Feline Friday: Make a Beeline for the Feline...

Fostering kittens. So much fun, it should be illegal!

Welcome to the first-ever Feline Friday!

My meticulous market research has shown there is a distinct shortage of kitten photos online, so I’m staking a claim on that rich territory before somebody else gets there first.

I can’t imagine that anyone else has already thought of posting photos of adorable kittens, but I’m just being cautious.

Here’s the deal. When we lived in Santa Fe, my wife and I fostered kittens for the Santa Fe Animal Shelter. More than 150 of them passed through our home over a seven-year period.

For a number of logistical reasons, we weren't able to resume doing this when we moved to Indianapolis five years ago, but we really did miss fostering.

I even wrote a 5 a.m. Story about our fond memories of fostering in Santa Fe…

Well, we’re finally back in the game, and making up for lost time. Last week, we drove to Indy Humane and came home with Clementine and Saffron.

I should make clear, Indy Humane isn’t just like some kitten lending library. There are foster applications, references and stuff like that before they hand over any of their precious kittens for fostering.

These two young ladies have been so sweet and easy, we suspect Indy Humane rigged the game, purposely giving us the low-hanging fruit because they thought we needed an easy gig.

I must say, the person who adopts these girls into a forever home a couple of weeks from now is going to be very lucky, indeed!

Meanwhile — you know what’s coming — if you’re not already a paying subscriber to 5 a.m. Stories, please click on the red SUBSCRIBE NOW button below and become one. Only $5 a month, and you get a brand-new story every Sunday, plus regular Throwback Thursday reruns, full access to my priceless 190-story archive, and so much more!

Best of all, your money goes to help organizations supporting animals and the environment. Including, of course, Saffron and Clementine’s alma mater, Indy Humane.

Do it for these ginger kittens!

All photos by Robert Basler.

Feline Friday is a subsidiary of 5 a.m. Stories.

No dogs were harmed in the shooting of these photos.