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Yesterday Lily sent me to her veterinarian\u2019s office to pick up more of her prescription food. While I was there, I met Buddy, their greeter cat. He\u2019s been there for a few years, but I\u2019ve only just glimpsed him before. This time, I found him in a box on the counter mostly sleeping. He\u2019d open his eyes to check out each client, especially if they had a pet with them. And he did agree to a brief photo shoot. Handsome guy, isn\u2019t he?<\/p>\n
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A neighborhood favorite was a tangerine girl named George. Her owners said she was a ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/georgebench-300x225.jpg\")
Maine coon cat\u2014such a lovely lady who enjoyed spending time in our yard posing. And boy did I take the opportunities she presented to photograph her. You can see why\u2014she had a knack for positioning and style. She was a regular run way model\u2014well, yard ornament, you might say. We lost George at the age of fifteen this last year.<\/p>\n
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another photogenic cat. I\u2019ve caught him in many interesting poses over his eight years. Like George, he\u2019s an indoor\/outdoor cat, which makes photo shoots more fun. The background is more natural and interesting. Smokey is actually half ragdoll, although even the veterinarians and techs at the emergency animal hospital didn\u2019t believe me. One said, \u201cI saw that on his paperwork and I just said, \u2018Whatever!\u2019\u201d Yeah, she didn\u2019t believe me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told her that it\u2019s true. I knew his mother and his two sisters looked just like her. As you can see, Smokey is a cat of a different color and style and coat. But he is a lovable, floppy, cuddly boy (when he wants to be).<\/p>\n
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I love our two kitty girls and many who lived here before them, but I also thoroughly enjoy meeting other cats and kittens when I\u2019m out and about. The latest cat to join our neighborhood collection of indoor\/outdoor kitties is Moonie. Isn\u2019t she pretty? Too colorful and maybe too clumsy to catch birds, it seems. She watches those wild birds that I feed, but no one has ever seen her with one or even trying to get one. That\u2019s how to stay in my good graces, Moonie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yesterday Lily sent me to her veterinarian\u2019s office to pick up more of her prescription food. While I was there, I met Buddy, their greeter cat. He\u2019s been there for a few years, but I\u2019ve only just glimpsed him before. … Continue reading