Dear Readers, Jolene has been with us for a fortnight now, and she is doing very nicely – she has the run of the house, and I love that she chose to sit in front of her doppelganger cushion yesterday. Now all she needs is a hat!

As you might remember, she had fractured her hip, but I don’t think you’d know now – she doesn’t seem to favour either leg, and is only a tiny bit careful when jumping onto a chair or sofa. She tells us when she wants to play, and when it’s food time, and has also found a few favourite places to doze. Cats always seem to find the warmest places in the house, in this case the bed upstairs in the loft. The snake belongs to my husband, and is at least 25 years old. Jolene seems completely unafraid of being swallowed!

She really is the perfect kittie. I wonder if she would like another cat as a friend, she’s really playful, but she’s still vulnerable if there’s too much rough-housing, so maybe not. I could see her in a family situation with older, respectful children who’d play with her – my husband likes walnuts, and just lately Jolene has taken to chasing the walnut shells around with great enthusiasm, carrying them from one place to another like a little dog. She seems to particularly like the noise of them on the wooden floor. Yesterday I was on a call with my writing group and she was chasing the walnut behind the curtain with a lot of growling and miaowing. There’s nothing like a cat kerfuffle to take the edge off of a discussion about death, believe me.

Fingers crossed she continues to do well, and will soon be off to her forever home! When she’s ready, I’ll post a link.