prairie point

she came in through the bathroom window

I woke up early this morning to the sound of a gutteral "merow" coming from the bathroom. I knew that voice and it did not belong to one of our indoor cats. Sure enough the black cat had pushed through the screen in the open bathroom window and was perched on the ledge, announcing his arrival.

I did not see any evidence of other cats, so I quickly scooped him up, closed the window, walked him to the back door and deposited him outside again, while mentally noting that I needed to revisit the issue of window screen repairs. Last month I rescreened several of the windows that had tears in them. Instead of aluminum I used a black plastic that was more "invisible." But this is already the second one that the cat has made his way through. The weak point seems to be that the material is not held as tightly by the spline, either because it is thinner or slippier. Perhaps a thicker spline is the solution.

We have been trying to gradually introduce the black cat into our household with limited success. There are not as many altercations when the indoor cats go outside, but so far the indoor cats have resisted mightily any intrusion into the inner sanctum. He has generally stopped rushing in through the open door at any chance and only comes in when invited. Tricia usually holds him or stays close by whenever she brings him in. It's still open as to whether it's going to work out.