Little did I know it, but when I chose Dex's name, I was part of a trend; I guess I wasn't the only one who thought naming a small, household predator after a TV serial killer might be appropriate. The article doesn't mention that slant, but c'mon, seriously!. If nothing else, the end-credits music, or "blood theme," strikes me as being great Cat ( Read more... )

As I think I've said before, in passing, Fry is tremendously jealous of Dex and Lumen's rich, yummy kitten food. It had reached the point where, at feeding time, he'd paw at the kitten food bag when I was doling out kibble ("Mom!  I want this stuff, dammit!"), followed by pawing at it randomly through the day, as if trying to figure out how to get ( Read more... )

I have tons of kitty pics racked up, the best of which I'll be posting over the next while. The big news is that Dex has *finally* started to relax a little. He comes out of hiding now when familiar people are around, will rub my legs at feeding time, and even lets me pet him under very specific circumstances. It's much the same way Lumen ( Read more... )

countessaleska just documented Lumen in my lap as I post to LJ:


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I've been trying to snap pics of Dex now that he's out and about more, but he's still skittish about attention (including cameras) pointed in his direction for too long, so what I've been getting for the most part is uninteresting shots of his vanishing backside. But the last couple days, I've been lucky enough to catch him in better poses, ( Read more... )

Whew! Been a while since I posted; nothing bad, just Life being absorbing. Second Thanksgiving went very well; we had about 12 people attending all total, and I had a pretty successful day of cooking ( Read more... )

Whew! Been a while since I posted a Kitty Update (or much of anything else, come to that). Lots has happened.

( Pics and more, under the cut! )

So. No Teeny Kitten sightings immediately post-moving-van, but the food and water I kept putting out kept going away so I remained hopeful. Then, evening before last, I happened to glance out on the porch and saw, in just-above-freezing temps . . .

Not one, but four little kittens. Four little kittens pouncing, bouncing, running and rolling in ( Read more... )

Dang. Plans to catch Teeny Kitten and get him to his wannabe-adoptive family have hit a possibly-fatal snag ( Read more... )

caountessaleska found someone to adopt Teeny Kitty: a friend of a friend who also happens to be a vet med student (and, presumably, knows a few things about cats). Yay ( Read more... )