Way back in 2013 this cat started showing up on our deck. I guess he/she figured my husband fed the birds and squirrels and so why not feed him/her as well? But … cats and birds generally don’t get along and so hubby shooed him/her off the deck and out of our yard. We couldn’t imagine such a beautiful cat was homeless. And then the weather turned cold and we discovered the cat had been taking refuge under a pile of plant covers left on the bottom deck. Long story short, we ended up dragging the beast, by this time, its long fur matted in filthy dreadlocks, off the deck. For two weeks the cat hid out downstairs but thankfully knew how to use a litter box! Another long story short, the cat turned out to be a neutered male and unable to find his owners, we more or less adopted him.
For years we’ve tried to find a more appropriate name than Pretty Kitty but none has stuck. Then, last night … or rather early this morning … the name came to me in a dreamlike fugue. Percival. A noble but whimsical name, I think.
Percival Von Kitty from his royal perch.
Anyway, that’s how my week is starting out.
I’m hoping the cold weather will hold off long enough for these, my only tomatoes after months and months, to finally ripen.
But with a storm and a drop in temperature on Wednesday, I kinda doubt it.
We shall see. Only Percival the Perceptive knows and he’s not telling.
Let’s hope that, with Percival finally getting his name, things will start to improve in this stark raving mad country!
Saying nothing in particular 
Here’s hoping 🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂💜💜💜
Percival is certainly a beauty!
Hope he likes his new name.
❤️
Good names for cats are vital. More so then dogs due to the amount of unaffection shown by cats. Dogs are generally always there, despite their names. Cats need a reason. Names help. Two of my favorite names are Pussycat Truck and Tiger Bullet … Pea Eye is in the running. Duke
He’s always seemed slightly offended being called Pretty Kitty … Not sure if a Percival is going to be more affectionate … sounds like a snobby Englishman but that’s kind of what the cat is like!
Percival probably knew his name all along. It just took some time and gentle cat whispering for you to learn it.
Many years of gentle whispering!
Percival Von Kitty is a great name
and those tomatoes look good.
Do you ever eat fried green tomatoes?
Excellent name–Percival…or Percy? He looks very comfortable! I hate the one hour time changes and DST. WHY can’t we rid ourselves of it?
Such a beautiful cat 😊🐱
Thank you!
Oh, I love Percival and the name Percival. How lovely that you adopted him.
Our tomatoes have long gone, but we had a good crop this year. There is always green tomato chutney.
I’m loving the lighter mornings again. As an early bird, I much prefer lighter mornings to lighter evenings.
I think I do too. I’m tiring to sleep a little beyond 5:30 though – I get awfully tired by 3! Green tomato chutney, hey? I’ll have to check that out.
Makes a great Boxing Day chutney.
Percival is a lovely name. Kind of you to adopt him. Our cats are rescues too, I love My Fair Lady.
So far he seems to like it! I love all those old musicals. I could have danced all night – I adore!
I love musicals too
Very chivalrous of you, my dear.
Percival is Per-fect.
He’s a handsome fellow, although I imagine you find cat hair all over. 🙂 I really think that’s he’s Sir Percival. Have you ever seen the movie “The Scarlet Pimpernel”, preferably the 1982 version (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084637/) with Jane Seymour? The Scarlet Pimpernel is, in real life, Sir Percival Blakeney, Baronet. It’s one of my favorite movies of all time and one of the very, very few movies I think is better than the book.
Yes, we have mounds of white fluff all over the house. I loved the Scarlett Pimpernel when I was young!