Cemetery Cats

That is the kitten that started my love for cats. Apparently the kitten was named Sadie and lived a good ways from us in the Park Fairfax apartments. Anyway, we found her and somehow located her family. They gave me this picture and it's dated 6/22/86. I guess I got my own cat shortly after that (I'll have to find photos of Charlie). I know I had first Charlie for a little while before my grandmother threatened to make me give him to my aunt Joan in 1990 or 91.

When I found the photo of Sadie the kitten, I saw this one of Sugar Sugar. We had this squirrel trained to come up to the door and take food from our hands.

This one must have been from when we first started because I don't remember us feeding them straight canned food.

Some of the cats would let you pick them up and cuddle them.

That's my grandmother feeding cats the mixture of dry kibble and 4 cans of Friskies canned food. This is the main colony of cats that stayed around the mausoleum in Forest Lawn Cemetery on Freedom Drive.

This was Jasper and he was one of the first cats we started feeding at the cemetery. He was a sweet cat that would let you pick him up.

This is one of the cats that lived behind and under the office near the entrance of Forest Lawn Cemetery on Freedom Drive.

I don't recall how many cats we were feeding at this point, but I'd guess it was around 50 all around the cemetery. This main colony stayed around the mausoleum and the parking lot for the cemetery workers. We went, no matter how bad the weather was. We'd leave the food in hopes that the cats came out when the weather was better.

I don't remember this group but it looks like the grey and white one was on the lookout while the others ate.

This was another friendly cat we called Goldie.

I don't remember their names but these two look like they were from the same litter of kittens.

This must have been early on because I see lots of little empty cans of cat food. After the population got to a certain point must have been when we began mixing canned food with dry kibble and water to make it stretch.