Friday, February 19, 2010

New Addition to the Farm

So, 3 and a half months later, I'm finally blogging here again. Ooops.

Anyway, quite a bit has happened in this time frame. It'll take me a few posts to get through it all. Let me start with one of our new family members. Meet Cooper:


This was Cooper the day we picked him up from the shelter.



This is him a few days ago - he's growing like a weed!

Cooper is a shelter kitty. We met him the day after Christmas but had to wait a few days for his surgery. The day we picked him up was the day of our one and only snowstorm this year. For a brief moment, we considered naming him Blizzard or Stormy but opted against it. He was listed as a stray and spent some of the earliest part of his life in a foster home. He must have been well treated because he is a wonderful, loving cat. He's affectionate to humans and much to their discomfort, to dogs. He's smart, he's playful and he happily drinks water out of a bowl and doesn't demand we turn on the faucet for him. So far, he hasn't really ventured outside, but I'm sure that exploring the great outdoors can't be too far into the future as this cat is fearless. It's not really a good trait for a country cat, but we'll keep our fingers crossed.

Cooper and Maggie are great friends. They play all the time. One of these days, I need to take some video of it to share because it's really amusing. Charlie tolerates Cooper, but I don't think he's a big fan. He'll play with him on occasion, but for the most part, just tries to ignore him.

We named him Cooper after one of the characters in our favorite TV comedy. Anyone want to guess which show?

1 comment:

Virginia said...

Hey, welcome back! I've missed your blog. Cooper is a cutie. We got two shelter kitties(young adults, not sibs, but from the same household)about a year ago. Lots of fun. Hope your goats and chickens are doing well. Looking forward to more news of your homestead.

Virginia (aka five one @ TE)