Category: Cats

How close can I get?

On By CarynIn Cats

Thor the kitten (he is almost seven months old, but he’s huge) would really like to give Izzy the cat (who is 10) snuggles and wrestles. Izzy is having none of it. It is a game for Thor to see how close he can get to her without being attacked.

Photo description: Calico female and Gray Tabby male cats stretched out on a blue and gray carpet, facing each other. The Calico is eye-balling the Tabby. The Tabby is looking at the camera with his ears toward the Calico, looking surprised at his progress.

His latest trick is to climb up underneath the fuzzy blanket at nap time when Izzy is getting lap time. He can get quite close to her without repercussions, but then, as if he just can’t help himself, he has to push it too far and reach out and touch her. Here is a short.

Photo description: Same Calico cat, on a fuzzy blanket on my lap, the Tabby is under the blanket next to her.

If I fits

On By CarynIn Cats

I sits. It is good to know that I can make an effective cat collection device: put a cardboard box down with some crinkly paper and within minutes it sprouts a cat.

Photo description: Gray and white tabby cat crammed into an open shoe box, looking at the camera.
Photo description: Same cat, same box, yawning.

He’s getting so big!

Knitting WIP

On By CarynIn Cats, Craft

I have two knitting works in progress. One needs a section ripped out, so is resting until I have the courage to tackle it, and the other I cast on several months ago, and am now circling back around to work on it. This is a fingering weight sweater (right? Crazy.) that I bought the yarn to support a cause, and determined I wanted to make my youngest an actual garment. The knitting isn’t hard, but it does take a long time. Izzy the cat appreciates it when I knit; I provide a long-term nap space.

Photo description: Yellow and Blue fingering weight yarn on Prym circular needles in the foreground; in the background a sleeping calico cat laying on my lap.

I am acknowledging that this will be an on-again off-again project as other shiny things distract me.

Laundry goblin

On By CarynIn Cats

Today I present you a picture of a laundry goblin. He crawled through the pile of laundry and stuck out his head so I took his picture.

Photo description: Pile of towels, t-shirts, and jeans, with the partially occluded face of a gray and white cat with a pink nose, pupils wide.