The orange/white cat is getting friendlier all the time... letting us pet him, and usually not bothering to swipe his paw against our wrists now. I've made a little pillow-bed for him on one of the chairs on the back porch... he will use that unless Gatsby is out there giving him the cat-evil-eye to vacate the porch. That's when Pumpkin will slowly get off of the chair, walk slowly towards the steps leading to the backyard, and then he'll walk towards the barn. At least once or twice, he'll turn around and look towards the porch to see if Gatsby is following him.
Yesterday, I was out near our mailbox talking to two friends, and all three cats were sitting in the driveway, just watching us. Gatsby was by the front of the garage, Pumpkin was next to my husband's car, and Mickey was the bravest... he came all the way up to us for petting. Mickey is usually the one who comes purring up to everyone, ready to spread his kitty-love around to the neighbors.
Because of the pouring rain we had last week, our pond looks like Spring... filled nearly to the top and the birds and the neighbors' dogs are enjoying the water. That particular neighbor keeps his dogs outside, which is a good thing because they don't look too pretty after they've run through the pond.
Our live-in handyman will be officially moving into the barn apartment this weekend. He will have Thanksgiving dinner with us tomorrow, along with a few of our friends, and one of their friends who would otherwise have been alone for Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving isn't the time for a one-person dinner... everyone should invite whomever they know who would be spending tomorrow by themselves. Share your feast.... it's what Thanksgiving is all about.
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