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Buffy's Closet Caper
I have a cousin I haven't seen since I was a little girl. He's about 7
years older than I am and lives on the west coast of the US in the state of Washington. I haven't seen him since I was about 9 years old but we've kept in touch. I'm the only one who has kept touch with that branch of the family over the years. I've been digging through some old photo albums and scrap books looking for photos to scan for him. I've got old pics of his dad from childhood to the 1940's and 50's. The old photo albums are in the closet in the second bedroom. Buffy decided this would be an excellent time to explore that room. Not that it has ever been closed off, she just didn't seem interested before. I should have known she'd follow me. I was too absorbed in the old pics to notice. She must have thought, "Wow! A new fun place to explore!" She didn't realize I'm obsessive about closing closet doors. It's a good thing I'm also obsessive about putting things back where they belong. I went to put the photos back in the albums (which were stacked on the bed). I heard a plaintive "mew?" Uh oh, the darn cat went and got herself shut in the closet. Jill |
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Buffy's Closet Caper
On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 10:07:09 -0400, jmcquown
wrote: I have a cousin I haven't seen since I was a little girl. He's about 7 years older than I am and lives on the west coast of the US in the state of Washington. I haven't seen him since I was about 9 years old but we've kept in touch. I'm the only one who has kept touch with that branch of the family over the years. .... It's a good thing I'm also obsessive about putting things back where they belong. I went to put the photos back in the albums (which were stacked on the bed). I heard a plaintive "mew?" Uh oh, the darn cat went and got herself shut in the closet. Jill You're being bad. You know that they don't like closed doors. |
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On 10/2/2015 3:42 PM, dgk wrote:
On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 10:07:09 -0400, jmcquown wrote: It's a good thing I'm also obsessive about putting things back where they belong. I went to put the photos back in the albums (which were stacked on the bed). I heard a plaintive "mew?" Uh oh, the darn cat went and got herself shut in the closet. Jill You're being bad. You know that they don't like closed doors. Yes, I'm a terrible cat mom. That's a room I rarely venture into. I've got no real reason to and for some reason Buffy hasn't bothered, either. There's a nice comfy bed in there she could snooze on but for the most part she ignores the room. Buffy has never shown much interest in whether or not closet doors are closed. I keep the door to the walk-in closet in my bedroom closed and she doesn't care. Persia would have pitched a fit about it. Open that door, NOW! She was always meowing at closed closet doors. This house has a lot of closets. Jill |
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Buffy's Closet Caper
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... I have a cousin I haven't seen since I was a little girl. He's about 7 years older than I am and lives on the west coast of the US in the state of Washington. I haven't seen him since I was about 9 years old but we've kept in touch. I'm the only one who has kept touch with that branch of the family over the years. I've been digging through some old photo albums and scrap books looking for photos to scan for him. I've got old pics of his dad from childhood to the 1940's and 50's. The old photo albums are in the closet in the second bedroom. Buffy decided this would be an excellent time to explore that room. Not that it has ever been closed off, she just didn't seem interested before. I should have known she'd follow me. I was too absorbed in the old pics to notice. She must have thought, "Wow! A new fun place to explore!" She didn't realize I'm obsessive about closing closet doors. It's a good thing I'm also obsessive about putting things back where they belong. I went to put the photos back in the albums (which were stacked on the bed). I heard a plaintive "mew?" Uh oh, the darn cat went and got herself shut in the closet. Jill It's good that you heard her. I was always worried in case KFC got herself shut in somewhere because she couldn't meow. She used to open her mouth but no sound ever came out. I read somewhere that feral cats communicate with each in other in such high pitched tones that humans cannot hear them and that they have to learn to lower their pitch so people can hear them. I don't know if that's true. I could certainly hear her purr. She had such a loud purr that if she was sitting upstairs purring to herself, I could hear her from downstairs ;-) Boyfie can meow quite well (especially at my bedroom door in the morning when he wants me to get up!) but his purr is 2/10 on the purr scale, he has a very quiet purr. Kitty's purr would score 10/10. On the meow scale Kitty would score zero. She thought she was meowing (and probably was in her world) but I couldn't hear her, and there's nothing wrong with my hearing. On the meow scale Boyfie's usual conversation would be maybe 3. For insisting about food time (not necessary now) probably a 7. For being shut in a wardrobe accidentally a big fat 10 ;-) Tweed |
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Buffy's Closet Caper
On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 10:07:09 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
She must have thought, "Wow! A new fun place to explore!" She didn't realize I'm obsessive about closing closet doors. It's a good thing I'm also obsessive about putting things back where they belong. I went to put the photos back in the albums (which were stacked on the bed). I heard a plaintive "mew?" Uh oh, the darn cat went and got herself shut in the closet. Dot's an enthusiastic closet rummager, so she never gets shut in them. |
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