When we first moved in here about 18 months ago we were visited regularly by a big long cat who I started calling Slim Shady.
Later when we met our neighbors across the street we learned the friendly cat was named Matty.
When they first got him they thought he was a girl and named him Maddy.
They changed the name slightly when they learned "the facts of life" about him.
They also told us that he would come looking for food but to ignore him because he was very well fed at home.
He became a regular visitor in our back yard and would come up to the slider and stare inside.
The other day SWMBO opened the door and let him in!
She said it was cold outside and he asked so politely.
Well, he made the rounds of our small apartment, seeming to map the place.
Today I had just returned from the grocery store and was standing in an open doorway when I saw something streak past me.
Yup, it was Matty.
So once again he was taking a tour.
Surprisingly Muggles and he have not had a problem with each other.
Muggles seems curious but not defensive.
In the photo above, Matty has found one of the cat toys lying around the place that Muggles has grown bored with.
But there must still be some traces of catnip in it.
Matty wrestled it into submission until I decided he had been here long enough and picked him up to put him out.
He was docile until he saw Muggles cross our path.
He snarled and made a backhanded swipe at me.
And yes, he got me.
It's just a scratch but I guess I got what I deserved and I was a little more careful as I carried him to the door and put him out.
I hope this doesn't become a regular thing.
