UltraVires Oriental Shorthairs

UltraVires Oriental Shorthairs CFA/TICA Oriental Shorthair breeder and exhibitor from the San Francisco Bay Area

UltraVires Terry Stop in her happy spot.
09/04/2026

UltraVires Terry Stop in her happy spot.

Whee. It’s Friday, and for some of you that means a three-day weekend. Not for me. They offered double time to work Mond...
09/04/2026

Whee. It’s Friday, and for some of you that means a three-day weekend. Not for me. They offered double time to work Monday, I had no plans, and apparently I can still be bribed.

It also remains your weekly opportunity to ask an Oriental Shorthair breeder all your relevant questions about cats, kittens, the breed, breeding, showing, and the cat fancy. “Relevant” remains subject to an extremely forgiving interpretation.

Remember, as always: I’m not a veterinarian, cranky pants are my entire wardrobe, and I’m not answering questions about pricing in an open message. If the sensible answer is “take your cat to the vet,” that is the answer you’re going to get. I can be entertaining after the cat is safe.

I shall now anticipate thy queries:

1. No, you cannot reserve a kitten. If everyone is healthy at the end of next week, we’ll start interviews. Right now Mini-Me has an upset tummy and is getting Albon, but she doesn’t presently need more intensive support such as fluids. She’s big enough now that if things look worse? Off to the vet we go. We’re not forcing the calendar at the expense of a kitten.
2. Oreo is placed, and she gets spayed next Thursday. She is going to an experienced Oriental Shorthair owner with an older San-Toi cat. Oreo liked her new mom quite a lot when they met. That part matters more to me than any tidy little announcement.
3. Other projects continue apace. I will say more when there is actually more to say. For now, please enjoy the mystery.

If your three-day weekend is suffering from an inadequate quantity of Oriental Shorthair merchandise, we can help:

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Agnes Repplier understood the basic household arrangement 114 years ago:

“For the cat’s domesticity is at best only a presumption.”

—Agnes Repplier, “The Grocer’s Cat,” Americans and Others (1912)

Sasaki was enjoying this sunbeam until Patti slapped him and took the spot.
09/04/2026

Sasaki was enjoying this sunbeam until Patti slapped him and took the spot.

Prince Shadow says, “Hey Mom… what’s cooking?”
09/03/2026

Prince Shadow says, “Hey Mom… what’s cooking?”

Princess Margie is having some cuddle time with the kittens. They’re pretty quiet this morning.
09/03/2026

Princess Margie is having some cuddle time with the kittens. They’re pretty quiet this morning.

People sometimes imagine that illustrating The Drums Beyond the Nursery Gate means telling the software, “Put four kitte...
09/03/2026

People sometimes imagine that illustrating The Drums Beyond the Nursery Gate means telling the software, “Put four kittens in a jungle,” and going for coffee.

It does not. A 34-part story requires 34 separate scenes, and every scene must tell the right part of the tale while keeping each kitten recognizably the same character. Faces, ears, eyes, markings, proportions and tails have to remain consistent. Then the world around them has to make sense: which paw is bearing weight, where each kitten stands, what the light is doing, where the shadows fall, and whether the scene feels like one place rather than several pictures pushed together.

So each illustration is planned, compared with photographs of the real cats, corrected, rejected when necessary, rebuilt and checked again. The software can make an image. It cannot decide whether a kitten is the right kitten, whether the picture advances the story, or whether it deserves to become a page in the book.

This is one glimpse of that work in progress. The expedition remains under close supervision.

Good morning girls. Sorry for the grey skies but we might get rain!
09/03/2026

Good morning girls. Sorry for the grey skies but we might get rain!

Princess Arwen is less than pleased she didn’t get to go on vacation with her mom. She did some painting though.
09/03/2026

Princess Arwen is less than pleased she didn’t get to go on vacation with her mom. She did some painting though.

The furniture has declined to explain what it keeps on top. An appeal is already under way.
09/02/2026

The furniture has declined to explain what it keeps on top. An appeal is already under way.

Coming through, coming through. The tail has announced the inspection several seconds ahead of the inspector.
09/02/2026

Coming through, coming through. The tail has announced the inspection several seconds ahead of the inspector.

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