Behind blue eyes

K, the adopt-a-barn-cat lady, arrived on schedule Saturday afternoon. 

She brought me a 5-year-old female and a 1.5 year old male.

This is the female in her crate, before we took her out of K's car. 

I did not photoshop this image. Her eyes really are that blue and sparkly.

She was an "owner surrender" to the Albuquerque Animal Shelter. 

Her paperwork is stamped all over in red with "BITE CASE" and "CAUTION."

The shelter released her to the barn cat program because she was not adoptable.

K thought she would be a good fit for my barn, and I agree. She can bite all the mice she wants.

This is the male as K let him out of his crate. He was released to the barn cat program because

the staff at the shelter deemed him unadoptable. Apparently they couldn't get near him 

or work with him in any friendly way. Maybe they didn't try hard enough. 

When K let him out of his crate, he was as friendly as could be. 

He wasn't the least bit feral or afraid of us.

He started playing with the toys K had brought and curled right up at our feet for a nap.

It was clear to me that this guy was domesticated and accustomed to a life of luxury.

I imagined him peering in my windows asking to come in the house. 

I imagined mice and packrats taking over the ranch because I gave in to his demands.

I imagined getting instantly attached to him and this not working out at all.

K understood completely. We agreed this was not a good match, and she took him back with her.

She will identify a more suitable match, and I will pick him up the next time I'm in town.

So for now, there is one people-hating, blue-eyed cat living behind the hay bales

in my feed room.

She is not afraid of the camera and is in desperate need of a better name than Sinatra or Judy
(and anybody who gets the Judy reference wins bragging rights).

Your suggestions are welcome.

Which reminds me, as of yesterday, I have turned off the option in the comments window that allows "anonymous" comments. It pains me to do this because I want anybody who has something to say to be able to do so, but I was overwhelmed this week by thousands of anonymous spam comments written in Chinese. So if you've been leaving comments anonymously, I think this means that you will have to figure out how to register or log in or join or do something. It's all very confusing. Email me at the7msn at gmail dot com if you need help and we'll try to figure it out.