Cats are peculiar creatures.They find themselves a favourite spot and return to it again and again. Silver (pictured) spent some months squeezed into the gap between the rug and the wall underneath the radiator, and she currently can't be budged from the back cushion of the sofa (which is much saggier than it was before).
I've always been amused by the dogged (ha ha) persistance of their habits, followed by sudden and completely unpredictable switches to sleeping somewhere new.
Last week I went outside to eat a tub of ginger ice-cream.
It was a hot day. I moved one of the chairs from its usual spot in front of the house to the shade of the hedge. I enjoyed the new view - the sliver of road, the big trees, the quiet. I've been sitting there ever since.
Maybe it's impossible to make assumptions about how logical/illogical or sensible/silly someone else's decisions are until we've walked in their shoes for a while. Or their paws.
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Lovely post ~ completely understood and agreed upon.
Beautifully illustrated point.
I would add to that, however, that we mere humans should not aspire to understand the complex thought processes of the mighty feline.
I think my cat is an aberration. He never sleeps in the same place twice in a row, and he will spread himself out in the most uncomfortable-looking places -- a hard wooden chair instead of the cushy one right next to it, for example.
But I imagine even they have their own little kitty motivations for doing the things they do.
I love this post. Sissy is currently sleeping on a towel that I dropped at the top of the stairs, and she likes it so much the towel has stayed there. I like the sound of ginger ice cream yum, where do you get that from?
I am almost as addicted to kitties as I am to words. Both are nourishing to the soul, and change the way you think and live. Lovely!
This is my first time on your blog; thank you for the treat!
Jeanette Levellie
Audience of ONE
Q - ta.
Nicole - ;) I agree, I'm sure in the complex workings of your cat's mind a hard chair makes perfect sense...
Annie - I'm glad I'm not the only one to have done that :) The ice-cream is Jude's (www.judes.co.uk) from my local farm shop, very yummy...
Jeanette - welcome to Planting Words, good to have you here. And yes, me too! I keep trying to write a novel without a cat in it but I've failed so far...
What an awesome post. Our cat always find the most peculiar places too. I moved some things one day in our apartment and so there was a new space behind the sofa, he made it his new spot for about 2 weeks.
Thanks Michelle. Our good old furry friends :)
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