Fighting Paper

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Chucky loves to fight a roll of paper towels of paper towels; it absobrs his sharp claws and he can shred it to pieces with all four. I tend to keep him hem away from the stuff, because I consider it to be a really bad habit of his. But it is quite a spectacle to behold and an absorbing struggle for him: Chucky against roll of paper towels makes fascinating footage.

Still, Inge sometimes lets him shred a roll or two. This time Chucky got so much into it that he fell to the floor fighting the paper towels. And that didn't stop him! This picture was taken as he was about to fall on the floor. Less than half of him is still on the table.

Cats in High Places

Both Chick and Chucky are fond of ladders, especially ladders in new places. They are happy to assist with the removal of a lamp in the attic. Climbing up is easy for them - it's going down that makes an interesting spectacle. They are remarkably agile in the descent - no falling down whatsoever.

Catch Me

Too lazy to take a walk in the gutter - back to the pergola he climbed up to get on the roof, Chucky prefers to come down another, more satisfying way.

He loves to meow while he is doing it and at first I thought he did that because he was afraid. But now I think it is a kind of mild excitement that makes him scream, and also a highly effective way to get and hold the attention of the gardener. Because the last part of the descend is a jump into loving arms.

Indeed, soon after this picture was taken (I was in the house and used my iphone camera as there was no time to get a better one) Chucky was - purr purr purr - resting on Inge's shoulder. He's a party animal.