Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.... I'll go out and....

Oh my... I typed that ten minutes ago but had to answer the doorbell... strange indeed...

A girl of maybe 14 was at the door and a half dozen of her friends were on the sidewalk... "Is this your kitten?"

She said they were walking by and the cat ran to them from under my truck and followed them until they were about to cross Mountain Road (a hundred metres away and four lanes of idiot speeder drivers) and they thought they should bring it back. That warmed my heart.

I told them it had followed me home just a while ago. She asked if I had named it. I said, "No, I never saw it until it followed me home." She said, "Blaze. That's a good name for him." She had an odd look, a smile, on her face. And they left.

Blaze is eating canned salmon in the crook of the fireplace in the driveway. But, no way is that mangy cat coming in this house....