It’s funny when you’re really close to your animals, you know . . sometimes . . what they’re up to without even looking at them.
With Speck, I could tell when he was up to no good by his mannerisms. He was so obvious when he was trying to get by with something. Vince never figured out how I knew what he was doing without even looking him. Boots is the same way.
Last night Boots was sitting in the chair with me and he was more fidgety than normal. I kept saying “Be still, Boots!” . . like he knew what I was saying. All of a sudden, he jumped down and I thought “You’re doing something you aren’t supposed to do” so I put my stitching down and looked . . he had my pencil. I had it in my chair with me because I sometimes make notes on the working copy of my chart. He had been working for quite a while to get that pencil from where it was wedged between my leg and the chair. Boots loves pencils but what he really loves is the eraser. This was a push pencil and the eraser is on the table so I think he was trying to figure out why in the world there was a pencil without an eraser.
When I put my stitching down and looked at him, I got one of those “I didn’t do anything wrong” looks. Nothing to see here . . just keep stitching!
He’s so much company . . some days he’s good company and some days he’s bad company but I guess that’s how it is with human company too. I was talking to a friend yesterday and telling her that I’m so very ready for Vince to be here and probably after a few days, I’m going to be ready for him to go back to Texas. Not really . . well, maybe . . but I’ll never let him know I’m thinking that.
Karen Clark says
I have the same feelings toward my rescue dog Buddy. Love that he wants to always sit with me, don’t love that he always wants to sit right on top of me. Love that he checks everything I am doing, walking to another location right in front of me so that I almost trip over him, know that he is waiting for me on the other side of the bathroom door. Sleeps with me so that he gives me a quarter of the bed to sleep on. What can you do when you really do love him?
Sara Fridley says
Whenever we moved furniture – like sofa – we would find several pens and pencils underneath. No doubt the cat was responsible. LOL
Cilla says
That look radiates pure innocent!!!
Paula Nordt says
Boots is so beautiful!
Nelle Coursey says
Pat used to go to 5 conventions a year all over the state of Texas. He would be gone for about 5-6 days at a time. When I was working I could not go with him all the time. But that was the time the house got a thorough cleaning! We sold the magazine in 1996 and the house has not had one of those cleanings since!! I think it is time, but I would rather spend that time with him doing things he likes to do.
Sheryl says
He is such a gorgeous cat!
Arti Mader says
What a beautiful kitty!