I can’t go up to my craft room without sitting down and sewing on the Singer model 66 sewing machine. Regular use keeps it in working order, moving the oil around the parts and keeping things from seizing up. I just have to plan an extra ten minutes (minimum) when I wander up there to sew a few more scraps together.
I also need to plan extra time to extradite Izzy the cat, who knows as soon as the craft room door is open and makes a beeline for the bed.
Thor the cat plays a dangerous game, sticking his paws under doors at Izzy the calico. His favorite thing to do is antagonize her, and she doesn’t mess around. She goes for the take down. Right after this picture she went after him, both paws and mouth open. Maybe they are playing? If so, she doesn’t play nice.
Thor the cat is a year old, if we estimated his birthday accurately (we are probably fairly close). So for this Throwback Thursday, I present a recreation picture of Thor on the day he ran in front of my car across four lanes of traffic. I caught him by reaching into a thorn bush (Thorn was his name for a while), then confined him in a soft car crate that I hastily emptied. He was filthy, scared, and tiny.
He is now nearly 15 pounds, very clean (he bathes himself even more than our female cats), and quite comfortable with his cushy life. He had a good time sitting in the old soft crate for his photo shoot.
This is a picture of a 15 pound cat and a 50 pound dog. Angles and perspective make it look like the cat is nearly the same size as the dog. Thor the cat is a big boy, but not that big. Griffin the dog is being quite tolerant of the cat. Thor is just now a year old; Griffin is ten, approaching eleven.
Thor the cat is really fascinated with spinning yarn. He is a good boy in that I tell him it isn’t his and he backs off, but he does try to get as close as he can. He is particularly tempted when I am spinning a drop spindle while seated.
Critters and Craft 