Little Kitty

I wanted to introduce you to the kitty that I have been blipping about the past few days! Well, the past week, I guess, since he was first heard mewing last Saturday in our warehouse. Her name is Findus, courtesy of our son. Imagine saying it with a Swedish accent..Finnndus. It takes a bit getting used to. The name comes from a series of Swedish childrens books by Sven Nordqvist called Pettson & Findus. Pettson is a farmer and Findus is his cat....

"Pettson is an old farmer who lives in a ramshackle red-ochre-painted wooden farmhouse in the Swedish countryside. He is presumably a widower, as in Pettson Goes Camping he tells of a planned camping trip with his wife in his youth, but no children are mentioned. His neighbours regard him as a bit odd. However, he does have the company of a cat, Findus. Findus is dressed in a green-striped costume and wears a cap. Pettson and Findus can converse with each other, and the cat can stand up on his two hind legs like a human - Findus thus appears and behaves as if he were a small child. However, Findus, unlike Pettson, is aware of other "small creatures" living in the house, who play havoc with Pettson's belongings. Each of the books takes off from simple events, such as gardening, going fishing, preparing for Christmas, and so on. It emerges only in the most recent of the books, When Findus was little and disappeared, that the cat had been given to Pettson as a kitten, and that he had arrived in a cardboard box with the text "Findus peas" on the side - hence the inspiration for the choice of a name." (Findus is a company that produces and retails frozen food.)

So, there ya have it. The kitties name and how it came to be! She is a bit perkier today. We need to get some meat on her bones. I'm sure now that the worms are going away she will start to gain weight. She has a little respiratory condition, which she is on antibiotics for, so she has a wee runny nose. But her eyes are clearer and brighter! She really is a sweet little thing. And, she has the most exotic yellow eyes. I hope they stay that way.

Today was a good day. Friday the 13th. I'm not superstitious. I wonder where 'Friday the 13th' being a voodoo day came from??? I will have to research....
On into the weekend now.
Everyone have a great one!

Happy Friday
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