Lisa, I do the same on the phone! I talk to them and I hear them purring (well, mainly Jasmine because Peppito does not purr so much).

Kirsten, I receive by e-mail every morning some pictures that my partner takes with the webcam before going to work. For example, this morning I received this cute picture of Jasmine:



Isn't it cutie? Of course the pictures are not always so good, sometimes I see just an ear or a butt