Spring!

I'm sorta thinking it's time for what my staff person calls 'Spring'. Stuff is growing out in the back yard, stuff that wasn't there a few weeks ago. And it's nice out there - not so hot I can hardly breathe and just wanna lay around in the shade, and not so cold my little paw pads freeze as soon as I step out the door. I wouldn't mind being out there all day, and tell my staff person that, oh, 8-10 times a day. I've learned if I keep asking to go out, she'll eventually get tired of me asking and go sit outside with me. Sometimes she'll check some of the stuff that's popped up and growing, occasionally grab a huge spoony-looking thing and dig some of it up, water other stuff and then finally go sit in the sun and read. She seems to think it's still a little chilly out, but I think it's purrfect. I like to make a circuit of the yard and make sure everything is as it was when I was last out. Sometimes it's not - you know - it doesn't smell quite the same (sniff and then rub face on it to re-mark it as mine), it's different (huh. this stuff was only this tall a couple of days ago and now it's a few inches taller), some stuff is in a completely different place (sniff chair leg, rub face on, claim as mine), and whoa! Where did that leaf/bug/limb/rock come from! (jump on, subdue, sniff, rub face on, claim as mine.) My favorite thing to do though is to roll in a particular dirt patch out there or roll over and stretch in the grass that hasn't really started growing yet and leaves me with pieces of brown grass from last year all over me. You women know how important it is to accessorize! She doesn't care much for that though, and always brushes me before I can come back in. Shoot, and I looked good!

Anyway, if she resists my plaintive requests to go out, which she does on occasion, I usually get miffed and go someplace and take a nap. I use a lot of energy caterwauling to go out, and have to replenish my reserves. My current favorite place is on her bed in this nice little sunny spot. It's almost the same as sleeping out in a sunny spot on the deck, but don't tell her that, 'k?