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.
Our little kitten is definitely getting into her troubled adolescence, she mysteriously disappeared for almost four days straight, causing Matotea to morbidly lament her disappearance - not sure where she went, but she nonchalantly showed up, looking a little skinnier, but none the worse for wear. She's also really into climbing at the moment, on sunday she put on quite a show, suddenly shimmying up our nearby coconuts, then gingerly climbing down the palm leafs, before sliding and and tumbling the few remaining feet to the ground, and then starting again! It kept the girls shrieking with delight for a good half hour!
