Hi, everyone! I'm Elaine from Denver and just discovered your wonderful site. I have two cats - Murphy, 9 years old, looks like a black cat until he goes into the sunlight. His coat is really a dark, dark brown that looks black in normal light. Then, there's Jynx, the old guy at 16. He's really quite spry for his age. If I don't clear the table immediately after meals, Jynx is right up there sniffing around for tasty morsels, which he never gets but never gives up trying. Both my boys are real gentlemen. They use their scratching posts instead of the furniture and never climb the drapes. I've bookmarked the site and hope to learn a lot here.