While Red Sox fans count the days until opening day, today in Newton we had a different kind of milestone: the first day it was warm enough to open the windows to fresh air and birdsong.
Sure enough, as soon as I opened the bedroom windows for the first time this morning, cats appeared from all corners of the house to claim a window seat where they could bask, sniff the breeze, and bird-watch. (From left to right above, that’s Crash, Snowflake, Rocco, and Louie; at left, that’s another view of Crash.) Tomorrow and Sunday, the forecast calls for chillier days–not warm enough for open windows–but that doesn’t matter. The cats and I know that the long containment of winter is over and open-window season is (almost) upon us.
Mar 18, 2011 at 11:13 pm
Holy crap. Fat cat city!
Mar 19, 2011 at 11:57 am
Great shot! Love it.
Mar 19, 2011 at 12:45 pm
Yes, the big boys tend to monopolize the prime window spots. Luckily, there are plenty of windows for everyone.
Mar 20, 2011 at 8:26 am
Do you have to fight to get your own spot? Happy spring (one day in advance)!
Mar 23, 2011 at 12:31 pm
Do you really have *all* those cats living with you?
This seems astonishing to me.Even just one would turn my life upside down. But they are lovely.
Mar 23, 2011 at 12:37 pm
We have nine cats, Natalie, so this photo isn’t the half of it. It’s something of a menagerie!
Smithereens, I don’t even try to compete. I just open the windows then stand back for the inevitable stampede.
Mar 27, 2011 at 10:26 pm
It looks like a lineup – which one is guilty?
Apr 2, 2011 at 8:34 am
love your optimism about spring’s arrival and will buy into it!
cats, cats, everywhere! do they all fight for space in the bed, too? quite a pretty bunch, i’d say. no matter how much i love animals, i could not handle that many pets! 2 birds, 2 dogs, and 2 turtles were enough for me at one time. now i want only 1-2 dogs.
Apr 3, 2011 at 12:30 pm
The cats don’t have bed privileges at night, just Melony the beagle. During the day, the cats claim spots on the bed, sofa, various chairs, and windowsills. You might say they “rule the roost.”
Having as many pets as we do is definitely a time commitment, but luckily it’s a priority for both of us. We’d prefer to have fewer pets, which will happen naturally as the ones we have age and pass away. We originally had 10 cats, but 2 died from old age, and we adopted one in the interim. We figure if we adopt one pet for every two that pass away, that will limit current size of “the gang.”