Thoughts....

I sit here wondering what to write. Thought flow into my mind..Many instances even..But what do I pen down?? As I sit wondering, I think of the things that I could say, that I would say...And resolutely I sit with the impressions in my mind...to put them down in words..to give substance and form to thought....

I begin...I falter...the words don't come, the sentences don't flow...May be now is not the time...May be a writer's bloc, I know not.... 

So I set them aside...these thoughts...set aside for a later day...a later time....

The Kitten Saga...

In one of my previous posts I had mentioned that Cute and Smart (our kittens) were missing. Well to continue where I left off last time Cute and Smart never came back. And the mother cat came everyday for its daily sustenance.

We suspected that the mother cat was carrying once again and I found myself praying fervently that she bring her kittens to us. The onam holidays came with a bang and we left home for the well awaited week away from home. We were away for almost 10 days and where in for a surprise when we reached.

The mother cat seemed to have realized that we were back. It came for its food and we noticed that she looked slimmer than the past few weeks. She seemed to have delivered her kittens. We searched high and low expectantly but sadly found no signs of the kittens.

Two days later we heard a sound. On investigating, we found that the mother cat was in the process of bringing the kittens home. Amma and I watched cautiously letting her take her time to bring them. After a suitable time had passed we went and checked and discovered only one. I was shocked and had never thought there would only be one. It seemed very unfair. After a long time we heard another sound. We ran up worried only to encounter the cat bringing another kitten. As we glanced cautiously trying not to disturb her we saw a wonderful sight. There were three...One was a tuxedo cat black all with its patch of white, and the other two were calico cats with patches of orange and grey and white.

And the mother cat...she is definitely one confused cat...let me tell you...

First she brought the kittens into the outer room. They were so tiny and looked so fragile. They were barely the length of my palm and so scrawny. They hadn't even opened their eyes. They were just a few days old and looked very vulnerable.

But two days later....The cat, God alone knows what got into her!, took them elsewhere...

She then returned with the kittens a week ago but refused to go into the outer room. She had been staying under the stairs that were there on the terrace. When it began raining a few days after than she shifted behind some metal sheets kept on the terrace.

We tried to get her to shift inside but the stubborn thing just didn't allow. Yesterday morning there was very heavy rain and when we checked the kittens were lying on the wet floor. We shifted them back to the old room where they are content for now.

The three kittens...They are so different now. Just two weeks old and they already seem aggressive. Cute and Smart were very docile compared to these three and they seemed much quieter. These three can surely kick up a ruckus fast. They hiss and snort and mewl when they see us. And they are just two weeks old and the cutest kittens ever...

And then were three...