I have had to quarentine myself from rescue missions...I want to take them all home! lol...
yes, he is a beauty. the huge ruff around his neck, "Egyptian eye liner" eyes, tufted ears, fluffy tail that falls over his back like a squirrel and pantaloons...if I have any quibble he's marked grey and white, but love is blind! but he isn't alone. we've been rescuers all my life and long before I was the twinkle in my dad's eye...I just lost one rescue cat, a brindle calico, Topaz, to skin cancer, and I still miss her. I still have 3 rescue kitties, and the SF, "Andy", is with us because of one of the others! we have two "field" cats-they came out of the fields, one starved and both terrified, both with pasts we don't like to think about. we have socialised both of them, a feat that was not easy in either case. the first one, a tiny kitten when we first met, is the mirror image of Andy. they have pretty much the same dark gray marks-but each one has a gray spot on the shoulder opposite of the other one, and Buzz (He used to purr about as loud as a cat possibly can) is short haired. Buzz is a closet siamese. the only way you can be sure is the red backlight in his eyes at night. I got Andy from the rescue mission to rescue us! Buzz was so full of energy he needed a pal, so we got Andy, part for his character, part for the mirror image effect. the other field cat, Leo, is a Morris look-alike, but I'm biased, I think he's much better looking than Morris!
needless to say, I can't help setting food out for strays, and occasionally one worms their way in. right now 3 boys is all I can handle...and more than I really want, but once they've caught me, they're here for life.
Cornelia

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