Sable. He was a 7 year old black cat that had been abandoned out in the country. He was kinda like the Tramp. Had a different name at all the houses in the area.. (Blackie, Daddy Cat, Tom Boy, ect.)

When we built our house out there, my parents would find him sleeping on the bags of cement and lumber. Mom, my sisters, and I would feed him hotdogs and when the house was complete, he stuck around, much to dad's chagrin.

He died of cancer at age 15.