[NicknamedBob]

"This morning, she was laughing and crying while she remembered him hiding behind a chair and then attacking me when I walked by."

We live too close to the road to let our pets have much freedom. We finally decided that any cat would need to be an indoor cat. So far, it's working. Our current cat is going on eight years with us. Here she is ...

Cat, Waiting For The Sunlight

The morning sun is shining bright,
Dust motes down the hall begin to stir.
Cat is sitting patiently, with paws tucked in for warmth,
Waiting for the Sun to start its purr.

Cat knows how to speak the language of the Sun,
She hears the happy thrumming of its voice.
And lying in the sunlight while the music plays,
Unless she’s really hungry, is her choice.

Of course the dog disturbs her reveries,
Crowding in to warm like a china bull,
She gives a stare that should melt fur.
Perhaps her batteries are not quite full.

Reluctantly, she leaves her post,
With a gaze of mild regret. She’s very put upon,
The Sun winks knowingly back to her,
They’ll have a tryst in private later on.

NicknamedBob . . . . . . October 10, 2006

[JustAmy]

I don’t know what the answer will be. We live on a country road but the traffic has really increased these last 5 years. Sometimes our road looks like a hiway.

Hubby does not want a house cat. He doesn’t mind a cat coming in for an hour or so to play.

I’m wondering if putting the kitten/cat in the garage every night will solve the problem. Milo and Simone were both run over in the early morning. Probably stalking a bird.