Here, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty...

Yesterday I looked out our back door and saw a cute little kitten on our deck! I opened the door and it came right over, friendly as could be. It was a hot day, so I went inside to get a little bowl of water and when I came outside, I saw the kitty eating a tortilla out of our compost bin! Poor thing - he must be so hungry to be eating out of my compost! He had no collar, no tags, nothing. Here's the cute little guy...


Hours later, when Leif came home, I opened the door and there were not one, but TWO kittens on the deck! I thought perhaps they might have been seeking shade under our deck on this hot day. Leif, who is not so fond of cats, gave me permission to buy cat food so long as they remained outside cats and they were not ours. =) But then he turned soft and sat outside feeding them chicken and put out a bowl of milk. He's gotten soft since we had our little girl.


After we went inside and the cats were still licking the chicken plate clean, suddenly a THIRD kitten jumped up from under the deck! How many cats were living under there??


Then this morning I got up and saw the first little kitty snuggled up with Leif's shoe on the deck. I put out some food and he happily ate and was later joined by the grey cat, followed by the very timid black and white cat. It looks like we might have acquired a few kittens!