I love the sun and I love the rain. We have been blessed with a bright Indian summer and sometimes it seemed like the sunshine would never end and it was frankly just too bright and too intolerably shiny.
In the endless good weather my tom cat went decidedly crazy. He stayed out all night and disappeared into the white full moon. This may sound frisky and fun, but we couldn’t sleep when he was out for foolish worry and when we managed to entice him home, him seemed frantic, hunted and frankly deranged! So we have kept him indoors, bought new catnip toys and tried to make friends with him again. He has slowly reintegrated into domestic life, allows strokes, occasionally purrs and kicks the life out of the cat nip toys.
Now it is raining properly . The gutters are running and the roof is pattering. The water butts are bubbling over. We have lit the stove again and everyone (cats included) is calming down in front of the fire. Ahh that’s better!
Love the image of your cat prancing around in the moonlight. But glad calm has prevailed. 🙂
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I still want him to prance in the moonlight, but to remember to come home sometimes and purr!
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Aw. It keeps raining here & our elderly cat hates it & has recently had a few ‘accidents’ right on the sheepskin rug. I guess she just hates getting her fur wet…
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Oh cats do choose their moments!
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Lovely post. Typical cat. Calming down in front of the fire sounds good to me. Enjoy. xx
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He is almost back his normal grumpy self! Xx
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Welcome fall and fire! Glad kitty is re-adjusting to domestic life.
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He still howls to be let out, but at least we are getting to sleep at night!
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Beautifully written essay, Cathy, about life and love and all that goes on in this world.
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I am glad you enjoyed it.
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