March 20th,

Barnabe has settled in nicely.   His father, Anatolii, along with Novinka and Eustoliia have welcomed him onto the cat patio.  Eustollia is in charge of all of the boys - and her bossiness keeps them all relaxed and submissive.  There is no play fighting or anything like that .. just peaceful bird watching, playing in the water tubs - (one has goldfish in it) and taking naps cuddled together in the cat tree near the heater. 
Here is a photo of the 12 x 14 patio. There is a cat flap into the house.    You can see Novinka and Anatolii on the highest shelf.  From there they can also see the school yard and all the buses and children and a frisbee golf course which is busy on weekends. 
  It seems Barnabe likes to sleep cuddled in the nook of my elbow under the covers! He is such a lovely cat.. we are enjoying every minute of his visit.  Friday he goes to the vet to meet Dr Christina and do paperwork for the move to Maui in June or July.  **added weather on right column for cat patio.