Here is Chris nine years ago on February 3, 2015.
He still loves getting inside of things.
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Throwback Thursday: Floki’s Turn at the Vet
This post is from July of 2016. All our cats got sick after we adopted Floki.
Photo Friday: Classic Tigger and Chris
This photo was taken fourteen years ago on this day in 2010. It’s Chris hanging out with his good buddy Tigger.
This was taken using film. Remember that? I bought a film camera from my coworker and shot a roll to test it. I then sold the camera on Ebay but got some good photos out of the deal, including this picture of Abbey that I have shared before.
My Newest Book: Falling Star
I did it again. I finished a book. It took over twenty-five years to write my first novel and now, six months later, I have two more books under my belt. This one, Falling Star, is shorter than the last two at 36,000 words but it is also priced less. Today and Tomorrow only you can get the eBook version for free. I only ask for an Amazon review in return. Click here to get the Kindle version.
I am what they call a discovery writer. Another word would be pantser, because people like me don’t outline first, we just fly, or write, by the seat of our pants. In this type of writing, it is like the story takes you where it wants to go. Stephen King is a famous pantser.
The book starts out with a meteorite crashing into Shenandoah National Park in the middle of the night. The next day, a female FBI agent is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a senator’s daughter. She teams up with a park ranger and soon they are investigating other strange and deadly things that are happening around them.
This book is part thriller, part mystery and part romance. It is a relatively short read, so if this sounds appealing to you, I hope you give it a read and let me know what you think.
Photo Friday: Too Cute for Words
I saw this the other day and had to get a photo.
A little while later I saw this.
We are so lucky our cats get along like this, but I fear when Chris is gone, we won’t see this type of closeness anymore.
Frankie Meets a Cat-Loving Dog
On our walk Monday afternoon, we encountered a woman walking her little Yorkie. That dog was very interested in getting close to Frankie, but the woman held him back. She told me he had lived with cats and really liked them but was not a fan of other dogs.
I wish I had thought to take a video of the encounter because as the dog got closer, Frankie’s paw slowly rose. I told the woman a whacking was about to occur. Sure enough, three seconds later Frankie gave him a warning whacking. He didn’t make contact, but he let the dog know that he was not a dog-loving cat.
As The Bowl Turns
These are the days of our cats.
Chris has taken to lying down at the water bowl to drink.
For some reason, while he drinks, he also turns the mat that the bowl is on counterclockwise. It starts out looking like this.
The photo above was taken at 12:04 p.m. on January 7. The one below was taken at 1:59 p.m. on January 8.
The next photo was taken at 10:25 a.m. on January 9.
It did not quite make a full rotation but if I had come back at 12:04, I probably would have seen that Chris is rotating his bowl in precise 48 hour cycles. Now I don’t need a clock. I can just look at the position of his water bowl.
Photo Friday: Bed of Stones
Sometimes cats lie down on the most uncomfortable looking beds.
Mr. Oblivious
I took Frankie for a walk yesterday. We only occasionally go to the street behind us but when we do, I often see a ginger cat outside one particular house. I don’t remember Frankie ever seeing that cat, but that cat has seen Frankie and is very quiet when he does. I have mentioned before that Frankie is even worse than me when it comes to not noticing things.
Yesterday we walked by while the other ginger cat stood on top of a bird bath. He was probably there getting a drink of water but when he saw us, he froze. Frankie smelled the plants and spent a fair amount of time in front of the house but eventually moved on without a clue who was standing five feet from him.
We crossed the street, and he spent some time smelling plants in front of the house directly across from the cat while the cat watched us. The owner of that house worked on his motorcycle in the driveway, but Frankie didn’t notice him either. After a while Frankie walked back to the cat house and smelled their plants a little more while the other cat watched from his perch on top of the bird bath.
It looks like Frankie is looking at the cat in the photo above, but he doesn’t see him yet. A minute or two later he finally spots him, and this happens.
I turned the camera off and picked up Frankie and walked him away from there. He soon forgot about the other cat and we walked home.
Photo Friday: Morning Train
My wife got a great photo of the cats on Wednesday morning. Check out Chris as the caboose.
Bad Cat Chris 