Update on Josie

My new barn cat, Josephine aka Josie, seems to be adjusting well although still not engaging directly with me. She likes her feral house in the crate but comes out frequently to survey the passing scene. She's had words with the local possum, who has stopped trying to get at her food, and with the neighborhood marauder, a tuxie boy who comes around mooching. She and Winnie both cursed his ancestors all the way back to Hatshepsut yesterday and he took off into the woods. I am curious as to what will happen when she comes out of the crate. She now seems to recognize my voice as belonging to "she who brings food" and will look directly at me when I speak to her, she just doesn't come out of her house when I'm around yet. Saturday marks her second week in the crate. Two, possibly three to go.