Kitty, the blog animal         December 15, 2004

Kitty knows a few tricks, but I doubt if they are amazing enough to get us booked on TV's Amazing Animals...   Dogs get most of the air-time, so Kitty must hate the show, but I am almost 100% certain that I saw her sneak a short two-second glance at a little dog on the screen that had everyone absolutely floored and flopping around with wild amazement...
Yet in Kitty's world there are things that are just as amazing...
Here's an example of Kitty,  relishing a weed...

          Kitty, the blog animal         December 14, 2004

Kitty and I had to dig deep, but we found a  memory of warmer days...

          Kitty, the blog animal         December 13, 2004

I've never been a parent, but Kitty is showing me just how difficult parenting must be...   If I've never mentioned it, Kitty is a Lap-Cat, allowing her full title to treat me as a piece of furniture.   It isn't a bad arrangement, but the problem comes when it's time for Kitty to get-off-my-lap.   The game is to feign that she can't release her claws from my clothing.   Prying her free can be quite a struggle.    dynamic duo

          Kitty, the blog animal         December 12, 2004

At 5AM, not only is it too late to be served corn, but it's also too early to be served corn, which means that about the only option remaining is to be picked up,  upside-down...

          Kitty, the blog animal         December 11, 2004

You would think that for all the fuss I make,  our little punctuator  just doesn't care that she all-too-frequently, although accidently, punctures my skin with her ultra-sharp claws.   It seems she is completely and utterly without remorse.   But actually, from a legal standpoint, an admission of guilt at this stage would probably mess-up any chances on appeal...

          Kitty, the blog animal         December 10, 2004

Somehow our little  flower child  seems to know that if we make it through till Spring, we will be rewarded with wildflowers...

          Kitty, the blog animal         December 9, 2004

Cats-a-razz-ama-tazzzz...   be-bop, splee-bob...   groovie and far-out...

          Kitty, the blog animal         December 8, 2004

While Rodin's bronze of  The Thinker  is said to represent man, in sober meditation, battling with a powerful internal struggle; our own little philosopher seems to have mastered the sober meditation part,  but I doubt if she has all that many internal struggles to sort out...

          Kitty, the blog animal         December 7, 2004

Kitty radiates an invisible force which seems to bind us together...
Description escapes science, but this force is similar to a  beam of light...

          Kitty, the blog animal         December 6, 2004

Kitty decided to, attempted to, and succeeded in waking me at 4AM Sunday.   Her method of waking me is to sit on me until I can no longer resist...   About the only thing on our schedule was to stop by the supermarket for a bag of Whiskas, but they were completely out of Whiskas, so I cautiously decided to buy a bag of Meow-Mix and hope for the best...   But Kitty  absolutely flipped...   She really loves it...

          Kitty, the blog animal         December 5, 2004

The nourishing winter rains have returned, and as a result, everything, including  Kitty's eyes, has turned a vibrant shade of green...

          Kitty, the blog animal         December 4, 2004

Even though Kitty is somewhat verbally challenged, she knows how to get her point across...   Perhaps she would do well in retail sales, and I'm pretty sure that selling refrigerators would be  right-up-her-alley...

          Kitty, the blog animal         December 3, 2004

I've been enjoying an interesting and new cat-blog on the web written by a fellow named Avram, who along with his fiancee recently adopted two very cute kittens.   In the recent blog Avram describes a little horror-story about having to take one of them to the emergency vet with an eye problem, which got me to thinking as to just how lucky I've been with Kitty, since in the ten years that we have been together I have never had any reason whatsoever to take her to the vet.   Thank you very much, Kitty...   Here's today's photo of our little pestbouncer;  being healthy...

          Kitty, the blog animal         December 2, 2004

Since Kitty cannot actually talk, this might sound absolutely impossible, but in the evenings just before bedtime, I quiz Kitty on a variety of general knowledge subjects, and believe it or not, she usually gets most of the answers right.   In fact she is so darned smart that I think she could be the next big winner on Jeopardy,  but that nonsense of giving the answer in the form of a question is a bass-ackward concept that always trips her up.

          Kitty, the blog animal         December 1, 2004

Kitty might be a bit  fuzzy  about a whole lot of things, but without a doubt, our mutual love and respect for one another is crystal-clear...   Amen...

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 30, 2004

Occasionally I need to read Kitty the riot-act about the brutal psychological tactics she uses in place of actually begging for food...   Her technique is to simply wait, but to wait intently enough so the message penetrates my thick skull...   An exact interpretation of the message is as follows:
"if you really love me you will feed me"...

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 29, 2004

Lunch can be great fun, especially when Kitty launches into her impression of the Addams Family's mannerless pet:  Henrietta, the carnivorous vine.

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 28, 2004

I've probably been spending way too much time trying to get into the twists-and-turns and nooks-and-crannys of  Kitty's thoughts...
Evidently her thoughts cannot, or need not, be expressed in words...

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 27, 2004

Years ago I discovered the wonderful world of life-without-roommates, but then Kitty arrived...   For a while we were using a chart and gold-stars to keep track of the equal distribution of household duties, but as you might already know,  motivating a cat  into doing housework is not easy...

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 26, 2004

Before Kitty and I hooked-up as roommates she had to put up with two dogs.   Kitty's relationship with the older dog was respectful and loving, but the younger hound-dog delighted in driving Kitty to distraction...

          Kitty and Don wish you a warm Thanksgiving, 2004

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It being Thanksgiving, I thought Kitty would enjoy an excursion, if only in spirit, to a few sights and smells of  San Francisco's Chinatown.

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 24, 2004

Kitty is still a little bit  fuzzy  about our Thanksgiving turkey, because I'm sure she has never seen a bird that big, or in fact; that featherless...

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 23, 2004

Blue is a color that Kitty can dish out and serve on a moments notice...

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 22, 2004

It is the dreaded Monday Morning, and Kitty is off to her mysterious job at her equally mysterious place of employment...   Oh, she has an official sounding title;  Coordinator of Spherical Resources,  but that doesn't tell me much about what she actually does...

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 21, 2004

Just to settle the arguement once and for all, I informed Kitty that I would search on the internet as to whether or not  balancing the moon on one's nose  is, or is not, a true and certified Olympic sport...

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 20, 2004

Kitty and I have been at warp-speed all week with a  blur of activity,  and we really haven't been spending enough time together, but it's Saturday, and it's time to shift the blur into maximum inactivity mode...

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 19, 2004

Winter has barely started, and already Kitty and I are having to play silly and pointless games to stave-off an early onslaught of cabin fever...
Kitty can  touch her nose with her tongue.   I cant...

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 18, 2004

Free spirits, such as Kitty's, just can't be put in and contained by  pigeon holes...

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 17, 2004

I brought home a tennis ball that I found for Kitty, and since it is her first piece of real sporting equipment, I introduced it slowly, and everything was going just swimmingly until I demonstrated how the ball could bounce.:.:.:..   which scared the  holy bejeebers  out of her...

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 16, 2004

Kitty is keenly interested in birds; not only as a possible dinner, but also as magnificent flying creatures.   I'm sure if Kitty was granted one wish it would be for a set of wings and a pilots license...    if Kitty could only fly

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 15, 2004

When I dropped Kitty off at the courthouse for jury duty I tried to cheer her up by telling her that just because of her black-and-whiteness they would most likely immediately promote her from juror to judge.
here come da judge 

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 14, 2004

After years of washing and waxing Kitty, we have finally gone ahead and spiffed up her paint job with a  high-gloss mirror finish...

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 13, 2004

Kitty may not know it, but instead of being a follower of fashion, she seems inclined to be a  trend-setter...

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 12, 2004

Kitty is used to having her morning piece of corn-on-the-cob served outside, so even though it was raining cats-and-dogs yesterday morning, I had to open the door to illustrate, as if she didn't already know just how drippy and nasty her outdoor dining area was...   She finally decided that she would be able to have her  sweet corn  indoors...

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 11, 2004

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Yesterday was so dark and dreary that I thought Kitty would enjoy an excursion, if only in spirit, to the  Palace of Fine Arts  in San Francisco.
If you didn't already know, the Palace of Fine Arts was constructed for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915.   It's quite a place...

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 10, 2004

O.K. Kitty, go ahead and  slay me with your cuteness...
Actually, Kitty would have probably slaughtered me if she had seen me say hello and pet the jet-black cat that crossed my path yesterday...

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 9, 2004

Believe me, Kitty can hold up her end of a conversation, but she usually prefers to quietly observe, rather than to expound...     multiple eyes

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 8, 2004

Kitty appears to be the relational sum of her two parts,  yin and yang...

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 7, 2004

Kitty and I have been so busy coming-and-going that we haven't seen much of each other recently, but today is a beautiful Sunday, and it looks like a fine day to  putter and purr...

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 6, 2004

Kitty isn't too keen on danger and excitement, but loud sounds is what Kitty hates most.   Poor thing...   On Wednesday we had a thunderstorm of exceptional proportions roll across the ridge near us, and then on Thursday the man came to clean our drains with his mechanical monster.   And I was going to reassure Kitty that Friday was going to be a quiet day, but she had already  split for quieter places  before the crack of dawn.

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 5, 2004

Eye asked Kitty to tell me, in ten words or less, just why she wanted food, and her message was clear;  "because  eye  am hungry"...

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 4, 2004

Technically, she is called a domestic bi-color shorthair, but around here we just call her a  tuxedo cat...   But if we happen to look when her coat is in full sun, it is not black at all, but the nicest shade of reddish-brown...

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 3, 2004

And a person has to wonder why this cat needs to be so cute...   It's not as if she needs to make herself attractive, as there are no other cats in the neighborhood she needs to impress...   And I'd love her even if she was as ugly as a shoebox...   But for some reason she needs to be  cute...

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 2, 2004

During our travels, if only in spirit, Kitty insists on stopping at every  coin-operated telescope  on our route.

          Kitty, the blog animal         November 1, 2004

A frightful number of beings and creatures were ghoulishly be-deviled by Kitty yesterday.   Kitty really puts a lot of effort into her pranks.
It's hard work, but then, finally, it's  time for a break...

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