We've got a kitten

Since our dog died last year my husband has felt the lack of a pet - I would describe it as the freedom of not having a pet - but he doesn't like a pet-less state so has been keeping an eye on the rescue cat forums for a while now. He has spent a few weekends driving around Canberra visiting various rescue cats ... in the true nature of rescue cats they are mostly "three lovely old boys, bonded and must be adopted together, one is incontinent and the other two are blind" or "beautiful little kitten, has had a few tough breaks and is terrified of people, children, other animals, loud noises, and carpet". But he was down the coast for the weekend and thought he would look up the local RSPCA - went and visited the foster family and snaffled this little one on the way back home.

She is nearly five months old, so not a tiny kitten, but still very kitten-ish in many ways. She drove back up quite happily and has settled in incredibly well. Exploring everything and wants to know where we are, but happy to curl up and sleep when needed. Certainly hasn't hid behind the sofa or anything (has gotten stuck behind the sofa on an exploration mission, but that's acceptable). We've had to put up the cords on the blinds and the lid down on the toilets - and buy a cat palace of a scratching post - because it has been a very long time since we had kittens in the house!

Black and white cats are quite hard to get good photos of. Especially if they are rolling around getting their claws stuck in the carpet. Most of the photos are like this.

But no doubt I'll take more. We are not getting anything done in the house, just getting distracted by the little fluffster. She has a very loud purr.