new things

It's a game of cat and mouse.............

meet Felicity, the new resident brat chez Farty. I must say, for a little little person, she is already remarkably bold, and has good habits like using the litter box and sleeping through the night..... beats a human baby when it comes to low maintenance!

Here she is showing the mouse that she is the new boss around here (although I suspect the other cats may need a bit of convincing about that )....Fergs views her presence in the house with utter contempt, and we haven't even let Deedee know she is here because that is bound to be traumatic, DD being a real mean mamma when it comes to new kittens. Fergs is still getting over the trauma of how she treated him! So Felicity's introduction to the household is taking place in small steps. But as you can see, Mr Farty is already completely besotted!

Felicity is a gift to him from the very beautiful Amelia. Being a very advanced little girl, the day she was born she gave each of us a gift, me a stunning abstract painting by one of my favourite artists...even then the girl had impeccable taste.... and a Siamese kitten for Mr F. The problem is Siamese cats are like hens teeth around here at the moment. For the story of how we got Felicity, you can read Mr F's account. So thank you Miss Millie!

Speaking of Miss Millie, she and her mom and dad are back in Sudan. It sucks being so far away, but I must say modern technology makes it easier. When the wee E was growing up in Harare, most of the time the phone lines were down, cell phones not working, the post unreliable and internet an erratic nightmare, so we missed so much of his early development. We are spoilt now, with skype phone, web-cam, and our blogs, we are able to keep up quite well. Here is the delightful Miss Millie, aged 5 months. Is she a babe or what??!!

And I am gobsmacked to report that my studio is up! On Friday the builders arrived to dig foundations, and by Saturday, there it was! We are accustomed to a sort of 'do-it-yourself with the help of a couple of guys over the weekend' approach, and it takes forever. So using real builders for a change came as a revelation! The plasterers may come today, if the post-weekend headaches allow! And then we have to braek through into the old storeroom and do roof, floor etc.

so far so good.

Today is the day that we hang our Historic Port Elizabeth exhibition, opening tomorrow at 6pm. Whew. There are still things I wanted to paint, but there is plenty to make a varied and interesting exhibition.

And finally. I must thank Janet so much for giving me the Powerful Words award.

In receiving the award you are asked to share three things that you believe make writing good and powerful, then pass the award on to five blogs that exemplify good and powerful writing.

Janets 3 things were well thought out, and I can't better them so i am copying them here:

The things that I look for in a writer are do they keep my attention....are they entertaining. Are they "real" as in truthful and honest and do they cause me to make changes in the way I think about things. And are they witty or humorous. Her reasons for passing it on to me are:

"because she is entertaining, smart, funny, very creative, political, and lets me glimpse another part of the world....plus like DebR she takes great photographs!!"

WOW thanks Janet, ((((grin))))

But as this is a no tag zone, this is where I cop out from choosing others.... I hate having to single anyone out because the award applies to all my favourite links on my sidebar in one way or the other. So consider yourself awarded!