We have a new kitten!
It is manx (no tail) and has my absolute favourite type of coat - white with specks of tabby randomly spaced.
My mother has called it ‘kate’ which I can’t get used to (I can’t help feeling like I’m addressing a human child when I beckon it) My first thought for a name was ‘motorbike’ because within seconds of meeting it it was purring like a motorbike.
I got my camera out on that night, and after a few failed attempts to get the damn thing to focus I got the ‘warning - battery exhausted’ message. The spare battery was in another room, and it was late already, so I decided pictures could wait.
Then the next time I saw… kate she looked like a sleep-deprived frail old-age cat. She’d had her injections you see, and the vet had made a total mess of administering her ear-medicine. So the stuff was all over the cat’s head. She was not looking her best for photographs.
What with my camera’s utter crapness for indoor photography, you might have to wait for pictures.
This time tomorrow (well this time tomorrow and about half an hour) I will take some pictures.
Today I was wearing some very airy tracksuit trousers (because I’d been cycling) and she was trying to climb up the inside… which was quite painfull.
She’s very good at footy, using all four paws to dribble the ball round the small room. It’s like watching a manic pinball game.
She likes to lick our hair, ears, and noses. She sure does dig in deep in the ears! The first time she did it I scared her away because I couldn’t stop myself from bursting out laughing… seeing this fisheye view of a giant kitten’s head as it licked close to my eye!
I hate using the flash, and in these I pretty much had to.
Also I have fairly high standards about my photography and most of these are fairly clinical emotionless pictures of ‘generic inquisitive kitten’. I would have liked to have captured the personality of katie, the happy little kitten who loves her life and her new home, and shows it with her hyperactivity.
Actually, I think you got her pretty well. My favorite is the third one where she’s only partly in the picture. Almost looks like she moved too fast for you… And, what’s she playing with in the second photo?
Awwwwwww! Cuteness overload! I have a kitty who displays manx characteristics, except that instead of having no tail, he has a short, gnarly-ended tail.
Our last kitten turned a year old last December, so this kitten fix is long overdue!
