One night early on in our stay at our secret place, we found our post-dinner drink interrupted by a loud meow. Minutes later she was in our arms, meowing a bit obnoxiously but stealing our hearts all the same and before we knew it, we found ourselves adopted. We named the cat ‘Cat’ (like Breakfast at Tiffany’s! Duh), but affectionately called her Kitty.

Kitty spent so many nights with us that I felt I had to include her in my account of our time. In fact, we loved her so much I decided to dedicate an entire post to her. What follows is what I’ll call an Ode to Kitty, in pictures.