Category: Cats

Tall boy

On By CarynIn Cats
Photo description: Gray tabby with his back paws standing on the floor and reaching his front paws onto the counter. Calico cat watching on a pink fuzzy blanket on the couch in the background, and in the foreground, one fuzzy ear of a black dog.

I saw Thor the cat stretch up to reach the counter and marveled at how far he stretched. To get the picture I put one of his toys up there. He’s 10 months old.

Playtime

On By CarynIn Cats, dog
Photo description: In the foreground, a calico cat reaching for the thin blue ribbon dangling mid-ground with a gray tabby watching the ribbon sitting next to a green holey roller ball watched by a shaggy black dog.

Thor comes and asks to play and everyone else joins in. The thin ribbon is favorite, but I have to keep close watch for tears and loose bits. Missy doesn’t care for the ribbon, but could I please throw/kick/move her ball? (She has an obsession.)

Mustache gauge

On By CarynIn Cats

A cat’s tail as a temperature gauge: when the tail becomes a mustache, it is getting cold.

Photo description: Calico cat closeup with the end of her black tail tucked around her nose as she lays on a blanket on my lap.

Negotiation

On By CarynIn Cats, dog

Missy the dog’s favorite blue ball rolled too close to the cat. She brought him the red ball as a negotiation tactic. Thor the cat was unsure of the offer and was unwilling to throw the blue ball. Eventually Missy was able to obtain her blue ball through stealth and bravery.

Photo description: Gray tabby with a red holey roller ball and a blue one in front of him. Small black dog looking at the blue ball in supplication.

Good-bye 2023. May 2024 bring you all successful negotiations.

Getting back to the wheel

On By CarynIn Cats, Craft

I pulled out my spinning wheel and realized that it has been a long time since I spun with it. Thor the cat has never seen it in action and he is nine months old. Hm. He was quite fascinated with the process, and after this photo had to be told to knock it off as he went for the wheel and the yarn.

Photo description: Gray tabby looking at a vintage wooden Befra Willy Spinning wheel, specifically at the yarn coming from the orifice.