Good New Kitties (and great old ones)

Lax and lazy, no posts for months. Now, within a heat wave, I'll write a bit about what the new residents are doing.

Tess, long-haired, 3 lbs, 12 weeks old is curious about Sally who will have nothing to do with her or her sister, Stella. She approaches Billy with excitement, looking for grooming and play. She sometimes runs away wildly when I reach to pick her up, and at other times, she begins purring loudly as soon as She's touched. She curls up in the bed beside my head or behind my knees. She has a bad-hair-day look about her all the time as she's got about the longest hair any kitten might possess.

Tess' sister, Stella, slightly smaller than 3 lbs, also 12 weeks old, is as active as any kitten could be. She races around furniture, rugs, stairs, the other cats and plays with anything that is presented to her. She purrs as soon as she is picked up and loves to play "catch" with her kibble. She is particularly fond of a pink furry ball and gets possessive about it issuing a funny meow-growl when Tess tries to wrestle it from her.

The two of them are darlings and I race home to make sure that they are doing well.

They also make me adore Billy all the more, although how I could love him more than I already do is a mystery. He has embraced them as his own, happy that I've brought him "live toys". He grooms them, chases them, puts up with their stealth attacks, and disciplines them. He is a wonderful gentle uncle. He tries to reserve a little sleeping time for me alone when they are comatose on a couch.

Sally would really like to shove them out the door, but she's getting slightly more tolerant as it is becoming clearer to her that they aren't going away.