I’m not entirely sure Griffin the dog knew he snuggled Thor the kitten. It seemed very casual. Normally Griffin doesn’t put up with cuddles, scratches yes, cuddles not for long, even from humans. He’ll put up with Missy being close when they are in the car, or wrestling, but nothing that could be called a cuddle. Which makes me think this was unintentional. I’m very interested to see what happens when it gets cold around here.

I’m also trying a new photo caption method. I’ve almost always tried to have meaningful captions on my photos in case the photo doesn’t load, or my reader can’t see the photo and is using a reading program. It has long irritated me that on some displays the caption looks like part of the narrative, like some lost sentence fragment. I know about alt text, but I don’t like that it is hidden except for audio renditions. (It makes it hard to proofread and feels clandestine.) I saw a post with this type of photo description, and I like it. It a concise photo description with what is, I hope, the essentials of the photo. For those unable to see the photo, it gives enough to form a mental image, and for those able to see the photo, tells them what I think is important in the image. Nothing deliberately hidden, I hope. “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” – Maya Angelou

We’ve been working with Missy the dog for a long time on letting people touch her tail without her growling. Apparently we did our work well. Here is a video of Thor the kitten playing with Missy‘s tail, and she doesn’t even care.

I have also decided to promote barbershop as the background music to my shorts, because everyone needs to hear a chord ring.

So apparently we got Missy the dog another playmate. Thor the rapidly-growing kitten loves to play, and they have transcended intra-species body language to figure out that neither wants to eat the other, but just play. Here is a video. This kind of activity is now a daily occurrence.

It will be interesting to see how big Thor grows.

I downloaded an app designed for cats on my iPad. It works for the kitten, and Missy the dog! Although Missy likes to watch the kitten best.