Peeping Tomcat

A couple of years ago, I decided that my little ficus plant belonged on my front porch. The plant didn't seem to be thriving inside so I stuck it on the small landing outside of my front door. Soon after that, I thought the wind was doing a job on my small plant. When I watered it, I noticed all of the dirt was pushed to one side. It wasn't long afterwards when I kept finding peanut shells when I stepped out of my door. I thought I was going crazy. Had I been eating peanuts and leaving the shells on my porch?

Well, one day, I open my door to find a squirrel CHOWING DOWN on some peanuts on the banister. I look him dead in the face ... tell him to leave ... he looked at me as though I was nuts! I finally yelled at him and he climbed down a bit to hide ... I could still see his tail ... I left him alone and Mr. Squirrel continues to use my small porch plant for his stash.

I thought that was enough. But, now it seems that CATS also like my porch. I open my door one night to see a cat ... a cat I'd seen in one of the apartment windows in my complex. He runs away and I think it is over. Maybe he liked the view from my porch.

Recently, though, it seems that my porch is just the place. I live on the second floor in an apt. that faces a church parking lot. Human beings cannot see into my window (where my computer faces) from the street or even from my porch. But, cats CAN! I was at my computer, typing away, when I look up at the small window and see the cat from next door staring at me. I cannot say I am always dressed ... It's MY house! The cat jumped on the 'roof' outside of my window and ran away when I saw it but it was pretty creepy.

Oddly, a couple days later, I am in the same spot ... typing away ... it's summer so I'm hot ... not exactly dressed ... I look up and see a DIFFERENT cat ... a SIAMESE staring dead at me through the window! WTF?... Are these cats passing info around the neighborhood about a peep show? I just saw the Siamese tonight ... looking in the window again. I had on clothes! It ran when I made eye contact.

HOW WEIRD!!!