These pictures of Sookie were taken over the weekend when the little girl finally perked up after her surgery. She really is adorable and, as you can tell, she loves laps. She's still too small so we're feeding her like crazy - and she's eating like crazy!
Yesterday, my dad was recuperating from his own surgery so I took the afternoon off to help him out. We sat on the back porch for about three hours, I think. We let Sookie out and, as I wrote on my novel, we watched her play.
Let's see, she found and ate a worm (ew!), chased butterflies, climbed a small tree, ran like crazy from the barking (fenced in) dogs, sharpened her claws on mom's crepe myrtles, and rolled around, back and forth, on the concrete. I've never seen anything cuter than her, stalking some insect. She's so small and nonthreatening to us! It's so refreshing to watch something so innocent.
I watched her listen to all the sounds of the country and found myself hearing things I usually don't - a frog, a new bird... It must be overwhelming to the senses for one so small - no wonder she likes being inside, away from it all.
3 comments:
Sookie is gorgeous. What is happenning with Sybella? Do they get along? What does Sybella think of the country?
Sybella is LOVING the country, I think. I don't know if it was the move or what but she's come out of her shell. She sits in windows, plays hide and seek with me, and tackles the rugs/comforter/towels etc with a vengeance!
The two cats have not met as Sookie is being kept on the screened-in porch with jaunts outside. We let her out and she generally ends up in the windowsill, watching us inside. She's a doll. I don't anticipate their meeting and I don't think either would like that - they seem pretty hostile to other cats, from what I've seen. And we think Sookie has a number of nasty pests - fleas, ticks, ear mites, tapeworms. We're tackling these but it's expensive and going to take time.
So, that's about it. They're both so sweet and it's fun to watch my parents become intrigued with a cat - they, who are dog lovers through and through!
She certainlly chose the right people to follow home. I think she is gorgeous.
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