Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Enjoying Their Parole

The little Felons are enjoying the relative freedom of the bedroom. They run and climb and discover new things all the time. They aren’t always sure of their surroundings, or of their capabilities. This uncertainty is usually combined, ironically, with a complete absence of consideration of the effects of their own actions in the same surroundings.


A couple of nights ago, Oleo leaped off the edge of the bed to the floor, a descent of about two and a half feet. I suspect, landing on carpet, he would not have injured himself. Unfortunately, his little head encountered a chair leg about four fifths of the way down. He seemed unfazed and ran off to wrestle with his brother. This was later followed by Bisto also wanting to get off the bed. He, however, has figured out the stairs on the near side. He has not figured out that they remain stationary. He ran toward them, and missed by an inch or two. I heard a scrabbling noise, saw a flurry of stubby limbs and then a slight thump. He too was unhurt.



The Felons like my legs. They climb on them, jump on them, lie on them and fight around them. My legs now look as if they were in front of a glass-paned window blown out by a bomb. Oleo and Bisto can now climb to my knees; the former is especially good at such mountaineering.



But eventually, they tire and must rest, sometimes with little transition between action and stillness. They found the heated cat bed in the bedroom (though they weigh so little (about half a kilogram - one pound - each) that they may not depress the cushion enough to feel the warmth. That didn’t matter, though. Even the most hardened of criminals must sleep eventually…





20 comments:

  1. I love those photos; particularly the last one.

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  2. I love hearing about the Felons, and seeing their pictures. But perhaps you should have named them Mischief and Mayhem!

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    1. I get the feeling most kittens could be named that...

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  3. They're such a bright spot in an otherwise insane world right now. ❤️

    I, too, love that last pic. So, so sweet. 😻😻

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  4. Just one of the joys of having kittens in your home, is that wild abandon, then PLUNK...they are down for the count! Angel would fall asleep while stepping over the rungs of a chair, then sleep draped over until we humans couldn't take the cute anymore and lifted her over to a soft beddy.

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  5. Kittens have no idea of distance when they jump and look so funny when they misjudge it. Luckily they are little fur balls who bounce back unscathed.

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  6. They are just so adorable and I love those sweet faces!

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  7. I am loving your reports on the kittens. They are lightening my days.

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  8. I am loving your posts about the kittens. It certainly lightens my day to see you doing such a good job of raising them.

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  9. Aww...they are so stinking cute! Have to older cats caught on that they are there? What's been their reaction, even through the door?

    Take care, stay well!

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  10. The felons look adorable and happy! Hope it takes awhile before they discover the cat tree then their well be no stopping them! Tee-hee.

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  11. Lovely post/photos to wake up to...
    Strange! I keep going back to your posts
    quite a few times during the day John...
    I wonder why! :).

    Love the last photo..should be a third really..
    just to make up the circle..!

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  12. Sound like Laz. He is active and runs all around. Crashes into everything. My feet, stairs... His vision seems fine. He just hhas little sense of looking where he is going. And he is 3.

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  13. How their little faces are already showing that they are growing. And they're needle sharp claws at that age, wow, that might be painful. They certainly are cute and fun to see.

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  14. My goodness, how they have grown! I am always amazed at the rapidity with which they grow. I can well imagine the state of your legs with those little needles they have on the ends of their toesies. I miss kittens. Do they sleep at night or are they calling one another. What do the resident family say?

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  15. rest well ewe wee onez; two morrow iz nother day ta eggz plore; cauz trubull N haz fun !!! :) ♥♥♥

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  16. Amazing how kittens absorb bumps and bangs with nary any slowdown. They learn fast though and will soon be experts at landing on all 4s. Watch the climb of the legs. Years ago I learned that may be cute at when they are ounces it becomes painful at a pound. That bed looks so cozy and they surely can feel the comfort. Darling

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  17. There is nothing cuter than tiny fluffs!

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