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It’s Feline Friday, once again. As usually, just click on the photo for the week’s cat pictures.

If you haven’t met, this is Mr. Silverman. He started as a totally outside cat who adopted us back in 1999. He would come inside, eat, and then disappear, returning for food or to recuperate from fights. He was known for wandering the neighborhood. He disappeared for several months back in around 2004 and we thought he was gone for good. Then one evening we spotted him around the corner as we drove home, and I stopped the car and carried him back to the house. A brief investigation found he had been chowing down at a friendly house at the end of the street. But once reintroduced to our house, he decided to stick around.

Now he spends almost every night in a room downstairs. When he comes out in the morning, he spends a few minutes checking the yard and then comes upstairs to check out the food and the action. Then he usually claims a chair and goes to sleep, although sometimes he walks back and forth to attract my attention and then trots outside, down the stairs, and waits at the door to be let into his room. We’re happy, as his vet bills have gone way down. And he seems happy at the special treatment. Win, win.