Why Widget?

As this question was bound to come up at some point I suppose I ought to get it out of the way before really starting.

We (that is my family and I) own two cats. Both were garnered from the League of Strange Cats. They were both picked up at the same time from the same cage and are, as far as can be determined, the same age. And there the similarities end.

Widget is the male, a black and white tom with a suitably aloof approach to life. In fact, unless there happens to be a slow-worm or other fast moving potential prey in the vicinity, his approach is decidedly horizontal. This could be confused with laziness.

I however, choose to see it as carefully thoughtful and considered.

Incidentally Sparky, the female, is a black sack of purry tartishness. Hardly a fitting name for a blog.