A New Somebody at Lallee's Cottage

Yes, there is another new baby dwelling here. Let me introduce you to Finnegan Faux Paw. We have always had a special fondness for orange tabbies and he is now the fourth we have owned. I've been watching the local shelter online all summer, and a beautiful litter of them appeared. Oh, it was soooooo very hard to choose which one to bring home!

My son Daniel came along. I was smitten with the good looks of the little guy on the left--beautiful pattern of marbled stripes, cute round eyes. I thought he would be the one that we would adopt. However, mister lover mooshy guy Finnegan (on right) would not give up the act 'pick me, pick me, pick me!!!" The other little guy was a wild thing and gave us little attention. If you've been to a shelter then you know what I'm talking about. Cats pick you. So.......Finnegan won the lottery and came home with us. I wish I could have brought them all home. Sigh.

Did you notice his toes? He has an extra one on each foot. Terradactyl feet. Ernest Hemmingway cat ;-)

And he has big ears, longish fur. He's going to be a big one I think, almost a clone of our first orange tabby Dickens.

You're wondering what Chelsea Ann Babycakes thinks of this new guy in her territory?

She's establishing who's the top-boss.

She bops his head and growls. No claws, all show. Frustrated that he just looks at her and doesn't react. It's all quite funny.

Finnegan is a total lap-cat sweetheart. He's slowly learning the dogs are harmless mooshes themselves. Mr. H can't wait to finally come home this weekend and meet him. I'm already crazy about him.

Some sad news that I never have shared--sweet gentle giant Milo had to be put down back in June. He suffered from diabetes for six years and he finally reached a point where his insulin wasn't working. He was only having bad days. He was a one of a kind, Daniel's first pet. He was the star of my second caption contest. We miss him.

Here is a video of Finnegan and Chelsea. More head bopping.

Silly cats. Happy house.