A through-the-years story

This is Princess

A long-haired brown tabby, regal in every season.

Nov 2020 first photo Oct 2025 latest ~5 years of photos

About her breed

Princess is a long-haired brown (classic) tabby with white — a swirling mahogany-and-charcoal coat, a bright white locket at the chest, and crisp white "socks" on her paws. Everything about her build hints at Maine Coon ancestry, whether purebred or a domestic-longhair mix: the tufted, lynx-tipped ears, the substantial lion-like ruff, those big expressive eyes, and above all the spectacular plume of a tail that she carries like a banner. Maine Coons are among the largest and most good-natured of domestic cats — the so-called "gentle giants."

Unlike a kitten-to-cat story, Princess arrives in these photos already grown and fully magnificent. What the years reveal instead is the constancy of a beautiful cat: the coat thickening and thinning with the seasons, the same knowing green-gold gaze, and a personality that is equal parts dignified lady and goofy floor-roller. Her coloring — a warm "brown mackerel/classic tabby" — is the most ancestral of all cat patterns, the look of a cat that always seems to belong by a sunny window.

Through the years ↓

Close-up portrait of Princess, a long-haired brown tabby with big eyes and a white ruff — The first photo in the collection — already a grown lady, with that wide-eyed, whiskery stare and a snowy ruff.

Princess perched on top of a cat tree by a window — Surveying her domain from the top of the cat tree, paws neatly tucked over the edge.

Princess sitting upright on a lap, showing her white chest and socks — Settled in for lap duty — the white bib and four white socks on full display.

Princess curled on a white bed with her long fluffy tail wrapped around her — Curled up on the bed with that enormous plume tail swept around her like a stole.

Sunlit close-up of Princess with her ears tufted and ruff glowing — Caught in warm light — the lynx tips on her ears and the depth of her coat really show.

Princess gazing up out of a window against a blue sky — Birdwatching against a blue sky, chin up and utterly absorbed.

Princess lounging belly-out on a grey perch — The dignified-lady act drops the moment a comfy cushion is involved.

Princess sitting beneath a lit Christmas tree — Posing beneath the tree lights — equal parts ornament and supervisor.

Princess reclining on a pastel rainbow fluffy rug — Reclining on the pastel rug like a portrait subject who knows the camera is on.

Princess stretched out in a sunbeam on the floor — A perfect patch of sun, a slow blink, a long stretch. No notes.

Princess belly-up on a red holiday blanket playing with a toy — Belly out on the holiday blanket, batting at a toy — the goofy side wins again.

Princess sitting on a green couch with a spectacular fluffy tail in front of her — Years on and still stunning — that tail draped forward like the train of a gown.

Princess mid-yawn on a teal blanket — The latest chapter: a big yawn on a teal blanket, as regal and as silly as ever.