Albert: A lion among us

Of all the photos I have of our cat Albert, the one that best illustrates his unique, unforgettable personality is the one where he’s posing as “The Orange Dog,” a founding member of the three-dog, one-cat security team at Cypress Creek Farm, our place out in Perry County, Arkansas. There he is lying in the shadow of a small tree on a sunny spring morning, surrounded on all sides by approximately 300 pounds of large dogs, acting as if he’s completely in command.