Sunday, June 07, 2009

The Rest of The Others

Today I return with the aim of completing the introductions which I began yesterday. There are two members of the House of Seven Cats left to mention. I will begin with Nigel, who is a son of mine from my fourth litter.

One would think that a mother and her only offspring in the home would be close, but it pains me somewhat to say that Nigel and I are not particularly so. Don't get me wrong, we are on cordial terms, and will even share a nap time on occasion. Nigel is a very good boy, quiet and a little on the shy side, and the least "demanding" of us all, or so say the serving staff. I suspect that my own residual feelings related to Nigel's origins are partially to blame for the lack of outward affection between us.

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Nigel

You see, during the period of my life before the birth of Nigel and his litter mates, I had been going through a very difficult stage, thus some bad choices were made. One of those was Nigel's father, a common street cat, with whom I had but a fleeting romance of one torrid afternoon. Regrets? Well, yes, I suppose I do regret the liaison to some degree. I do try, however, not to be too hard on myself for this momentary indiscretion. After all, who among us has never made a less-than-desirable choice at some point in their lifetime? Suffice it to say that Nigel has been a good son, and thankfully takes more after his maternal side than the other.

The final occupant of our home is also the newest, having been "adopted" by the serving staff this January last. Winston is but a kitten of not quite seven months, and so allowances must be made. Besides being a rather shocking shade of orange, and with stripes to boot, Winston has displayed the rambunctious nature of a youngster since his arrival, and thus has been less than pleasing to me, as I prefer the more sedate and tranquil attitude of a well-mannered adult feline. He has made quite an attachment to the other males in the house, and I am hoping that they will impart to him the proper codes of behavior in due course.

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Winston

Before I conclude my literary efforts for the day and retire to my early-afternoon nap, I have been asked by my maid to include a reference to her website. I must say, she has spent considerable time in constructing it, to my frequent annoyance, as I have been kept from my own computer use due to her obsessive need to complete this project. And so, I mention it here and refer you to the link, placed on the upper left of this page in an effort to placate my maid and put the matter to rest.

I thank all of you for stopping by, and do leave me a message as it is a delight above all things in the measured routine of my daily life.

Leia

34 comments:

jenianddean said...

Goodness, Winston looks so much like me!
--Jasper

Angel, Kirby and Max said...

Good post. We have been delighted to meet all of you!

Daisy said...

It is very nice to meet you all! I am going to subscribe to your blog. Do not forget to visit the Cat Blogosphere and leave your link there!

Memories of Eric and Flynn said...

We think Winston is cute. There's nothing shocking about being ginger (orange).We think it is a very nice colour to be.

Cory said...

How wonderful...I have a brother named Nigel! He just moved in 4 months ago. Your Nigel is very handsome! Nice meeting all of you!

Tommy and Teaghan said...

Hello all! Nice to meet you and welcome to the blogosphere. Hope you have as good as an esperience as we are having. WE may not be around as much coz owr beans are purrfecting owr new howse dat dey bought fur us but if you keep coming back yoo will see owr adventures and we will see yurs.

~Beau Beau & Angie

Quinn and Angel brandi said...

I am brandi of Catitude. My mama wanted to say this: "It is with much delight we welcome you all to the blogging world, and your devoted maid's website is just as delightful as yours."
I just wanted to say hi. She's the one who has a background in literature, I just blog. And look sweet. We are adding both your bloggies to our linkies.

Southbaygirl said...

Your Winston looks like my angel Winton! Wow! What a resemblance!! We linked you in our blog!! Welcome!

Kodak, 3 Perf and Blossom

Lucky Lady said...

Put you on my side bar

Cheyenne -Millie said...

Winston is so handsome.... also he looks a lot like my brother Sandusky!! I linked to your blog!! Interesting reading about you!

Hansel said...

hey there! welcome to the blogosphere! make sure you make your way around and find out what's going on around here! One of the blogs i would highly recommend, is Daisy the Curly Cat

Pretty much the essence of every cat's heart!

Hope you make tons of friends, and find a great support group here- like many of us have!

The Creek Cats said...

So great to meet you all!!
You have a large furfamily like us! When we started out blogging we were at 7, but now we are down to 6 after the loss of our brofur, Cal, in March.
Stop by and see us sometime, we love company!

The Island Cats said...

Hi! It's nice to meet all of you! We can't wait to hear more about all of you! We'll visit again and hope you visit us sometime.

Wally, Ernie & Zoey

Confucius Cat said...

Hi - Thanks for stopping by my blog. Yours is so cute. However, 7 in one house? I absolutely forbid my mummy to do such a thing. I'm the prince of this castle and that's the way its gonna stay...but I admire those that can get along with others. Sounds like you have some very cute and friendly housemates there.
Purrs. Confucius Cat aka Alley Mason
www.Confuciuscat.blogspot.com

The Crew said...

Thanks for introducing all your family, Leia. You sure have a good looking group there.

Anonymous said...

Hi Leia! It is very nice to meet you and your housemates. We look forward to reading all about you and your family.

Your friends,
Lucy & Trixie

Boy n Beethoven said...

Nice to meet all of you!

'Oven

Jans Funny Farm said...

Good looking boys. Winston will settle down eventually. Crystal thinks Winston is handsome, since Crystal is an orange tabby male too.

Anonymous said...

Welcome to the CB! We love to meet new furriends:)

The Kitty Krew said...

Very nice to meet you, Miss Leia, and the others as well. We look forward to reading more about you. We have 5 in our house too! We're also new to this blogging thing and hope it will be fun.

Purrs and hugs,
The Kitty Krew
Bugsy, Sassy, Callie, Roxy, and Pixie, and Their Mommy

Anonymous said...

A fine supporting cast you have.

Katiez Furry Mewz said...

nixe ta meet ya and welcum ta bloggin n stuffoms! fanks fur comin by to intodoose ur selfs...

We is limited in checkin da internets rites now but we iz gonna puts u in our following stuffs!!

Katie n the Katz Gang

Anita said...

Hi Leia, nice to meet you!

Thanks for visiting. :-)

Purrrrs from Spain.

Ellen Whyte said...

Your maid does a good job with the blog. We love your posts too! And your candid chats about your love life. Meow from Au and Target in Malaysia.

Tuck said...

Hello to all of you!!! I saw you mentioned on the CB and wanted to stop by and introduce myself!

Angel MoMo and Charlotte said...

Hi, welcome to the CB! You have a lovely family and we are happy to meet all of them.

Frostin said...

Hi Leia,

There are five cats in my court also, only here is is three girls and two boys.

Noll's Nip said...

Lovely to meet you. I'm fairly new to the blogosphere myself. There's so many wonderful cat blogs and so little time!

Angel Junior, Orion and Sammy said...

It is nice to meet all of you! Wow, what a diverse family! You are similar to our family, as you have a meezer and an orange stripey fella. Welcome to the blogosphere!

Anonymous said...

Hai Leia, Nigel and Winston! Welcome to the cat blogosphere. We hope yoo love it here as much as we do. We are three kittehs and a woofie (he finks he is a kitteh) in the Cape Cod area too! How kool is dat? Swing on by our blog sum time to meet us.

Molly
Shadow
Trooder
I is Jake! (da woofie)

Angel Junior, Orion and Sammy said...

Leia, please visit with us at Simply Siamese and join us for meezer fun!

http://simplysiamese.blogspot.com/

Nomi said...

Nice to meet you all and learn all about yous.

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