Smudge, 1988-2005
I think this was the last photo taken of him.
He was a great cat. Looking a little frazzled in his old age here, though.
My parents got him from a Puerto Rican couple in Paterson, NJ on Christmas Eve when I was 8. He was around until I was 25!
Smudge was an indoor cat, so everytime I came home there he was. The house seems so quiet now. It's amazing how much presence an old sleeping cat on the couch (or in a bookshelf!) has.