Regarding the elderly cat in the Cary, NC area (which I mentioned at the top of yesterday’s post), Charlene added:
Robyn, thanks so much for putting out the appeal for my friend’s cat. One L&H reader has already responded with an offer to help! The L&H community is just the best!
I’ve since learned a bit more about the friend’s cat and situation. Turns out the cat is an outdoor-only semi-feral. And she (I think the cat is a “she”) comes into the garage and “messes” in the garage, posing a slip-and-fall risk to my friend’s elderly mother. My friend has tried getting the cat into a barn cat program, but was told the cat was too old (which frankly makes no sense to me: too old to hang out in a barn???). If anyone knows of any other possible solutions (other barn cat programs? adding her to an existing feral community? building an outdoor shelter in someone’s backyard?), you can reply to me here or via the e-mail above, which is cfu (at) alumni.northwestern.edu
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He gives me this baleful look an awful lot, even though he’s purring up a storm while he does it. I should rename him Baleful Beans.
Isn’t he just the prettiest thing?
Baby Baleful Drama Beans (Esquire) on top of the cat tree condo, and Barney chillin’ inside the condo.
This isn’t the greatest picture, but I’m posting it so you can see the difference in their eye color. Barney over there on the right has green eyes, Bitsy (in the middle) has orangey-brown eyes, and Baleful Baby has dark brown eyes.
Bitsy needs a snuggle.
Yesterday morning when I let the Beans out of the foster room, Baby decided to go back to bed, so he climbed into the wall basket (which, I’ve probably mentioned, has a bed warmer in it). Three hours later I realized I hadn’t seen him, so I went up to check on him. He heard me coming and decided to get his butt out of bed.
Don’t work too hard, you lazy thing.
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Fred noticed this orange and white kitty hanging out in the area between our property and the church property next door. Please note that that downed tree fell onto our property from the church property almost two years ago, and as you can see, they’ve really rushed to do nothing about clearing it off our property. Maybe Jesus needs to take the chainsaw.
This picture is particularly bad because it was taken through the window AND I didn’t take the time to switch to the longer lens, but I think you can see that it’s a cat, kind of.
Fred went out to see if it was friendly, and the instant it saw him, it vamoosed. I don’t know if it belongs to someone or not, but I do know that a light-colored cat showed up briefly in our side yard a few nights ago (might be the same cat, might not – it’s hard to tell). Fred went out a few hours later to see if the cat was still around, and saw nothing. So either we’ve got a new guy coming around or we had a cat wander through on his way elsewhere.
If it ever stops raining, I’m going to set up the game cam on the feeding station and we’ll see if he shows up to eat there.
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I have a Spanky video for y’all today. Nothing much happens in it – I was trying to get Spanky to “talk” to me, and he was staring at me like I’d lost my mind – but I’m posting it anyway, because awwww, Old Man Spanky, you go on with your spry self.
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“I’m a cat!!!”
“I’m a CAAAAT!!!”
[CENSORED]
“I’M A CAAAT!!!”
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Previously
2012: I went a little astray from my original idea, but when I was done, I laughed and laughed like a big dork.
2011: No entry.
2010: No entry.
2009: No entry.
2008: Humans are just so stupid, that’s the way they is made.
2007: I think it’s possible that Newt, who is Not Our Cat, might end up becoming an inside cat. (HA – ya THINK, 2007 Robyn? You really think he might? Here’s an update: he spends 99.999% of his time inside, piled up in an overstuffed cat bed like a big ol’ slug.)
2006: No entry.
2005: No entry.