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.
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.
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.
Sometimes cats lie down on the most uncomfortable looking beds.
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.
My wife got a great photo of the cats on Wednesday morning. Check out Chris as the caboose.
This post was from July of 2016. Those were fun times.
Here’s wishing everyone a very happy and prosperous new year. Hopefully 2024 won’t go off the rails.
My boss works out of her home which is where I go at 6:15 every workday. When I get there Mr. Bill is on the pool table waiting to greet me. I bought him a cat mat to help make the pool table more comfortable, but he refused to go on it until we turned it upside down.
If I remember the story right, he kept crashing into things when he was young and they would say, “Oh, no! Mr. Bill!” If you are under 50, search YouTube for “Mr. Bill SNL.”
To all our friends who celebrate Christmas. We wish you a day filled with love, laughter, and the joys that make this time of year special. As always, we wish the same for all good people out there, no matter what your beliefs are.
Bad Cat Chris 