Umi

Umi is a 6-year-old mackerel-print tabby born in southern Ontario. Her name means “sea” in Japanese, “life” in Swahili, and “mother” in Arabic, foreshadowing a move with her family to the Pacific Northwest to start a new life by the ocean. Umi loves butter, croissants, cheese, and tuna (both canned and on sushi). Whenever anything new enters her home, she insists on giving it a thorough inspection. Cautious but curious around new people, Umi greets most new visitors with her white-gloved paws at the ready, hopeful they will have brought a tube of Churu.