Kitties...who can resist them?

I love kitties. I really do. I've adopted...let's see, Winter, Smoky, Mavric, Chulita, Howard, Nolan, Mimi, and Woody. Are there any more? I can't remember. I'm not going to mention Colin the Urinate-or, or Alan Harvey the Dumb-as-a-bag-of-hammers-cat, I never adopted them and I'm glad they didn't stay, but the others were part of our family.

The problem is that I'm allergic. Not just a little allergic and not necessarily Deathly Allergic but uncomfortably and sickly allergic. I sneeze. I cough. I sometimes get rashes. My nose runs. My throat itches. My eyes weep and swell. It wasn't until we got rid of our last cat that I realized how having kitties in the house affected not only my health, but my general sense of FEELING well on a daily basis.

But still...I love kitties. I love their weirdness. There's a saying in our family that it's redundant to say "Weird Cat" because CAT = WEIRD. It would be like saying 'weird weird' or 'cat cat'. Yes, you see.

And kittens are just adorable, frustrating yes, but adorable just the same.

Do you see my dilemma? Could I possibly adopt another cat? I've said no. No. and NO!

Until...I saw these kitties-

It's purrrrrfect. The name Animeko comes from Japanese: Ani - crochet and Meko - cat. I love needlework, yarn, color and kitties. AND there's No dander. No midnight howlings. No cat fights. No cat pee down the floor vents. No litter boxes. At. All.

So I welcome some new kitties into our house. First there's Sookie, my itty-bitty-yeller-kitty, first born. She has a few booboos but she's darling nonetheless -

And then there's Nigel...he reminds me a bit of Nolan-

There will probably be more...

...with maybe some German cousins, and I'm hoping to document their escapades for Fitz, Swede and eventually Sophie and Rue to follow on http://nigelandsookie.blogspot.com/.