Harley and friends

This is Harley, so named for the enormously loud purr she had as a kitten (yes, like a motorcycle … okay, so her name’s not very original). She still has a lovely purr but somehow it’s not nearly so loud now that she’s grown up.

Harl loves to watch the outdoor visitors, but she has been an indoor cat all her life and is happy to be where it’s warm and dry. When there’s lots of outdoor activity, she races from window to window to window trying not to miss anything.

The perfect winter spot for her to both watch outside and stay toasty is right beside the front door where she can sit on the heat register as she gazes out the window.

Lakota likes that there’s a window on each side of the door.

Sometimes everyone’s on the same schedule.

But she missed her visitor the other day. The size of the prints suggests this was one of the large squirrels (unlike where I grew up, there are two sizes of squirrel here – one barely larger than the chipmunks and then the seriously big guys).

The prints went close to the window on one side of the door, then crossed the doormat and went right up to the other window before scampering away. Maybe next time, Harl…


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how to find a cat....

1. Look all over the house.
2. Look all over the house again.
3. Look all over the house, including in places the kitty couldn't possibly have gotten.
4. Stop looking and fret.
(Repeat steps 1 - 4 a minimum of five times)
5. Observe kitty leaving hiding place.

Here's our nifty tv cabinet with doors that slide into the cabinet when opened.

Oh look, a kitty! NB, this is NOT the super duper hiding space.

Now that the door is pulled out, look to the RIGHT of the kitty. Is that, just perhaps, a space tucked in back of where the door goes? Interesting… Now scroll up and look at the first picture again – see that angled part on each side of the tv cabinet? Yup, space, about three inches of room behind the open doors - just enough room for Shadow to get every bit of herself tucked away.

Clever Shadow! You can come out now.

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