This is my favorite little blue-eyed toddler.
But we have another blue-eyed beauty in the backyard.
The County Line's typical cat population looks more like common barnyard kitten than Siamese. So we're not too sure how this exotic-looking kitten came from our run-of-the-mill cats. She has me singing Crystal Gayle's "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" to myself every time I see her.
One of her litter mates is this black and white cutie, whom we call Boots.
Awhile ago, a big black and white tomcat showed up and started sharing vittles with our cats.
He has apparently now shared a little more than that. He is getting braver. But he still won't let Randy get too close. However, Randy is diligently working on taming his cute little offspring. The shy tomcat has definitely added some diversity to the cat population at the County Line through this latest litter of kittens.
Their other litter mate looks more like their Mom, a calico beauty.
Genetics is a curious business, isn't it?
Three little kittens
Give us the dickens
In figuring out their "lines"
A calico mama
A black and white papa
The results are quite divine!
(Now you know why I write prose and not poetry. Dr. Seuss, I am not. I could say that I will award a cat to the person who writes the best poem. Any takers? However, I will have to clear the "trophy cat" with the resident cat wrangler.)
