Meet Miss Kitty

Miss Kitty or Kitty, which is the name she answered to most promptly since she came to live with us, is Shaun's new barn.  He says she is my cat but that is only because I think he doesn't want to admit that he likes a cat. 

Shaun met Miss Kitty while working on a job clearing and cleaning out a junk man's place.  R.C. was literally a junk man.  He had building after building full of stuff.  If you needed a piece of a certain kind of chain, he had it.  And he had tons of it.  He passed away this past October and after he passed the family had to move his wife in with kinfolk up North because she wasn't in a state to live by herself.  Sadly since then she too has passed away.  Well, Shaun and his bull dozer were hired to tackle a big part of the "clean up" of this property by the family.  It was there that he met Miss Kitty who previously belonged to R.C. and was left by the family.  She was an outside cat and was fending for herself sleeping in the barns and where ever.  She and Shaun became pals.  He shared his lunch with her several days. 

One day he and a friend tried to get Miss Kitty in to one of the animal crates that was there and she was having no part of that.  A couple of weeks later we stopped by after days of rain to see if it was dry enough for him to work the next day.  Sure enough as soon as Miss Kitty heard him she came running and meowing as if to say "Here I am!  I'm ready to go home with you now!"  Shaun picked her up and she just purred and meowed.  Then he handed her to me and we got in the truck and brought her home. 

She is living in Shaun's shop and enjoying it.  It is well insulated and she's got all the food, mice and birds that one kit can handle.  She really responds to love and is slowly learning how to play.  She isn't fond of going outside much.  Maybe it's because Dottie ran her up a tree.  I figure once it warms up and the doors are open for longer periods of time she'll venture out more.  For now she's making her home and seems to enjoy herself and the love she is getting from us.

Today during the sunshine, I opened the door and sat out on the concrete.  Directly she came out with me, rolled around on the ground and explored the tree line a little bit.  I am proud of her and am happy that Shaun thought enough of her to want to give her a new life with people that love her.

She has been with us since December.  I did get her to play with a stick on her belly just a little today.  Sweet girl.