meeee

I was hanging the washing out, keeping an eye on the kids when this storm of
barking erupted in the backyard! Now this was my 'snake dog' barking, not
the burglar friendly one, so I thought I'd better go and see what her
problem was today. Anything sets her off, birds, postmen, cane toads, but
she was barking specifically at a stack of old corrugated iron I have set
aside for the cat run I want to build at our new house (fingers crossed).
She didn't have her hackles up, as she does at snakes, but I didn't want to
take the chance, so I went and got a broom, hubby's old work boots, and a
towel in case it was an injured possum or bat. Told the kids to steer clear,
and started verrry carefully removing the bits of iron with the rake handle,
trying to keep an eye on both ends in case whatever-it-was decided to run
for it. Upon lifting the largest piece, very slowly, what did I see but a
furry tail, attached to a tiny and very pretty Russian Blue type
kitten-thing!! The poor little mite skeddadled away through the bushes,
pursued by the dog (who knows enough about cats and their ways of revenge to
stay a metre or two away and make lots of noise!). I eventually caught up
with it, after scrambling through bushes, and making enough noise swearing,
screaming at dogs and children to grab aforementioned dogs to ensure the
whole neighbourhood of my mental instability (which they probably suspected
but now are convinced of). He was the cutest little thing...I immediately
started planning how to win DH over to adding another to our furry family,
when I noticed he had a collar...sigh. Never mind. This little guy was sure
to have come from somewhere nearby, I thought, so I peered over the fences,
to see a heavily pregnant lady (in this heat, poor dear) running frantically
down the stairs to see whether her children were the cause of all the fuss.
I waved her over, and she was so relieved to see the kitten, apparently his
name is Jasper, he's a part Russian Blue they just adopted from the RSPCA,
and he disappeared this morning. Our children have an 'over the fence'
aquaintance but I'd never met her, so it was nice to meet in such positive
circumstances, instead of the 'your child pushed mine off the fence'
situation I have been expecting. So a very happy little Jasper went back to
two adoring little girls, and my dogs can go back to terrorizing cane toads!
*Sigh* Russian Blues are sooo beautiful though!!


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Excuse the typos. I have a lapful of purry Siamese. In the process of my
writing this, they have

1.Clawed their way up my leg
2.Climbed my head, removing several clumps of hair on the way
3Talked incessantly about the shocking food on offer, and what I'm going to
do about it
4 Changed Caps Lock a few times
5.Typed several lines of gibberish
6. Demanded continuous cuddles, which means I am typing left handed
7. Put the monitor to sleep
8. Had a fight over who gets which part of The Lap
9. Chased Greeblings in my shirt/hair/monitor
10. hdagsa90_{poi

takayuki

I'm impressed that you were able to catch the kitten. They must've
been glad you did, since probably the mom wouldn't have been able to.

meeee

They looked very relieved...I was glad I caught him, he was such a darling
little thing!

marina

Aren't they just. I'm glad you could catch the poor kitten and return
him home. I didn't mean to snip your list of what the kittens did while
you typed this message, as I was LOLing at it, but my software snipped
it because it came after a -- , and so interpreted it as part of the
signature.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

adrian a

I'm so glad there was a happy ending and hopefully a new friendship.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart.
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

shiral

Good for you for returning Jasper safely to his home and adoring
hoomins. LOL, at your list of kitten activities. SO catlike of them.
We're furniture unless we're feeding or playing with them.

Melissa

jxwxexrxmxoxnxt

Maybe this kitty is a bit too young to be wandering around outside?

Joyce

karen aka kajikit

If you don't think kittens can get out of the house if they really
want to, you've never had one :P Some of them (like Tessica) are
escape artists extraordinaire! I'm glad little Jasper was returned
safely home, and I hope the noisy barking dogs taught him a lesson
about the Big Out that he won't forget in a hurry!

meeee

Lol no, it is my sig. A long one to be honest, but I either have kids or
cats on my lap while ng'ing so I felt a bit of explanation on the frequent
typos was in order

meeee

I hope so, it would be nice...full time mummying can get lonely and she has
her 3rd on the way.