The teen bride is less than a year away from Medicare and at the age of 70 I am no longer a bad-ass teen Marine or even a 20-year-old Marine sergeant. We knew some years back that we needed some animal protection and that's why we took in three cats off the street.

After almost eight years of constant training from my military background I am happy to report that the momcat Mister Mittens, her son Trouble and her daughter Shiloh were on constant watch all day Wednesday while I was diddling Belmont Park and the wife was on her computer and napping a bit. I snapped these shots on Wednesday afternoon - the watch cats were ready to repel any intruder.

The momcat Mister Mittens:



Her son, the huge and alert beast Trouble:



Down in the living room little Shiloh the "Sweet Babycakes" was defending the main part of our home: