black cats – New England's Narrow Road

Happy Halloween From Some Black Cats I Know

black cat tongue — H A P P Y H A L L O W E E N !!!

Black cat photo.
One of my faves.
Skittle on the deck.
Sleeping with her tongue out.

Halloween is quiet here. Not many trick-or-treater’s come to my neighborhood. I may give out 6 candy bars. That’s my guess. So I buy big candy, since I can afford to.

Beware of black cats that may cross your path tonight while Trick-or-Treating, or don’t you believe in the black cat folklore?

Personally I think black cats are beautiful. They cross my path daily, and I’m still here to tell about it! At shelters, most cats are black, because people don’t want to take the chance of bringing bad luck into their homes. Ahhhh… this is how the world is now.

STAY SAFE KIDS! And may you get lots of good candy in your treat bags.

Where The Cats Are

Well, if you have cats, you already know how weird they can be.

Richie likes to be in the middle of everything. I was trying to bake something a while back – can’t remember what – and he thought the cookbook would be the best place to sleep.

The weather must have been lousy, or he would have been outdoors. He just sat there watching me with his crazy look.

Richie and cookbook — Recipes Are For Sleeping On

Fontana, on the other hand, likes the soft, fluffy rug in my daughter’s room. She is a bit of a chubby puffball herself!

Newly Adopted Cats in Our House

Lately the kids have really been after me to get some sort of pet. We lost our little dog Rolly almost a year ago but I don’t feel ready to have another dog. It’s been nice to not be tied down with a dog and Rolly was old- 16- and very needy and tempermental.
I have never gone this long without a pet, so we talked about having a cat.
Well, it ended up being two cats and we adopted them from the “Friends of Manchester Animal Shelter”.

My daughter went by the FMAS (shelter) and of course wanted every animal there – mostly they had cats, but she settled on “Richie” because he was so friendly. Then my son wanted one too and I thought, what’s the difference as long as they get along.
So we put Richie and Fontana (their shelter names) in a closed room together and they didn’t fight so we thought they would be fine together and it has worked out very well. They sleep together on the front window ledge, eat side by side, and have recently begun to roughhouse play together too.

For $75 we got two nice cats who are spayed and neutered and have had all their shots. A friend of ours recently found a stray kitten and after taking it to the vet – one cat- the cost was over $200.
So Fontana and Richie have a new home and I think they are pretty happy.