Friday, July 5, 2013

MEET TABITHA TWITCHETT

 

How do you spell 'love'?" - Piglet
"You don't spell it...you feel it." - Pooh”

 

Meet Tabitha Twitchett, she is a stray that has lived in our yard sleeping under the house or under the old church next door, I remember her being there when we still had our cat Tippy ( who died 4 years ago) Tabitha is a very timid cat who would take off and hide as soon as she saw you...... this photo was taken with the zoom on my camera so she did not know I was near. I stopped feeding the sparrows when I realized I had a hunter on the property and as we have had no mice around the place I give her the credit.
 Tabitha's story takes a change this year, December was very dry and by late January we had drought conditions, I was very surprised when gardening that Tabitha came quite close to me crying and I realized  as I had not been able to water the garden there were no puddles anywhere for her to drink. We have always not feed stray cats leaving them to live off the land but as you can guess a few days after putting a water bowl out for her I weakened and left a little food, for this I was rewarded with her company when ever I worked in the garden close, but not too close.

To jump my story forward, Tabitha is now living with me, slowly she has let herself become friendly, she must at sometime been someones pet as she is  clean and house trained  and a very loving cat. She knew what the cat door was... tapping on it to have it unlocked when she was brave enough to venture in. Now she is here all the time never far away from me, although still very timid with visitors....... and my camera.    The lovely photo below was taken as you see when she was asleep on the chair by the fire.  And I am enjoying having her company in the house.



More embroidery news next time.

 Happy Independence day to all my American blogging friends.








16 comments:

cucki said...

Aww she is So sweet..give her a big hug from me and Maloo and kisses too..
You found a great friend xx

Mary Joan said...

Nice to see you have a new friend, and I love her name. Cat's are always good company.

Happy Stitching
Mary Joan

Terri said...

She is a beautiful kitty!

gracie said...

I will bet she is a good friend now and nice company. Be sure to update us..

Catherine said...

So sweet!

Annie said...

She is so pretty and very unusual coloring to my eyes. Such a sweet story of her gradual adjustment. Wishing both of you the best!

Annette-California said...

She's beautiful. Oh what nice company to have. Especially now she has become family. Loved hearing how she taps on the door to be let in:) love Annette

Vickie said...

Lee! I positively adore your choice of names for her. Is she witty like Tabitha in the stories? ;) I am so happy the two of you have each other now. ♥

Rowyn said...

Aah cats, sometimes they pick you rather than the other way around! :-)

You can tell from the last photo Tabitha is very happy and content!

Carol said...

Aww... your new companion is so sweet, Lee! Our old cat, Shadow, came to us in the same way and ended up being a beloved member of our family for 14 years... Enjoy your new kitty :)

Samplings from Spring Creek said...

Ahh sweet story Tabitha has chosen well

Evelyne said...

What a nice story and nice for you that you have her around you!
She is a lovely company!

have a nice week, Evelyne

Lynn B said...

I really enjoyed reading this lovely story, so nice you have a new friend!

Anne said...

Aw, she is a sweet kitty and I'm glad that she befriended you. Give her a little pet for me!

Kaisievic said...

Hi Lee, Oooh, a lovely kittycat story. Don't you just love them? Tabitha Twitchett - such a cute name, too.
I am a new follower and a fellow stitcher of the Travelling Bunny, hugs Kaye

http://kittenstitching.blogspot.com

Lelia said...

Tabitha is a charmer! We had taken our ferel [male] Jasper, to the vet yesterday. We worried about having multiple jaspers! So, he is recovering and I'm home enjoying blogs!!!