October 1st.... Lovely

My dear canine friend, Bob, has expressed concern over my self-bathing habits… he is fearful of my ingesting too much hair. While I wholly agree that fur is better covering the tummy as opposed to going in it, for some reason this is not a serious concern for cats. For one thing, amazingly enough, not very much hair actually gets ingested. Besides, if doing it was bad for us, we wouldn’t be blessed with the ability to do so, now would we? Besides, cats aren’t too fond of water. My mother will insist on bathing me with water herself every 6 months or so… I won’t say the episodes are traumatic in any way, but I still make it point to protest greatly (and loudly). I just can’t understand why she feels it necessary to put me through that when I do the job perfectly fine all by myself and in the way nature intended. Thanks for sharing your concern, Bob. I assure you that self-bathing & grooming is in no way harmful to us.

Happy October 1st everyone. October is my favorite month. Something about pumpkins and leaves changing and the wonderful smells of mom baking things like pumpkin bread and apple cake… and all sorts of things warm and homey with cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, etc…. Also, the warmer blankets come out of the closet and take up residency on mom & dad’s bed for the season. Well, mom’s side at least. Dad is a freak – he insists that even when the temperature goes down as low as 45 in the evenings, that it’s “too warm for blankets”. He IS quite hairy, but I really don't think it's adequate to keep him warm at night. As far as I’m concerned, it just gives me more reason to sleep cuddled up close with mom.