Catch up time - we have TWO CATS NOW!!!!

Yes! We have a new cat.

Meet Monty, on the left in this picture.

There is a big, long story behind how we got him (remember, we were very happy with just one), but long story short, it turns out they are actually from the same family.  Buddy and Monty are sister and brother!!! He was returned to the shelter by his adoptive family (ugh, long story there too, no fault of his!!!) and how could we leave him there?

Monty is a very friendly fella. We are all getting used to each other, Buddy taking a little bit more time, but overall things are going well.  

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Vic came on his yearly visit!

Patrick and him went out fishing literally every day, hence the red sunburnt faces lol. I joined them for dinner most nights.  Half Shell Raw Bar in this pic.

The Grand Cafe here.

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One of my colleagues organized a lovely treat of coffee and doughnuts.  I immediately sent pics to Enid and our cousin, Kasey.  Years and years ago, like maybe 15 years, Kasey was on a business trip in Boston and came home with stories of giant cardboard coffee pots to Enid and I :) So funny.  We all love a bit of Americana!

 

Buddy

 We've had Buddy for about two or three weeks now and honestly it feels so much longer.  Last night when we went out for dinner to Shanna Key, Patrick (not a cat guy Patrick) commented that it feels like she has been part of the family for a couple of months now.  He also said that he wished he didn't delay in getting a cat (i.e. listening to all my hints) for as long as he did, that he wished we got her at the beginning of pandemic.

She is a right little character, just the right mix of boldness and mischief and also cute and cuddliness.  And so SMART! Lol seriously.  Every evening she drags one of her toys out of her bedroom to the living room and plays with it in front of us (noisily!).  And when finished she drags it back into her room - we sometimes hear her in the middle of the night playing some more.

Round her neck we have an airtag tracker which gives us the reassurance that if she ever got lost we can ring her on her iphone ahahahahahahhaaha :)