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Do you have regular outdoors feline "visitors" to your yard (that aren't ferals, TNR, etc.)? By this, I mean non-stray cats, just neighbors' kitties that hang around.
We've had a couple since we moved here 12 years ago. George, who was my next-door-neighbor's cat. He used to stare at me through the first floor windows, and then run up so I could open the window and pet him. He would hang around me when I did gardening, letting my rub his belly. They would let him out around 11:00 AM. He had a pattern: straight up our driveway, always to the left, under the gate, and onto my deck. They moved last year, and I really miss him!
We now have a beautiful tortoiseshell girl--mostly black, but with a dime-sized orange (yes, I know it's really red, but I like orange!) spot above her left eye. I've been off work a lot lately, so I see her when she comes to our back door, which is really two French doors opening onto the deck, so I can really see her well. I make noises, and she comes up to the gap in the doors to look at me. Today, she did the same thing, but then walked onto the main part of the deck, and sat on the stacked chairs, right up against the kitchen window, and watched me for a few minutes. She really is a beauty!
I also watch for an orange and cream tabby cat on the way to work, who sits in someone's bay window sunning himself. This is out of our neighborhood. I only see him up until about 1:00 PM on weekends, but I do see him mostly in the early morning on the way to work. He's been there over a year. DH confessed to me that he also looks for him! DH goes to work hours earlier than I, so I think he probably doesn't see him much. It always makes my day when I see him.
We've had a couple since we moved here 12 years ago. George, who was my next-door-neighbor's cat. He used to stare at me through the first floor windows, and then run up so I could open the window and pet him. He would hang around me when I did gardening, letting my rub his belly. They would let him out around 11:00 AM. He had a pattern: straight up our driveway, always to the left, under the gate, and onto my deck. They moved last year, and I really miss him!
We now have a beautiful tortoiseshell girl--mostly black, but with a dime-sized orange (yes, I know it's really red, but I like orange!) spot above her left eye. I've been off work a lot lately, so I see her when she comes to our back door, which is really two French doors opening onto the deck, so I can really see her well. I make noises, and she comes up to the gap in the doors to look at me. Today, she did the same thing, but then walked onto the main part of the deck, and sat on the stacked chairs, right up against the kitchen window, and watched me for a few minutes. She really is a beauty!
I also watch for an orange and cream tabby cat on the way to work, who sits in someone's bay window sunning himself. This is out of our neighborhood. I only see him up until about 1:00 PM on weekends, but I do see him mostly in the early morning on the way to work. He's been there over a year. DH confessed to me that he also looks for him! DH goes to work hours earlier than I, so I think he probably doesn't see him much. It always makes my day when I see him.
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