The Happy Family?

 Much to our surprise, the mother of the discovered kittens turned out to the the rather fluffy-minded cat in the neighborhood. We kept trying to pawn off the kittens to Mrs. Black Cat who seems rather serious and careful and she kept rejecting them. Stubby kept lurking in the bushes and when we let the kittens toddle over her way, she started giving out motherly chirps. We managed to lure her into the house with some food and the kittens were very happy to see mom. Eventually, the paranoid Stubby, climbed into the box with the kittens and settled down to a mutually agreeable afternoon for all involved.

We are still trying to figure out what to do about a mother cat and kittens that do not belong to us! We don't want to just put the kittens out with Stubby as Stubby is a reforming feral cat and we don't need three more of them running around the neighborhood. You can't beat the deal we are offering for these delightful cats - free with our blessing!

Kittens for Sale . . . No charge!

 My husband said that his life was so boring before he married me. He never knows what he will wake up to anymore. This morning, I went out to sweep the porch and such before we got ready to head out to Sunday Mass. I bent down to pick up something and a tiny black kitten with white paws skittered out from under a bush. I picked him up and took him the house to show my son. We set him down on the kitchen floor while I finished my outside chores . . . and an orange striped kitten wobbled out from under the same foliage. I took him in and my son said he would watch them until we could figure out a box or something for them He said to hurry because they kept heading in opposite directions. I went outside to bring in the broom and there was a third kitten, the grey one, huddled by the garden hose box. He hissed at me with much dramatics but I picked him up anyway and he joined his siblings.

We now have an e-mail out for anyone who might be interested in a sweet kitten of their own! We also had to run over to Walmart for kitten formula and feeding bottles. Fortunately, they aren't in the constant feeding stage of growth so we don't foresee having to get up several times a night.