MingsPage

I'm Ming-Tai "Trouble" Teal, the Flute Studio's mascot. I'm a blue tortie-point Siamese cat and I hang around the flute studio because I've been a "classical cat" since I was a tiny kitten. I love to visit all of my flute-playing friends and provide lots of encouragement to them. I also like to roll on their canvas case covers and leave them hairy souvenirs! Ha ha! "Mom" also has a two-foot tall wooden flutist figurine and a straw scarecrow flutist figurine that I like chewing on, too. I wonder if that's why she always says "here comes trouble" every time I visit the studio? I really enjoy hearing the flute. So does a little bird I know, who likes to sit on the fence outside the window when lessons are going on. In addition to the flute, I also like bird watching and chipmunk watching, but not squirrel watching. They complain all the time when I'm around, making loud, screeching sounds. What I like to watch most of all are bunnies. They look like long-eared, short-tailed cats! They are so funny looking that I always run and tell "Mom" all about them every time I see them. My favorite foods are dry cat food and canned pineapple. [Don't tell anyone, but I absolutely detest fish... and I won't touch that stinky stuff in the cans, either!!!] My favorite pieces of music are Chats by Berthomieu, Three Little Kittens by Maganini, Three Blind Mice, The Pink Panther Suite by Mancini, and of course the song, Wild Thing.

Mom adopted a poor, pathetic, starved little kitten in 2004. We named him Sam. He's a very cute marmalade cat but can be quite a pest at times. All he wants to do is play, play, play. We call him the "monster kitten." On July 4, 2006 Sam's little half-sister showed up on our doorstep -- yet another starving kitten -- so Mom adopted her, too. Fortunately, the lady down the street who was allowing her cat to continually have kittens, has moved away! Our new little sister is named Penny and she is such a "Lucky Penny," too! She's also a "monster kitten in training."

Below are some pictures from my photo album, including new ones of Sam, Penny, and me, plus our "cousins" and friends.

...but a nap in Mom's office chair is also nice.