Not much of a picture guy but I'll try and get a shot of my two and post em. Mine are not really garage cats as they are both indoor only...but
Patches - as the name implies is a black and white patchwork short hair. He was a stray that a neighbor friend of mine found in her yard in early 2012. He was only 8 weeks and I adopted him. His mother was feral, so he took a long time to warm up at all. He mostly hid far out of site. In fact not long after I got him he found his way into the living room closet, climbed the clothes and found a small hole in the drywall in the upper corner of the shelf and got himself stuck in the wall. That was a fun project getting him unstuck, and then re drywalling the entire closet. He likes me and the missus. But always on his terms. He will lay on the couch with either of us and want to be petted for about 15 minutes, then he's had enough. If you are not me or my wife though, you will never, ever see him.
Midnight - In early 2017 it was decided that Patches needed a buddy to pull him out of his shell a little. So went to the SPCA. They were short on cats at the time. The only had about 8. Like most people, we initially walked right past the 5 all black cats to the tabby, tiger, etc. But those 3 all had issues. One of them tried to bite my hand off. Another was busy attacking another cat, etc. So this little all black cat caught my eye because he was trying his best to get the other 2 cats in his crate to play with him... So after spending about 45 minutes getting to know him we took him home. His name was Ebony. But since he is a boy, and were worried about gender identity issues (LOL), we renamed him Midnight. He has the best personality. He is always friendly and looking for attention. But he has a really strong mischievous streak too. He loves Patches and they get along together great. They love to spar and chase each other all over the house. Sometimes that can lead to a hissy fit...but 5 minutes later they are laying on the big cat bed all cuddled up. He has been a great addition.
Oh and they both love my 10yo Golden Retriever, Max much more than Max loves them. Max is super gentle and would not hurt a fly, but the two cats, particularly Patches, like to cuddle and rub up against him. Max turns his head as if to say, leave me alone I have a headache, but he lets them have their way. When Max is asleep on the floor, Patches will often quietly lay down against his belly.
But I hate this thread... Just looked through this and realized the cats need a couple new toys. The balls in the doughnut thing and a tube toy... So Amazon to the rescue...they arrive Thursday. I cannot have little stuffed toys and balls around for them, otherwise Max thinks they are his and tears them to bits...
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