A question came up today about Dill, the white cat whom I photographed so often last year. He passed on in June, so we really felt his loss when we arrived in Lunenburg at the end of that month. Given that "Time heals all wounds..." we were overjoyed when this little kitty began to frequent our yard. We gave her some cats snacks out on the back deck and were surprised when she dashed past us into the house. Day after day she was curled up in our yard...so we began to feed her and ask around about where she might belong... I even attached a note with a phone number to her collar, but we came up empty handed, and so she was our summer visitor.
Flash forward to Sept 12, and I had prints made of her photo with our information ("Found Kitty...Please call...") and I began knocking on doors. As luck would have it, a man sitting on his porch recognized her as his neighbors cat! Her real home was only four doors down the street, but she had never left our yard!
Her Mistress, Libby, came to retrieve her and said she'd been wondering where she'd gone. And so she was carted off to her "real" house...for the night anyway. She was back on our doorstep at 9:15 this morning...
We'll miss her when we leave, and I think she'll miss us, too...
But what a relief to know she *does* have an owner...and we know she must be a great judge of character to have chosen *you* as her home away from home!
@autumnseden@hwy61 It probably has more to do with those irresistable little kitty treats... I just have to be careful not to get a bad rep for cat-napping!
@chard It still bothers me that she hadn't posted any "Lost Kitty" notices...on the street or at the nearby grocery bulletin board or the PO where we all have to go... ...and I can understand the cat wanted out in the morning, but why was she still in our yard until dark? She seemed quite nice, but not as concerned or overjoyed as I would have been... I know you understand what I mean!
@Weezilou That strikes me as very odd too! A similar situation is how we adopted our kitty, Tink. She was spending all of her time in our yard and her owners seemed less than concerned and had not spayed her or anything. After she came around injured a second time I talked with them and took her. They were agreeable which is good because it would have put me in a tough position.
@Weezilou i do. we once "found" a lost dog in the lumberyard. when the owner came to pick him up i don;t know who was happier, her, the dog, or us watching the dog jump in her arms!
You really have a certain animal magnetism! Such a beautiful lil kitty. No bad luck with this pretty black cat. The void left by sweet Dill will certainly be there, but I think this sweetheart will bring alot of smiles!
I love it. She's like a negative image of Dill. Maybe she really loves her owner very much but knew you were going to be lonely this summer without Dill. ;)
Looks like you made another friend... and I agree with Autumn - who wouldn't want to be adopted by you and Ken? :))) She looks like a sweetie. I'm glad you have her around to fill the empty spot a little.
@hbdaly As you speculated, we really did see this kitty as a little treasure to ease us through the loss of Dill. Her owner works all day; I think she just got lonely and found we'd dote on her!
I know that Maui/Rosie will hate to see you leave.