Bob's been in much closer communication with Ginger, and we can now say with confidence--Miss Ginger. Maybe considering her beat-up appearance we should say Ms. Ginger.
Now a new dilemma--an official name? For reasons, or nonreasons, I'll go into later, we use presidential and first lady names for our pets. We've had Eleanor and Frankie D. (Also Miss Lucy Mercer--but, again, a story for another day). The current ruling feline is Dolley Madison Pando--sometimes known as Dolley Mae. A fella cat was going to be easy--Thomas Jefferson, but a chick cat?
We have two choices--going for the nickname, we can dub her Elizabeth Virginia Truman, or going for the red-headed angle, there's Thelma Catherine Ryan Nixon. (She named herself Patricia when she started college.) I'm leaning toward Thelma Ryan (Ginger) Pando. She quiet, a bit aloof, and from the looks of her left ear, able to endure adversity. Seems like a natural. Besides, do you think that there's ever been a cat named after our 34th first lady?
Here's Thelma. I'll try to get a close-up of that right ear.
3 comments:
I am sure the former first lady would be most honored! Neat tradition. How did you discover the gender?
You ask 2 questions, Pat. First, it's a long story. I'll post in in the next day or two. Second, I wasn't present, but I believe it was a serious close-up inspection of the essential parts. I'm glad Bob still has eyes!
Just read Ginger's story in the SCN journal and am glad to hear things are progressing well!
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