Hi all:

I was expecting Otis to give us the cold shoulder after we got back from our
one week holiday.  I'm happy to say that we got anything but!

I walked in the back gate and there stood Otis yowling in the hoarse loud
yowl that he uses when he's super upset.  He sang and sang and sang and,
when I finally got to him, rolled over in ecstacy as I pet him.  For the
rest of the night, he would beg to go outside and then immediately seem to
remember that he would be parted from us ... and beg to be let back in.  He
got scritches upon scritches and he gave his wonderful happy sound of
meowing while he's purring.  Chester was very happy that we were home too
and flung himself on the ground rolling around and purring and stretching.

At one point, I heard *Chester* meowing (he does this once a quarter at the
most) and he had climbed up to the second storey window and was calling to
me.  Otis joined him shortly.  Silly cats!  I can't let them in the top
window so I had to go downstairs and coax them back down for *more*
scritches.

It was a two cat night last night, with Otis sleeping under the covers.  The
windows were open and the soon-to-be-fall nights are "crisp".

It's nice to be missed and to be welcomed back with such enthusiasm :D

Susan M
Otis and Chester