This post is actually a new blogger’s quick exercise in posting a photo, but I’ll use it as an opportunity to introduce one of our two semi-feral cats – Dodge.
Hermits in their own right, both our cats disappear when company arrives. If it weren’t for window-height cat doors, most people wouldn’t know we have cats.
Dodge was less than a year old when she arrived with her just-weaned son, Dart. They’ve been with us nearly 10 years. They’ve kept their keen “forest smarts” from the feral days. Good hunters and excellent tree climbers (up and down), they’re always on alert for potential predators (coyotes, bears, stray dogs, hawks, racoons, bald eagles and unknown humans). I like to think those cat doors have improved their survival odds. I was always a “dog person” in the past, but these two have re-educated me. Cats are very different than dogs, but just as loving and endearing once they warm up to you. There is something truly special about that purr.
Good photo. She looks like she is comfortable in the jungle.