Fun Facts about the Zőe’s

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The Zőe Necklace and the Zőe Set are homage to one of my cats: Zőe. A little over six years ago, my friend Katie called me and asked me, as I am a cat lover, if I had room for another. I said “sure”. She said she’d be right over because her friend has two kittens that were going to the pound to be euthanized. When she arrived, Katie had a carrier with the kittens inside. When she opened the door, a tiny kitten, about a quarter of the size of the other cat, climbed over her litter mate, hopped out, raised her front legs like a toddler being asked to be carried. “Her name is Zőe. We think she’s a girl. She was born on May2”, was what Katie’s friend who was getting rid of the kittens, said. Zőe was purring quite loudly, and kissing me. I said, “I guess she’s picked me”. She think jumped down on the floor, and toddled of unsteadily on short little legs in the direction of the kitchen, at the back of the house.. And then they left.

I subsequently learned from my vet that she was barely five weeks old, and not old enough to be away from her mother. He was very annoyed with me. I explained that if I hadn’t taken her, she would have been killed. Then he relented. He warned me, that she would have digestive issues, because I had started her on solid food. I told him that I had tried to give her milk, but she didn’t seem to care for it. I thought that was strange, as all my cats were dairy cats. He explained that not all cats like or can tolerate dairy, that I should have gotten kitten formula. I didn’t know that thee was any such thing. Long story short, we had some occasions where we thought we were going to lose her, because of her digestive issues. But she’s a big girl now, twelve pounds! (Who knew she’d grow from less than one pound, to be such a big broad?!)

Zőe is a beautiful taupe and gray tabby, with eyes the color of key lime pie. She is also extremely inquisitive. I have learned NOT to store my crystal beads and rondelles in screw cap containers, and not in small clear plastic baggies, or compartment boxes, because Zőe will chew through the baggies. She is also very clever with her little digits, and can open LOTS of things she should not get into. As a consequence, her middle name is Dexter, from Dexter’s Lab, a television cartoon. There was a brief time when we first got her, that were weren’t sure if she was a boy or a girl. And my husband wanted to call her Dexter , if he was a he. As a consequence, I have learned that she has a definite preference for ruby red, and iridescent red crystals. She likes the rondelles in gold, rather than silver. In fact, if you offer her something gold over the same in silver, she always goes for the gold. She cries for any red bead she sees me working with.

So, when I noodling around one day in the beads, I got the idea to see what beads I had that were her coloring, or favorite colors. After pulling out some labradorite, and the deep red Moretti Venetian glass beads that had white or yellow 24kt gold foil, and the unusual gray German glass leaf beads, and started to play. I couldn’t figure it out at the time, so I put all of the beads into one large plastic bag and set it aside. I often do that. I find some beads that I think look good together. Toss ’em in a bag, and the the beads figure it out.

While I was occupied at the table, Zőe managed to get into the vermeil beads. They were in a compartment box, in sealed zip lock bags in each compartment to guard against tarnish. The DLDC (my husbands’ nickname for Zőe. It stands for Damned Little Devil Cat). had gotten into the beads and had pulled one of the bags of vermeil beads and was busy chewing a hole it it. Were it not for the fact that she selected the perfect bead, I would have swatted her butt! As it happened, I looked at the fancy beads she had pulled out to play with and realized that they would work perfectly with the gray leaf beads. And the rest is history.

Have a closer look at the Zoe I at http://www.beadbear.com/c0903.shtml, or Zoe II
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