We seem to have been adopted by yet another cat ...

Which brings our total to six! Which is way too much, even for us! The problem isn't feeding him -- we can handle that -- it is the vet bills for his proper care.

But he is a LOVELY cat! Jet-black, a full tom, golden eyes, a year or so old, very affectionate (though still skittish), with a wound on his left hind foot which seems to be healing well, though. He showed up on our doorstep VERY hungry (I've never seen a cat lunge toward a plate of food that fast in a long time), and has been polishing off about three cans of food a day so far. Actually, now that we have been feeding him for three days, he's slackened off a tiny bit. And he otherwise seems to be in very good health (although the vet did find a tick on him today ).

We call him Midnight, of course. We don't know if he will become an indoor or an outdoor cat. Our other outdoor cat, Shadow (aka David Cattenburough), seems to tolerate him more or less, which is a good thing, as the inside of the house is already WELL populated with furry things (Princess, aka Sally Ride; Nitwit, aka Ratchet Lombax; Marshmellow, aka St. Nicholas Copurrnicus; and Mary, aka Mary Wolstoncat Shelly or Wolstonkitty). The big problem is: do we keep him or not? We checked him, and he isn't chipped, so we don't know if someone owns him and is looking for him, or just abandoned him. We will call the Humane Society and let them know we found him, just in case someone is looking for him, and possibly put signs out in the neighborhood. But I've already grown fond of him.

If any more cats move in we will have to build a cattery out in the back yard ...

Oh, well. I'm posting some pictures of Midnight and Shadow, anyway. First pictures of Shadow as a starving waif, and then a recent one of him showing how well he has filled out. Then some Midnight pics. And then some new charms I made recently. I not only made a bunch BEFORE Califur, I also designed and made a few DURING Califur. When I get enough, I will open an Etsy shop, or see if I can sell them through DA. The new ones I have made are monkeys, tigers, bulls, donkeys, panthers, and bears.

Oh -- and by the way ... My "Fish Cat" won first prize (in the Polymer Clay division) at the Del Mar Fair, and my "Sea Dragon" won second. AND my Polymer Clay Guild gave me an additional donated award as well! Of course you know where all the prize money is going: yup, buying more clay!

Anyway, that catches things up for a while. I'll keep you posted!