Got my new digital camera yesterday and I'm excited to get going finally on the tutorials I've been wanting to do forever! This new camera can also record up to an hour of video in HD, so that will be something fun to play with.
In the meantime, here is the little orphan kitten we've adopted. When we moved into this house, there was a mama cat with four adorable kittens camped out at this old building next door that had been converted into a 5 unit apartment building. They soon came over to charm us. We felt sorry for them and started feeding the 5 of them. After a week, we went outside to give them some food and all of a sudden a new and very vocal little guy came running up the stairs to join them. We had never seen this little one before and it was clear he was not one of mama cat's kittens. He was obviously a few weeks younger, and she despised him on sight! He couldn't have cared less and pushed right up to the dish to eat. Mama cat had no choice, but to tolerate him. LOL
He has a little stump of a tail that clearly wasn't that way at birth. :o( Lord knows what happened to him, but it's healed just fine. For a few weeks we were sure he was a HE, then when we decided he was the one who needed us most, and we would adopt him, we started thinking he must be a she because we couldn't see any little what-nots proving he was a boy. LOL We named "her" Mischa. But once we took "her" to the vet, the vet confirmed our first impressions had been correct and it was a little boy!!! So now Mischa is Mischa Man til we figure out his new name!
The mama cat had been brought here by a woman who lives two doors down, but she'd never done anything to take care of her once she brought her here. :oP We found out from her sister, our neighbor across the street, that this was the 3rd litter she'd allowed mama cat to have. :o( She finally called animal control and they came and caught two of the kittens, mama ran off, and two little guys remain. Animal control never came back for them, so we've been feeding them ever since.
So here are the boys - the grey tabby is our little guy, the grey and white my daughter named Jade, and the black she named Jasper. ;o) Very hard to get clear pics of these guys! They're in perpetual motion! Our little man though the smallest of the three is also the most fearless. He's a real pistol. :o) The vet believes he's 3 1/2 mos., so I'm guessing his adopted bros are 4 mos. or so.
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Time to get back to sculpting! :o)
Edited to add: Mischa Man has become Milo. :o)
3 comments:
Awww, your kitties are precious Ginny. How is it getting used to such a small town? I keep saying I want to live in the country but I sure would miss all the conveinances of living in a large metropolitan area.
Aww thanks Cathy. Aren't they sweet? I've been meaning to email you for a while. Took forever for me to get back online! I actually love living in the country. It's such a lovely change of pace from the Vegas desert. And no traffic jams to deal with! Two nights ago I was sitting on the back deck and I saw four deer come walking by, only a short distance away. Beautiful! I love that aspect of living here. :o) The only downside for me is the lack of conveniences. We have to drive 45 min. to an hour away for most stores. All we really have here is a Walmart, but at least it's a supercenter. ;o)
I went and left a comment on your blog. I wanted to congratulate you on your new grandma status!! I'm sure you've been busy with the new grandbaby. Hope to see pics soon, and hope all is well with mother and baby. :o)
Great pics :o)) I left an award for you on my blog, slide by and pick it up! xo
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