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I tend to a menagerie of abandoned cats, here on the

mountain, where I live.

I guess people think you can just dump a domesticated, or

abused cat off in the forest and it will live or die.

Cookie is beautiful TC. We have a solid black here to.

Ebony. His eyes are green.

Ivory is his brother of a different mother.😁 They were both born under my

trailer 12 years ago, on the

same day. Where you see

1, the other is soon to follow.

Then there's Luna. Solid grey,

bobtail. He's a special Russian breed of cat that came staggering up out of

the forest behind my home,

with a collar that had not

snapped apart and had twisted around his neck,

down over his shoulder and

under his leg, causing a terrible wound. I took care

careof him and he has been here now 18 mos. He had

definitely belonged to

someone though. He is the

guardian now that Sadie has

left the mountain and sits at

the top of my drive at night.

Then there's little Tippy. He's the only survivor of the 3 kittens that were dumped last

year. He's a sweetheart and

likes me a lot.

These are 4 of about 10 cats that have picked me out. Every morning they are on

my porch, tails waving hello.

They all let me pet them, but

only Tippy lets me hold him.😁

I am still having a hard time

adjusting to not having my

beautiful Sadie here. I've

had 2 people just walk

into my house. Sadie was a

dual purpose hearing assist

and service dog. Even in her

last week, when she was feeling so miserable, she was

was still alerting me when

someone came. Struggling up

to be at the door. She had

never retired after 16-1/2 yrs.

The cats here and here on TAFM make me smile. The

love we give, they all; dog, cat, return in more than

a hundred different ways.

Thank you all for sharing your

stories and you especially Tom, for sharing this part of

your life. ❤