Those are WONDERFUL!  I especially love how you got the cake texture itself, especially on such tiny slices.  Great job on the twisty roll of icing, too! You could easily do a generations-themed cake set, even.

Whoohoo! Another Tennesseean!  Hi and welcome from the land of Hills'n'Hollers!

Growing up, our cats were always indoor/outdoor cats.  We moved frequently, however, so we'd do things like keep them indoors for a month after a move (no matter how loudly they wailed!) to ensure they knew THIS was home now.  We were fine until we moved to a more urban area.  In the space of two years, we lost two cats to cars.  The other two were more content to stay close to home, and died of old age.

Since I've been on my own, I've had two cats.  One, Miken, was primarily indoor.  "Primarily" because whenever we were home in the city, I kept her strictly indoors (and she seemed quite content with that!).  When we were at my parents' in the country, she was allowed outside during the day (and at first only on a leash), but called back in during the evening to avoid larger night predators.  Whenever we heard or spotted signs of feral dogs or coyotes, she'd be kept indoors.  She'd also come in on her own on windy days (air was NOT supposed to move!).  I lost her to bone cancer in her jaw at 14 yrs.

The other cat is strictly indoor because she has lupus.  She's indoor by her own choice.  Going outdoors, even on a leash, overstimulates her and triggers a mild seizure.  If the whole family is outside, then she sits at the door and cries for everyone to come back in.  The only time she's ever tempted by outside is when there are hummingbirds around - she seems fascinated by anything like strobing lights.

Right now I'm sharing living space with a family that has four cats, three of which are declawed.  Normally I'm of the "NEVER DECLAW!" camp, but even I have to admit these cats, all of whom were declawed as kittens by a careful and attentive vet (the same one that figured out my Griffin's lupus condition), and they all act perfectly fine.

However, I'm being reinforced on the "indoors, and outdoors under controlled conditions only" camp.  Two of their cats are indoor by choice (there's SKY out there!!), but the other two regularly come home with nasty wounds, and I know they've lost two cats to neighborhood dogs that run around loose. 

One of the cats also kills an alarming number of birds, which puts me of a mind about an environmental article talking about the number of bird species that appear to be dwindling in large part due to domestic and feral housecats.  Not exactly a balanced ecosystem, that.

All that aside... loving the pictures of all the kitties!

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That's my "chimera" kitty Griffin.  Not much of a huntress, as you can tell.  That was a bird that got into the house... she was just irritated to be woken from her nap! 

And "chimera" because she has talons more than claws, tends to walk sideways like a crab, has a tail that regularly gets mistaken for a snake (and fangs to go with it on the other end!), and has an illness that shares its name with a wolf.

Hullo!  Bit of a quiet one, I am.. but with a touch of Mark Twain wandering storyteller, so be forewarned?

Age?  "Old enough to know better, too young to care" is my answer in my more Cheshire moods.  35 when I'm feeling less cryptic, heh. (and oddly comforted by the number of 30+s I've glimpsed on this site)

Collected G1 My Little Ponies as a little girl until my mother was sick of them, and sent them on grand adventures alongside dinosaurs and He-Man mounts like Battlecat/Cringer, Panthor, and Clawdeen.  Now a few treasured ponies, like the Water Lily birthday pony my aunt gave me, reside on my desk, while the others rest in storage.

I've been drawn into the current G4 by a combination of the cartoon and the blind bag minis, and have resumed my childhood pastimes of collecting and customizing (but sadly lacking in dragon-filled adventures that take over an entire bedroom).

I've visited this site several times as a guest, finding the community thoughtful and encouraging, and look forward to a bit more interaction as an actual member.