Lucky...the first cat in my life!

I decided to join in with Angela's West Virginia Treasures Show and Tail for the first time this week. The idea is to post pictures and a description of a past or present pet or animal in your life. Visit her blog to find a list of participants and information on how you can join in.

I decided I might as well start at the very beginning. From the time I was very small I loved cats. My mother wasn't too crazy about cats and never wanted one. I would sit outside and wait for a cat to go by. Let me tell you...cats just don't go by very often. I would sit and wait and if I spotted a cat I would start calling, "Here kitty, here kitty!" Usually they would run off in the opposite direction!

Finally my mother relented and we got a little black kitten. He was named Lucky. Unfortunately, Lucky wasn't very friendly and never wanted to be held or petted. It didn't matter. I was thrilled to finally have a cat. We had him for a number of years and then sadly he disappeared.

I'm 64 and have had many cats over the years, but I remember every one. This is Lucky taken from a slide around 1952 or so.



And here's a Christmas photo from 1952 with Lucky. I'm on the left and my sister is on the right.



I hope to write a little something about every cat I've ever had in the following weeks. This will be a trip down Memory Lane for me.