Tuesday will be a week without access to the balcony (on which the HOA guy has done ~4 hours of work, so far). We’re all out of sorts as no one here is a fan of disruptions to our routines and/or our peace. Here’s Mary, cranky that I’m not sitting in my usual spot (where 1/3 of the window is blocked by construction stuff).

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It’s been too hot to sit at my desk, upstairs, so I’ve been working at my dining room table. #OpalKitten is keeping me company in the chair across from mine.

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Hard to believe she’s almost 9. She came to my friend Jessie (of #SadieTheCat and #MaggieTheDog) as a 3 week old foster on 8/10/2014 and I got to babysit her for that first week (while Jess toured colleges). That week left me in love with #OpalKitten & fostering. I adopted her that Oct. IIRC, I started fostering the following summer.

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If you were here, you’d spot an old green reusable plastic/cloth bag on the living room floor and think “well that’s messy”

But my shy Mary sees it as a hunting blind. She lays on it and finds her confidence as a huntress and actually joins in at playtime. The bag stays.

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#MaryKitty likes to enjoy balcony time from inside the house. 🤣

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Early morning #OpalKitten cuddles.

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Here’s #MaryKitty contemplating joining (supervised) balcony time this morning.

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Rare Mary balcony visit. Isn’t she pretty?

Did you mistake her for Studs? She’s smaller, not eartipped, has a ring of white around her neck, only has one eye covered by tabby, and has a longer tail with more defined rings and a white tip. Oh and her legs are mostly white (whereas Studs has a tabby “sleeve” on one front and one back leg.

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Someone I used to know considered Mary to be antisocial. Nope. She’s just got very firm boundaries. Be in one of the spots where she feels safe, let her come to you and she’s ALL about the loves. Her tail even puffs up and quivers with cuddle happiness.

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The look Mary gave me when I tried to clean her nose. 🤣

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