In Memoriam

This is the last picture I took of Millie. Less than 24 hours later he died on my lap. 

For almost all his life he was an involuntary feral cat. He already lived in the neighbourhood when we moved here about twelve years ago, and the woman living next door used to feed him but wouldn't allow him inside. When she moved away last summer she "forgot" to take him with her or ask a neighbour to feed him. He soon started to raid the food bowls I had put outside for my cats but was very shy so it took quite a long time until he started to trust me. On New Year's Eve he moved in at last, and it turned out that he was a very affectionate cat who loved to lie on my lap.