Curl Essence Colette de la Curl, or just "Colette"
RW Curl Essence Colette de Curl
TICA 2017 Best American Curl Longhair Kitten of the Year
​TICA 2017 20th Best Kitten of the Year
​Best Kitten in our region and 4th Best American Curl internationally.
Colette has always, ALWAYS had gorgeous babies.  She is a red silver tabby.... emphasis on "silver".  She is a very light red because the silver undercoat is so dominate.  She loves to be petted, but mostly on her terms.  You may have see the saying about cats that says "I don't want to, I don't have to, and I'm not going to".  That's Colette.  When she wants our attention, she lets us know. And expects us to pay attention.  But when she wants to be alone, she'll find a quiet out-of-the-way place to snuggle up into.  On the other hand, her babies have always been super sweet and friendly.  Colette has near perfect ears, eyes, etc for the Standards for both CFA and TICA and she's always given us great kittens.  
Curl Essence Michele la Curl... "Shelly"
Shelly is incredibly pretty.  We didn't show her but only because she has such a quiet spirit, that she couldn't handle all the noise and the strangers.  Shelly is a chocolate lynx point. Shelly has only had 2 litters... one in 2022 and one in 2023.  We will breed her again (probably) toward the end of the year for holiday kittens.  He babies are always beautiful, but then, we're sort of partial to the color points with lighter markings.

Shelly has that protective instinct that a lot of females have.  Because the females have been tasked by nature to take care of the babies, girls can be more cautious than the boys.  Boys, on the other hand, are more la-la-la, whatever comes what may.  
    CG Curl Essence Brittany American Curl
Brittany is a silver patched tabby and white girl.  "Silver patch tabby and white" is the technical color description used in both CFA and TICA to describe a calico.  Brittany is also one of our smaller girls.  
Brittany has everything both CFA and TICA judges look for in an American Curl, but when she broke her back leg leaping from a tall bookshelf, her back leg didn't heal completely straight.  All show cats are evaluated on how perfectly straight their back legs are.  The leg healed just fine.  It's not a problem and not anything that anyone except a judge evaluating the cat on a table under a bright light would even notice... but some judges did notice it.  Several judges overlooked the slight bend because her other features are so outstanding.  t got her a Champion title in her first show, but decided that trying to show her for any larger titles would be unprofessional on our part.  We've built a reputation in both CFA and TICA of producing and showing only top show cats.  We weren't going to jeopardize that reputation just to get bigger titles for Brittany.   So, Brittany gets to stay home, hang with her people and be a mom.  ​
Besides the look and the ears, one of the characteristics our American Curl cats are known for is their personalities.  When you read our testimonials, you'll notice a consistent pattern in what our family of Curl owners have to say about our cats, and that's their friendly, fun personalities.  Different breeds are described not just by their looks, but their personalities.  Over the past 20+ years of breeding the American Curl cat, we have noticed specific personality characteristics that follow our different bloodlines.  Brittany's babies are all super friendly and active.  They may not think they can leap from tall buildings like their mom, but they are super, SUPER loving and playful.  
Charlotte of Curl Essence 
Charlotte is a silver girl with beautiful big eyes.  She is Bellabee's sister.  We never showed her mostly because she was just too shy for the show halls.  She was given to us by a family who wanted to start showing and kept one of the kittens in this litter to show.  Since we provided the dad for these babies, we got to keep our "pick of the litter" to show ourselves... that was Bellabee.  Charlotte was just so sensitive as a kitten that she stopped eating when she changed homes.  I nursed her back to health and she's never forgotten it.  Charlotte is now "my girl", but obviously, now a cat that would be able to handle the noise and commotion of showing.  That being said, she is an exceptional mom!  ​She always has beautiful babies with her sweet, gentle p0ersonality, and sweet as the day is long.  She teaches her kids to love us as much as she does from they day they are born.  Cats, more than other animals, seem to remember the person who has nursed him or her back to health from a serious health issue. And they will show it with their affection for as long as the live.... Charlotte and Brittany are both  that way with me
Curl Essence Celine
This picture of Celine was obviously taken in a laundry basket.  There's ju7st something about laundry baskets and boxes that cats just can't resist.

Celine is a chocolate lynx point.  She is out of Savanna (on our Champion Hall page).  Her brother is Curl Essence Prince who is in Singapore with a young curl cattery there.  We showed both Celine and Prince as kittens before Prince shipped to his new home on the other side of the world.  Celine was born the end of January in 2024.  We've waited for her to mature physically enough for her to have strong, healthy babies.  We are waiting for her first litter.
Bellabee of Curl Essence