Happy Birthday, You Princesses of Maine

All Cats are Leos

Please join us in wishing a (slightly belated) happy second birthday to Lt. Commander Atramenta Murderpaws and her twin sister, Baroness Belladonna Nightshade.

We had no idea when we summoned these two furry voids from the outer darkness that they would lodge so deeply within our hearts. But it turns out that if you stare long enough into the abyss, it stares back . . . and meows.

They have gifted us with cryptic utterances, savaged toys, and occasionally hard-won purrs, and we can’t believe there was ever a time that they weren’t the managers of our little shop.

They are shown here “helping” us hang a canvas astrological painting from an early twentieth century circus.

We once thought that they were terrible astrologers, since every fortune they give is exactly the same, “You will give us treats.”

It turns out, however, that they have a more accurate prediction rate than any diviner we’ve ever met.