Earlier this week it suddenly occurred to me that
Halloween is coming up this weekend. Maybe I could do a Halloween post I thought
and as my brain ran through a list of Halloween themes (spiders seemed to have
potential) it came to black cats – bingo! Black cats abound around here. My Gardening
Neighbour has two and last weekend I spotted another black cat lurking around,
this one wearing a collar – oh, a stranger…
Anyway, let me introduce you to Shadow, the share-cat. He
is the most un-cat-like cat I have ever met with an extrovert personality and a
great hunter of birds (bad cat) and rats (good cat).
He is the recognised ruler of my back yard (even though
he is one of my neighbour’s cats) keeping it clear of other cats... well, as long as
they are smaller. Prior to his arrival on the scene my backyard was like the neighbourhood
cat super highway, being pretty much the only dog-free yard. Once he and his
sister, Blackberry, grew out of kittenhood they joined forces and ran all the
other cats off. Then Shadow staged a backyard coup and now even Blackberry only
manages to sneak in from time to time when he is napping somewhere.
Happy Halloween all!
Haha...what a lovely post Sue. Definitely a share cat as he seems to equally enjoy a lazy afternoon in your yard and when the weather is not so nice he spends the day on my bed. Such a handsome fellow he is :-)
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