Aphrodite

When Veronica informed me that we were getting a cat, we decided that Isis was to be the one. Before we got Isis, Nicodemus came into our lives. Aphrodite was the last of our three cats. She was originally obtained from the ARNI people by MaryLee Brong, one of our first acquaintances in Florida. She also had an older cat, and that cat abused Aphrodite so much that they just let her run outside in the apartment complex. We started feeding her, and decided that we would just take her in as our other two cats seemed to get along great with her. Even after four years she is still a skittish cat. She will jump and run at the slightest sudden noise. Since Aphrodite us a mouthful, we simply call her 'Ditee. She is not really a lap cat, but when she wants attention, nothing stands in her way, not even our being asleep. She does not seem to understand that no civilized human enjoys being awoken to pet their cat at four in the morning. Overall she is a good cat, and she doesn't fight very much when someone picks her up to hold her.

Next, last but not least, Nicodemus.