Happy 1st Birthday Sasha and Ali!

Hard to believe that only a year ago Anya and I had our first litter of kittens. But the calender doesn't lie and I'm proud to say in the past year Alexandre (Sasha) and Alina (Ali) have grown into beautiful cats. The great news is they are still here with us at Murlyka so I get to enjoy them everyday.





Ali has become a doting older sister to the litter B girls. Here she is grooming Belle And as an equal opportunity cleaner - here she is cleaning Bonnie.
Sasha prefers the more manly pursuits of chasing butterflies and grasshoppers. Pictures to follow.

Bye for now
The Finnish Flying Feline
Nökö

9 weeks old - the fun continues!

Yesterday was a day of firsts. Their adventures included- their first car trip, their first visit to the vet and their first vaccinations.
They were a little shy at first but soon warmed up in the vet offiice. Bonnie weighed in a 1.18 kg (2.6 lbs) and Belle at 1.12 (2.47 lbs). However the vet noted that Bonnie had a very, very full bladder as usually the kittens are only about an oz (30 gms) apart in weight.



















Bonnie and Belle turned 9 weeks old today. My beautiful babies are having a lot of fun. They have now taken over the upstairs and keep everyone amused. I even got in this week's photos although through the window. That darn typist said I could not come in because my feet were muddy. The typist can be such a party pooper sometimes!

If you want to see more pictures of the girls in action check out their latest album

Murlyka litter B kittens 9 weeks

Bye for now
Nökö

Playtime

Bonnie and Belle have very fun filled days - at six weeks they began venturing out of the kitten nursery and gradually exploring the whole house. But at seven weeks they still like the cat room the best because it has the most fun toys but then - everything is a toy for a kitten. For more photos of them at play - check out

Murlyka Litter B almost 7 weeks

The kittens keep cool during the heat wave!

Hi there - after a week of rain and great thunderstorms - I like them if I'm safe in my house - not so much if I get caught in the rain- we are having some real (or at least typical July weather ) of 30 degrees or so.
The kittens spend most of their days in the relative cool of the cat room. As you can see from the latest movie I made (they are doing all the things big cats do now). Playing, cleaning and sleeping - whoops I forgot eating!!! I'll get pictures of that in the next blog.



Bye for now Nökö

The B litter Roses have bloomed

Well the kittens are almost 4 weeks old and they have been given their official registered names. They will be given "home" names by their new owners but on their registration papers they will officially be Murlyka Bonica and Murlyka Belle Story also known here as Bonnie and Belle. Now you might wonder where the names came from. Certainly not from me - the typist asked me to name my favorite things - but she didn't think that eating, head bunting or sleeping were good names for kittens. She said one of her favorite things are roses - so the kittens are named after some of her favorite roses that start with B.
Bonica is a pink rose bred in France. It's described as delightful and known for its health and constitution. She has at least 10 Bonica roses in her garden and now we have a healthy Bonica kitten. The Rose:














Our Bonica:



















Belle Story is an English Rose named after one of the first nursing sisters to join Britain's Royal Navy in 1864. Besides being a beautiful and rather unique rose, I think the typist liked the nursing connection.
The Rose:















Our Belle Story:
















Bye for now Nökö

The kittens "bust out" of the big house (Basket)

The kittens are 25 days and getting more and more mobile. Here is a slideshow of them "escaping" from their basket.




Nökö

Update on life in Murlyka cattery

Well the lazy days of summer are here and today I had a great time chasing butterflies, rolling in the dirt and sleeping away the morning in the old hazel nut tree.

Now I know you really are much more interested in the kittens - so here are their latest photos. Big continues to be much more cooperative when taking pictures. Little just wants to be on the move and takes off when the camera appears and her closeups look like a little fox slinky away in the forest. They both are tottering around but still like to stay close to Mom and their nest.