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Jim Melvin's avatar

Our cat is an indoor-outdoor cat who freely roams our 15 forested acres. She also joins my wife and I on hikes around our property, following along with us like a dog. She can climb trees with the dexterity of a monkey. Leap over streams. Clamber on top of boulders. And run up the sides of mountains. But sometimes she just stops and stares. It sure seems like she is enjoying the beauty of nature to me.

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Sounds like a fine companion- a member of the family. Thanks, Jim.

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Linda Brown's avatar

Good one!

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Thanks, Linda.

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Sharon the Lion-Hearted's avatar

oh please what cats think deserves more than one mere minute of speculation

interesting that not one of your illustrations is the proverbial mouse

and not one of a human trying to get out the door and keep the cat in

nor a cat staring by the litter box, like when is she going to change it

and not one of a cat biting the hand that feeds it

and not one of what seems to me incessant grooming

yeah fat cat sit on my chest and lick your paws.

nor of kneading, "making biscuits", an activity that happens several times a day when I am wearing fleece

damn I wear a fleece top to bed to accommodate my feline

except in the sweltering summer

and all my fleece tops are pilled

the pictures of donuts and cupcake might be misleading

cats can't taste sweet, they lack the taste receptors for sweetness, so why do some cats go nuts for ice cream, marshmallows, or cotton candy? 

these cats are not tasting the sweet flavors, but they are tasting something that appeals to them

they may still be attracted to high fat content , salt or dairy

though dairy products like ice cream can be difficult for many cats to digest and may lead to digestive issues

My cat thinks it is PURR-FECT that you brought this up. Milo says thank you.

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Interesting! A woman who definitely knows her cats! Thanks for reading,Sharon.

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Sharon the Lion-Hearted's avatar

oophs reference to cupcake is from somewhere else, thought I edited it out

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T. D. Wolf's avatar

My wife and I make up elaborate backstories for the cats in our neighborhood and we give them all names. We’re silly that way.

They’re all members of a clandestine organization called C.I.A.

You guessed it: “Cats In Action.”

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

This comes as a real surprise to me John. The man who writes Lisa Rose - T Dalton Wolfe - is a cat man! I would have thought Doberman or pitbull. You old softie.

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T. D. Wolf's avatar

Ha! We have two sweet dogs. They’d love a cat to play with, but the only thing stopping us from getting one is we also like our furniture.

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Yes, there is that...

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James Ron's avatar

Gotta love Raymond! I think our cat, Bobbie - from Bob, as she has no tail - has thoughts similar to Raymond's. Her primary concern appears to be keeping me, as chief of staff, up to snuff. : )

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

It's a tough job, but someone has to do it. Here's to Bob!

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

No cats here, Sharron, but what a stunning post! 😻

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Hah! Cats are not to everyone's liking, I know. But, I have a lot of cat-people in my subscriber list AND Raymond can be a very funny cat.

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Jim Cummings's avatar

I don’t have a cat because I don’t like being bossed around. I’ll admire Raymond from a safe distance.

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Smart man! Nothing but trouble.

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Karen Kenworthy's avatar

I think her favorite mental picture is probably your face🤗 Somehow your post made me think of a poem by a poetry prof I had, James Bertolino. It was about another animal’s thoughts, spiders. I’ll try to re-create it as much as I can remember because I can’t find it online:

“Do not fret

about

small blue spiders

who watch you intently

at your toilet

They will not jump

They are silently observing...

preparing

for the final coup”

(Or something like that! Wish I could find that poem)

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Karen Kenworthy's avatar

Sorry! “His” favorite mental picture, not “her” 🤦‍♀️

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Cute, cute, cute! Thanks, Karen!

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Olga Stewart's avatar

In my husband's and my case, I think our cat thinks about cuddles, food, cuddles, swatting, cuddles and sleeping.

Oh and did I mention cuddles? :).

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Yes, but does he like cuddles? Sounds like a cool cat.

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Olga Stewart's avatar

Yes, she loves cuddles. :).

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Sue Cauhape's avatar

Buda probably thought all of those pictures, but the last photo, him being combed would be the first and most important. I would show him the comb, tap it on the bed, and he'd jump up ready to have his long, woolly coat combed. It was our bonding time. It was also something I did for him when we landed in our hotel during a visit to SLC. He died of heart failure hours later. After a horribly restless night, I dug the clot of fur out of the waste basket and held it in my hand. By the end of the day's family visits and activities, my Little Buda had morphed into a felted disk. While my nephew knew what had happened, clutching that Little Buda in my pocket kept me from sobbing in front of everybody else.

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Aww. What a sweet, sad story. You will miss Buda forever.

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Sue Cauhape's avatar

I hope he can take a moment or two from his romping with buddies on the other side of the Bridge to come greet me when I pass over.

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Penny's avatar

Yes and yes to all your (his) choices … just add a chapstick tube and rubber band, but only if they’re stolen.

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Yes! Ray his own chapstick in his toy box, too. If he finds a rubber band, he runs and hides it under the couch because he knows he is not allowed to have them.

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Penny's avatar

Yes! There’s a stash under the couch, and under the water heater in the garage.

Lots of pen caps, too. Fast bugger!

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palmisanocj@yahoo.com's avatar

Loved this, Sharron, and your imagination. I’ve no doubt you’ve captured precisely what a cat envisions! So much fun to read. Thank you for posting!!! ❤️

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Au contraire, my friend, Thank YOU for reading. I look forward to your next one! I loved the one about the break up.

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Janice Walton's avatar

My cats think about who's going to sit or sleep with Mom, getting treats, and antagonizing each other.

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

They sound like Ray's cousins! Cute!

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Mark VanLaeys's avatar

I think you've captured it. There's some feline ancestry somewhere.

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

You think? I have often thought my genome carried a bit of sloth DNA, but hadn't considered cat. I will rethink.

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Amie McGraham's avatar

Donuts! I knew it!

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Sneaky little buggers. Ever find a donut missing, look under the couch.

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