The Big Room is scary!

[annathepiper]

solarbird and I just got back from our jaunt over to Lake Forest Park Town Centre, which was fun (we had lunch, I got the book Nerd in Shining Armor as per cafiorello's recommendation, and then we got soda and I got a frappucino). But before we left it had started to rain, and on our way back it rained in earnest. Now as I write this, Dara and I are hanging out in the living room--and Dara's got the double doors out onto the deck open.

This is by itself rather cool, as it makes the living room pleasantly cool and a little breezy. But the really fun part of this is watching the cat thinking, "HOLY CRAP! That's the Big Room out there! And I can go right into it!" Trouble is, it's raining, and that's disturbing her deeply. So she's hovering uncertainly near the open doors under Dara's watchful eye. Hee.

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[emmacrew.livejournal.com]

I made a point of taking Chloe out to the Big Room when there was snow on the ground and setting her down on it, then picked her up and brought her back in. That taught her "Big Room has this nasty cold floor, better not try it." Seems to have mostly worked pretty well, though she did get out once right after we got the house and the wood floor was being installed. She was gone for a couple of hours, but I don't think she got any further than hiding under the bushes a couple of yards from the front door.

[annathepiper]

Hee hee! Yeah, that's about as far as Polly ever got when she made it outside at MurkSouth: just under the bushes by our front porch. She'd have a bit more of a jaunt here at MurkNorth, though, since she'd have to get down off the deck in the first place to get very far, and the steps might be a bit of a jaunt for our aging kitty.

I can just imagine a cat reacting to snow, though! Hee!

Cattage

[(Anonymous)]

I have two cats-both indoor cats-they freak if you take them near the back door, because that may mean a trip to the vet.
One of them,Q, is 16 years old,still fairly active for her age,and occassionally gets into theings.
The other one,Callie Fae,is a 24 pound Calico...both seem content as indoor cats..Callie could get the old fridge door open(I've seen her do it-had to bungee it closed to keep her out),but she can't get the new fridge's door open...Scott

Re: Cattage

[annathepiper]

A cat that could open the fridge? Now that's impressive. ;)