romeo and juliet

our beloved Ebony and an unidentified suitor

Camouflage...

Where's the cat?
;)

She greets me at the door when i come home from work. Then comes up with me to the bedroom and waits until i get dressed from work clothes to my pj's. I pick up a book to read, sit on the mattress, cross my legs and lean on the headboard. Slowly, she comes closer, lays her head on my thigh, then starts purring steadily... peaceful and contented till she falls asleep.

Various Positions

Once again, here's the cat of the house, Ebony.

she likes to lean on our mattress

sometimes, on my sister's shoes

you'll also see her sleeping like this

and most times, curled up on our mattress.
She likes to lay on soft beddings.

Sitting Pretty!

Once again, here's Ebony!

she likes to sit like this.
Really. It's not done with photoshop.

and she loves to sit on my favorite malong!

More Surprises

I know i said i love surprises. But definitely not this kind of surprise:

Thick black smoke from a fire
less than a hundred meters away from our house

And i still had the time to take a pic! A neighbor was amused that it was a camphone that i got my hands on during that time and on a similar incident. Others would've taken their most important belongings, but then, the fire was really not that near so we need not panic that time.

I can still hear Ted's voice in my head when he once said that i should've been a reporter--perhaps a news photographer--coz i seem to get a kick out of covering what's happening around me.

Well, I myself am surprised at how "brave" i could get, taking pictures and videos of such events.
Goes to show that you never really know what you're capable of doing unless you really do it.

= = =


I gave her food, i gave her water. I held her gently and ushered her to her cage. All i wanted was a night's sleep without her hogging the bedspace, or running around and stepping on my fat belly.
But i realized, too late, that i shouldn't have messed with a cat in heat.

good thing she didn't bite

Yeah, that's how it is, taking care of living things. At least, Mae, yours don't have sharp claws.

;)

Ebony

My sister’s cat. She’s half Persian and half Egyptian mau. A very pampered cat, she never eats leftover food. We tried feeding her the same food that we eat but she only takes a sniff and walks away. Ebony prefers cat food—the dry kind being sold at the supermarket.

My sister loves her so much she even lets her sleep on our bed. And worse, Ebony particularly sleeps on my side of the bed! Good thing my sister gives her a bath everyday.

I used to hate that cat. Maybe because I’m jealous that my sister pays more attention to Ebony. But time has its way and now she’s considered a part of the family. My dad sometimes takes her out for a walk. My brother usually makes fun of her the way a brother does to a sibling. And me, well, I just stroke her fur every once in a while specially if she allows it. One time I made a mistake of stroking her when she was not in the mood. I got a nasty scratch on my hand and she almost bit me. Luckily I was quick enough to move away.

It’s the time of the month for Ebony. All she could do is make noisy catcalls because we don’t let her out of the house. She hasn’t been spayed yet and we don’t want little Ebonies around the house in the near future. For now she just has to be content with us stroking her fur—she likes to be touched when she’s in heat.