Santa arrived early this year! December 23, 2011
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She arrived the day before Christmas Eve, wrapped in splendor. A cherished silver bell named Jupiter Moon has been welcomed into our home. It was a long journey, arriving at 2:30am at the airport. It took 10 hours of flight time from Germany to Atlanta, then another 8 hours to wait for the cargo office to open and get through customs so she could be rescued from the trenches of the Lufthansa warehouse by her new family. She was safely in her new home by 11:30 and exhausted from the long journey. What a sweet little girl, a precious reminder of the friendship I cherish and honor with my friend, Karin Sinn. She promised this little girl would get to me before Christmas, and she delivered, as usual. We will name this new kitten, Jupiter Moon and affectionately call her Joop.
As soon as my husband got back from the airport this morning, I opened the car door and removed the carrier from the back seat with Joop inside. Then, I heard a strange rattling noise! “What is that strange sound?” I wondered, and it didn’t stop – not when I went up two flights of stairs, and not when I got to the kitten room. It was only when I opened the carrier that I realized this sweet little girl was purring her little heart out! How sweet is that?! She can purr SO loud!
Already 6 months old, Joop will be shown at the next Atlanta show in March and maybe again in May to see how she fares. Later in the year, she will hopefully have kittens. I don’t have any good pictures of her at the moment, but I took a few immediately after she arrived and was placed in her isolation suite. Joop will stay in isolation for a week or so until she gets used to things around here. Then she will go into isolation in the cat room so she can get to know everyone in there, too. This way she will know all of the boys and feel comfortable with them when it is time to breed.
Apparently, Drifter and Raven are the official welcoming committee around here.
Raven wants to play with Joop so bad she can’t stand it, and Drifter is keeping a close eye on this new arrival. I can tell that Raven thinks Joop is going to be her new friend since she’s become disenchanted with her pal, Drifter. Drifter doesn’t know how to play nicely any more and always grabs Raven by the neck and sits on her; Raven doesn’t appreciate this sort of treatment and avoids Drifter’s grasp as much as possible. Silly boy – no manners at all – save that sort of behavior for the bedroom.
I’ll keep you posted on Joop’s progress and post pictures when I get some good ones of her. Until then, I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday!
