Tales from the Animal Kingdom

Sure smells tasty!

I took this picure with my camera phone, so yes, it sucks, but I had to capture the moment. My kitty, Gabriel, has finally figured out that Rite isn't going to eat him. Gabriel has been very curious about Rite, but very cautious. He'll occasionally sniff Rite's tail or paws, but for the most part he's kept his distance . Well, after we returned from our evening walk this past Monday, Rite took his usual prone position on the living room floor. Gabriel immediately ran up & started sniffing all over him. I do mean all over - he crawled up on him to smell his torso, he sniffed his paws, and he even got right up in his face and was even sniffing his mouth. Rite just lay there the whole time, barely noticing. Gabriel continued his sniffing mission for at least 15 minutes, then he crouched next to him & stared for awhile. I can only imagine what was going through his mind as he looked inquistively at our 80 pound, 45 mile per hour couch potato. "Can I eat it? No, it's too big. Can I play with it? No, too big for that too..."

By the way, sorry to disappoint all you Kismet fans out there (yup, all 2 of you) with my lack of posts recently. Life has been quite busy - Chip & I are about to purchase our first investment property, work has been crazy go nuts, I've been volunteering for the Greyhound rescue group, & I've had another attack of the bird flu as well. Next week, I'm flying to San Antonio for Jimmy's boot camp graduation, so this should provide me with some blog fodder.

Stay tuned!