Today I found my new companion!
She is Darlene, a small four year-old black domestic shorthair cat. The picture above is not her. But it looks like her. And she very much enjoys playing with the feathers at the end of the wand toy I got in anticipation of adopting a cat.
It’s been a little over a year since my beloved cat Ophelia died, in late June 2019, and almost a year since my last cat Sissy died, at the beginning of September 2019. Although they had enjoyed long and happy lives, losing them both in such a short period of time really knocked me off-balance.
I didn’t think I would ever have a cat again and proceeded to give away all my accumulated cat stuff.
But in the past couple of weeks, I decided I wanted another cat. Both Ophelia and Sissy had come to me in recent dreams and seemed to be encouraging me to get another kitty.
So today, with my friend and neighbor Sue, I went to the Columbus Humane Society to look at cats. Sue had adopted both of hers there about three years ago. They are a lovely black-and-white brother and sister pair: Bobo and Liza.
Sue did the driving, which was very kind of her.
The Humane Society is now doing adoptions only by appointment, because of COVID-19. My appointment, which I had made on Friday, was for today at 3:00 pm.
Two of the cats, which I had liked the most because of their online profiles and photos, were taken by other people over the weekend.
But luckily for me, Darlene was still there, and as soon as I saw her, sitting in her enclosure alertly and with such poise and beauty, my heart went out to her. ❤
Although her profile had said that she’s shy, she was very happy to see Sue and me, twining around our legs when she got out of her cage. She purred.
She seems to be very happy here at my place so far, exploring everywhere and playing with toys.
Tomorrow morning I have to start giving her a liquid antibiotic each day for ten days because she has an upper respiratory infection. I hope she’ll forgive me for that! 😛
It is so nice to have another living being here in the house again! 🙂
Let Us Live Like We Mean It! 
Good. I’m glad you’ve got some company again.
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Thanks, April. What with having to stay home, it’s nice to have someone else here. 🙂
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Darlene looks so sweet and adorable!!
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Thanks, Virginia. She really is a sweetheart!
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I’m so happy for you, Timi! Now you’ll have some good company as you and Darlene go through this pandemic together. ❤
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Thanks, Barbara! I have renamed her Delaney, after my cousin’s daughter who is beautiful and has black hair. She has already been responding to her new name. 🙂
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Delaney is a lovely name! We had a jet black cat once, she was half Siamese and meowed a lot like they do. Very intelligent and playful and liked to walk on top of open doors and on top of the shower curtain rod. A little acrobat. But she didn’t like it when the kids got undressed for their baths. She would swat at their bare legs. My goodness, I hadn’t thought of her in years. My daughter named her Mary. I know you and Delaney will create many happy memories together. I’m told that shelters have trouble placing black cats because of their association with bad luck. Delaney was lucky you found her!
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Delaney is not a talker, at least not yet. I do like cats that talk. But silence has its own attraction. 🙂
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Good for you, Timi. We have a 3rd feline member in our house. Apparently she was a catch, spay and release feral cat who made our neighborhood her home. In less than a year she has gone from a spaz to a purring, content house cat.
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Yay, Larry! 🙂
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Lovely, Timi. I’m a huge cat lover and have had many cats since I was a child. Our last two cats died a few years ago of ripe old age and we decided not to start all over again. I do miss having a cat about though. They are remarkable creatures and so utterly independent. I’m sure the recent addition to your home will bring you much pleasure.
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Thanks, Millie! I wasn’t going to get another cat after my last ones died last year, but I changed my mind. I hope that I will be able to give this new cat a good life for as long as she lives.
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