Darling Darla

Hello everyone, my name is Darla. I am a beautiful (at least that’s what my mom says) brown tabby with golden-orange undertones.  And this is my official pawtrait for the Pets on Quilts Show over at Lily Pad Quilting.

I am three years old, and I love the color green because it sets off my green eyes to perfection. I also have a cute orange nose. Below is my official kitten adoption picture from the Best Friends Shelter where I lived until I was adopted by Mom and Dad.  You can see that my eyes were still kitten gray in the picture.

I came from a litter of five cats, and I was the only girl. My brother Alfalfa (below, left) and I were adopted together. Buckwheat, Spanky and Stymie went to live in other places.  

I want to point out in the above two pictures that I have a built-in necklace around my neck (see the stripe?) and also velvety black back paws, which mom calls stilettos (what are those?) She says I look like I’m walking in high heels when I walk away from her.

As you can see in the picture above, I also have a polka dot tummy.  Yes, I am a very well-dressed diva cat. And I particularly love to lay on quilts. You know, SOMEONE has to test them for softness!

I work in Mom’s studio with her a lot. Here I am (above) helping her with some green fabric. I also like to chase anything that she drops on the floor and generally just hang out and supervise to make sure everything is being done correctly.

Mom says I am a sweet cat (she is my best friend), but I am a little shy. I hope you will “Like” my picture at the Pets on Quilts picture parade. Alfie is going to enter a picture, too, but I bet his won’t be as lovely as mine! And he’s hyper, so who even knows if Mom has a picture of him sitting still.

Thanks for reading, and feel free to write to me any time!

Your friend,

Darla