Welcome to February’s Final Feline Friday. Do you recognize this beautiful cat? It’s a photo of Ms. Wally in her prime, probably taken around 2000. I dredged it up while searching for a few more Throwback Thursday candidates. I’ll have to seek out one that shows both Kili and Wally. They were quite a pair!

Meanwhile, Romeo got in another scuffle with Mr. Lumber, the visiting cat from down the hill, and earned another “time out” inside the house.

I saw this last fight unfold. Romeo is clearly the aggressor, naturally enough, I suppose, since he’s defending his home turf. It’s probably impossible to keep this from happening except by being mean enough to drive Lumber off permanently, or letting Romeo get used to being an inside cat.

All our cats used to be indoor cats. That ended when we remodeled our bathrooms, probably 20 years ago or so. With construction going on in the house, we didn’t have much choice except to let the cats go out during the day. They quickly learned to return as soon as the work stopped each day, and they’ve been pretty much indoor-outdoor cats since them. That is, until we started the transition back to the safety of the house.

Romeo and Annie are the most unhappy about the move indoors. But they’re learning.

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