Sometimes people need to be reminded to slow down and look for cats! I made this sign when I moved to Hyampom, CA...a very small and beautiful valley town in the Trinity Shasta National Forest. Up until that point my outdoor cats lived in the city, but we were on a row of houses that were located up off the road, so no need to worry about cars.
When I moved I ended up right next to a road that led to the river behind my cabin...it wasn't a busy road at all...probably 5-10 cars a day would go by...BUT they were fast drivers and big trucks...and they were locals who drove it often and for months and months (if not longer) no cats were living so close to the road. My fear was that people were likely to assume that it was a cat-free zone...and with that much time in between cars coming by and not coming by I was worried that my older cat Bowser would fall asleep in the middle of the road and not get out of the way in time.
After about a month...I realized I was just being paranoid :-)
I learned that even in the country, cats don't tend to sleep in the middle of the road...cats are smart like that!
However my paranoia and creative attempt at avoiding an accident led to my new community becoming aware that I could make signs! So I was asked to do a few for some local events around town.
And my all time favorite is the one my friend Pepper asked me to make!
Someone kept parking their horse in front of her place when they would go into the general store next door. Horses poop a lot...and if that wasn't bad enough it rains a lot in Northern California sooooo it became a sloppy messy issue...and dangerous because the horse loved to poop right on her walking ramp up to her porch.
Pepper, who has a great sense of humor, was very specific about what she wanted...a horse pooping with it's tail up and a red-circle and slash. She didn't want it to come off as mean so I added flowers for a friendly feel.
I was very proud of this sign...I never thought I could draw very well and was pleased to discover that not only could I in fact draw a cartoon horse...I could convey him pooping!
Unfortunately, my flowers were not enough to quell controversy. The gentleman with the horse was a little offended...since he was obviously the cuplrit and was being asked publicly to not park there. I asked him to not shoot the messanger and assured him that it was all in fun. He took note and talked to Pepper and they agreed to him parking his horse on the other side of the house away from the walk-way. And everyone lived happily ever after!
The moral of the story is this: If you don't want your cats to get hit by a car...don't be ashamed to be bold in doing something about it because you might just make some friends and save someone from slipping in horseshit and breaking their hip!
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