Cats and dogs.

I'm sure every village has them and probably more than they need.  They don't seem to belong to anyone and eat whatever food people put out for them.   Not quite strays, but not pets either.  But sometimes they have an owner and a house to live in and for some reason decide to take on a second home - maybe it's because that way they get double portions at meal times!

Copi  the cat is just like that.  He has an  owner in Yátor,  but has decided to take up residence on the windowsill of friends of ours.  He can normally be seen asleep in the sunshine tucked in behind the window bars.  Sometimes he comes over the flat roof from their neighbours, onto their roof terrace and if their door is open into the house - well, it's another meal time as he goes downstairs and eats their cat's food.   Then the front door is opened, he's pushed out and round he goes again.

Today they came up here for a walk and had some bones for Monty and Pip.  Copi  must have smelt the bones because he followed them up here and then sat outside the gate mewing.  Monty took his bone out by the pool and found a nice shady spot under an olive tree to enjoy it, while Pip stayed on the terrace with us.  Suddenly there was Copi,  up on the pillar of the garden wall, looking down at Pip.  She is very protective of her food and  there was such a noise as she barked and barked at him.  He did jump down and went back to the gate,  soon came back up onto the pillar but by then the bones has been eaten.

So,  where's my food then?