Kittens: A Natural Blood Pressure Reducer

Kittens will make your sad go away.

David Wong

I am convinced kittens have lowered Randy's blood pressure as we've dealt with more summer breakdowns, et al. Two weeks ago, we waited three days for a disc part to arrive from Wisconsin. Randy got it home, and it was the wrong part.

There was a misprint in the parts book. So, three trips to Hutchinson later, we finally had the disc working again. It was not a happy time. Baby kittens worked better than aspirin (or a therapist), I do believe.

Who wouldn't feel better after looking at that face? Randy discovered this baby and its sibling several weeks ago. He's never been able to catch their mama cat, so he's doing his best to tame this generation. He could only catch one for this photo shoot, so I'm not sure how well that's going.

When the girls were here for wheat harvest, they met two of the kittens:

Oreo...

and

Whiskers.

July 11, 2018

Even though Oreo and Whiskers are siblings, Whiskers is twice the size of Oreo these days. It's also about to outpace Cozy, their mama..

A week or so ago, Randy discovered another crop of kittens in a window well. They belong to Midnight. (Midnight's eyes have always made her look ultra mysterious!)

Kittens are born with their eyes shut. 

They open them in about six days, 

take a look around, then close them again

 for the better part of their lives.

Stephen Bake

I'm not really a cat person. (OK, I'm not really an animal person at all, which I know is probably not a politically-correct thing to admit, but it's true.)

I think this quote has it right:

Gather kittens while you may,

Time brings only sorrow.

And the kittens of today

Will be old cats tomorrow.

Oliver Herford

And when they get big, they'll probably like me just about as much as Big Cat does. He doesn't even try to hide his disdain for me. He is a one-human cat. And I'm convinced he gives me the Big Cat Evil Eye.

As long as they do their job keeping mice out of my house, we can co-exist just fine, thank you! And as long as they help lower this guy's blood pressure? Even better!

This weekend, we'll see whether Brooke is the next generation of "cat whisperer." I have a feeling it's inherited (and not from me)! Grandpa Randy and Grandma Christy have that covered.