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Grandma Went Out to Check Her Pumpkins. Frost Only Had Eyes for Her.

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Dusk has settled over the backyard garden, and string lights glow softly along the porch. Grandma Edie walks slowly between the vines in her cream cable-knit cardigan and jeans, admiring a harvest of round orange pumpkins scattered across the dirt. Frost trots alongside, plumed tail held high, and stops to gaze up at her with big, adoring eyes. Dry leaves crunch underfoot, a green watering can sits by the patio, and the wooden fence frames the whole cozy autumn scene.

Fall gardens are lovely places for a cat to explore, but a few things deserve attention. Pumpkin flesh itself isn't toxic, and plain cooked pumpkin is sometimes offered to pets in small amounts, though it's best to check with your vet first. Rotting pumpkins, moldy produce, and garden chemicals such as slug bait or fertilizer can be harmful, so keep them out of reach. Cocoa mulch, a popular garden material, is dangerous to pets. If your cat spends time in the yard, supervised outings are the safest choice, especially as the evenings get darker and cooler.

Norwegian Forest Cats have a reputation for loving the outdoors in cooler weather, and their thick coats make them look perfectly at home among the autumn leaves. Frost seems far more interested in Edie than in any pumpkin, which is probably the sweetest part of the evening.

Some walks are about getting somewhere. This one is just about wandering together while the lights come on.

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