Everything sublime is as difficult as it is rare. Baruch Spinoza

Sunday, March 26, 2023

Flying Monkey

From the first when Frieda invited herself into the house she had a fascination for the rafters. She jumped onto the dining room table and made like she was going to leap. It took her five months to figure it out and led to furniture rearrangement for me. This is a tree cat. She made a five foot leap from a bookcase to the rafter She used a cabinet as a launching pad to get to the top of the nine foot bookcase. In the photo she was seriously considering leaping onto the fan blade, which was rotating.


We quickly learned she could get up and down from there on her own, this wasn't a one time deal. I had to move her launching pad. She was a real unhappy kitten. Now I have Gatto and he is a wild thing. After Frieda I said no more kittens. Then Gatto was freezing on the porch and somehow ended up inside. After he was neutered it sent the kitten signal through his body. He is a completely obtuse being, seems to have a general lack of understanding 'no'. It is fair to say he does not care that my other name is She Who Must Be Obeyed. Somehow I have become the chosen one for cats who live outside the box, except they are inside a box, my house. The spirits are laughing.

12 comments:

Boud said...

Cats know who to pick as loyal employees.

Sandra said...

HA! They like a challenge but somehow they got me beat.

I'm planning on fish pie for dinner but the only white fish I have is tilapia which is thin. I'm wondering if it will work?

Val Ewing said...

I'm laughing because this is sort of how both my brother and my son explain the fact that they have cats.

I know one thing, you probably never need a mouse trap!

Sandra said...

Val, I do not see signs of mice in the house. I think they got the memo!

Far Side of Fifty said...

We used to have a cat that loved the open rafters:) You must be a cat lady:0

Val Ewing said...

Yeah...and I just got a mouse yesterday morning in a trap.

Lori Skoog said...

You are a cat collector.....

Sandra said...

Val, although I hated trapping, when you think about what a cat does, it’s probably more humane. Those sticky traps are disgusting. Kill and get it over with.

Sandra said...

Lori, I’m a sucker.

e said...

From one devoted cat servant to another, I applaud you for taking Gatto in.

Sandra said...

e, he is a wild man. Obtuse, clumsy and vey cute!

Sandra said...

Far Side, there are people who laugh out loud at the thought of me as a cat lady!