Once again I find myself in Colorado visiting Dad while in the midst of record breaking weather. The Deep Freeze temps that usually occur during the National Western Stock Show in January have arrived earlier this year. Family and friends are beginning to joke about my visits bringing crazy weather; first the 1000 year flood and now this. If this keeps up, those same friends and family might not be so happy to hear of any further visits I’ll be making!
The unseasonably bitter cold has brought out concerns for the neighborhood stray cat where my brother and sister-in-law live. It seems there is this kitty who was once a beloved house cat, living an indoor life in a home just kitty corner (!) from my brother and sister-in-law. This lovely feline had an adoring owner who passed on about three years ago. Kitty’s inherited owner took no interest in claiming her, causing Kitty to become an unwilling outdoor cat.
As with most strays, she makes her daily rounds; surviving better than most because of her winning personality and because her territory is within a nice neighborhood. According to my brother, she is the perfect stray to take in and call your own. Kitty has tried to adopt various humans, but with little success. Mostly because she is technically someone else’s pet. In the case of my brother and sister-in-law, they accepted Kitty’s offer at one time, trying to incorporate her into the family. Unfortunately, the household’s menagerie of permanent and semi-permanent pets didn’t accept Kitty into their gang.
So adopting Kitty was not an option. Continue reading