remember atlas' friend tinkerbell? well, she is pregnant. hugely pregnant.
i was sitting at my desk the other day, busily working, when i thought i saw something fall off the upstairs roof and onto the downstairs roof in front of me. at the same time, i heard a loud thump. i leaped up and looked out the window.
what did i see, you ask?
tinkerbell! she was standing on the roof and, as i was watching, she jumped from that roof onto the roof next door. atlas went crazy. he knew his friend was out there and he ran from window to window trying to see her. i, of course, worried .. and wondered how on earth she got up there in the first place.
clearly pregnancy has not slowed her down at all.
poor little one...a kitty in your future perhaps?
Posted by: elk | 09/30/2009 at 04:26 AM
I was wondering the same thing... are you going to have a Thanksgiving kitten?
Posted by: Holly | 09/30/2009 at 04:50 AM
Sweet cat! So you're going to have kittens???
Posted by: Marcie | 09/30/2009 at 05:17 AM
@all: ha! that idea did not even occur to me. i wonder what the owner is doing with the kittens - the pregnancy was clearly a surprise. no .. no kitten for me. i mean no kitten for atlas. ;)
Posted by: elizabeth @ retinal perspectives | 09/30/2009 at 08:46 AM
you know, I was often leaping and jumping when I was pregnant. sigh. that seemed so much funnier in my head. *giggle, giggle*
Posted by: jen t | 09/30/2009 at 08:46 PM
I can imagine Atlas being very protective of her. He was probably barking telling her to get down from there.
In his doggy voice saying to her "You are pregnant, you should not be up there, you must look after yourself, you know"
and Tinkerbell would meow back " Hey, I pregnant not not incapacitated. I'm fine, really"
Posted by: Liss | 10/01/2009 at 05:00 AM
Are you sure about the no kiten for Atlas thing ? I just adopted a new 16 week old one from the animal rescue nearby. What a joy ! In spite of the sharp claws and the scratches I have sustained in the past two days ! We are both learning what hurts !
Posted by: kim mailhot | 10/01/2009 at 01:51 PM
@jen t: it made me giggle. :)
@liss: no doubt! OH! here's a funny story .. atlas really just wants to sniff her, so once they became friends, as soon as he'd see her and sniff her, he'd be ready to move on. well -- once she became pregnant, he would not leave her. all he wanted to do is stand and hover over her, head right over her belly. he would do this for almost an hour (which is as long as i can last before i want to move on myself ;). it's like he was protecting her! so so sweet.
@kim: i'm iffy .. but it's not really due to atlas, it's due to me and what were once pretty bad allergies to cats. it's hard to believe that he might be healed for good now to try it ..
Posted by: elizabeth @ retinal perspectives | 10/03/2009 at 10:45 AM
I have three pregnant friends who are going to be terribly jealous when I tell them this story.
Posted by: Relyn | 10/13/2009 at 07:31 PM