Trudy is the matron of the household. The green in her eyes is just a reflection; actually, she has beautiful yellow-and-green eyes. Trudy is something like 16 years old, maybe 17 (I've lost track.) She spends almost all her time sleeping wwww on my waterbed.
The big one is Amanda, a stray who looks very much like Trudy. That's a tiny little Spider behind her, and Dinky looking up in the corner.
Talk about a rarity! After I returned from a long trip to Europe, none of the girls would let me out of their sight. Trudy decided to sleep on my lap for the first time in years; and Spider jumped up and decided that sharing would be tolerable. I was amazed; luckily, I always keep the camera nearby just for opportunities like this.
These are the weirdest looking kitties I've ever seen. Never could pet them; the other cats very carefully avoid them.
This is Pearl, Trudy, and Pineapple. Trudy and Pino were littermates (they also had a brother, similar to Trudy except with longer hair); Pearl was the sole survivor of their mother's next litter. All of them were born in my bedroom closet in Berkeley; Mom was a stray who liked to eat from my other cats' bowl, and knew a good thing when she saw it.
Pearl was a very sweet, very affectionate cat, one of the softest little girls I've ever known. Sadly, she had FELV, and had to go away much much too soon. I still miss her.