{"id":8770,"date":"2019-12-06T07:53:31","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T12:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=8770"},"modified":"2021-12-07T08:58:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T13:58:29","slug":"introducing-kittens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2019\/12\/06\/introducing-kittens\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing kittens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"338\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"8760\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/20191020_195416\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191020_195416.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1860,3306\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G935V&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1571578514&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20191020_195416\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Gorgon&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191020_195416-225x400.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191020_195416-338x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191020_195416-338x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8760\" data-link=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/20191020_195416\/\" class=\"wp-image-8760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191020_195416-338x600.jpg 338w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191020_195416-84x150.jpg 84w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191020_195416-225x400.jpg 225w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191020_195416-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191020_195416-81x144.jpg 81w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191020_195416.jpg 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><figcaption>Gorgon<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"337\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"8759\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/20191020_195402\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191020_195402.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1834,3262\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G935V&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1571578572&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0026595744680851&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20191020_195402\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Spasmo&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191020_195402-225x400.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191020_195402-337x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191020_195402-337x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8759\" data-link=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/20191020_195402\/\" class=\"wp-image-8759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191020_195402-337x600.jpg 337w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191020_195402-84x150.jpg 84w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191020_195402-225x400.jpg 225w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191020_195402-768x1366.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191020_195402-81x144.jpg 81w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191020_195402.jpg 1834w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><figcaption>Spasmo<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I was not very into sharing when my beloved Crisco and Sparkles passed on last year.  After a kitty-less Christmas and many months of coming home to an empty house, Richard and I have adopted kittens (months ago now).  I thought it was high time to formally introduce them.  This is Gorgon and Spasmo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They&#8217;ve got some growing and learning left to do, Spasmo only just figured out she could push unlatched doors open, but they have given us hints at what crazy characters they are going to be.  I&#8217;m sure they will begin to crop up in all sorts of drawings after the co-dependency training is complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crisco and Sparkles will live on in their comic incarnations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"395\" data-attachment-id=\"2753\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?attachment_id=2753\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CriscoSparkles002.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"738,395\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Crisco&amp;#038;Sparkles002\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CriscoSparkles002-600x321.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CriscoSparkles002.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CriscoSparkles002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CriscoSparkles002.jpg 738w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CriscoSparkles002-150x80.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CriscoSparkles002-600x321.jpg 600w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CriscoSparkles002-144x77.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was not very into sharing when my beloved Crisco and Sparkles passed on last year. After a kitty-less Christmas and many months of coming home to an empty house, Richard and I have adopted kittens (months ago now). I thought it was high time to formally introduce them. This is Gorgon and Spasmo. They&#8217;ve&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2019\/12\/06\/introducing-kittens\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Introducing kittens<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[92,300,127,301],"class_list":["post-8770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-cats","tag-gorgon","tag-pets","tag-spasmo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10923,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2024\/10\/04\/cat-profiles\/","url_meta":{"origin":8770,"position":0},"title":"Cat profiles","author":"leems","date":"October 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"This is just some gratuitous cat love. 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