July 29, 2005
Friday Cat Blogging
Nani here reminded me that a lot of our friends blog about cats on fridays so we thought that wed join them... This makes her happy as she is such a little camera hound and now that Mom has learned to shut the dratted flash off she is very eager to pose... Big Bro Makoa is still bashful and will run if he sees me going for my camera bag or some such thing.
Having the flash off puts me at a definate disadvantage at night. I missed the shot of the week the other night. Nani and Mak spend most of their days in front of this window looking out into the forest at the wildlife of NW Arkansas. Nani sings at the birds, she has a little fluttery call sort of like a purr but sing songy when a nice bird is near by, like she is saying..."come over here pretty bird"...Mak just pounces at the screen. In the evenings I often open the slider leaving the screen tightly closed so we get a bit of fresh air.
Well, I was making dinner and I hear Nani making her little bird call. Its pitch dark outside so I cant see out past the screen door, so I walk over to the living room to see what is going on. I see what is outside of my screen and freeze in my tracks....My little girl kitty is singing to the biggest Skunk I have ever seen. It was the size of a small dog, very pretty with a gorgeous plume of a tail and the tiniest paws, very delicate.His eyes were bright and curious and his tiny pointed nose was a twitching smelling everything, even getting up on his hind legs and looking about. I only smelled a faint odor, but not very strong... Nani then lays down and starts rolling around like girl kitties do...she flurting with the skunk!. Mak, being a smart cat has fled into the other room by now, not exercising his masculine territorial rights . He knew he was out gunned by this guy!
I didnt want it to feel threatened in the least, so I waited until the lovebirds had their fill of each other and Pepe' Le' Pew was off to another adventure... Then I quickly shut the slider.
Nani is none the worse for wear in her initial inter species flurtation, but it has caused us to rethink the screened in porch as a home for them when we are not around and we will have supervised time out there only. Our Kitties have no idea how dangerous these other animals are, and we dont want them to try to find out...We will all live to love another day with a bit of caution exercised...
