Somewhat to my surprise, I've gotten a few messages asking about Douglas.  Now I'm torn.  One the one hand, I'm flattered that y'all care about my wee stray kitten.  On the other hand, I'm hesitant to over-kitten the place.  This is supposed to be a knitting site, not a kitten site.  But, in the interest of keeping the peace around here, here's one more shot of wee Douglas.  He's all settled in and growing like a weed (he now weighs three times what he did when we got him).  He has impeccable manners and is very very friendly.  I promise [...]

Playing with a tiny knit mousie is hard work...you'd need a nap too if you were only a few weeks old.  You may now all die of the excess cuteness. And just on the off chance that you are the sort of person who wants to watch someone else's cat fall (literally fall) asleep, you can do it over here.  Not that any of you are that sort.

Home safe, if a bit tired.  We enjoyed our brief sojourn in the woods.  Kitty has a name (Douglas MacArthur), and has been introduced to yarn.  He picked out that blue one and I made him a wee toy.  I'll check back in shortly with pictures of actual knitting.

Kitten has a cold and so he, much like me when I have a cold, is making a rather amazing amount of snot.  Unlike me when I have a cold, he is also good-natured, affectionate, and busily exploring everything in reach.  This leaves me trying to take a picture of a wiggly and somewhat gooey ball of black fluff.  I have never taken so many blurry pictures in my life.  That said, his undeniable cuteness just might be visible in this one.  I promise more knitting soon...no, really, I'm sure I'll be able to ignore the 12 ounces of purring [...]

I was sitting at my computer, diligently typing away, and the doorbell rang.  I opened the door, and my neighbor's son and his friend were on the porch. "Here," they said, "we got you a kitten." And sure enough, they were holding a kitten.  A teeny tiny kitten. A nearly microscopic kitten.  I've seen citrus fruits bigger than this kitten. It made for an exciting evening, and the timing was just spot on perfect (middle of exams, check; middle of book, check; leaving shortly for a trip, check). Anyone want to reassure me that this is a kitten, not a [...]