Freckles

You'll need the back story for this post! :)

A few weeks before we traveled to Pennsylvania for

Taylor and Lauren's wedding, we had a pet door installed

at the back of the house. 

 When he read about that door, my friend, Keith, sent me a link to

a British documentary about a fascinating study on cats and

 their habits.  It's about The Cat Village, Shamley Green.

Part of the study revealed that cats in the neighborhood

tend to let themselves into other homes via the 'cat
flap' to eat from the cat dish while the homeowner's 

cat is out prowling at night!  We laughed at that, but said

 that since we seem to 'own' all the neighborhood

cats, that probably wouldn't happen.  
With our luck, we'll get a possum coming in some day. lol...

But instead...we got this little lady...

About a month ago, in the evening, this little cat was outside my kitchen

window.  It was a nice night and the window was open.  When

I said hello to her, she ran around to the cat flap and came inside!

Obviously, she'd used it before!

She's friendly, sweet, skinny and hungry.

She looks to be nursing a litter of kittens.

She was familiar with our house, that's for sure!

She knew right where the food and water was.

She even made a bee-line to the back of the house and used

the litter box...obviously she knew her way around! ha ha.

The second visit was the funniest!

It was late...almost midnight.

We'd closed up the house and turned off the lights.

The Mister was in bed reading and I was in the bathroom

getting ready to take a shower.  He calls out to me and says,

"Hey, Hon! Come and see who just came in and jumped on the bed!"

It was Freckles!  She had let herself in through the cat flap!

I guess she'd put the 'kids' to bed and was out

 and about on her own for the night.

And this visit I caught on camera...just happened to have

my camera on my bedside table!  One morning, very early,

The Mister was in the shower and I was sitting in bed

drinking coffee.  I didn't take much notice when a

 cat jumped on the bed.  It's usually Jack.

But no...it was Freckles! ha ha.

We still haven't seen her litter, but suspect it may 

show up eventually.  

So now we know for sure that the cat gossip chain is

up and running!  "Are you in need?  Go to the Brocks!

The little grey house with the cat flap in the back!"

The British Documentary has been removed from
youtube, unfortunately.  I was planning on sharing it with you!

See why I named her Freckles?

♥