Cold, Cream, and the Fat Cat

It's been eventful!  And freezing cold.  The first day I came home and it was so cold out I was dreading going back to the porch to feed the strays, I decided it was too cold out to do nothing.  So I took a couple of boxes and made cuddle boxes.  So far I've only noticed CiCi using one, she's pretty content to be curled up in it many days.  I just took cardboard  boxes and one has an old pillow on the bottom and is lined on the sides with batting, the one CiCi uses it just lined with batting.  I took pictures!

So tonight I was surprised when I went out on the porch to feed the kitties.  Cream was out there!  He's rarely actually up on the porch, and he has very rarely let me see him eat.  Sometimes he comes and scopes things out and leaves, tonight he was VERY happy to have some food.  He jumped off the porch cause he's still scared of me, then I crouched behind the bucket my camping chair is in and put a handful out right by the side of the porch.  He even started eating it while I was still just a couple feet away! I was amazed, he's never gotten so close to me before.  So of course... I took the opportunity to take pictures :)

So many white kitties with gray on their heads, and one lone gray cat LOL CiCi is behind me in all the pictures, but she was out too.  Of course, she lives on my porch at this point!

After coming inside I started hearing what I recognize as Marx's "look dude, get the eff away from my yard." meowing.  I expected to look outside and find Brownie but nope!  I found a cat I had never seen before, that is obviously someones cat both from how well fed he is and the fact that he didn't budge an inch when I approached him.  So I snapped a few pictures of him, and tossed him a handful of food.He was in the neighbors driveway, on the other side of the fence, so I just let him be after that.  I could tell it's a boy cause he had that big round face that male cats get when they aren't fixed.

I can't help but wonder why Marx gets his panties all in a bunch about Brownie and this big guy, but has no problem whatsoever with Sugar and Cream. I've suspected for some time that Marx may actually be related to the white kitties-in good light, those rare chances, it looks as though the color on the top of Cream's head is the same color as Marx, and they have very similar facial features. Who knows!  Any insight on if that would have anything to do with Marx not being fussy around them?

~Kakers