Lydia News

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In April of '08, many of you followed my exploits here as I attempted — without much success for a long time — to trap a pregnant feral cat that I've been feeding in my backyard. The first post on the subject was here and then I kept you and the world updated as I schemed and plotted to catch said pussycat and haul her off to a vet to be unpregnanted…and to make sure she stayed that way. If you read forward for a week or two, you'll see how I finally (finally!) succeeded.

Every now and then, someone writes to ask of Lydia and to see if she still comes 'round every night to be fed here. Yes, she does. The above photo was taken not two hours ago. Lydia is one of four strays (plus occasional guest stars) who dine nightly on my back step and occasionally turn up during the day. She's very nervous…as I guess I'd be if someone had done to me what I did to her. But she seems very happy and if you don't make any sudden moves, quite affectionate.

That's about all I have to report…but since folks ask, I thought I'd report what I had to report.