I got up really early yesterday (for me, 9 am). It was nice outside. Fed The Mews and we all (except for Ayla of course) went outside. Cool and calm...
Walked around the backyard and they followed me. Not in a trail, but generally around me. They like it when I am outside with them. Too often, when I am outside, they can't be (lawn mower, open gates, etc).
But not this time. I followed them around. Marley knows his territory well and never leaves it. Laz is a bit more explorish, but stays inside the backyard "usually" (he sometimes seeks mice in the front yard but understands the street is dangerous and stays away from it). Lori barely wanders the backyard but will follow Laz "some". I could see Ayla sitting inside on the bathroom windowsill.
So I was there just watching them walk around. And wherever I went, they did too. Not like they were at my feet, but they generally stayed "near", like 20-30'. So I was under the backyard Saucer Magnolia tree and laid down on the "needs-to-be-mowed" lawn and looked up at it for about 5 minutes. It was a nice change of view...
And suddenly realized that The Mews were all sitting within a few feet of me! Not snuggling close like in bed, just sitting around me some few feet away, ya know?
Beautiful happy cats, all unique in some ways, getting along, enjoying their lives here, happy to be around me...
I must be the luckiest Cat-Daddy on Earth.
