Critter Tales

It has been strange adjusting to life without any pets, considering that when I was in Waycross I had access to roughly 60 animals at all times. While I must admit that I don't miss cleaning litter boxes, I definitely miss coming home to a menagerie of fuzzy companions. After Diana left Korea for the US, taking her two kitties with her, her husband brought me her kitties' litterbox, food and water bowls, and half a container of kitty litter. I now have everything I need... except a cat!

Korea isn't a particularly cat friendly culture, so stray cats tend to be much warier than in the US. As such, even armed with numerous cans of tuna, I have yet to catch a single cat. I've fed a bunch, however. Not far from my house is a bar/restaurant known as the Loss Time Bar / BHC Chicken. The owners put out chicken scraps every day for the stray kitties, so there often several kitties in the vicinity of the bar. The other evening I (accompanied by LTB/BHC's owner and his wife and daughter as well as two drunken Korean men) attempted to lure several kitties to me... without any luck.

Often there are kittens where that copper colored car is.


These are the two I see most often. I took this picture on my way to work one day last week. They were hanging out in the street next to Loss Time.


And since of course I had tuna in my purse, I fed them.
Yes, I realize that is a little insane.


That evening, there were not two but three kittens next to Loss Time!
While I was feeding them - with the help of a bunch of Koreans - an adult tortishell showed up and ate, too. Didn't catch any, although I came close with the black and white and the tabby.

Meanwhile, I am pet-sitting Gwen's yorkie, Songi, which is going a little way to alleviate the loneliness of not having any pets. But surely she'd like a kitten to play with, right?