A Little about me and Kittens in My Garden…

I love cats!  Just before you dog lovers out there revolt, I love dogs too!  I am very much an animal person...living on a dairy and hog farm for the last 30 years has been a wonderful way to indulge my passion for our furry friends.  We have had up to eleven dogs and countless cats.  Besides giving us companionship, they were a working part of the farm...the dogs in helping to control the wayward cows when getting them home from the pasture and the cats in helping to keep the mouse population at a manageable level. 

When my husband and I were in the milk house together, we would have a bevy of cats and kittens just watching and waiting for the ever present warm milk.  Something I never learned to do was to milk the cow and squirt the felines so that they could lap up the fresh milk.  Of course, my hubby was an expert at it...having milked since he was very young...and having much stronger hands than I.    I never tired of watching the show and I never saw the cats and kittens turn down the treat.

But how does this have anything to do with our book?  Through all my years here and while growing up...I have been allergic to our feline friends.  Even as a child, when I played with the kittens, I broke out in painful welts and itched for hours.  My nose runs and I sneeze, sneeze, and sneeze when I’m in close contact with them.  My mother tried diligently to save me from the agony but to no avail...I wanted to play with the kittens!  I couldn’t think past their cute little faces and their funny antics.  Any time I had the chance, I was outside playing with the kittens.  I took shots twice a week for eleven years and it still didn’t help.  So, after I hit my teens, I refused to get the shots.  They hurt!  And they made my arm swell up for several days.  Which was worse, the kittens or the shots?  Definitely the shots!  

This book is written for all the millions of cat lovers out there and for all the people like me, who love them, but can’t always be in close contact with them…Now we can “play” with the kittens too! 

You will find six adorable scenes and eight sweet kittens.  There is even one playing with a lady bug.  There’s also a mama and her three kittens.  And be sure to check out scene five...somebody is in trouble now!  Ah Oh! 

There are many wonderfully creative plants, trees and unusual gardening accents for your designing pleasure.  I just know you will love “playing” with the kittens as much as I have had with them while creating the scenes.

Have fun!