Haiku cat

I'm not sure if I ever read (long ago!) 1931 Newbery Award winning book "for children" The Cat Who Went To Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth. A brief description says: "A three-colored cat brought good luck to a Japanese artist who was working on a picture for the temple, introducing animals one after another. A beautiful story, not very long."

I was thinking of re-naming the little 3 color cat first dubbed "Mac", Amigurumi, after the Japanese term for very popular, very cute, little crochet stuffed toys (I think Wikipedia or someplace gives definition--google it). That little kit seems smaller than litter of kittens born sometime afterwards; much smaller than mostly white with orange spots sibling Rosie.

After watching a rainbow in the sky for most of the day, moving across landscape with the sun, I wrote a haiku. (Also was influenced by charming book about two small Japanese dolls by Rumer Godden; one of which is named "Miss Flower".) Beautiful sights from nature made me think of little white cat with petal-colored patches that I'd thought of calling Yuki, which I think Japanese name meaning snow; also Japanese story about appreciating pattern of leaves scattered on path instead of sweeping up:

Small cat sleeps
Autumn leaves on snow
Leaps to heaven
White clouds & rainbow!

Another nice name for a tiny cat might be Haiku, the poem form only seventeen syllables long!

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Rest in peace, Rosie

Kitten I mentioned earlier was not one of local cat family. All of the latter seemed to be fine after snow storm, with one exception: "Rose" did not survive. Just found out apparently froze to death.

Hope I can find some help to protect rest of currently homeless cats this winter which is just beginning...

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Snow Cats

After the record snowfall, I've only seen 3 of the cat colony (looking a bit bedraggled). Hope the rest of feline family are okay. There was--what I assume to be--a cat path leading to snow-buried bushes, which they may have used for shelter.

They cuddle together to try to keep warm. Safely in numbers (knock on wood): one little kitten with a house-home, left out by its lonely self FROZE to death, as owners didn't realize how cold it would get that night.

Mama's newest kitten's may be due soon (or already have arrived). When I have time, I'll post literary links that inspired names for her fall family.

Santa, all I want for Christmas is good homes for all the homeless (including furry friends!)

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