We’ve been aware of her for a few weeks – paw prints on the ground and snow, shadows in the woodshed, quick sightings of her darting underneath the porch and across the pasture. Maria encountered her yesterday in the barn near Minnie and the cat came up to her. Today, she came into the barn again and we fed her – she was ravenous. She seems to be a seasoned barn cat, staying out of the road, keeping away from the dogs, watching us and figuring things out. She made a wise choice in approaching Maria, and she doesn’t like to be held – Mother was this way – but she purrs and likes to be touched and scratched. We have to figure out what to do with her. She seems to already be living here. First, we will take her to the vet to see if she has been spayed and is healthy. She does not have a name.