The Cat and the Christmas tree

At Bianca's house Honeysuckle has taken up a permanent watch of the family Christmas tree and appears to be mesmerized by its beauties and the temptations of the dangling, shiny baubles. 

 

 

baby its cold outside

OK, so it is not Russian winter cold.  But it is a real cold spell for Seattle. Not getting out of the 20's during the daytime is almost epic.     I have the good fortune to have a great hair stylist who is from Russia.  We were talking coats the other day.  She said that coats are very, very important there.  And expensive.   People take out loans to buy coats like we do to buy cars here.  We are talking thousands $$ .  She showed me the beautiful coat she wore that day.   It brought back to me the scenes from Dr. Zhivago.  I always loved that mink coat and hat that Julie Christie wore.  . 



1950s the street in front of my house

I used to go out to play in almost the same outfit that Omar Sharif has on.  Sadly no picture. I would come home from school, put on a very similar tweed coat and as a final touch belted it.  Then I felt ready to role play almost anything in the snow piles and ice of a Yakima winter.  I don't know why I liked that outfit so much.  Maybe it was a subconscious manifestation of my Germans from Russia DNA.
                                    
                                        Brrrr...

frozen in motion fountain in West Seattle

Friendly Encounter






 I've heard of the Cat in the Hat but a cat on a leash?   This 5 month old kitty was being taken for a walk in the busy Junction area of West Seattle.   It looked so comically wrong.  She was slinking low to the ground, ears flat,  looking really, really uncomfortable.  Definitely not walking to heel.   Bianca couldn't resist saying hello and I was reassured by her human companion that kitty's claws were clipped.   Oh the degradations of being a city cat!!   But what a lover.  Friendship was sealed and the cat  'Abigail' even put a paw around Bianca's shoulder.   I've seen a cat on a leash once before at Alki and thought it was one in a million.  Maybe this is a new trend and cats will evolve to love strolling with their humans along city streets... or not.