8/21/26 – Judy returned home with feathers stuck to her chin.

8/18/26 – Judy stole Lucy's collar. Lucy, we learned, is the tabby who lives next door with the messed up eye. There are two tabbies in the neighborhood with messed up eyes (think David Bowie), I hope Judy doesn't join their ranks.

8/10/26 – Got a call from a staff member at Domincian who said Bapu had jumped in through an open window. They put him back outside, and she said he was meowing at the door.

8/8/26 – A gal and her friend appeared at our door with Bapu in her arms. Said she'd found him at Dominican but they hurried away before we could ask any qustions. Did she carry him the whole way??? He smelled like her sunscreen.

8/7/26 – Judy's hole is scabbed over.

8/2/26 – Got a text from Lindsey: a screenshot of a Nextdoor post of some lady holding Bapu, he was following her so she took him home. I called the number on the post and confirmed that it was Bapu, she said she'd "put him back where she found him." I'm adding this to the cat call tracker, even though I was the one who placed the call.

7/31/26 – Heard screams from a cat in pain and later Judy returned home with a hole in her side a little bigger than a pea. Her first big puncture wound.

7/28/26 – It's nice when Judy hangs out in the lavender bush because then she smells like lavender!

7/24/26 – There were 2 lizards inside when M got home, and a Judy. Her AirTag has a smear of blood on it.

7/16/26 – Got two calls today about a "crying cat" - yes, that's Bapu. I could hear him in the background meowing.

6/29/26 – We were planning on swinging by Dominican on our way home to grab Bapu but when we checked FindMy he was already home! He either came home on his own or tricked someone into bringing him home, which is just as good. So proud of him!

6/18/26 – Got a call from the Dominican facilities employee who said Bapu had been taking rides on her golf cart, bringing her mice & lizards

6/10/26 – Came home to find three live lizards in the cats’ laundry hamper. (Judy’s doing.)

6/9/26 – Judy caught a snake. We were standing on the bottom step watching her play with it, weighing what to do, when the mailman walked up. She rolled over for belly rubs, right onto the snake. The mailman rubbed her belly.

6/7/26 – Got a call from Marin Humane Society, someone was concerned about Bapu not being afraid of dogs.

6/6/26 – M went down to get Bapu and he was on the roof of the building he parked next to. M got him down and they went back towards the car. Then he tried to climb a palm tree.

6/5/26 – Went down to Dominican for a picnic with Aunt Kat & Uncle Neil. Found Bapu and an art therapy teacher who’d called me earlier. She said he brings the class lizards and mice.

5/31/26 – Spent Sunday afternoon on the lawn at Dominican hanging out with friends and Bapu. He climbed a tree, killed a mouse, meowed around, while we played cards. In the evening on our way home from dinner with dad we swung by campus to pick him up. He came running when he saw me and had no qualms about getting in dad’s strange car.

5/27/26 – Bapu wasn’t home by 8pm so we drove down to the usual corner where he’d last been seen. He must have heard our car because we saw him running across the grass, tail up, and into the road. I pulled over, opened the door and he jumped right in the car. It’s like he was waiting for his ride to come pick him up. Hopefully this doesn’t become a new routine.

5/22/26 – Received three phone calls from folks at Dominican about Bapu. The third, at 6:36, came as we were actually driving by the caller. Bapu still hadn’t come home so we went down to check on him. It didn’t seem like he had any intention of heading home. But he came bounding up to me when I called him. I scooped him up, thanked the onlookers, and we drove him the four long blocks home.

5/21/26 – Received two phone calls from folks at Dominican about Bapu. The second call was pretty funny, “Hi your cat is here, he just caught a mouse… now he’s rolling on it…” He’s been hanging out down there often and always returns before we get home from work. But he wasn’t home by 5pm so we walked down to Dominican to find him. Took a little bit of wandering but then we heard a meow and he came bounding up to us, rolled over at our feet. He was very near his last known location. So we walked back home with him (combination of him trotting beside us and us carrying him). Took a while, he kept getting distracted and he took a rest under a car for awhile. It was .5 miles! Next time we have to retrieve him we’ll definitely take the car.

5/19/26 – Received a text from unknown number with photos of Bapu.

5/15/26 – Live lizard in the house. How long has it been in here???

5/13/26 – Borrowed dad’s AirTag to put on Bapu. He goes farther than we thought!

5/2/26 – To celebrate being adopted for a year, Judy caught her first rat. It was alive but couldn’t use its back legs so M. put it in a plastic bag and put it in the trash. Time for a bell!

4/29/26 – Bapu made his first appearance on NextDoor, the neighbor’s post got 97 likes, 18 comments. He was mistakenly identified as Taco, the orange cat who lives down the road.

4/25/26 – Judy killed a bird, dropped it in her food bowl.

4/23/26 – Judy has been bringing home leaves.

4/15/26 – The cats killed a coral bellied ring necked snake.

4/14/26 – A. has poison oak on her face.

4/9/26 – Text message received at 12:05pm: “Your cat is adorable….. Linda 27 Marinita” sounds sketch, is she holding him hostage??? He returned home around 12:45.

4/8/26 – Some lady came up the stairs with Bapu in her arms, said she’d found him in the street and that made her nervous.

4/7/26 – Bapu was covered in dozens and dozens of tiny green burrs. He sulked all evening, very upset.

4/5/26 – On Easter Bapu brought home a big wad of detritus that turned out to be a birds nest. His version of an egg hunt? Heartbreaking.

4/2/26 – Our neighbor at 211 union st said Judy was in her backyard. Could hear her screaming in background. Said another neighbor told her about Bapu.

4/1/26 – Lots of tiny feathers all over the house.

3/27/26 – Tessa & River visited, Judy killed a hummingbird for them. Eventually Bapu let River rub his belly.

3/23/26 – Judy killed another hummingbird in the morning. Had to pry it out of her paws and mouth.

3/21/26 – Bapu got a ride home from a new friend who lives down by Grand. She said repeatedly what a friendly cat he is.

3/20/26 – Judy is always hissing at her brother.

3/19/26 – Michael made a comment “Remember when Bapu kept losing his collars?” Later that day, we noticed Bapu had lost his collar.

3/15/26 – Judy broke curfew, didn’t return home until 1:40am. We were very worried.

3/6/26 – Bapu brought home a big bone, a crumpled up BBQ bag, and two lizards (one dead, one alive). Judy killed a fly.

3/5/26 – The other day, M was on the couch naked and Bapu laid on his lap. Bapu, it turns out, had been playing in poison oak. Now M has poison oak on his lap.

3/3/26 – M returned home from work to find Judy trapped in the bathroom. Upon rescue, she went straight to the litterbox to do a huge peepee. Perhaps she’d been playing with a hair tie??

2/27/26 – Driving home from dinner at 9:45, saw a skunk walking up a neighbors driveway and then saw an orange cat standing in the middle of the road. Scooped him up, drove him home.

2/25/26 – Bapu peed in a cardboard box on the kitchen counter.

2/22/26 – Judy got her first confirmed kill. Brought a hummingbird thru the cat flap.

1/31/26 – Returned home from Japan midafternoon and there were no cats in sight. Eventually Judy showed up, great to be reunited. Then Bapu appeared at the front door with a can of cat food! An open can of cat food! Partially eaten, but mostly full. Not a brand we purchase. Where did he get it???

Dec/Jan – Bapu lost his voice. Judy injured her tail. Received a voicemail about Bapu where his meows could be heard in the background. Received first call about Judy while we were in Japan. Bapu brought home a lizard (which then lost its tail) and a giant nasty bug in the same day.

12/2/25 – As we were leaving for work we watched Bapu fail to get out of the way for two cars, and then wandered into the road in front of our car. Michael got out and put him back inside. He was on Gabapentin.

11/29/25 – Took Bapu to the vet

11/28/25 – Bapu peed inside three times.

11/20/25 – Got a call from neighbor that Bapu was stuck in their garage. Neighbor said they’d escort him home.

11/19/25 – Cat-caused four car traffic jam upon return home. Bapu was in the middle of the road, catching a moth, illuminated by a car’s headlights. The car honked, he would not move.

11/18/25 – Got a call from the old folks home about Bapu.

11/17/25 – Kittens first day going in and out the window while we were at work.

11/15/25 – We gave the kittens a portal to the outside world and they took right to using it!

11/14/25 – Bapu peed in our bed.

7/x/25 – Took Bapu to the vet to sort out pee problem.

5/x/25 – We brought the kittens home. Michael made a last minute decision to take Bapu over one of the other orange ones.

5/25/25 – We met the kittens. Judy climbed on Michael’s shoulder.

1/2X/25 – Our kittens were born!