Dille

Vinlands Dille, Dille is my foundation female. I received her from Vinlands Cattery, in Minnetonka from Janet. Today she is two years old. Her name means the latest fashion or craze in Danish.

Dille currently lives at my house. Normally she lives with my daughter Andrea. The male cats live with me and the female cats live with my daughters. This way they have the run of the house. They also live with various neutered and spayed cats and dogs.

She is also the mother of a litter of five kittens. The cutest little things. They were born January 31, 2010. Of course she is married to Thor. They love each other very much. Dille has become a very good mother. Dille had a good mother as model, Gudrun Snow Queen Viking, a beautiful odd eyed white Norwegian Forest Cat. She is called Foxy. She has the sweetest temperment. One of the best I have seen in a cat. Vinlands Dille was championed at the Pet Expo TICA in Minneapolis in February 2009 in TICA. She was championed in CFA at Inver Grove Heights MN in September 2009. Her mother is championed and her father D*Sarek's Umberto was the best red silver in TICA in 2008 and also the Great Lakes TICA regional winner in 2008. Plus he is a CFA champion.

Happy Birthday Dille!

Thor

Thor, Norskipoints Thor is my first Norwegian Forest Cat. We call him Thor and Mr. Wonderful. He answers to both. He would answer the door if he had thumbs. He greets anyone who comes the door just like a puppy. He has opened doors before so we will not be getting any lever door knobs.

In September 2005, Cat Fancy magazine featured Norwegian Forest Cats or wegies as some call them. I was reading my mothers copy of Cat Fancy. She loved cats, definitely a bordering on crazy cat lady. She only had two at a time. She was sensible like that. But no one loved their cats like she did. She told me about Norwegian Forest Cats or Norsk Skogkatt's. She was very proud of her Norwegian American heritage. She wasn't able to read the article in that magazine because she was dying, in hospice care. She died in July 2005. That is what inspired me to look for a Norwegian Forest Cat.

Then I began my search. One day several months later I was on Skaujenta's Cattery site in Norway. I saw this beautiful kitten that reminded me of Holly, an Iowa farm cat that was born in my closet when I was about twelve. She lived at my parents home for nineteen years. The cat on Skaujenta's site was Skaujenta Disa. I scrolled down, Disa lived in Minnesota. So did I. I contacted Sarah at Norskipoints Cattery, learned a lot, and was placed on her kitten list. Later in 2006 she called me. Disa and Akseli had kittens. Andrea and I picked Thor. He came thundering into our life. It hasn't been the same since. He is awesome! That is how it all started.

The Beginning

Hello, I am Norsejenta. This is my new blog. I am a lover of Norwegian Forest Cats, dogs, especially Leonbergers, knitting, and tomatoes. So I guess this is a knitting, kitty, puppy, gardening blog with a little bit of my life thrown in. Maybe some wedding planning, I am a mother of the bride this September. Construction, I am a carpenter by trade. Remodeling, yes I am punishing myself and am remodeling my house. That is the aspect of my life that is making the least amount of progress because I have better things to do.