August 22 Block

Eileen has two cats, Duvy and Monster, who live in the lower level of our house, as opposed to Mittens who is 18 years old, crotchety, and not likely to share her domain on the top floor.  Monster had a very hard start in life having been abandoned and left for dead as a tiny, tiny kitten down in New Mexico.  Eileen named him Monster to give him something to live up to. 

Monster, it turned out, is an odd eyed (one blue/one amber) Turkish angora.  He has no undercoat so all his long, white fur is as soft and fluffy as milkweed down.  He was so tiny when he arrived in Eileen's life, he could completely fit, tail and all, in her shoe.  After he was weaned from the eyedropper and kitten milk, Duvy had to stand over Monster at the food dish and stick his face into the dish until he got it that he was supposed to eat the food just like Duvy did.

Now Monster is very long (see the second picture of him stretching out to get his stomach scratched.  He only stops moving long enough to get tummy rubs or to collapse for a nap when he is completely worn out.  No one is ever as glad to see you when you open the door as he is.  So this block is dedicated to the snow white fluff ball that is Monster.  I'm thinking the beading will need to be lots of white fringe.... Mary