Momentous Update II

A month or so ago our longtime animal companion went missing. We all wondered what happened to her. She had been getting girthy around the sides, actually looking quite a bit like she had kittens in there. After her disappearance I wondered if she'd hatched 'em, or if she might have had some sort of blockage. A week or so later I found her remains, in surprisingly advanced decomposition.

My younger boy wanted to get another cat from the pound, but he's also often expressed interest in getting a dog. I liked the idea, and was going to look into putting up a fence around our yard to accommodate a dog.

However, when I got home Monday, there was a surprise!!! Someone at my wife's work had a teenage cat, and just had a baby and didn't want to have the two together (guess they were afraid of the cat sucking the baby's breath out...), so they'd brought him to work. My wife took that action!!!



He's the first tom cat we've ever had, and he's quite a character!!! As you can see, he's mostly black, but he's got a white milk mustache!!! White whiskers & eyebrows, too. Nice, long tail on him, usually straight up with the tip flopping over to the side. He's characteristically curious, and still has the playfulness of a kitten. He's plenty sociable, and enjoys curling up in the bathroom sink, or even taking a drink from it, if you'll turn it on for him.



He's got a nice, noisy purr, which he always seems to do when we're getting up in the morning. Everyone really likes him, and he seems to be fitting in quite nicely!!!