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Éowyn was born on May 9, 2009 at 5.57 PM and weighed 105 gram. She is from our first litter of three kittens, our Lord Of The Rings litter.

From our first litter, from Shanti and Gharib, we wanted to keep a Somali-female if possible. And we were lucky: both females in the litter were Somali! So, we had the luxury to choose between two very sweet and beautiful ladies. Eventually we chose the female that was born second and we gave her the name Éowyn. We chose Éowyn because for some reason we couldn’t stop looking at her. We would, and still do, simply melt at the sight of her. Even when we took pictures of the kittens and looked at them on the computer, we always stopped at her pictures longer.

Éowyn was really the most girly of the two sisters, in looks as well as behavior. She loved to wash our hands and faces and she still does, by the way. She also loves being groomed. She’ll get ready for, begins to purr and can’t stop head butting us. She’s a real lady.

It was funny to see that Éowyn soon learned the art of catching butterflies from her mother Shanti. Even when she was very little, she would walk around proudly from time to time with a butterfly in her mouth. And, just like her mother, she would eat the butterfly with taste. These days she has a different tactic: she waits until Ayan catches a butterfly, tries to steal it from him and, if she’s successful, eat it quickly.

As a kitten, Éowyn was also a big fan of the feather teaser. Just like her brother Sam, she would walk around the house with the teaser in her mouth, growling possessively. She likes all toys with feathers, actually. A big favourite of her is a ball with a nice bunch of feathers attached to it. She’ll toss it in the air and hit it through the living room, all the while jumping in the air like a circus performer. It’s a real joy to watch. Nowadays she also really likes a flexible teaser with a leather plume attached to it. She’s really fanatical when she’s playing with it and will drag it everywhere. If it was up to Éowyn, we would be playing with it the whole day. When she gets a hold of it, she turns into a real pit bull. She absolutely refuses to let her prey go, it’s really funny to see.

Here a movie of Éowyn playing with her teaser:

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Of course Éowyn is also really mischievous and very curious. When we open a closet or drawer we have to look out because Éowyn will climb in immediately!

She loves lying on her back in Harry’s arms like a baby, it’s so adorable! She can stay like that for hours enjoying it and of course we’re enjoying it just as much. These days, she always comes to cuddle with us at night and in the mornings. She’ll snuggle up against us, preferably under the blankets, kneading and purring really loudly. We are also treated to a thorough washing and she always wants to be as close to us as possible. Needless to say, we absolutely enjoy every minute of it. Besides playing and cuddling, one of Éowyn’s favourite pastimes is eating food. And she isn’t just interested in cat food... Éowyn likes to eat everything imaginable. Cooking and making sandwiches with Éowyn nearby is almost impossibly. Turn away for one minute and the food is gone!

Éowyn is a cat with an very sweet character and we are extremely happy with her! Her charm and sweet eyes she can wrap anyone around her little paws. We could cuddle her all day long. We have a very special connection with Éowyn that we can’t really describe. She’s just terrific, a lady with a heart of gold.

Éowyn is now 1,5 years old and has grown out to be a beautiful cat with a nice warm colour, soft silky fur and good ticking. She also has an intensely green eye colour. She’s not perfect, her profile is a bit too straight and her chin could be a bit stronger, but who is perfect, right?

Éowyn is taking over from her mother Shanti as queen of this cattery and we hope she will become as good a mother as Shanti was and we also hope to see Éowyn’s sweet and caring personality in her kittens!

Éowyn has become a mother on the April 25, 2011 to a beautiful baby boy, Aruna Chasing Cars (Casey). Éowyn is a very loving and caring mother, I don’t think he could have wished for a better mother: caring mom, wrestling partner and kitten in one!  We are extremely proud of her!