today's lesson in cat nature. semi-feral cat was out on the driveway and i had the garage door closed, probably was soaking up a bit of the heat from the sun on the cement and it was just sitting there looking out towards the road. i was looking at it out of the kitchen window and i started talking at it, but the window was closed so it was not hearing me until i raised my voice more so that it would carry that far having to go out the back patio door screen and still reach around to the front where the kitty was sitting. the ears twitched and it looked around but it wasn't in alarm at all. just natural reaction to noise... so i waved at it when it looked at the window, but it did not see me right away, but i kept on waving and then it did see me.
reaction? it turned around and started licking it's butt and then went about grooming itself even more. i laughed and went away for 5-10 minutes and when i came back it was still working on grooming it's paws and then just walked off.
it's got two white feet in the back and two dark feet in the front. i'm not sure if it is the Momma or Daddy cat of the feral cat family, but i've not seen any of the kittens around in quite a while and i've not seen any other kitties around either, i thought they had all moved on. they're welcome to stay and eat all the mice and chipmunks and other critters they want. i've not seen them hunting around here in quite some time... out back they can eat all the chipmunks they want. there's a good half dozen running around back there almost all the time.