2. Pets

13-02 Molly

Apparently, the animal gods decided I've lived long enough without a cat, so this one stole into my dreams one night and stole my heart away. I have had this problem with dreams before. It doesn't help that she's cute as all get-out, either. So, it looks like I'm going to be saddled to yet another head-strong little feline, and will most likely become completely enamored of her. [I already have.] We'll start off with photos that my sister, Lyn, sent me of her, complete with her own captions in quotation marks. More photos will follow, don't worry. This will be a work in progress.
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  • TINY CALICO DINES INDOORS, TOO

    TINY CALICO DINES INDOORS, TOO

    This is exactly the image I saw of Molly in my dream!!! It sounds crazy, but there you are! Amazing!!!

  • MOLLY LEARNS HER NAME

    MOLLY LEARNS HER NAME

    Mama Lyn took it upon herself to teach Molly her name after I named her. She's very talkative, as you can see.

  • MOLLY GOES EXPLORING

    MOLLY GOES EXPLORING

    And here's Molly starting to explore the kitchen. Very curious.

  • CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN!

    CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN!

    Now we're getting somewhere. Molly's really out to explore the kitchen, even at her peril. YOU GO, GIRL!!!

  • MOLLY IN THE BOWL OF MILK -- AGAIN

    MOLLY IN THE BOWL OF MILK -- AGAIN

    "Molly was eating with the bigger kitties and big cats - big advantage to be so small and sneak under the others! This bowl of milk was surrounded by cats until I went in to get my phone!! All sizes of felines!! Molly was the littlest."

  • MOLLY IN THE PLANTS

    MOLLY IN THE PLANTS

  • MOLLY IN THE FLOWER POT -- CUTE LITTLE BUGGER

    MOLLY IN THE FLOWER POT -- CUTE LITTLE BUGGER

    Almost all of Lyn's kitties have played or rested in her flower pots at one time or another. It's a cat thing.

  • MOLLY IN THE MIX

    MOLLY IN THE MIX

    "I poured milk and here they all came. Miss Molly wasn't about to be left out! Snuck right in amongst the big boys, and staked her claim with her two front feet!! Earlier, when I put out the dry food, I found her in a bowl of food all to herself, with all 4 feet planted in it! For a little tyke, she's a survivor! Her sibling doesn't do this! She sits back and watches until the coast is clear or Mama's milk wagon shows up!"

  • WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS BROKEN POT?

    WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS BROKEN POT?

    "I had put this pot in the broken pot pile, then realized that every cat that's small enough has slept in it, so I brought it back up, and sure enough, this new generation has adopted it, too! Must be a cool place to hang out!! Molly had been lying in it, playing with the hole in the bottom. Then, Rosie saw her and came over to lick her, then Molly started playing with her, so they were both being really playful! It was so cute! So, the pot stays! Too bad if visitors don't like it!!"

  • MILK WAGON -- MAMA CAME BY!

    MILK WAGON -- MAMA CAME BY!

    "This was immediately after eating dry food (with all 4 feet in bowl), then the milk next (only front 2 feet in the bowl), and then Mama's milk next! All within 30 minutes time! Of course, who knows how much a tiny kitty actually eats at a time? But, it did strike me as rather piggish on her part! Her sister (yellow one), doesn't do that!! She's a pill!"

  • BACK IN THE BOWL

    BACK IN THE BOWL

    "That Molly! Gotta have her feet and all in her food bowls!"

  • BACK IN THE BOWL -- AGAIN

    BACK IN THE BOWL -- AGAIN

    "Came back from Gatesville and found Miss Molly with all fours in the food bowl. What a gal."

  • AFTER DRY FOOD, GOTTA HAVE MILK

    AFTER DRY FOOD, GOTTA HAVE MILK

    "Now she's nursing - 5 minutes later." [This is a photo of three generations -- Molly and mama Rosie, with grandma Bootsie in the foreground.]

  • NEXT COMES THE BATH

    NEXT COMES THE BATH

    Is this a cute shot, or what? A mom's love. (Either that, or Molly was trying to get away and Rosie wasn't going to let her until she gave her a bath. She was never big on being held. Still isn't.)

  • GOOD GOLLY, MISS MOLLY

    GOOD GOLLY, MISS MOLLY

    "In the pot, playing with Mitzi. She loves that pot."

  • MOLLY AND MITZI WRESTLING IN THE POT

    MOLLY AND MITZI WRESTLING IN THE POT

    "Best buds."

  • MAKAYLA AND MOLLY

    MAKAYLA AND MOLLY

    What a couple of cuties. Nice face shot of Molly, too.

  • PIONEER WOMAN MOLLY

    PIONEER WOMAN MOLLY

    "Resting in her buggy. Must have been a hard journey."

  • MOLLY IN WAGON WITH FLOWERS -- BEAUTIFUL

    MOLLY IN WAGON WITH FLOWERS -- BEAUTIFUL

    "I just love this early morning shot. She's watching the water sprinkler that's in the bird bath."

  • DOUG AND MOLLY

    DOUG AND MOLLY

    This is where it all began, on Lyn's front porch. Look how tiny she is!

  • MOLLY AND DAD

    MOLLY AND DAD

    Together at last. This will give you a good idea of just how tiny this little thing is. For such a small cat, she sure has a loud purr.

  • POOPED LITTLE PEANUT

    POOPED LITTLE PEANUT

    It always amazes me the positions cats can sleep in.

  • ON THE ROAD

    ON THE ROAD

    After a disastrous first hour in the crate, I decided to let her roam the car free. Much, much, MUCH better. She slept most of the way after that. Here she is doing her pirate parrot imitation. She just loves to sit on my shoulder and watch the countryside go by.

  • ON THE CRATE, NOT IN IT

    ON THE CRATE, NOT IN IT

    She didn't mind sleeping all the way home on top of the crate, but just don't try putting her in it. No way.

  • HOME AT LAST

    HOME AT LAST

    If she looks a little pissed, that's because she was rudely rousted from sleep by being tossed off the crate by a washout in the draw I have to cross getting to the house. One minute she was there, the next not. Poor baby.

  • COZY DEN

    COZY DEN

    We were watching Friends until she decided she'd had enough excitement for one day and resumed napping.

  • MISS MOLLY: OFFICE ASSISTANT

    MISS MOLLY: OFFICE ASSISTANT

    Here she is making sure my mechanical pencil is in working order.

  • HER FAVORITE SPOT

    HER FAVORITE SPOT

    The drawback to having such a cute office assistant is you can never get any work done. I don't know what keys she pushed to make the screen go haywire, but I had to reboot the computer to continue working.

  • THE NEW CAT TREE IS HERE

    THE NEW CAT TREE IS HERE

    FedEx just delivered the new cat tree my sister Lyn ordered. Molly took full advantage of it right away.

  • NAPTIME

    NAPTIME

    She sure doesn't take up much space, does she?

  • MUST HAVE HOT DOG

    MUST HAVE HOT DOG

    Well, this was a revoltin' development. I was going to fix myself a couple of hot dogs and Little Miss Behave caught the scent and started climbing up my leg to get at it. I thought I'd put her up on the counter to see just what she would do and she grabbed on to one of the dogs and dragged it over to the side and started chowing down on it. I tried to take it away from her, but she was in true Carnivore Mode and wouldn't let it go. Wow. Look at her go.

  • MUST SET TIMER

    MUST SET TIMER

    This is what happens when you spend so much time farting around with your cat you forget to set the timer. A total blowout. Well, at least it still tasted good, as it was my last one.

  • NEW BUGGY

    NEW BUGGY

    Another present from Aunt Lyn, just like the one she has in her garden. Now Molly can feel right at home.

  • ATTACK CAT IN ACTION

    ATTACK CAT IN ACTION

    Molly discovered the catnip-filled mouse dangling from the seat of the cat tree and had at it. What a little bundle of energy.

  • PATIENTLY WAITING

    PATIENTLY WAITING

    She knows what doors are all about, she just has trouble opening them. That's where I come in. My training is just about complete.

  • MOLLY OF THE JUNGLE

    MOLLY OF THE JUNGLE

    Now she's in her element. This is such a fun picture of her.

  • A LITTLE HELP, PLEASE

    A LITTLE HELP, PLEASE

    She always has to be where I am, doing what I'm doing. She's such a big help for such a little thing.

  • ANYBODY SEEN MY KITTY?

    ANYBODY SEEN MY KITTY?

    Molly? Molly!!! Now, where could that kitty be?

  • CHEETO BANDITO

    CHEETO BANDITO

    It must be nice to be so comfortable with yourself that you could just waltz up to someone's pile of Cheetos and dig right in. Well, as long as she doesn't develop a taste for beer. [Okay, yeah, technically it should be bandita, since she is after all a female, but it just didn't sound right.]

  • MOLLY'S FAVORITE SPOT

    MOLLY'S FAVORITE SPOT

    It probably isn't going to do my modem any good, but she's found her spot on my office desk and that's that.

  • WHO, ME?

    WHO, ME?

    I don't know what you're talking about. I'm just playing with this knife.

  • CAT IN THE BOX

    CAT IN THE BOX

    Everyone knows how cats like boxes, and Molly is no different. She's especially fond of playing with the lilttle hangy-down thing. Boy it doesn't take much for cats, does it? You buy all these toys and they play in the box.

  • PANTRY RAIDER

    PANTRY RAIDER

    I heard some unusual noises emanating from the pantry the other day, and look what I found. What a little toot she is!

  • NAPTIME THESE DAYS

    NAPTIME THESE DAYS

    This is what my naptimes look like these days, especially if I try to take a nap while Wild Child is still awake. Daddy's little girl.

  • NEW HIDEY-HOLE

    NEW HIDEY-HOLE

    It doesn't take much, does it? Paper sacks rule!!!

  • DADDY'S LITTLE HELPER

    DADDY'S LITTLE HELPER

    It never fails. No matter where I am or what I'm doing, you can bet Molly will be there to help out. No wonder old people fall a lot. This is us doing the dishes.

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