Nina and Mr. Straw

Well, for a bit of lightness to contrast with the sobriety of Katrina's
aftermath, Nina has been putting on a grand show on my bed tonight, with her
favorite toy, Mr. Straw. Mr Straw is a red plastic drinking tube that has
seen better days. Nina will pounce on Mr. Straw, and chew and bat him half
to death, then suddenly recover her dignity and sit down with paws together
looking sweet and cute, pretending she's never done anything fierce. But she
keeps a close eye on Mr. Straw. Evidently, Mr. Straw keeps provoking her by
saying rude things, because she'll suddenly pounce on him again, and start
slapping him back into line. Then she'll remember she's supposed to be a
lady, and stop....for a few minutes. It's highly amusing. =o) Of course, she
immediately ignores Mr. Straw the minute I get the camera out. Typical cat
trick! =o\

Melissa

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Houle at wrote on 9/9/05 12:24AM:

Well, for a bit of lightness to contrast with the sobriety of Katrina's
aftermath, Nina has been putting on a grand show on my bed tonight, with her
favorite toy, Mr. Straw. Mr Straw is a red plastic drinking tube that has
seen better days. Nina will pounce on Mr. Straw, and chew and bat him half
to death, then suddenly recover her dignity and sit down with paws together
looking sweet and cute, pretending she's never done anything fierce. But she
keeps a close eye on Mr. Straw. Evidently, Mr. Straw keeps provoking her by
saying rude things, because she'll suddenly pounce on him again, and start
slapping him back into line. Then she'll remember she's supposed to be a
lady, and stop....for a few minutes. It's highly amusing. =o) Of course, she
immediately ignores Mr. Straw the minute I get the camera out. Typical cat
trick! =o\

Melissa


Straws used to be Amigo's favorite toy. He could not wait until I was done
with my drink to steal the straw. They were everywhere.

gotta love 'em,sssssoooooooooo cute!
"Melissa Houle" wrote in message
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Well, for a bit of lightness to contrast with the sobriety of Katrina's
aftermath, Nina has been putting on a grand show on my bed tonight, with
her
favorite toy, Mr. Straw. Mr Straw is a red plastic drinking tube that has
seen better days. Nina will pounce on Mr. Straw, and chew and bat him
half
to death, then suddenly recover her dignity and sit down with paws
together
looking sweet and cute, pretending she's never done anything fierce. But
she
keeps a close eye on Mr. Straw. Evidently, Mr. Straw keeps provoking her
by
saying rude things, because she'll suddenly pounce on him again, and start
slapping him back into line. Then she'll remember she's supposed to be a
lady, and stop....for a few minutes. It's highly amusing. =o) Of course,
she
immediately ignores Mr. Straw the minute I get the camera out. Typical cat
trick! =o\

Melissa

[[Well, for a bit of lightness to contrast with the sobriety of Katrina's
aftermath, Nina has been putting on a grand show on my bed tonight, with
her
favorite toy, Mr. Straw. Mr Straw is a red plastic drinking tube that has
seen better days. Nina will pounce on Mr. Straw, and chew and bat him
half
to death, then suddenly recover her dignity and sit down with paws
together
looking sweet and cute, pretending she's never done anything fierce. But
she
keeps a close eye on Mr. Straw. Evidently, Mr. Straw keeps provoking her
by
saying rude things, because she'll suddenly pounce on him again, and
start
slapping him back into line. Then she'll remember she's supposed to be a
lady, and stop....for a few minutes. It's highly amusing. =o) Of course,
she
immediately ignores Mr. Straw the minute I get the camera out. Typical
cat
trick! =o\ ]]

LOL!

One solution for this is to keep a camera nearby as often as you can. When
I first got Captain and Stanley, I did this on a semi-regular basis. If
they're engrossed in an especially entertaining play session, I'll still
fetch the camera and keep it within reach for the rest of the day/evening.
Or, once or twice, I resorted to using my camera phone -- better a low-res
pic of the cats being entertaining than no pic at all. )

BTW, I try to set the camera so that the flash is OFF when I can. Cats
don't seem to like the flash much -- maybe it bothers their eyes, since
they have so much more sensitivity to light than humans do. I know my
first cat, Misty, quickly adopted the behavior of facing AWAY from the
camera the moment she saw it. She definitely didn't like when the flash
went off.

Donna and the Photogenic Units of Felinity, Captain and Stanley