Bella and I are moving. We're leaving our wonderful apartment with its checkerboard kitchen floor and great balcony for birdwatching. We're leaving behind so many beloved family members and friends. We're heading south. We have close family down there, and hopefully the job market is just a tad better than it is in Michigan.
Moving can be tough on cats. They don't tend to like change. But the moving process can also be rather adventurous - I mean, there are boxes in which to crouch,
and on which to climb;
Storage bins in which to get trapped,
and magazine organizers in which to stuff oneself.
Best of all are the empty bookcases - they're great for lounging.
And if you get up high, away from your everyday circumstances, sometimes you can get a different perspective.
Yep, change can be hard for cats, and it's almost always hard for this human. But I'm trusting it will be good.
Jeremiah 29:11
Take the Palma Colonial Occasional Chair, for instance (Pier 1 named it, not me). It has a certain style...a certain panache. A certain...je ne sais quoi.
But I don't find myself sitting in it very often. If I have a choice between a comfy couch or armchair and this chair's hard bamboo slats, you can guess what I'm going to choose.
As you can see, Bella feels similarly.
If anyone needs me, I'll be on the couch.
Can you tell?
You never know where the cat is going to turn up.
You can be going about your everyday business,
Well, okay.
ONE time. But just once.
Thanks, Bella...
for keeping me on my toes.
On her list of things to read are some of her Papa's commentaries. He has, oh, probably 1,000 of them.
That's going real well.
She's also planning to read some of her Mimi's Miss Read and Jan Karon books. And The South Beach Diet.
Clearly, she's making all kinds of progress.
There are all kinds of historical books she's dying to get her little furry paws on.
But it's hard to get started when there are so many new surfaces on which to nap.
It's OK Bella . . . you sleep; I'll read.
Lizzie thought Bella would look smashing in a necklace that she (Lizzie) had made for a doll. She was kind enough to loan it to Bella, but after thinking about it, she decided that she'd make another necklace so that Bella could have her own.
Of course, this necessitated measuring Bella's neck for a perfect fit.
With the measuring tapes out, Lizzie felt compelled to measure the rest of Bella, too. She's around 33 inches long, including her tail. Only about 9 inches shorter than Lizzie.
Bella was very cooperative (if not enthusiastic), for the most part.
She did find it necessary to take a brief break from the playdate and rest under the bed for a while.
She came back, though. I mean, who could resist these eyes?
All in all, Bella had a grand time playing with her cousin, and now has a taste for jewelry that she didn't have previously. Which is fine, so long as she doesn't ask for pierced ears...
