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01/04/2006: "Part Of The Family"

(Adrian Winters and friend)

While it may not be unusual to find a cat sitting by the front door of a home, or even -in San Juan County anyway- the occasional chicken wandering near a house, one not normally expect to find a bird and a cat to be neutral about each other. But the first time we walked up to Adrian Winters home and Bed-and-Breakfast, we found both a cat and chicken standing next to the front door; waiting, it seemed, for someone to open it so that they might wander on in.

Turns out that was exactly the case. Adrian lived in northern California before moving to the San Juans, and according to her husband, one snowy winter morning he looked out the window and saw a big rooster in the yard. It appeared to him that the rooster was not very happy about it. Turns out the poor bird was not only cold, but had also suffered an injury to a leg, and so the bird was brought into the house by Adrian, fed and cared for…and, you know where this going, right?

That was a few years ago. Back to the present. The cat and the bird are good pals, who hangout together, take the occasional walk around the property, and yup, both walk through the front door if given a chance. But when night comes, the rooster has a perch set-up for him in the laundry room (conveniently over the laundry sink), where it tucks in for the night. Try and find that in Seattle.