travelin’

last week i finished the weekender travel bag, an amy butler designed pattern:

weekender travel bag

i had it outside to take photos of it for maybe five minutes before dude, my feline garden companion, decided to hop in and test drive its roominess:

dude in a bag

it must’ve inspired him because he ran out of his yard late yesterday afternoon and has yet to return…  upon walking the neighborhood this evening i saw a black cat hanging out with someone in his front yard, so i went to investigate.  it wasn’t dude,  but was creaker, i mean, max – the kitty i took care of for 10 days (vet surgery and all) when he arrived in our garden last year with a huge gash on his head from a skunk, possum or other creature of the night.  i think while creaker was recovering he told dude a few things about the neighborhood and inspired him to wander.  so yes, this has happened before…

creaker (i.e. max) recovering after surgery last march (2009)

anyhoo, that’s another story, but the neighbor that max was hanging out with said he saw another black cat, to dude’s description (collar and all) in their yard yesterday, right after he caught a bunny…!  no way!  we figured his defense would be lacking as mr. grwhryrpltd clipped his claws an hour before he disappeared.  apparently, he can still fend for himself.

oh dudie, come back to your yard, you little wanderlust devil…