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Saturday, January 24, 2026

Cat Day


Tabby just finished a beer.


I don't allow cats on countertops. Mark thinks Tabs is different and should be allowed to be there if that's what he wants. I can relent, sometimes, so I try not to look, but of course I do. The compromises we make in life.

18 comments:

CheerfulMonk said...

Yes, that sounds like my daughter and her husband and their pups. 😊

Val Ewing said...

Compromise is what we do with our pets. Charlie sometimes likes to command the couch. I let him, it is the warmest place in the house right now.

Pixie said...

Keeping cats off counters is like shoveling in the middle of a snowstorm:)

Miss Merry said...

I have always found that the cat trains you!

Sandra said...

Those dogs would be easy to spoil, Cheerful.

Sandra said...

My dogs had their own sofa in the room I now call the snug, Val. They knew it was theirs. They also had a futon in the bedroom. They were accommodated!

Sandra said...

I never had trouble until now, Pixie. Tabs is the worst of the lot.

Sandra said...

I'm finding this out, Miss Merry. Dogs always out-numbered cats. Now it's just cats and they are taking advantage.

"Tommy" said...

That looks to be a large Feline, is that a Maine Coon??

Boud said...

My experience with cats, extensive, is that they'll go where they want, do what they want to do..

The Happy Whisk said...

You're a good wife!

Sandra said...

No, just a cat born in my barn 11 years ago, Tommy. He and his three siblings.

Sandra said...

Whenever they want! I am finding this to be true, Boud.

Sandra said...

Nah, just have learned to pick my battles, Ivy!

Anvilcloud said...

It's good that our former girl was older and not a climber.

DeniseinVA said...

Awww, that's a sweet photo!

Far Side of Fifty said...

I used to squirt the cats with a water bottle when they jumped on the kitchen counters. We had one cat who loved water straight out of the faucet and he could often be found in the sink...cats! Who knows what they think!

The Happy Whisk said...

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