Sentry

Meet Alani.

Her name means 'orange' in Hawaiian.  We got her at six weeks of age while we were stationed in Hawaii.

She's incredibly sweet and affectionate, but you'll probably never experience that.  Alani gives meaning to 'scaredy cat.'  She will run away and hide from visitors, small beings (kids, other animals, etc.).  Any loud noise will send her scampering to a dark corner.

 But one place you'll see her is in my garden.  She is my garden sentry, quietly keeping watch.

 Sometimes she'll be winding through the stilts of the porch.  Sometimes she'll be draped across the steps. Sometimes she'll come up and nuzzle for a few seconds and then return to make her rounds.

I enjoy her company and my husband likes that she kills pests like moles and mice.  If I go out for a few minutes to tend to the garden I can count on hearing her tinkling 'mew' from behind some foliage.

She adds sweetness to my life.