6/11/17 False Pattern Recognition
Low 90s and sunny. Ugh.
A couple of cats visited our yard on Saturday. There was a grey one with a white chest patch that settled under our bird feeder and relaxed for a bit presumably waiting for prey. When none came it wandered off. Then there was a black cat relaxing on the front walk when we came home from an errand who slowly walked away when we got out of the car and headed into a neighbor's back yard. Since the human mind tends to look for patterns and linkages where none actually exist we're wondering what it "means", whatever that "means". My suspicion is that it means nothing, though I'd like to help those creatures if they need it. They seemed well-fed and the black one appeared to have a clipped ear which is the signal that a cat is a member of a managed, neutered colony. If they need help and we see that we'll give it to them, in the meantime I'm grateful that they stopped by and made our weekend more interesting.
A couple of cats visited our yard on Saturday. There was a grey one with a white chest patch that settled under our bird feeder and relaxed for a bit presumably waiting for prey. When none came it wandered off. Then there was a black cat relaxing on the front walk when we came home from an errand who slowly walked away when we got out of the car and headed into a neighbor's back yard. Since the human mind tends to look for patterns and linkages where none actually exist we're wondering what it "means", whatever that "means". My suspicion is that it means nothing, though I'd like to help those creatures if they need it. They seemed well-fed and the black one appeared to have a clipped ear which is the signal that a cat is a member of a managed, neutered colony. If they need help and we see that we'll give it to them, in the meantime I'm grateful that they stopped by and made our weekend more interesting.
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