toulouse

toulouse is my kitty. this is the second time i have spied him sunning himself on my arbor. isn't he a beauty? he has gold eyes.

kittens, easy come, easy go

we gave away the last of the batch of six kittens on saturday. already one kitty has bit the proverbial dust. tiger got squashed underneath a rocking chair. his new owners were understandably distraught. they had only had him one week. alas, poor tiger.

i am posting this because i am curious to see how the others fare. kittens are delicate things. some went to homes where they will be indoors and have to watch out for rocking chairs. some will be outdoor kitties and will have to watch out for hawks and stray dogs.

kitten watch 2007 begins.

6 week old kitties

the kittens are 6 weeks old today. i have already given away 2 of the 6. i put cat food in their house for puma so the chickens wouldn't get it. i went to put water in their other dish and when i came back i heard all this crunching. the little beasts were attempting dried cat food! it was hilarious to watch them get the kibble in their tiny mouths and work on it with their miniscule teeth. where there is a will... there is a way.

my buns

i went grocery shopping again yesterday. i am trying to stock up on supplies for when jack comes... and for the 6 weeks i will be off without pay. it looks like sam's club in my cupboard.

when i got home i parked the car in the driveway and popped the trunk. i heard some soft thuds and knew that puma must have jumped in. "curious kitty", i fondly thought. i gathered up my stuff and went back to the trunk... where i found a ravenous cat tearing into a bag of a dozen bakery hamburger buns. she was half-way through 2 of them. augh! i threw her out of the trunk. then i threw the 2 ruined buns on the ground. puma immediately tore into a bun. i spanked her. i did. she didn't budge from that bun. i figured "oh dear, is that how hungry i'm going to be when i'm nursing?" so i left her to her bun. i guess she needed it more than we did.

but i will never feel safe popping the trunk with groceries in it again. darn cat.

last photo of lula

i just got 6 rolls of film developed. this is the last photo i took of my lula. her eyes aren't as gold in this photo as they were in real life. she was absolutely charming, and very naughty.

about kittens... and a sad farewell to lula

i have kittens! so exciting. it has been a long time since i have seen a newborn kitten. they are so tiny! our cat, puma, had them about 2 weeks ago. there are 6 kittens. they are all grey tiger-striped. they are living in the dog house. they have kicked our dog, lucy, out.
sad news: my cat, lula, is dead. she was run over on the highway. i didn't see her; dan saw her and told me about it. i still feel like she's here. like one morning she will be standing on the deck railing looking in the glass on the door at me with her golden eyes. poor lula.
i am hoping dan will let me keep a kitten to be a new companion to puma. i want to name her "toulouse" after toulouse latrec, a famous french painter.
lula always reminded me of a certain french poster of a cat.

here is a photo of our new kittens when they were reeeeally new. this is how they were in the beginning, a huge mass of kittens. usually you could see more than one head. it is cute to see a mass of fur ball and 6 heads.:)