Greeted At the Gate
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86740)
United States
May 4, 2024 10:29pm CST
After ten days on the road I’m sleeping in my own bed tonight.
Apparently I’m not the only one happy about this.
Pictured is a neighborhood stray whom I call Callie the Calico. When I backed in, she ran into the driveway and over the fence, happy to greet me. Or maybe, more significantly, to ask “what’s for dinner?”
So, like any good slave to the feline species, I got her a can of food and some fresh water before I even unpacked.
The clothes will wait, the cat will not.
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@kaylachan (84815)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
5 May 24
No she will not. She missed you. I am sure your bed will be a welcome sight, too.
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@FourWalls (86740)
• United States
5 May 24
Well, I missed waiting on her tail and paw. Another 3-4 weeks and she should start bringing her kittens around for me to service as well.
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@FourWalls (86740)
• United States
5 May 24
@kaylachan — she was. Had them about the beginning of April.
@Deepizzaguy (122196)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
5 May 24
I think the cat was telling you "What's for dinner?" since the same way the street cats who live in my neighborhood react when they come to the front door.
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@FourWalls (86740)
• United States
5 May 24
Oh, these neighborhood brats have my neighbor across the street and I well trained. 
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@FourWalls (86740)
• United States
5 May 24
I saw a raccoon on my back yard camera not too long ago. I know there is — or was — a groundhog out there, too.
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@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
5 May 24
@FourWalls We do not have raccoons here. I see a fox time by time and we have several cute hedgehogs in the garden. When I check the garden and it's dark, I see one serving himself in the cat food bowl.
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@FourWalls (86740)
• United States
5 May 24
She’s a sweetie. Definitely not related to your friend Shi Thead.
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@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
5 May 24
She wanted to welcome you home, and then demand you feed her. It's almost like coming home to a man.
lol
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@FourWalls (86740)
• United States
5 May 24
Cats are better than men. You train a cat, it stays trained. 
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@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
6 May 24
@FourWalls HA.
Yeah, men don't. Case in point, mine.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
5 May 24
I am sure that you would have enjoyed that warmth of welcome.
. Very true. Clothes can wait, they don't get upset . Cats can't.
I was so happy to be back to my bed after a month long travel and vacation. I started missing my bed so much.
. Very true. Clothes can wait, they don't get upset . Cats can't.
I was so happy to be back to my bed after a month long travel and vacation. I started missing my bed so much.2 people like this
@FourWalls (86740)
• United States
5 May 24
I don’t mind the vacation, but I guess everyone is the same: it’s great to go, and it’s great to come home.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
5 May 24
@FourWalls I totally agree. I am a travel freak. I love to go to vacation. But after few days, I do feel home sick
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@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
5 May 24
I believe the cats know the sounds of individual vehicles and it cues them to come greet us. Bitty does not come when I get home but Bruno certainly does.
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@FourWalls (86740)
• United States
5 May 24
I think her “home” is a couple of doors down in the bushes. If that’s true, she sees me as well as hears me.
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
6 May 24
@FourWalls Oh goodness! That makes sense! You are so sweet to feed her and watch out for her--especially with allergies!!
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@FourWalls (86740)
• United States
5 May 24
I’m very allergic to cats or I’d grab her sweet butt in a minute!
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@BarBaraPrz (51823)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
5 May 24
Good good! Nice hoomin! prrrrrr
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@FourWalls (86740)
• United States
5 May 24
She still meows more than purrs, but she’s about as good as a feral can be.
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@snowy22315 (208964)
• United States
5 May 24
I wonder if my cat visualizes me as a giant can opener sometimes?
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@FourWalls (86740)
• United States
5 May 24
Darn opposable thumbs or they wouldn’t even need us for that.
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@FourWalls (86740)
• United States
6 May 24
Maybe I buy cat food that she likes more.
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@FourWalls (86740)
• United States
5 May 24
I was so happy that she was jumping the fence into the back yard by the time I got out of the car to open the gate.
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@FourWalls (86740)
• United States
6 May 24
Especially since she ran to jump the fence and block the driveway so I’d have no option except to feed her first!
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@JudyEv (382147)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 May 24
@FourWalls Our little cat would wait in the middle of the driveway for Vince to come home then she'd SLOWLY walk up the road ahead of the car. No amount of tooting and swearing would make her hurry. 
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@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
5 May 24
Kitty was probably starving. Have a good day.
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@FourWalls (86740)
• United States
5 May 24
Too many places in the neighborhood for free meals. 
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@celticeagle (189880)
• Boise, Idaho
6 May 24
She knows you are a good human and was glad to see you come home.
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@celticeagle (189880)
• Boise, Idaho
7 May 24
@FourWalls ........It is so cute how cats conduct their business.
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@FourWalls (86740)
• United States
6 May 24
I went out this evening and said hi to her. She didn’t want any food, just stopped by to check everything out.
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@FourWalls (86740)
• United States
5 May 24
It’s nice of her to keep rats out of the neighborhood!
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@RasmaSandra (98033)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
5 May 24
Glad you are home safe and sound, Now you can dream about all you saw, So wonderful that the cat welcomed you home,
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@FourWalls (86740)
• United States
15 May 24
Exactly! I even saw a cat the day before I came home, so I knew what I had to do!
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