“The Cat Currently Known as Bessie” has been in our house for about 44 hours. She is making herself at home in our spare room during some decompression time, before we introduce her to the other cats.

She hid until 6:58 am Thursday morning, at which time I went into her room and found her looking out the high window. She then jumped down, strolled across the futon to where I was sitting, and made herself available for petting. Well, to be honest, she sought out some petting, and I was glad to oblige.

This video was taken a bit over 24-hours later, just to introduce her to a wider audience.

Just after this video was taken, we put Kali and Kinikini in our bedroom, and let Bessie out to explore the rest of the house. She was ready and waiting! She did her first pass through the house, inspected one window ledge, checked out the kitchen counter, did a quick pass through the laundry room and our small storeroom, did several nose-to-nose introductions to Romeo, who showed considerable interest, and eventually scurried back to make sure she could still find “her” room.

We didn’t expect to get this far until well into her first week. Now we’ll have to adjust our plans.

She is, I expect, going to prove to be a very good cat.

[Note: Feline Friday is coming “soon.”]