Kerfuffle

Friends came over, we watched half of Kwaidan. Eleanor demanded attention early, then napped on the back of the red chair behind me. Zeppo slunk through, in smaller and smaller circles. Batted a ball around, popped his head up to check on the new people, even jumped up behind Nicole, on the back of the couch, just for a moment. She put her hand up, which may not have been why he immediately jumped down. I really think he's going to be walking on them within the year. At only three months with us, he's showing a lot of curiosity and affection, working through the massive skittishness. The personality that emerges is rich and comical.

This morning we heard a kurfuffle, knew it was the Cat Exclusion Device. Zeppo was running around the edge of the basement shelf, clearly interested in it all. He is not to the point where he will just come to me, so we weren't sure how we would get him back up. There is a dirt area, and asbestos tape, which we have still not done anything about except keep the cats out of it. I waited patiently, Dylan brought down treats and the bird toy. Zeppo jumped up on the silvered vent conduit, I put a hand on either side, and nabbed him by the scruff, wiped away some of the cobwebs and dirt as I swept him upstairs. He was freaked out, but not struggling excessively.

We will reinforce the edge later today.

Cats.





Last night, Zeppo laid across my armpit, rested his face on my chin, and purred like a diesel engine, breathing on my face. When I turned, he did much the same to Dylan.