Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Paper, Plastic and Boxes

I've shared photos in the past of Cat laying on various papers, from copier paper to Christmas wrap.  She loves plastic equally well, especially grocery bags.  She loves to nuzzle her way inside them, curl up and go to sleep.  Then, wake up, do some things around the house and return to the bag, curl up on top of it and re-sleep.  Paper or plastic?  Hard choice for her.  Big paper bags, the kind with handles on it are a perfect trap for her.  We lay one down, she crawls in, curls up and we pick up the bag and carry her around - she doesn't care, it paper.  Ditto with the plastic grocery bags.  Again, she doesn't care if we pick it up by the handles with her inside and carry it around - it's plastic.  Paper or Plastic.

And then, there's boxes.  Cardboard boxes, large or small.  Carry one in and her eyes widen, fixed on the box.  Lay it down and she's inside in a flash.  Mmmmmm, boxes.....

Travis has been saving for months for a very special, very expensive skateboard and it finally came today, in a box.  After he opened it and removed the skateboard, he set the box on the living room floor and took his skateboard out to play.  The cat was inside the box instantly.  She nestled under the packing material and went to sleep, curled up.  Later, she's up, eating, pooping, running, cleaning and then back to the box, this time at the other end and on top of the packing material.  I've taken two photos.  The first is me calling out to her, she swivels her head towards me as she finished a yawn, tongue half out.  Click on the picture for the larger version, then use your 'back' button to return here.

The last picture is of the other end of the box where she first slept.  Notice the 'formed covered nest'.

Cat, lover of paper, plastic and cardboard boxes.  Oh, and food, drawing blood from my hands when we play rough, bouncing off walls and doors, waking us at 5 in the morning to see if we're ready to feed her, sleeping 42 hours a day, etc......

2 comments:

  1. You captured the essence of cat in this post. I think she's practicing to be a bag girl at the grocery store. She's sitting outside her new box right now just staring at it with big, adoring eyes.

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  2. Our cats' goal in life is to sit on ANY piece of paper that somehow gets left on the floor. Doesn't matter the size, you look away and BAM! one of them has teleported to the paper and is either sitting or laying on it.

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