When strays become family members

I am shameful for not posting enough here.  Time flies so quickly when you're involved in projects that update your property or pay the bills.  I'm sure that you can understand that.  Today, I'm going to share a quick story about a new addition to our household.

About four weeks back, we had a lost (stray) cat show up in our garage.  Well, he wasn't so much of a stray because last November, he showed up here then.  At that time, we kept him for a week while searching for his owners and then luckily, we found them.  This same cat (who is about one year old now) came back five months later.  We called the owners and they came to take their pet home.... but then a week later, they called to ask if we'd take him.  He's beautiful, healthy, and affectionate so we agreed.  After three weeks though, we're regretting that decision because he persistently picks on our older cat.... he just doesn't know when to let up and then a fight begins.  Unfortunately, we're going to find a good home and give him away.  In the meantime though, we still enjoy his affection and playfulness.  I'm posting photos to show this beautiful animal..... these images are available at my online gallery.  His name is PeeTee.

Click to view at my online gallery

Click to view at my online gallery

If you are local to me and know of a good home, please contact me.  If you have comments, please leave them below... you're very welcome to browse and shop at my gallery.  Thanks for coming by.

Found and Rescued

I'm just a simple person with a decent heart... not one who devotes my life or life's savings to saving a poor malnourished animal... I just care about welfare for animals even though I maintain my position as the master.

You're probably wondering what I'm going with this so anyway, about a month back, I kept hearing a loud cat's meow that came from the vicinity of my detached workshop.  When I'd approach the animal would become silent so I wasn't sure what was going on.  After a few days of this, I was unloading some equipment in my workshop and suddenly, there was this quivering "meow" from the corner.  I then saw a malnourished and filthy kitten who was about four weeks old.  It has the same markings as an adult stray who had been coming around but hadn't made her presence in a few days.  I realized this kitten had been abandoned (something must have happened to Momma) and I searched for others but this was the only one.  I brought it into our home where my spouse and I cleaned it up and began feeding him.

This kitten was not welcome by our adult cat so we realized we must find a good home and luckily, we did find one with a young woman who loves cats and was happy to take in a new one.  Before sending the kitten off, I took some time to photograph him and managed to capture two really nice images that I want to share.

Stray Kitten with Tennis Ball

Stray Kitten Portrait B/W

Having this kitten for those two weeks was a lot of fun and I'm glad that I was able to find him before he perished.  The photo shoot was a blast as I simply threw out a ball for the cat to play with while I composed and shot images.  Your comments are always welcome!