Friday Cat Blogging – 2 December 2011

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On the left, this is surely what things would have looked like if Inkblot had lived in the Garden of Eden: Innocent, contented, free of all malice, and wanting nothing more than to commune with nature. Unless someone gets in the way of his food bowl.

And speaking of things horticultural, Marian recently constructed a square-foot garden, which I guess is all the rage these days. The one below has eight sections, and as you can see, Domino has her own personal square foot. Seriously. There’s nothing planted there because Domino loves it so much she needed to be lured to a spot where she wouldn’t crush the actual plants. Not only is it full of nice, lovely dirt, but during the late morning it’s also the sunniest patch in the house. For a few hours each day, it’s her home away from home.

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