We are finally putting together some pictures of our babies; cats to the familiar. This little lady is Marcie Diesel. Marcie got 
her middle name of Diesel because she was found at the Fastop Truckstop, abandoned and hungry. I was attracted to her because of her Tortie colors; black, brown, and tan. She's very similar to my first cat, Laura whom I had helped deliver, but died back in 2000, but Marcie's personality is 
very different. She doesn't know about the under the cover monster, but she does cuddle in her favorite spot at night - right between my ankles.
Missy is the only one of our babies that was 
adopted at Adopt-A-Pet. Cara had lost her loved Calico, Anne, so to console her we picked out Missy at the adoption group. She is now the oldest and has adjusted to be the grand dame of the grouping.
Athena is a high-pitched little lady whose life 
is owed to the Goddess. When we were moving out to The Tree - an earlier acreage that we rented that had only one grand old oak tree on it - I was clearing brush and grass from the area when I heard a high-pitched meowing. I followed the sound and came upon this very small kitten - an abandoned new-born - hiding in the tall grass. She's all black except for the 
locket on her neck and white tuffs in her ears. After stopping at a vet and getting formula milk and an eye dropper to feed her with, we took her home where we had, just a couple of week before, delivered a beautiful litter of 2 black female cats and one black & white male. We put Athena down and immediately Icie, the mother cat, took her to her nipples and nursed her like she was her own. From that point on Athena was a part of the litter.
Another Fastop Truckstop baby is Axle Rose, who was found hiding on the axle of a truck - thus the name Axle; not at all after the lead singer of Guns n' Roses. Axle is a lovely little lady, but after a period of her disappearing for days at a time, I had to confine her to a cage to reinforce her home boundaries. Now she stays very close to home and cuddles up to me when I'm sitting on the couch.
That's it for now. We have four other babies - Inca & Onyx - Athena's litter mates - Lizzy Boots, and Dusty Roads - to introduce which I'll take care of when we get some pics of them. We're looking forward to moving them out to the property where they can stretch their claws on any number of trees at their disposal.
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