The ladies are suddenly more affectionate---connection?
I don't know whether there's a connection or not, but Saturday night as we rolled in from the gem show we were doing in Charlottesville, we got out of the car to a hellacious amount of screaming and shouting and carrying on from the house across the road. Now, I won't say this is ordinary behavior for a Saturday night, but neither is it unusual. The inhabitants thereof are a young couple (he inherited the property from his father, who built most of the houses on this stretch of road, including ours) who I would charitably describe as redneck. They are nice enough when not drinking but do have to be reminded to curb their dogs (pit bulls, who think they own the area) and are loud when alcohol is involved. And they own guns. Lots of them. Anyway, there was all this screaming and yelling and the dogs were carrying on. The cats came to the porch to greet us and acted not only hungry but clingy, as if genuinely scared. I went down and fed them immediately, as I always do when we come in and I haven't yet. The noise from across the road increased and at least one dog was actually screaming. I decided that if it didn't stop I was calling the law because it sounded like an animal was being tortured or was hurt and I wasn't putting up with that. Then I heard a car take off with a screech of tires and when I got upstairs it was eerily quiet. I listened for awhile and there was no more noise, no dogs or anything, and it was dark over there.
Since then, both cats have been much more affectionate. Where before neither one had allowed petting anywhere but their "feeding station", they now, even shy Vicky, allow me to pet them on the front porch and they are more clingy at the feeding station. Of course it's also getting close to their "gotcha day" which is next Tuesday---maybe they are expecting a cake and presents?
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