Alley's Back!

By now you know about the week we had with Alley missing. We are so happy to have her home and safe. We are convinced that she got out and got locked out by accident, not that she ran away. We are truly touched by the amount of support we received from our Zinnia friends, family and community. Alley being found was a community effort of the likes that I have never seen. With the help of the community we were able to get her back.
Several sightings were reported so we were sure she was in the area. I have to tell you that I had my doubts we would find her. I am not a pessimist, but I was terrified that she was taken by someone. On Wednesday night I stopped by on my way home from my 'other' job. I searched and when I didn't find her, I broke down. Thanks to Tamara I snapped out of it.
The overwhelming support we got was amazing. Bellini offered to help post signs, Videotheque (www.vidtheque.com) offered words of encouragement, Celeste at Munch Company and Robin at Jane and Joe Shoppe were also on the lookout. Javier, Tam's fiancé spent endless hours searching for her, waited at the store early in the morning and posted signs. He got to know the neighbors all around, the construction crews and oh yea, the police. Jav did so much searching that the cops were alerted that there was someone creeping around. Lars in the courtyard beyond the alley spotted her and came to the store to let us know that he had seen her come out after one of the nights we searched. AOL's Patch, a site that offers updated information about local news and events stopped by last week; the day of the event organized to raise funds for The Pasadena Humane Society and took some pictures and interviewed Tamara about our support of the event and Alley. When they heard that she was missing they called and offered to post something about Alley going missing to help get the word out. Once they learned that she was found they offered to write a story about this scary event. www. southpasadena.patch.com Bill at the South Pasadena Quarterly said he will be posting an update and a picture about Alley being found. This is just a few I can remember off hand. The number of people who expressed their concern and joy of finding her cannot be counted. Thank you to EVERYONE. Alley is enjoying her celebrity status. Yesterday and today customers stopped by and expressed their joy over Alley being found and stopped by to see Alley.
It is wonderful to be a part of a community that cares for its neighbors, families and pets. The fact that a little gray cat can bring us all together and so much joy, is inspiring.

Needless-to-say, Alley has a new collar that is quite fancy with a tag and a bell so we can hear her.