Monday, August 13, 2012

Outside my dining room window this morning...

Cat and dove dwelling together harmoniously in the bird feeding station until....



One of them discovers he has a neighbor.

Don't worry, no blood was shed.  When Button, the toy poodle, went outside to play he chased the pair of them from the yard.  Of course they will return as both are frequent dinner guests.  The cat usually visits the gallery door for a handout, but perhaps the birdseed smelled good and he wanted a little variety in his diet. Or he may have thought we had built him an apartment house. We do find him sleeping in odd places - under the lawn furniture, on the car or the grill, balanced carefully on the fence.  He doesn't actually belong to us, but he is a sweet, friendly cat and is always welcome here. And though he has suddenly become a "bird watcher," he doesn't appear to have the ambition to actually hunt them down.  So all will remain well in the "Peaceable Kingdom."

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