She's much more cautious. She knows us now and will come right to us when we go out to the workshop to feed and cuddle her, but she's only slowly expanding her territory. She's finally come outside the workshop, and will sit on the concrete pad now.
Isn't she pretty? That black stripe down her nose is really cute.
Her name is Helvetica Marie, or Halley to her (two) friends. We still haven't figured out how she came to be here, since we don't live in a place where a cat would just wander in, like in a regular neighborhood, and she's clearly not a feral cat, but she's welcome.
We still miss our Gus, though. The picture below might seem a little odd, but I had to take it for the memories it will bring later.
These are the last cards Gus ever 'played.' We were playing cards that previous weekend, and he got up on the table to give my husband some loving, then decided to knock these cards off the table. It offended him to see things on tables that clearly shouldn't be there.
He was right, of course. We didn't need the jokers and shouldn't have had them on the table. Gus always knew best.
You may notice the pen in the picture too. Gus didn't believe that pens belonged on tables; his eyes would light up whenever he saw one, and down it would go. We're not sure why pens were so much fun to knock on to the floor but we got used to it.
Yes, I know those cards have been on the floor for over a week now, but if we pick them up, it means he's really gone, doesn't it?
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oh, my heart just breaks reading this post. I am so sorry for your loss of such a special friend. We just lost a dog. He liked to dig holes, (more like huge craters) around the goat sheds to lay down in. My husband asked me if I wanted him to fill in the holes while he had the shovel out. "Don't you dare" I told him, at least not yet.
ReplyDeleteIt is funny that your new cat showed up the day after you lost a pet. 10 years ago I lost a horse that was very special to me and the next day a cat showed up and claimed this as her home by refusing to be an outside cat. She literally would break into the house. We named her DC and she is still here with us. Sometimes I think God likes to send a lovable distraction to ease our grief.