10pm Tuesday here in Perth, Australia but needing to be back to the hospital tomorrow so have published early.
Have a great week. I will try and link up again with you on Friday.
Sorry to hear that you have a hospital appt – hope all goes well!
Was a nice surprise to see your early visit!
Look forward to seeing you for Friendship Friday! 🙂
Tsunami is definitely a star heheheh!
Have a posetastic week 😉
Looks like a cat I had as a kid, miss that little friend!
Tammi
http://www.myorganizedchaos.net
Wow, are those eyes ever bright yellow!
Hello, How are your week? How was your masters week? Mine was OK but could have been a little bit better. Have a wonderful day and stop by and visit me at
Hello
Thanks for the party.
Angel
Beautiful cat! Looks very much like my mother’s cat 🙂
Beautiful!
We have a Maine Coon mix and just adore her. She is the friendliest of all our cats — loves everyone! And soft!! She even looks a little like the kitty in your picture.
Awesome – I would love to see her! 🙂
Such pretty eyes! Thanks, as always, for hosting! =)
Now, those are some impressive eyes.
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Such compelling eyes!
Happy WW!
Great story & photo! Thanks for hosting & God bless!
Love to stop by and catch up, lovely eyes.. As always thanks for hosting.
Hope to see you at our party!!!
Happy WW.
Thanks Jay – just linked up! 🙂
They are in a gaze.
So beautiful.
I love this photo. Tsunami looks very thoughtful, I wonder what he is planning?
Hugs
Penni
X
Kitties are so expressive. Thanks for linking up today.
Interesting! Bold eyes! Lovely cats! Thanks for hosting.
Makes me wonder about the history of cats at sea. Were they often kept as pets on ships…or almost never? Does this mean there might be entire lines of kitty immigrants out there? And if so…would they most likely be mixed from many different backgrounds or stay with kitties from the same old country? (I may be a little punchy from lack of sleep – but I’m suddenly picturing little Italy of cats) 😉
Actually, you are getting a little ahead of the story – there are more “interesting” tidbits to come!
Happy WW to you, my curious friend! 🙂
What a cool legend!
Such a beautiful cat! And those eyes!
absolutely stunning!
Ai @ Sakura Haruka
<3 him!! And I like the "coon" tale. 🙂
My favorite “coon” tale is yet to come!
Happy WW to you Tiffany!
I love the expression of cats eyes, they seem so wise. I am enjoying your history of Maine Coon cats, I have always wondered.
My linky is up & running!
I’m so glad you are enjoying the stories! Happy Anniversary to you!
Main Coone’s are beautiful!
Maine Coons are sooooooo fluffy!
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Gorgeous eyes! Love that cat.
Oh so gorgeous!
What pretty eyes!
Sounds plausible to me! Happy WW and thanks for hosting!
🙂
Traci
I finally get to indulge in the amazingness it is to have a cat!! Woo hoo 🙂
Your new kitten is gorgeous! Thank you for sharing! 🙂
Ramona, come see our new house! :O)
I’m almost as excited to have our internet connection back! *LOL* Last Saturday, lightning hit some kind of tower about a mile away and knocked out our power for most of the day, but our internet didn’t come back until yesterday…maybe the day before.
Hi LuAnn, I love your new home – I hope you have many happy years full of many loving memories in it!
Tried to leave you a comment on your blog but couldn’t get it to go through.
Pretty kitty!
What a sweet photo of you today, Tsunami!
Thanks Sparkle!
Ooooo what PURRty eyes! Happy Wordless Wednesday. Have a great one!
Nutty, Buddy & Basil
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We have friends who have two Maine coon cats. They’re very sweet cats.
Beautiful eyes and beautiful cat!
Beautiful! x
Beautiful kitty. 🙂
Beautiful!
Lovely 🙂
I hope mine will be considered truly uplifting! 🙂
Cat’s eyes are amazing, aren’t they? They seem to reflect the soul of the animal. Thanks for hosting!
What gorgeous and luminous eyes indeed! I enjoyed reading the tale of Coon’s cats…
Those eyes are luminous – and beautiful!! – for sure!
Wow aMAZEing picture. I admire Maines and their Maine-ificence!!
Dash!!
What an absolutely gorgeous feline! I didn’t know a lot about Maine Coons before, so thanks so much for sharing some insight into them.
Thanks Holly – I’ll be sharing tidbits about Maine Coons on upcoming Wordless Wednesday posts as well, so stay tuned for more fun facts! 🙂
I’m a little late to the party, but didn’t want to miss this week. Beautiful cat!
Thank you!
I’m loving the history you’re sharing. And this is my absolute favorite pic of Tsunami. 🙂
Thanks Michelle – I”m so glad you love the history AND the photo!
I rushed upstairs and then back down to get the camera to take this one –
and then contorted myself into all sorts of strange positions to get the trees in the backdrop! 🙂