Anna Maria Alberghetti by Geri / Your Original Feeder !

Anna Maria Alberghetti was a sweet, loving, skinny, stray kitty at my job site. She was a tortoise shell cat who, while not really beautiful like the actress she was named for, had her own special charm. She would disappear for days, weeks, months – even years – at a time, then would suddenly appear and want her daily feedings! She always was skinny and kind of raggedy looking; however, that doesn’t mean that “men” didn’t find her attractive! I personally saw her being “pursued” by “Monty” and later on, by “Daily News”, two other strays living in her territory. She wandered over a large area of land and I’m sure she had her own secret hiding places for shelter since she lived through so many storms, both rain and snow.
I hadn’t seen her in years and when she suddenly showed up, it was quite a shock!

After that, she was around more often and then even let me pet her at times. In addition, to show how much of a survivor she was, I accidently discovered that she was being fed by another person, not at all near where I fed her, and this person had named her “Kayla” ! SO – she had two “owners”!

One day I was introduced to this other lady and we discussed one of the cats we were feeding, and after we both described one specific cat, we were quite suspicious, thinking that it might be the same one – and sure enough, one day, as this lady and I were talking, along came Anna Maria Alberghetti and the lady said “Oh look, there’s Kayla” ! So, Anna Maria, AKA Kayla, was making sure she got food in her own sneaky little way! As time went on, Anna seemed more “raggedy” and fragile but was eating well and walking around, covering much territory.

Then, one fateful day, I was approached by someone who informed me that she was “gone”, seemingly run over on our job grounds – it was heartbreaking news but not totally surprising, as she was about 17 years old and her age was catching up with her, so she was not as careful as she previously had been, when walking around. Her presence is missed so much – but she had a long life and will be placed to rest with a special tombstone, to attempt to give her the respect she had coming to her, for being such a survivor for so many years.

 

Missing you so very much,