Welcome back, Tuxie Boy! We haven’t seen you since spring and to be honest, we weren’t sure you were still nearby. So many families have moved from our area over the last few years, and thankfully, most took their kitties with them. We thought for sure, Tuxie Boy and his family had moved away.

He sure does look good. He has muscle and feels solid. His fur is thick and he doesn’t have all the scratches and scrapes he sported the last time we saw him, which may or may not mean he’s been neutered (we hope!). If/when we see him again, Mom will take a peak back there to see if those kumquats seem different.

It’s just about that time of year. Every October, overnight temperatures depending, Mom cleans out the feral shelters, checks the warming mats and cords in the upper level and puts straw at the lower ground-level area in anticipation for kitties and critters looking for a warm spot to spend the night. And then, she plugs the mats in and checks and rechecks the boxes every few hours for a couple of days, to make sure all is good.

This shelter, one of two we have, is officially Spitty’s Place, in honor of Spitty and his Mom who bought these awesome weather-resistant structures years ago. While Spitty’s sign is no longer posted above the western entrance, it’s safe nearby in the garage. We rescued the sign from a charming family of raccoons late last winter who took it down and, undoubtedly, thought to take it home as a memento of their 2025-2025 winter stay, perhaps to mount over their mantle next to the small knick-knacks picked up here and there from their world travels.

Mom thinks next year will be the year she repaints these shelters, and now that they best reside under the back deck-lette steps and close to an outdoor electrical outlet, she think she’ll paint them white to blend in better against the house vinyl. Time will tell if white was a bad idea or not.

Looks like you picked a good time to return to visiting us, Tuxie Boy!

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2025 – No post
2024 – Goodbye September
2023 – No post
2022 – Goodbye September
2021 – No post
2020 – One Word Wednesday
2019 – MultiBuddy Monday
2018 – No post
2017 – No post
2016 – Friday Fun
2015 – Chair Logic
2014 – No post
2013 – ManCat Monday Visitors
2012 – No post