Close Encounters of the Kitty Kind

Well, Persia just had an up-close-and-personal with Schwartzie, the
neighbor's black cat of similar size.

Schwartzie uses the pine needles out back beyond our patio (and property
line) as his "litterbox" when he's out. Persia spotted him through the
glass door. (Funny, she turned her head when she saw what he was doing, to
give him privacy?) Then Schwartzie came over to the patio to take a drink
from a puddle (the sprinklers had just shut off). Persia watched.
Schwartzie knew Persia was there, of course.

Schwartzie oh so casually strolled over to the glass door. Persia started
growling, low in her throat. Her ears went back, completely flat. Her tail
puffed up three times its normal size. She hissed. Then she let out a
REEEOOOWRRRRRRRR! All the while, Schwartzie just sat there, calmly gazing
in. He occasionally flicked a glance at me as if to ask, "What's her
problem?" LOL

Persia kept up the low growling and hissing for a minute, then hunkered down
by the door frame. Out of sight, out of mind, perhaps? After a few seconds
she cautiously raised her head for a peek, looking for all the world like a
furry soldier peering out of a foxhole! Schwartzie had moved off a couple
of feet but was still there, so she growled some more. He finally figured
out this wasn't exactly the warm reception he'd been hoping for and wandered
off.

Persia is still standing guard duty in the living room

Jill

"jmcquown" wrote in message
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Well, Persia just had an up-close-and-personal with Schwartzie, the
neighbor's black cat of similar size.

Schwartzie uses the pine needles out back beyond our patio (and property
line) as his "litterbox" when he's out. Persia spotted him through the
glass door. (Funny, she turned her head when she saw what he was doing,
to give him privacy?) Then Schwartzie came over to the patio to take a
drink from a puddle (the sprinklers had just shut off). Persia watched.
Schwartzie knew Persia was there, of course.

Schwartzie oh so casually strolled over to the glass door. Persia started
growling, low in her throat. Her ears went back, completely flat. Her
tail puffed up three times its normal size. She hissed. Then she let out
a REEEOOOWRRRRRRRR! All the while, Schwartzie just sat there, calmly
gazing in. He occasionally flicked a glance at me as if to ask, "What's
her problem?" LOL

Persia kept up the low growling and hissing for a minute, then hunkered
down by the door frame. Out of sight, out of mind, perhaps? After a few
seconds she cautiously raised her head for a peek, looking for all the
world like a furry soldier peering out of a foxhole! Schwartzie had moved
off a couple of feet but was still there, so she growled some more. He
finally figured out this wasn't exactly the warm reception he'd been
hoping for and wandered off.

Persia is still standing guard duty in the living room

Jill


Poor Schwartzie! Love that name, BTW.


--
Theresa, Stinky and Dante
drtmuirATearthlink.net

Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh

jmcquown wrote:
Well, Persia just had an up-close-and-personal with Schwartzie, the
neighbor's black cat of similar size.

Schwartzie uses the pine needles out back beyond our patio (and property
line) as his "litterbox" when he's out. Persia spotted him through the
glass door. (Funny, she turned her head when she saw what he was doing,
to give him privacy?) Then Schwartzie came over to the patio to take a
drink from a puddle (the sprinklers had just shut off). Persia watched.
Schwartzie knew Persia was there, of course.

Schwartzie oh so casually strolled over to the glass door. Persia
started growling, low in her throat. Her ears went back, completely
flat. Her tail puffed up three times its normal size. She hissed.
Then she let out a REEEOOOWRRRRRRRR! All the while, Schwartzie just sat
there, calmly gazing in. He occasionally flicked a glance at me as if
to ask, "What's her problem?" LOL

Persia kept up the low growling and hissing for a minute, then hunkered
down by the door frame. Out of sight, out of mind, perhaps? After a
few seconds she cautiously raised her head for a peek, looking for all
the world like a furry soldier peering out of a foxhole! Schwartzie had
moved off a couple of feet but was still there, so she growled some
more. He finally figured out this wasn't exactly the warm reception
he'd been hoping for and wandered off.

Persia is still standing guard duty in the living room

LOL! That's about exactly how Mir reacts to her brother Emil every
summer when she meets him again. After a few days of this, they become
friends again. Or at least she stops being so upset.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

"jmcquown" wrote:
Persia kept up the low growling and hissing for a minute, then hunkered down
by the door frame. Out of sight, out of mind, perhaps? After a few seconds
she cautiously raised her head for a peek, looking for all the world like a
furry soldier peering out of a foxhole! Schwartzie had moved off a couple
of feet but was still there, so she growled some more. He finally figured
out this wasn't exactly the warm reception he'd been hoping for and wandered
off.

Persia is still standing guard duty in the living room

She seems to be very good at peeking at things.

You wouldn't believe Buster's current arch-nemesis - a groundhog that
likes to peek right into windows with its paws cupped around its eyes.

It's to funny. You need to get some pictures of the groundhog.

--
Ann
in Connecticut
see my cats at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ann791/sets/
read Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/
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"Takayuki" wrote in message
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"jmcquown" wrote:
Persia kept up the low growling and hissing for a minute, then hunkered
down
by the door frame. Out of sight, out of mind, perhaps? After a few
seconds
she cautiously raised her head for a peek, looking for all the world like
a
furry soldier peering out of a foxhole! Schwartzie had moved off a couple
of feet but was still there, so she growled some more. He finally figured
out this wasn't exactly the warm reception he'd been hoping for and
wandered
off.

Persia is still standing guard duty in the living room

She seems to be very good at peeking at things.

You wouldn't believe Buster's current arch-nemesis - a groundhog that
likes to peek right into windows with its paws cupped around its eyes.