A tale of a cat

My Mum is almost 94 and lives alone, except for a cat who, in cat years, is probably about as old as she is. On the back of her house is an old conservatory and she keeps the door propped open so the cat can come and go easily, and the feeding station and cat bed are in there too. 

One day a few weeks ago, she phoned me to say there was a strange ginger cat  asleep in her cat's bed, having eaten all the food she'd put out for her own cat. As I live 250 miles away, there wasn't much I could do about it, but when it was still there two days later I asked on the Facebook group for Mum's town whether anyone had lost a ginger cat,  and within a few hours had found somebody who had moved from near Mum's house to somewhere a mile or so away the previous week, but the cat had disappeared after slipping out through the door. She thought it might have tried to head back to its old home and, spotting food and comfort at Mum's house, decided to stay. 

The lady went to Mum's and yes, it was her cat,  so she took it to its new home, but still it refused to settle and kept appearing back at Mum's house.  Then once lockdown started,  there must have been fewer opportunities for it to slip out as it went several weeks without visiting mum - until it appeared again earlier this week. At least the owner knows where to find it when it runs away! 

Which leads me to the thinking behind this card, which I'm going to send to Mum next time it appears. 

The cheeky cat stamp is one I got in a bargain bundle from a closing-down sale, coloured with Promarkers to match mum's new friend, and the sentiment a Dylusions one coloured to match. 

I am sharing this with 

AAA Cards - Sketch (not using the optional "it flies" element)  

Passion For Promarkers - Clean and simple  

Show us your pussycats - Furrything Goes 

Addicted to CAS - Animal