April 28, 2005
In Memoriam
Celi at rest
Celi hasn't been living with me for some time but we were together for many years after I got her at nine years old from a friend. Before her I never even liked cats all that much. She was good at playing hard to get though which for some reason is always appealing. When I lived at a professor's house in college she was a stealthy hunter capturing all manner of voles and occasionally other creatures such as a snake, squirrel, woodpecker, or a bunny rabbit on Easter morning. Mostly however she enjoyed a good perch on a window sill where she could catch a little sun and watch the world go by. While independent she was not aloof and enjoyed being stroked just right (never absent-mindedly or she'd object).
She lived to a hearty eighteen years old and will be missed by me and her most recent owner, Tehnaz.
Posted by Dave at April 28, 2005 09:52 AM
Comments
I remember Celi well from many visits to your house at Davidson and especially when Celi and Billy lived for a month at our house on Knobview. They were outdoor cats that month. Celi quickly learned that I had voles, eating the hostas in our garden. The first morning she brought me a vole, I put down a piece of tuna fish. During the month, I bet that she brought me 40 more, and the hostas have thrived ever since. She put Ross in his place with a few hisses; Billy and Ross would sort of play, but Celi would stay aloof. We will miss her
Posted by: Dennis Ross at April 29, 2005 11:04 AM