Cat on the deck

DIXIE AND ME

Just now, I took Dixie out so she could "do her business."

She immediately headed toward a dark blob in the left-front corner of the deck. I couldn't tell what the blob was until it said "meow." It was the mostly black cat (with some white on its belly) that we've encountered before.

Dixie moved toward the cat, but I pulled her away. We don't want vet bills for stray claw marks.

The weird thing is that the cat just lay there casually. It never moved a muscle that I could tell.

Dixie went into the grass and did what she needed to do; and I brought her inside.

I looked back, and the cat was still sprawled there.

The other day, I walked onto the carport and saw a white streak going past the carport at high warp speed. I have to assume it was a white cat that I have seen in a neighbor's yard.

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YELP!

SHE WAS LACY THEN; NOW, SHE'S DIXIE.

Dixie scared me to death today when I was taking her outside. As I got near the kitchen door, I stepped back and heard a tremendous YELP!


It was so loud and forceful that I literally jumped. Dixie skittered off toward the living room after I stepped on her paw. I figured that I couldn't have hurt her too badly, considering how fast she headed into the other room.

I said "Come here, Dixie", and she came running almost instantly. She wasn't badly hurt, and she obviously isn't afraid of me because of it.

Still, I hope she'll learn to stay a little farther back; you never know when I'll lose my balance and have to step back.

• Woof! (translation: Go away, kid; you bother me)

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