On a cat blog the other day I saw some ocicats. So lovely.
They cost $500, and that makes me think their owners would be averse to letting them go outside for strolls. Sweet though they are, I won't be springing for an ocicat anytime soon. And anyway, our three commoners are just as precious even though they lack aristocratic lines. So we keep them inside, protected from hawks, traffic, coyotes, and anything else that would do them in.
James Wolcott, a lively intellect, began a blog post last week this way:
"Chill descended on Cape May last evening, the pre-dawn morning so nippy that our youngest ocicat, the personality-plus Veronica, batted at the covers until they were lifted, allowing her to scoot under them and bank herself against my back for warmth. I give off a lot of heat even when inert. We--"we" being my wife and I, Veronica and her two ocimates preferring to "sleep in"--rose early, the drop in temp coupled with northern winds indicating an auspicious morning for fall migration. Yesterday at the hawk watch there were merlins lancing the sky, an American bald eagle, cedar waxwings, etc., along with the scrappy advance scouts of the monarch butterfly migration set to arrive in legion force."
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/blogs/wolcott/
5 comments:
We had two cats,just common moggies. They rarely went outside,and seemed quite happy roaming the house. Both reached a ripe old age,Zoe lived to 18yrs and Blodwyn to 19yrs. They were lovely,we miss them dearly.
Thanks Mo. Lovely names for your cats. Ours--Sebastian, Viola, and Mimi-- were rescued from dire fates-9 week old black twins left in a driveway in the snow, and a grey and white found in a ditch with two kittens. The twins are now 5 and the other six. I know the feeling of missing cats. When Tig and Fraidy left us at 17 years each, I was miserable. A photo propped on the shelf helped a lot.When I learn how to put pictures on my blog they will be the first to appear. Keep watching and thanks for writing.
Our black and white cat,later named Zoe,came zooming into my life on the pillion of my husbands motorbike,wrapped in rags in a cardboard box. She was the runt of the litter and was to be put down,but my husband took pity on her and brought her home. She was blind and sickly but we tended her for a few days,bathed her eyes with warm water and spoon-fed her milk and brandy. After a few days she came round and stayed with us for 18 yrs.
We have been Ocicat pawrents for about ten months now, after our daughters surprised us with one for Christmas. Over our 38 years together we have probably been owned by at least 16 cats of all kinds... purebreds, shelter kitties, even a few adopted strays. Saphira is definitely the best behaved feline we have ever seen, and are thinking of getting her an Oci playmate. As far as going outside for strolls, that will only happen with them on leashes. Kitties outdoors unsupervised face many dangers.
Pure Black eyes are watching. They zoom in, and you feel afraid. Fate has no pity, as your life faces many dangers.
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