{"id":6744,"date":"2015-03-26T09:38:33","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T13:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=6744"},"modified":"2015-03-26T09:38:33","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T13:38:33","slug":"first-spring-sighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=6744","title":{"rendered":"First spring sighting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet MJ, a neighborhood cat. (Before we learned his name, we called him Pajamas, because of the night attire like appearance of his coat.)<\/p>\n

MJ is a famous cat; he even shows up, along with his buddy Misty, on a Google Street View frame<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We’ve known MJ for a decade. He’s a lovely cat. He also likes to explore the neighborhood… even though he lives on the other side of a wider neighborhood street, he regularly appears at our doorstep late evenings, saying hello, sometimes begging for some food.<\/p>\n

We haven’t seen MJ since October.\u00a0He always disappears for the winter months; our guess is that his owners keep him indoors, or perhaps he just doesn’t feel like roaming too far in the dark, icy cold of an Ottawa winter.<\/p>\n

But this morning, walking by MJ’s house, I spotted him:<\/p>\n

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Yay! This is the surest sign yet that spring may happen this year, despite all the snow and ice that still surrounds us. I just hope I’ll soon spot Misty, too. I asked MJ about his buddy, but he wouldn’t say. Hope Misty is okay.<\/p>\n<\/fb:like>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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