Just a little memorial for a little cat

My neighbor's cat was hit by a car & left to die on our road last night. I know she wasn't a member here & she wasn't even my cat, but she was my buddy.

Li'l Rickie, as we called her, was my gardening buddy. She was a sweetheart of a cat, but neglected by her owners so I fed her every morning & evening, and she was still too thin. She would jump over the fence & walk with me as I watered or planted, or would come sit on the lawn swing with me. Sometimes she would come out of nowhere & just push up between my legs as I'd sit on the stool planting something, purring & rubbing on me. She loved my dogs, too, and would lay with them watching me as I puttered. Sometimes I'd look out my front window & see her sitting out in the yard, staring at the house & waiting for me.

I know she wasn't mine, but I miss her already. I just wanted to say a little something for this little sweetheart that was so unloved by her owners.