I can't believe that Georgie is 2 today. He was just 2.5 weeks old when my wonderful stepmom heard him squeaking in her front yard under Daddy's old john boat. He was the 3rd kitten this cat mama had abandoned in their front yard. My parents have the two older ones, but with 4 cats and 2 dogs, they just couldn't handle a 5th cat, much less one that was so incredibly young and dependent. Lisa waited about 24 hours after she heard him squeaking to make sure that mama cat wasn't just out scrounging around for food before she texted me "do you want another cat? I found a little teeny orange baby." Harper was not quite a year old and Sniper was just 18 months old and I had a full time job plus a teenage boy. I wasn't sure if I was able to take care of such a young kitten, but I went over to their house to see "her". We were convinced that Georgie was a girl at the time and her name was to be Claire. This is the day I brought Georgie home I fell in love with this feisty, tiny, squeaky little orange baby. He was so young that his ears didn't stand up all the way yet and his eyes had only been only for about 6 days. He had already lost his umbilical cord, but he was unable to eat on his own or even pee or poop on his own. My stepmom showed me how to make kitten formula and how to feed the kitten with the bottle. She also told me that I had to burp the kitten about halfway through the bottle, just like I did for "H" when he was a baby. She also informed me that I had to wipe his little butt to make him go potty after he was done with the bottle. Oh dear lord, what have I gotten myself into???? I brought him home in the baby kitten carrier talking to him the whole time. He didn't seem too impressed with my words or with my singing abilities. He got bored and went to sleep. After I got home, Sniper and Harper both knew something was up and there was some sort of creature in the carrier. Harper stuck her little black nose in the air and went straight to my room and curled up on the bed. Sniper was interested, but he just meowed and wrapped himself around my legs so I would fill up his food dish. holding the bottle and winking As soon as I got home, the kitten started squealing again to be fed. I warmed up a bottle and got him out of the carrier. Harper hissed and ran. Sniper ignored both of us. As I fed the kitten, his little ears wiggled back and forth after he finally figured out that the bottle was a good thing and not something to be fought or attacked. I quickly figured out that the kitten did NOT like laying on his tummy to take a bottle. He preferred to be held with his back against my chest so he could hold (or attack, depending on your point of view) the bottle. After he ate and burped stinky kitten milk burps and peed and pooped, he wouldn't settle down unless I wrapped him up like a kitten burrito. I could then gently (!) sway him back and forth and he would go to sleep for 2-4 hours. This went on for 7.5 LONG weeks until he was weaned at 9 weeks old. he really loved his burrito I had never known a kitten that loved being swaddled almost like a human baby. My own human baby hated it!! This little guy went everywhere except work with me. He had to be fed every 3 hours with a longer stretch of 6 hours at night. He didn't know how to walk so watching him learn to walk was hysterical. The first time he ran, he actually ran backwards. Harper was terrified of him until he was about 12 weeks old. Sniper still isn't quite sure that he likes him, but I think he's accepted that he isn't going anywhere. I took him to the vet 4 days after I brought him home. The vet assured me that the kitten I thought was a little girl was actually a very healthy, 9 ounce little boy kitten. His name was changed from Claire (and other names that I thought of but didn't stick) to Georgie. He is a total rascal and as my sister says, "Jeez, your cat is BAD!" He got put in time out more than H did. Georgie, age 2 That 9 ounce, helpless kitten is now 2 years old and weighs about 13 pounds. He loves his Mama and his feline sister. He wants to love his feline brother, but he's not real sure about his human brother. He is bitey, but the vet says that's common with bottle fed kittens. He sleeps with me every night curled up in a Georgie-ball at the foot of my bed. He's been on every surface in the apartment. He's terrified of outside and the vacuum cleaner but doesn't mind water. He sits on the edge of the tub to keep me from getting lonely in the shower. He is still super playful and I have to remind him daily that the phrase "climbing the walls" isn't to be taken literally. He doesn't know many tricks (unlike the other 2), but he does know his name and knows I mean business when I yell "I'm DONE - GET OUT OF MY ROOM!"
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1965, The girls in Austria. The Beatles were there filming Help!
Acrylic on board landscape by Fife based artist Georgie Young
Rare photos of The Beatles that were recently uncovered show John, Paul, George and Ringo as they lounge poolside in Miami back in 1964 during their first trip to America.
Happy Saturday! It's Kelly from The Little Things Blog bringing you a whimsical DIY today. I like to think of myself as a DC, 'Designated Crafter'. Most of the people who know me will tell me about a new project they really want to try and then follow with, 'Do you think you could do that?' or 'You could probably make that, right?'. Now it sounds like I don't enjoy this roll in life but it's the exact opposite! I love it! That brings me to today's little DIY ditty. One of my very best friends' little girl is having
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