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Our Growing Family of Felines!

October 20, 2009 By Joi

Hannah - Our Precious Cat

A few days ago I happened to be outside walking around our yard, enjoying the gorgeous weather. It won’t be long before the trees are leafless and covered with frost and the grass will suddenly crunch beneath my feet. That’s fine, of course, I absolutely love winter – there’s something positively cozy about it.

I walked toward our pear tree and noticed, from a distance, all the fallen pears on the ground. They weren’t exactly attractive lying there, half exposed, and rotting. But as I got closer I realized that there was, indeed, a great deal of beauty. There were, literally, hundreds of the most beautiful butterflies imaginable feasting on the fallen fruit. There were yellow, white, orange, red, purple, and pinkish butterflies. I plopped down on the ground just to watch their colorful show.

I kicked myself for not having my camera on me.

As I was watching the butterflies enjoying their find, I couldn’t help but think about the poetic scene. Here was a pile of nastiness on the ground – not one of the fallen pears looked even decent, let alone attractive. Yet, some of the most beautiful creatures on earth – delicate little butterflies – came to the scene and enjoyed the spoils.

That’s how it happens so often in life. Just when we think we’re hovering over a situation that couldn’t get much uglier, something beautiful springs forth.

To a certain degree, that’s what happened when I lost Bo and Svenn. I sat outside so many mornings, afternoons, and evenings – missing my boys. The yard (and my life) were missing something and I felt it in every inch of my body. Anyone who has lost a beloved pet knows the profound sadness that I’m talking about.

God certainly did. And God is generous!

Flash forward to today. When I go outside, there is absolutely no emptiness or sadness – whether it’s in the morning, afternoon, evening, or middle of the night! (People who have visited this blog before know that my beautiful, spoiled little Alexa lives inside – which is why all of the other babies must live outdoors, on the carport and in the garage loft)

When any of us go outside now, we’re once again greeted by precious cats:

  • Ming Li – A feral cat who has become extremely friendly – she allows me to pet her now and rubs against me.  I’ll add pictures of her soon, I don’t think the camera will frighten her now.  She is very tiny and, of course, perfectly adorable!
  • Hannah – Beautiful Hannah is a sweetheart.  She’s the girl in charge out there.  All of the other cats defer to her and she relishes the arrangement.
  • Cynthia aka”Cindy Clawford” –  She’s a beauty.  She came along about a week or two ago.  She reminds me a great deal of Prissy, in her younger days.  Very pretty, very friendly, and never met a bite of food she didn’t want desperately.  When they’re eating, Cynthia will hiss at the other cats if they come near food that she’s interested in.  Ming Li and the boy cats will back off, but Hannah ignores her.  Hannah slapped toward Cynthia once and she hasn’t hissed in her direction since.
  • Jelly Bean –  Jelly Bean is solid, solid, solid black, precious, and very playful.  I can only touch him if he’s in the middle of eating or distracted.  His shiny black fur feels just like silk. He is one of Ming Li’s kittens, so he has pure feral cat blood in him.  Hopefully, with patience, I can win him over like I did Ming Li.
  • Peanut Butter – PB is Jelly Bean’s brother and is even more standoffish than him.  Even Ming Li was never as overly cautious as PB is.  He’s adorable but seems as interested in being touched as I would be in drowning.  I’m not giving up, though!  I’ll win him over.

Cats are so precious and so much fun. I’ve always had cats in my world and I’ve always cherished them.  However, lately I think I may cherish them even more so.   I have three human daughters.   I was always a stay-at-home mom and even homeschooled our girls all the way through school – Kindergarten through 12th grade.  They’re in college now, have boyfriends, work, and so on.  For any parent, it’s a huge adjustment – but for one who, for over 20 years had little ones near her, depending on her every single day – it’s an adjustment that I can’t even begin to describe.

Put simply, my cats keep me sane!

Filed Under: Hannah, Jelly Bean, Ming Li, Peanut Butter, Personal

Our Handsome Feral Kitten, Jelly Bean

September 12, 2009 By Joi

One of Ming Li’s kittens, Jelly Bean, has become a member of the family.  Since his mom (Ming Li) and dad (Jet Li) were both feral, he’s very, very cautious of humans – including this cat-obsessed human even.  However, unlike his two siblings (nameless until I determine their sexes), he comes close enough to touch.

He lives in the garage with Hannah and she has sort of assumed a motherly role with him.  Ming Li came through about a week ago and was majorly pregnant.  I haven’t seen her for a few days, but I have a feeling that when she shows up again, she’ll be her slender self again.  Jelly Bean went running up to her, glad to see his cat mommy – but she hissed at him and stopped him in his tracks.  He ran back to Hannah’s side.

Can’t say I blame him!

A few nights ago, I took out a couple of Alexa’s toys to entertain Hannah and Jelly Bean.   Hannah is hilarious when she plays.  She’ll sit really still, acting like she’s only half-interested in the ball, feather cat toy, catnip mouse (whatever).  As I rub her head, she seems only interested in that – nothing else in the world seems to matter.  Then, all of a sudden, she’ll prance on the toy and give it heck.

Then…. back to the head rubs.

The first time Jelly Bean saw a toy ball, he looked so adorable sweet it brought tears to my eyes.  He hunkered down, sort of unsure of what he’d do next, then he threw caution out the window and joyously pounced on the ball.  Then he swatted it in my direction.  When I rolled it back to him, he swatted it back again.

Even wild, feral babies enjoy a good game of pitch and catch.

His siblings – who are both beautiful with dark gray fur and black stripes – always watch the playing but never approach a toy until I’ve gone back inside.   When it comes to cats, patience is my middle name, so I’ll win them over.  Funny thing is, these two are going to be really hard to tell apart.  One was a lot smaller, but it has caught up with the other one.   Jelly Bean is totally and completley black – even the bottoms of his paws are black.  He doesn’t have any white or gray on him whatsoever.

When I lost Bo and Svenn, the outdoors (which I’d always loved with a passion) just seemed sad and empty to me.  I can’t tell you what a blessing it is to have Hannah, Jelly Bean, Ming Li (when she shows), and ???? and ??????.  It’s as though God knew how empty my yard felt to me and filled it with something that means the world to me – precious, beautiful, wonderful cats!

**** I’ll add pictures of the kittens as soon as possible – I also have new pics of Alexa and Hannah to add.

Filed Under: Hannah, Jelly Bean, Ming Li, Personal Tagged With: cat, Cat Shop, cats

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