January 12, Kiss a Ginger Cat Day

 

Kiss a Ginger Cat Day!

 

Of all the cats that have shared our Peep's life, only ONE has ever been a ginger. His name was Attila!

 

 

Back in 1984 Mom was living in a teenie tiny village in the Alberta Foothills. She already had one cat (Genghis) Genghis was a handsome and very large white boy cat. One day Mom came in the house from the grocery store and Genghis was playing with a tiny orange kitten!  Mom put up signs, asked all the neighbors if they knew where the kitten had come from...NOBODY had a clue. 

Our Human Bro Alex was smitten and asked if he and Genghis could keep the kitten. Well, to make a long story short, the kitten got the name Attila and he became part of the family. Attila was the best hunter ever! Mom said he was an even more prodigious mouse hunter than Me (Marvelous) and Kozmo combined!

About 2 years later, Mom and Alex moved back to the big city,  Genghis settled in well (after all, he was a city cat), but Attila missed the trees and his yard and particularly the hunting. He lost weight, refused to go outside, hid in the basement and would NOT play with his toys. Mom was worried about him and talked to a good friend who still lived in the village that had just lost their cat to old age. Her son (who was Alex's friend) asked if Attila could come and live with them. Attila did and he was back to being the exciting hunting machine he was before and he took to his new people and new home without looking back. He lived to be 20 years old and continued to be a terrific Mouser.

In Attila's memory, Mom says she will kiss each of us Me, Marvelous, Kozmo and Jo Jo today! 

 

Kozmo pretending he is a Ginger for kisses

Me? I ALWAYS kiss Mom in the morning, it makes us both smile!