Hi All

I mentioned a while back that I sponsored a black FIV cat called Vinny
through a local shelter and if you remember the woman was surprised
because he was old and not in the best of health and I gave her some
extra cash to buy the old boy some prawns

Well you asked for news and tonight I got some

I got a photo of Vinny sunning himself in the garden (very nice photo
as well came in a cardboard sleeve (I first of all thought I'd been
sent a wedding invitation) he's a black cat with some brown (Probably
because he was in Sunlight) with a medium length coat and he looked in
the photo a bit in need of a groom then again he is 18+ and when I'm
the Human equivalent of that age I expect I'll occasionally be a bit
careless of my looks (Says the woman sitting here in an old top with
hair in need of a wash- can't do a damn thing until I get everything
in the bath put back in the kitchen)

Anyway there was a note from the person who fosters him and it said:-

"Vinny's doing pretty well, he has lost a little bit of weight over
the last few months, which is being watched. He's a lovely
affectionate cat who really likes to be stroked alas because of his
age and being FIV it is very unlikely he will be rehomed but we make a
fuss of him when we can and we're touched when he sleeps on our bed,
which he does from time to time having claimed the bed as his own
despite his age"

And handwritten at the bottom "He and the other cats enjoyed their
prawn supper and all say thank you"

The newsletter from the shelter mentions that the person who runs it
is looking for someone with better typing/computer skills to do the
newsletter as she can't really type  so I might drop her a line and
say "I'm a secretary with too much time on my hands- I could do that"

Is this the first step to being a volunteer? Next thing I know I'll be
fostering

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs (who want a word about that last
sentence!)