We have another cat in the neighborhood. Our Greeley backyard is kind of like Puerto Rico -like the Kruses :-)- with all the stray cats that come around. This one has come by more than a few times so he gets a name. In true unoriginal fashion we called him as we saw him (or is it her??): Patch. But that sounded too common so I used the Igpay Atinlay form of the name: Atchpay. We think it’s a “he” because we have had the occasional unfortunate fragrance that only comes from male cats. And Kitty does not seem to want to share his territory.

Atchpay at our back porch.

I have pet him and briefly picked him up but not held him. He is really cute with little white sock feet. We could have called him “Socks” -or rather, Ocksay.