Well, mama has got it in her head after having done those two quickie line drawings of me (yesterday’s blog) that she wants to start doing sketches in Haiku mode: 17 lines as in a haiku, but instead, 17 DRAWING lines. Papa said with 17 drawing lines, mama, you could draw the history of the world, part II, but of course he was jesting and mama just looked at him as if he were crazy, yet again, and then said, Oh, shucks, or whatever those anthros say when someone gives a compliment, but actually, what mama really wants to do is just keep her drawings at 17 strokes and see what emerged.
Well, maybe more than 17 but she’s just started…
Fun, no? Those two drawings yesterday were only about 5 strokes and some people might not even get what they were, but of course, I knew because I was modelling. Methinks I shall be modelling ALOT during this stay where we are because I can’t seem to get off the couch and into any extra-curricular activities. Which brings me to this: Why don’t I play more? I hear all about these kitties like Raena and Chimera and Noodle and Yin and Yang and all these cuties that jump and run and climb and flop over (well, I do that one occasionally) and scurry and hide and I just seem to be not that kind of kitty. So what kind of kitty AM I? Do a lot of you kitties out there just lie around on comfortable things and then know exactly when 6pm shows up and a dinner bell rings in your little pea brains? And do you sleep the whole night on your mama or papa?
Well, we’re better than some babies, right?
I hope I’m not aberrant. Or stunted. Or drank too much coffee when I was a kid, haha (an old wives’ tale). Maybe there are just some kitties who play for 10 minutes or so and then conk out, no? Well, if you have any suggestions, pass them on, please.
Maybe it’s just summer and we’ve forgotten what that’s like.
Off to pass out.
Just getting comfortable. Sorry, mama, I blurred me.
There, that’s better.
Loulou, please do not worry about playing enough. Especially in the summer heat, even us two leggers don’t play enough. We don’t even want to do our work like cleaning. Once I feed my kitties and give them fresh water and clean their litter, I want to take a nap, and this is first thing in the morning. And then I have to go to work. My kitties love to take naps and you know it is quite normal for kitties to sleep 23 out of 24 hours in a day to rest up for hunting for dinner. You are fine Loulou, and so so cute.
Oy, I feel so much better, Karen, and thank you for enlightening mama about this. I think she thinks I should be out power-walking or something or power-climbing, maybe. But I am sooooo happy under the bed where it’s cool, just resting my tootsies. Hunt? Did you say hunt? Well, I do know where the Purina is kept….
Ooooooh – Loulou you are SOOOOO lucky your mama can catch your spirit so beautifully with pen and paper. My mom has tried to paint me, but it just doesn’t quite work. I look like a cross between a sanglier and a renard. Oy. Well, I’m a doggie who plays 10 minutes and conks out. Always on the most comfortable thing in the room. I understand. It’s normal. THEY just don’t understand how much energy we expend with our 4 little legs going 90 kph chasing useless things. Why don’t they throw or dangle FOOD instead of those silly balls and Ikea mice?! They want to see energy? Yo!!!!
Oh, Mya, you make me feel so normal. I have the attention span of a gnat. Not like those tigers you sent to look at who were playing with the gibbon! Talk about attention span. I think I’ll put that video on the blog except it makes us kitties look pretty dumb, haha. Can’t wait to have a 10 minute work out with YOUR mama.
We love those drawings of you, Loulou.
Thank you so much. In this weather I am the perfect model, haha.
Thank you so much. I do love to model (read: sleep) but when I’m taking a personal bath I hope mama does NOT pick up her pen!
We think 17 lines would be challenging. Is your mama bored and looking for something new to conquer?
We think you make a great model.
Well, she is never bored but it just occurred to her that it’s a great excercise to limit the lines. In her art class years ago she had to draw without lifting the charcoal from the paper. Now that’s challenging!
That is a great idea your Mama has to do Haiku drawings. And LouLou, with your beauty, you are decorative 🙂 Just relax and look pretty, no need to play.
Oh, I am so glad to hear that I can just loll. Especially in this heat. I do play when I wake up but really, my attention is on the eventual kibble and tuna. Just like mama’s is on the coffee, I think.
Aaaaaaaw LouLou you are so adorable and gawjus. As fur da playin’ and down right bein’ nuts, it’s kinda an age thing. Me doesn’t think we ever asked how old you are.?? Kittens play fur 10-30 minutes and then sleep fur ’bout dat long befur doin’ it all again. Da older we get da more we sleep and da less we play. But our humans should get us up and movin’ more. It’s good fur our health. Mommy uses da inneractive toy on a string/wire a lot to get me goin’. It’s one of me’s favorites. Da rule is playtime right befur mealtime so we can be da hunters we were meant to be. As fur sleepin’ all night, we do. At least most of da night. We do occasionally get up to go to da pawdee box or get a drink of water, but then it’s right back to bed with mommy. Stay cool.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
Oh, Dezi, thank you so much for your very good info. I am almost 5 I think, because I was around 5 months when I found mama and papa. And yes, mama has always played with me before meals when my hunting instinct comes out. Mama was told to put little kibbles around the house, hidden, so that I could hunt them, but she doesn’t really do ‘treats’ in the sense that I eat 3 times a day, my food ration divided because I prefer small meals 3 times instead of twice a day. But every now and then mama puts a tidbit under the couch or behind something and I find it every time. It’s just so hot now I don’t want to do anything! Thanks again for your advice. That silly string is about all I like to play with and I have other things but they are untouched.