Orion the Hunter, the constellation, is in the western sky in the dark mornings when Kooper and I go for our wandering through the neighborhood. That's always a reminder to me that we're officially in winter. This is winding down into a slow time of year when the cold and darkness gently (or sometimes harshly!) nudge us into "hunkering-down-mode." Stay inside. Keep warm. Drink hot tea. Snuggle. Wrap up and read a book (or play World of Warcraft).
Zoe is moving back up north this weekend as we travel to Pennsylvania for Thanksgiving. Michael and Zoe will reunite. It's a black and white thing. Zoe misses all of the black fabric that Michael accumulates - clothes, pillows, throw rugs, blankets, towels. Zoe's white fur goes well in a contrasty sort of way with the black. She's become an indoor cat over these past four months, so her whiteness won't be needed for outdoor sleuthing and stalking in the snow. Michael lives on a busy street anyway in Meadville, so the cars searching for pet and squirrel prey along North Main Street won't have Zoe in their sights. She's put on a bit of weight in the process of staying indoors. Her main exercise has been playing with Lucky.
Lucky will miss her playmate I imagine. She's shy to begin with so I'm guessing we'll see less of Lucky once Zoe isn't here to draw her out to play. She'll hunker down, wrap up, and watch carefully as the bigger animals in the house wander about. I guess it's not a bad activity for these winter months.
Zoe is moving back up north this weekend as we travel to Pennsylvania for Thanksgiving. Michael and Zoe will reunite. It's a black and white thing. Zoe misses all of the black fabric that Michael accumulates - clothes, pillows, throw rugs, blankets, towels. Zoe's white fur goes well in a contrasty sort of way with the black. She's become an indoor cat over these past four months, so her whiteness won't be needed for outdoor sleuthing and stalking in the snow. Michael lives on a busy street anyway in Meadville, so the cars searching for pet and squirrel prey along North Main Street won't have Zoe in their sights. She's put on a bit of weight in the process of staying indoors. Her main exercise has been playing with Lucky.
Lucky will miss her playmate I imagine. She's shy to begin with so I'm guessing we'll see less of Lucky once Zoe isn't here to draw her out to play. She'll hunker down, wrap up, and watch carefully as the bigger animals in the house wander about. I guess it's not a bad activity for these winter months.
