Little Wizard

Eli in Southern Ohio shared these photos from her web site - http://elismeadows.themaplebookshelf.com/ - of Merlin.

She said, "My small wildlife garden attracts a lot of cats that aren't mine, it has bird feeders, a fish pond, catnip, and a heated box for strays in winter."

"Merlin is the sweet son of a stray 'garden cat' that we adopted, Curly Fry (pictured at right). She was very sick when I found her curled up in a box on the porch, she was skinny and suffered a respiratory infection that abscessed her throat causing her to lose part of her voice, and she had just miscarried. We didn't want to get her spayed until she was stronger, she didn't appear to go into heat, so the kittens were unexpected, but made her very happy and all were healthy. I named all of her kittens after plants, excluding Merlin... my cousin
instantly wanted him and has him now."  

"The pic below is of Merlin's sibling, Juniper.  She is very affectionate and energetic. All of Curly's litter are doing fine."