I love cats. Cannot imagine my life without cats.
I understand the dog people, I love them too, but cats are different.
You are either a cat person or not.
Me , I cannot live without their arrogance.
As I sat here tonight, missing my family in the UK, and feeling sorry for myself as we have just seen my baby off at the airport (when did she get so big to be flying off on her own....), this big fluffy beautiful face came into view.
She stood on the laptop keyboard and put her nose on mine.
She is the most arrogant cat I have ever known with a real lion heart.
We have three cats. The "baby" has grown up with our dogs, and will blatantly rub herself against Benji. This is very brave. Benji is skitso (big time), but the other two were adopted by my brother (same litter) when they were 6 weeks old, and they don't remember Benji.
Back track. The three we have now, came from a litter of four from a kitty we saved, so these three are sisters.
The green eyed monster who eye balled me a few minutes ago is named after her mom. Cleo.
She is awesome.
When my brother and Dieds emigrated we were lucky enough to get them back. Cleo did not take long to take over the house. She stares Benj down and HE BACKS OFF!
She has the most squeaky, quiet meow, but a huge temper.Wow, I respect that.
To get Benj to back off is nothing short of miraculous. A lot of humans back off from him. Me included when he is in a temper or full of nonsense.
Back to cats.
There isn't a memory I have in my life without one of these little creatures. Love you when they wanna, but woe be you if they ain't in the mood.
Having said that, I cannot remember being sick (ever) or down , without one of these little miracles right there at my feet, or in my face.
I get home at night and Butty (the other sis) is on the balcony to greet me, with loud calls of appreciation. (Butty - short for Button) She is white (like her dad) with spotted buttons down her back. A beautiful cat.
I have yet to meet an ugly cat.
They are.
That's all there is to it. They are.
And they fulfil in a way that humans sometimes cannot.
2 comments:
We own the most bi-polar cat on the face of the earth. She is 15 now but has been this way since she was a kitten.
I have had many cats and never seen one act like this before.
We have never, that's right, never been able to pick her up - she'll bite you. Now that she has gotten so old she will come up and rub against you, purring very loud and if you reach down to pet her she freaks and will try to bite you.
She's a strange cat...and yet, she's a part of the family :D
Aren't they amazing. Loving or not - they just complete a family.
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