I would like to thank everyone who wrote me and posted in the comments offering condolences over my loss of Doofus. To many of us, a pet is a beloved member of the family.
Yesterday afternoon, Cindy and I went to the DeKalb Humane Society (With one exception, all my cats but two have either been strays or Humane Society. Ashley was a research cat. ) so I could give another kitty a good home. Here is the kitty I picked out.
He's about one year old and reminds me a little of a black cat I had about six years ago named Oscar. I have not given him a name yet. I gave Ashley her name because she is a Beautiful Dunwoody princess. I'm thinking of giving this guy a Dunwoody name, but I haven't come up with a suitable one. Usually, my cats do sumpin' that suggests a name. I had one cat, Tiffany, a full week before I named her.
When we got him home and let him out of the cat carrier, he immediately disappeared. We searched high and low with no luck. This went on for about 45 minutes. Finally, I noticed that Ashley was looking at the wall unit in the great room. On a hunch, I looked closely at the television and there, behind the television I saw one green eye looking out at me. Aha! Found you.
I had Cindy and her husband Michael over for dinner, and the nameless one was all over Michael. And, today he has followed me around the house. At first, he was a bit frightened by my wheelchair, but he's getting over that.
Ashley keeps trying to make friends with him, but he growls and hisses when she gets too close. Doofus did that when I brought Ashley home, but Ashley is a very persistant cat and I'm sure she will break down his defenses.
My sister is arriving tomorrow for a five day stay and I'm sure she'll suggest some names for the nameless one.
Not sure how much posting I'll do for the next few days. In the meantime, here is a picture sent to me by many readers demonstrating the Navy's new Terrorist Catch and Release Program.
