The Tale of the Porch Cat

Sea Breezes Every country porch needs a porch cat. There is something nostalgic about walking up on a big open porch and spotting a country kitty lounging away a summer day on a breezy porch. Our country porch has a porch kitty. She is supposed to be a moler, but she is busy being a porch cat and that job takes all her time. Sappy our new cat has taken to her porch cat job with gusto. Every morning she heads for the woods to do a little hunting. With hunting out of the way, she gets down to the serious job of porch catting. Porch catting involves several important skills. The ability to stare down squirrels and birds is a must. Hissing at a 14 year old plus dauschund invading your space is another important skill. The ability to turn your head into the afternoon sea breeze that kicks up every afternoon to sway the hanging ferns and tickle your fur is very important. Porch catting is not for the faint of heart. The only harder job happening on the porch is the person watching the porch cat do the porch catting. I am pretty good at porch cat watching. I check to make sure Sappy is doing her job. I am a porch sitter. I will save the rules for porch sitting for another blog. Enjoy the picture of Sappy, the porch kitty, at work.