They somehow know the houses where kind-hearted people live. Like during the Great Depression, hobos would mark the gates of those who would give a free meal or meals in exchange for a day’s labor. And a different mark on those houses whose residents would slam the door in their face or worse, greet them with a shotgun so they knew to avoid those houses. So, obviously, you are a kind-hearted person to be adopted by stray/abandoned cat!!!

One of my cats was abandoned by their previous owners as well. He’s a very sweet boy. I can’t believe how cruel people can be to just move away and leave their pets behind! Well, after the past election, I do now believe cruelty resides in more people than I’d ever imagined before.

…”soft touch” or some other signal tattooed on our foreheads in a light wavelength that only cats can see, because they sure do know how to find us.

Her name is Ruby and she is 7 years old. She isn't much of a lap kitty, but she does enjoy her belly rubs so she hangs out with me while I'm on the computer.

That’s so cute!

After a day or two of getting acclimatized, he became CLEARLY "her" cat. Once in a while, he would let me scratch his head a little and once, I had him purring, but it was her that he went to. She is down in Oregon, ATM, looking after cuz's house and dog, and he and I took all of a day to finally bond. He can still be skittish, but he has definitely warmed to me.

He's a Russian Blue*Tuxedo cross, and smart as a whip. After 2 days, he'd figured out how to open latched doors, as long as he can push them - he's not yet determined how to open "pull" doors. All our doors have lever handles, so it wasn't THAT difficult for him, though. My son once had a cat that had figured out how to open doors with round handles.

Now, The New One (Max) is working on mastering the Venetian blinds.

She got him a perch that attaches to a sliding glass door with big suction cups, and he knew it was his before it was assembled. Spends lots of time in that, as well as on the floor beneath it, watching the next door cat launch itself at him, and crashing into the glass. He doesn't even flinch, which I'm sure drives her nuts.