This
sweet little guy has been hanging around my place for a few days. He's
friendly, clearly well-fed, and looks healthy, so I suspect he belongs
to someone. But he seems to want to take up here, and I've got all the
critters I can handle. I do hope he has a home and is just enjoying an
extended visit. Maybe he's enjoying my Christmas decorations — he did try climbing up the screen door so he could see in to look at the Christmas tree.
He closely resembles a very young cat that used to come round here regularly a couple of years ago whom I called Scrapple — because he was such an energetic, scrappy little dude (who also climbed my screen door). That one hasn't been around for a long time, but the more I look at this one, the more I wonder whether it actually might be the same fellow. If it is, then someone clearly has been looking after Scrapple since he wandered off.
Mercy, I hope he belongs to someone who will take good care of him. My guys are begging that it not be me.