Hi Folks,
Looks like several comments have been lost due to the site being ‘rolled back’ to a previous version saved on the 29th March. We can only be thankful there was a saved version! So if you left a comment that you don’t now see please get back in there and leave a replacement. Orlando is waiting for you! I’m almost inclined to make him the ‘temple cat’.
As the proud companion & carer of a former Temple Cat from Reading Priory, one Matthew (Matty) Cat, aka as MC, I welcome Orlando to the (possible) status of Jade Mountains Temple Cat – perhaps. The Prior at Reading at that time was reluctant to take MC on as she knew she was away a lot. Being siamese he attached strongly to one person & each time she went away he got more & more upset. Eventually he was shut in the utility room as he had wee’d in other rooms in the Temple! One time she knew she would be away for several months. I had a vacancy in my household & heart for a cat & had been waiting for one to show up. I always remember the joy of having Matthew at first – it was like me & the dog became a family when he arrived to join us. He was fostered at first but everyone decided he should stay. He was a teenager then, now he’s 13 & still as handsome as ever. It is the only time I have experienced love at first sight when I first met him.
I remember him, Matty, very well. I remember that his previous ‘person’ would come and visit him. Most touching. Thanks for letting us know about this beautiful creature. A photograph perhaps?