First let me introduce myself:
My name is Eur.Pr.Yorick Barn av Norge, but friends and family call me Rocky.
I am a Norwegian Forest Tom-Cat, ehhhh well, was a Tom-Cat, black/white of colour
and I was born on the 16th of January 1995.
Rumour has it, I'm the spitting-immage of my great-grandfather, Pan Polaris,
including the white tip at my tail.
Unfortunately he passed away on the 25th of March 2000 in Oslo
at the age of 15 ½ years.

My roots may well be in Norway, still I was born and raised in Holland,
to be exact, in Almere.
I'll tell you one to top that, I were born there, moved and still live there.

The name of our cattery has no special meaning, it's just a combination of our family name,
the breed we represent, supplemented with a Norwegian touch.

After having the place all to myself for approximately 3 months, all of a sudden
a splendid beauty appeared. Snow-white!
Being a true gentleman, I introduced myself properly and she told me, her name was
Larissa Bianca van Ubasti / Lady, born on the 12th of April 1995.
At this moment she is Int.Ch.
For me, it was love at first sight, I just couldn't stay away from her,
which ultimately cost me my manhood and I became an 'IT'.

After one year another play-mate appeared, a red mackerel/white female, named
Mezoezah's Romana Beauty / Beauty, born on the 30th of June 1996.
She did her name proud, but man, was she a hand full.
She came, saw and conquered, a true Frisian.
Totally nuts with 'our mother', but less with us.

Due to the presence of the ladies, someone mentioned,
it would be really nice to have kittens,
but alas….. this 'Tom' was on an early retirement.
Lady, my white beauty, became the chosen one.
So, now we had to find the right candidate which of course took some time and effort,
but eventually we decided on Int.Ch.Tulipan av Norske Dalen / Jari, black/smoke.

While Lady was still staying with her fiancé, we were throwing a party again.
Without any knowledge of what was going on,
'our mother' got a 'little' surprise from her two men.
So.... finally one of the same kind???????
No such luck, another female, black silver mackerel/white, named
Elna Marit av Norne Skuld / Misty and born on the 5th of June 1997.
Unbelievable!!!! By now she is already Gr.Int.Ch.
Meanwhile I had already named them 'my harem', although it didn't do me any good.
But since I was the only male among three girls I had to show them my authority,
every now and than.

Lady's stay with her fiancé turned out to be successful, on the 19th of December 1997
we were blessed wit our first litter.
Result; three males and one female. Was this going to be my lucky break???????
YES!!!! One of the male kittens was aloud to stay.
The chosen one was Olav av Jøngenorge / Smoky, a black (smoke)/white fluffyball.
I'm over the moon with him, he has become a real pal.
Wow…. what a character, I would jump through hoolahoops for him.

What I didn't achieve, Smoky did.
Since we had so much pleasure from the first litter, after one year,
Smoky was allowed to prove his manhood, which he did. He became a father.
Beauty and Smoky became the proud parents of four kittens.
One male and three females, born on the 7th of April 1999.
And guess what, yeah!!!! They let my new 'body' go and kept not one, but two females.
Humans!!
They couldn't make up their minds, one was cute and the other one so cool, impossible to choose!! Ramona av Jøngenorge / Furby as well as Carmen av Jøngenorge / Lucky
are black tortie/white.
Anyway, Smoky has become an 'IT' too, because he was unstoppable
and wouldn't leave the girls alone.

After a relatively quiet period another lady has made her entrance,
namely Isa Sølvi av Norne Skuld / Silvy.
'Our mother' already knew her from the day she was born and was in love at once!
But because she considered eight four-legged ones a bit too much, she decided not to do it.
Still fate determined differently!
As Silvy lived with friends, 'our mother' regulary saw her
and when one kitten after another started to move, Silvy still lived there.
When it also appeared that the love was mutual,
she became acquisition number eight as yet.
Officially she is black/white, but you have to search hard for the white.
Her date of birth is 13-07-2000.

About the time Silvy came to live here, Misty decided to move in
with her 'fiancee', Gr.Int.Ch. Tiberius Felis Audax, temporarily.
It appeared on the 14th and 15th of May 2001 with the birth of six kittens,
that this visit wasn't without consequences.
Four boys and two girls were the result.
Unfortunately one girl didn't make it.
Despite the fact that we already were with eight cats, from day one it was certain that
the black silver mackerel/white male Thunder av Jøngenorge / Sunny would stay.
But as weeks went by, it became more obvious that 'our mother'
was in love this time as well.
Both male family-members feared the most and ..... they were right.
Gizmo av Jøngenorge / Grizly a black smoke/white tom-cat, saw to it
that the limit of ten Norwegians had been reached.
This time no protest from yours truly, for the score eventually ended in 6 to 4.
And who would have thought that at the beginning of my story?
Not this boy at any rate!!!!!!

In spite of the fact that the proportion of 6 to 4 is still present,
there has been a change here.
Silvy, my dear girl, was not happy here, so I looked for a new basket for here sake.
Whereas Silvy adores kittens, I didn't want to take away that happiness for her
and so it was a must that her potential new can-openers would grant her that too.
It was a coincident that Inge of Cattery Glidelås absolutely adored her
and when she heard the above, it was soon arranged.
We would try whether Silvy wanted to live at her place.
She would be allowed to have kittens and I would be able to stay in touch with her.
And .... from her litter a baby would come to live here.
That little one has been born and now lives here.
Her name is Glidelås Svarte Perle / Perly and she is a jet-black female.
Perly was born February 21, 2004.