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On Cats and Christmas
Dec. 19th, 2020 11:30 am
I had some trepidations this year about putting up the Christmas tree - I remember very well the first year we had Kuro and Boog and they completely destroyed the thing. No sooner had I started to put it up than they were climbing everywhere inside it!
So this year I had some concerns about the actions of the one year old Voids, and their potential for destruction. As I set up and decorated the tree, Kuro was there to supervise every stage, as he does every year, and he was joined by Neko, who found all the rustling slightly disturbing - he would scurry off, then come creeping back to watch some more. Yami demonstrated complete disinterest in the whole process, glanced briefly at the commotion, then returned to her spot by the heating vent to warm her belly.
And guess what? When the tree was fully installed with shiny dangling things, it was 14 year old Kuro who proved to be the problem child. He's never lost his fascination with the tree, and while he no longer climbs all the way up it, he does sit beneath, with his little black and white feet poking up into the decor and knocking off the baubles. Or on the arm of the sofa, doing the same. It's very difficult to photograph him in the act, I can only catch him contemplating...
And the Voids have been entirely innocent!
Well, largely innocent. Kuro's obsession has proven slightly infectious, and Neko has been spending more time rustling around underneath it this past week. Grandpa Kuro is teaching him his horrible habits...
So this year I had some concerns about the actions of the one year old Voids, and their potential for destruction. As I set up and decorated the tree, Kuro was there to supervise every stage, as he does every year, and he was joined by Neko, who found all the rustling slightly disturbing - he would scurry off, then come creeping back to watch some more. Yami demonstrated complete disinterest in the whole process, glanced briefly at the commotion, then returned to her spot by the heating vent to warm her belly.
And guess what? When the tree was fully installed with shiny dangling things, it was 14 year old Kuro who proved to be the problem child. He's never lost his fascination with the tree, and while he no longer climbs all the way up it, he does sit beneath, with his little black and white feet poking up into the decor and knocking off the baubles. Or on the arm of the sofa, doing the same. It's very difficult to photograph him in the act, I can only catch him contemplating...
And the Voids have been entirely innocent!
Well, largely innocent. Kuro's obsession has proven slightly infectious, and Neko has been spending more time rustling around underneath it this past week. Grandpa Kuro is teaching him his horrible habits...
