Stray cat?   Lost cat?  Someone's cat?   I can't make the cat scat !!

Oh why am I involved  ?????

 

Well, this long-haired beauty has taken up residence on my outside deck.    I have seen her roaming
up and down my street for many months (her long bushy gray tails is hard to miss even when she's behind
cars or garbage bins) but assumed she had a home.    Or did she?  She also was frequently under my house in a half covered cellar area, not exactly the kind of spot one would choose to stay in if a warm, cozy coach was available?    Then it snowed and she just sat on my deck in a plastic chair,  flakes covering her from head to toe, looking like she had NO intention of ever budging.    So I put up a  "cat tent" made of mesh and bought for my indoor cat Annie, then made it "precipitation proof" by covering it in some cheap $1.00
store tarps.  She ended up sleeping in there all night, right  through a heavy snow storm. (I bet she was scared and didn't sleep!)     I was so worried because of the cold and  the possibility of the sides of this fragile structures collapsing inward.    Poor thing was stuck in there all night as the snow had piled up in front of the "entrance way"  Now I just don't know if she belongs to someone who just leaves her out a lot and she truly likes all this independence, or if she is abandoned and looking for a new home.     She comes running over when I'm nearby and she doesn't mind being held for a bit.  I have been feeding her a lot.   Well a lot if someone else is also feeding her...  What to do?    I call her PRINCESS because I would never actually name one of my own acts PRINCESS.