14.3.12

Our new recruit

In february we got a new member of the household, a very small yet very noisy little kitten, called Mina. She's incredibly darned cute, and equally heavily flea-ridden, despite repeated shampooings with various concoctions. She's quite a character, and has put our old cat's nose quite out of joint. She appears to consider herself queen of the heap, giving both Hina and the cat a good boxing every time they come near enough. She's on a serious charm-offensive with the guests and has been showered with affection; it's all we can do to stop them from having the cat sitting on the dining table and sleeping in their beds (not a good idea, given her considerable wild-life).......she's undeniably cute, even Viriamu has a bit of a soft spot for her (or as much as he can have for non-horse pets, he doesn't really believe in spoiling working animals). This morning she was a sight taking turns going down the slide with Heimana (of course I didn't have the camera handy), but she appeared to be enjoying it..... She also takes great pleasure in attacking everybody's feet, constantly, much to Heimana's consternation.

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