A Portrait of Helen

Helen is starting to adapt to our house. We are now able to give her some supervised time exploring our house and she seems to really enjoy it. It is very interesting to watch her explore despite her lack of eyesight (she has no eyes and probably never did). She sniffs at everything and moves very slowly and tentatively. When she finds things that typical kittens play with, she plays with them just like a typical kitty. If she finds a string, she rolls onto her back and bats at it. If she finds a ball, she pushes it around and chases it.

It’ll be very interesting to watch her grow and learn.

I took this portrait of her while she was exploring the kitchen. Every once and a while she would stop and hold her head up proudly as she listened to the sounds in the room. It was during one of those moments that I took this photo.