Meet Frances

One of many reasons that I have not found time to blog for a couple of weeks is named...

Frances.

Going on three months old and one of ten kittens shared by two mothers, it was time to begin moving out when one mother quit helping feed this demanding litter!

The first couple days were a shock to her system and required a lot of sleep. But right from the start we have been her best friends!

PET ME!!!

While learning to know us, Frannie is living in the cat-proofed porch with expeditions onto the deck and surrounding flower beds and lawn. After initially being a cause for fear, now Frances really wants to befriend our older cat, but Gully isn't quite ready for this drastic change from years of quiet life. 

So much energy is disconcerting to a sedate, old-maid cat. She never knows when a fur-ball will come bouncing in from any direction. It actually is bringing back some of Gully's playfulness with us, though only hisses for the newbie. Unfortunately she doesn't remember nine years ago when she was in that very relation to our then-elderly-cat, Fouette.

We tell Maren and Jason we are practicing for when Baby comes by texting cute photos!

The goal in adding a kitten to our farm is to help keep our older cat warm in winter. But Frances has already brought us the gift of much more laughter as well as cosy times of cuddling and thinking ahead to being active aunties as we work to train, protect, and help this "toddler" learn!