Morning Coffee – By Aaron Hall, is sponsored by Country Style in Wallaceburg:
It appears we have a conspiracy on our hands here in Wallaceburg… and it involves cats.
Last summer, after our dear feline friend Tipsy Doodles passed away, we were fortunate to come across a friendly orange and white cat who was hanging around in Wallaceburg by our sisters house.
After a few weeks without Tipsy, we decided go pick up the new kitty and bring him home. Mookie, who we named after Pearl Jam’s original band name, was an instant member of our family. He immediately got along with our pup Millie, the kid’s loved him and besides a couple of times when he decided to use furniture as his litter box, Dana and I were glad to have him in our home.
Fast forward to this week.
Mookie will often spend all day sleeping in Millie’s pen in the kitchen, while he spends the nights outside, “protecting us” from his perch on our back porch.
Yesterday, while Dana was driving home, she spotted who she believed to be Mookie prowling around in hunting mode several blocks and a considerable distance away from our house.
Same orange and white fur, same long striped tail, same green eyes and even the same small belly hanging and jiggling as he walked.
She got out and called out his name.
He kept walking, after giving her a “what do you want?” kind of look.
Dana came home and immediately asked, “is the cat in house?”
Yes, there was Mookie curled up in Millie’s pen, sound asleep.
Dana and I looked at each other and immediately went into conspiracy theorist mode.
Could we actually be taking care of two cats?
Maybe Mookie and his identical twin are taking shifts staying in our house, doubling up our cat food bill, increasing our protection detail outside and meeting up in discreet places, so they are never seen together.
It sounds legitimate to me.
As long as they keep a good handle on the mice population around our house and take care of the few stragglers that make their way inside… I’m totally fine with having our two conspiring cats.
If you have a suggestion, story idea, column idea, or if you want to say hello… drop me an e-mail at aaron@sydenhamcurrent.ca.
Photo of the day
Our ‘mystery cat’ prowling around a yard in Wallaceburg.
Weather forecast for Thursday, September 29, 2016
Environment Canada continues to have a special weather statement in place, as significant rainfall continues across the region.
Frequent showers and a few thunderstorms are expected to affect Chatham-Kent today, tonight, and into Friday. The showers may be heavy at times.
Additional rainfall amounts of 30 to 60 mm are forecast by Friday evening for much of the region.
The area is being monitored for a potential rainfall warning.
Caution is advised over the next few days due to ponding of water on roads, and potentially fast flowing creeks.
The rain is being produced by a slow moving low pressure system over the Ohio Valley.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to storm.ontario@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports to #ONStorm.
Today – Showers at times heavy with risk of a thunderstorm. Amount 10 to 20 mm. Wind northeast 30 km/h gusting to 50. High 18.
Tonight – Showers at times heavy. Risk of a thunderstorm this evening. Amount 10 to 20 mm. Wind east 30 km/h gusting to 50. Low 16.
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