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The dichotomy of cats
The following observations are both true.
First, our cats are incredibly graceful. Watching how Nick runs and attacks his toys, how he angles and pounces -- he has the same kind of beauty that Willie Mays had when fielding. He also has the kind of fluffy adorableness, but he has a pure athletic beauty as well -- it's gorgeous watching him jump off of the bed, over three horizontal feet of obstacles in order to precisely grab a toy that we toss, right out of the air.
Nora has a precision and grace to her movements that is equally beautiful, but in a more restrained way -- more like a ballerina. Nick has the explosive power and control of, say, Gene Kelly (and he loves watching Gene Kelly movies); Nora has an athletic side, too, but her beauty is more like Audrey Hepburn's.
They also pose in order to deliberately show off their beauty, and they have immense grace and dignity.
That's the first observation.
The second observation, which is equally true, is that, yesterday, Nora was being scritched by Lis, and she stretched and rolled over so ecstatically that she rolled off the daybed and into the trash can, and that Nick got his head stuck in the tissue box. Four times in a row.
First, our cats are incredibly graceful. Watching how Nick runs and attacks his toys, how he angles and pounces -- he has the same kind of beauty that Willie Mays had when fielding. He also has the kind of fluffy adorableness, but he has a pure athletic beauty as well -- it's gorgeous watching him jump off of the bed, over three horizontal feet of obstacles in order to precisely grab a toy that we toss, right out of the air.
Nora has a precision and grace to her movements that is equally beautiful, but in a more restrained way -- more like a ballerina. Nick has the explosive power and control of, say, Gene Kelly (and he loves watching Gene Kelly movies); Nora has an athletic side, too, but her beauty is more like Audrey Hepburn's.
They also pose in order to deliberately show off their beauty, and they have immense grace and dignity.
That's the first observation.
The second observation, which is equally true, is that, yesterday, Nora was being scritched by Lis, and she stretched and rolled over so ecstatically that she rolled off the daybed and into the trash can, and that Nick got his head stuck in the tissue box. Four times in a row.
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Yup, that's pretty much exactly what he's doing. This is a really typical form of cat play. The things they hunt hang out in small places and little holes, so they love to try to extract stuff that way. Herbie does this a lot, other cats we've had did it as well. Of course, the dumb one used to stuff his toys into small places and then simply forget they were there until we rescued them days later.