I'm a new member here so would like to say 'hello'. I live on a smallholding in Northumberland with ponies, dogs, hens, ducks and of course cats.
Cats have always been part of my life as we always had at least one at home when I was little and I have continued on from first married days till the present.
Last year sadly we lost all three of our oldies, my favourite feisty ginger boy William, who had extra toes. He had sudden heart failure at age 16. Then our old stager Flossie a black and white girl we had since a 6 week kitten, died in her sleep age 23. Lastly tortie Twiglet, blind and failing, was pts after 19 years.
So a catless gap until September when it was time for a new cat to fill a big space in our lives. I looked at cats for rehome on the internet, I saw some at a local rescue, I waited for the right one to come along. Then I saw a picture of a lovely black boy at a local rescue and enquired but he was homed. A week later I went to visit another of their charges with his foster mum, a long haired black tom, about 6 months old. What a gorgeous boy! Totally smitten I agreed to have him, but wanted to wait a week as had to be away for a couple of days.
A week later I went to collect Merlin, and came home with two black kitties! Malachi, a newly rescued short hair black kitten only a couple of months old had teamed up with Merlin who was looking after him and making sure his ears were washed. So I just had to have them both! They are truly some of the nicest cats I've ever had, total joy.
