Tarkeena Lasaraleen (aka Moppet)

We have now acquired a new cat -- a kitten, to be precise.  When she arrived on the Friday night before Debra's wedding, Dandelion (our current cat) threw a conniption fit.  :-D  She has been the queen of the roost for many years, but now her authority is going to be challenged by an uppity kitten. 

I don't know... maybe they'll be able to work out their differences.  We can always hope...

Before they even got the cat, my younger family members had already picked out two names: one for a girl and one for a boy.  Juli brought the kitten from the Daniels' house to the wedding rehearsal on Friday afternoon, and that was when they finally found out that she was a girl.  So they dubbed her Tarkeena Lasaraleen.

The problem?  She's not anything like a Tarkeena.  :-)  So they adopted Moppet as her new name.

However, before I left on Saturday night, they were debating a third name.  It was the name of some famous composer (sounded Russian) but not one with which I am familiar so I can't remember it off the top of my head. 

The long and short of it is, I don't know what this kitten's name is at the present moment.  :-D

Whatever her name is, she certainly lives up to the reputation of her mother: she is very active and pert, without any apparent shyness or uncertainty about her new environment.  There's nothing like having a kitten around to get a few laughs. 

In Laurie's lap...

... being distracted by the funny noises Mrs. Lett was making...

Isn't she pretty?  And she sort-of looks like Dandelion.  I wish I had a picture of the latter, so you could see the two together (on the screen only).

Well, here's a picture of her mother Callie (Aspen's cat):

And I do have a picture of Dandelion's back.  :-)  She flattens herself like a fur rug when there are birds on the birdfeeder outside the sliding glass door.

Their colors are similar, but Dandelion definitely has longer hair.  And she is... how can I put it gently... much more padded than the kitten.  :-D