Today I had about two hours to myself with both kids in school. I spent about an hour doing some computer work, thirty minutes of chores, and thirty minutes getting set up to sew. While I was doing all this I was in mellow, steady-moving state. Kind of the perfect time you think a certain little kitten would want some love. I mean, I would have been happy to put down the dishes and sit with a purring furball on my lap for a few minutes.

But no, it wasn't until I sat down and started winding a bobbin that the wee kitty finally stumbled out of bed (currently favoring the "hammock" of fabric in the box spring) and came at me all sleep-eyed with stick paws kind of stumbling around. He climbed up on the sewing table and started to purr then saw thread spools and then started batting with harmless velvety paws. He was really warm from sleep and really energetic.

A few days ago while on our trip our housesitter came up with a good word regarding Harris:

Paige: Harris has only gotten out once!me: Oh, that's good. He seems to know how to come home. I probably won't let him out regularly until I can chip him and collar him.

My neighborhood is a little sketchy so I want him to be fully protected.

Paige: Ah, yeah. He prounced around the back yard for a little bit, letting me know that I couldn't catch him if he didn't want to let me, then he let me.

"Prounced"! That is exactly what kittens do!

I actually love this song and was belting it out in the car today; I felt inspired to search for the video and, um?:


(Billy, check out the move at 1:24. Or the stair declension here at 0:57. Watch and learn).

Labels: Harris, music, random