The Sounds of the Serious
She's BREATHING at me!
Serious heaves great gusty sighs, blows her breath out explosively like
a whale surfacing for air, exhales in soft shudders
the way a horse blows out its breath, or takes half a dozen
heavy, chiding breaths in a row.
This is all clearly designed to communicate; she looks at her Mom intently and expectantly as she does this special "talking" breathing. Sometimes, oddly, her Mom knows what Serious is saying.
The Growl Girrrl
This is all clearly designed to communicate; she looks at her Mom intently and expectantly as she does this special "talking" breathing. Sometimes, oddly, her Mom knows what Serious is saying.
does NOT like strangers, or noisy traffic. Even her favorite
visitors are announced by a growl.
Not a menacing growl -- an opinion. Her Home is her Castle, she says,
and She should be the only one allowed to
Issue Invitations. (But if she had her way, there would be NO
invitations at all!)
Moaning
Yipping
reserved solely for
Feather.
Little Wild Voice
used anytime. She likes to say things!
often sleeps with her tongue stuck out
often sleeps in the bathroom sink; has been known to use a roll of toilet paper for a pillow
loves to use her Mom's hand or arm for a pillow; sometimes sleeping on her back, with her paws folded across her chest, and her head propped against her Mom, looking like a very small and dignified human person
enjoys using the computer keyboard as a pillow, especially the function keys, with interesting results. She generally smiles while doing this.
Before she even had a name yet, Serious slept stretched out beside her new Mom, her head pillowed against her Mom's elbow, and her "arm" flung possessively across her Mom's chest -- as if to say "I belong here, and you're mine now. You do see that, don't you?"
After Serious received her name, and realized she was Safe, and truly Adopted, Sleeping with Serious began to include vigorous intervals of Bathtub Hockey, Lid and Paper. Her Mom (unaccountably) doesn't really mind, even at 2 a.m. -- except for Paper!
often sleeps in the bathroom sink; has been known to use a roll of toilet paper for a pillow
loves to use her Mom's hand or arm for a pillow; sometimes sleeping on her back, with her paws folded across her chest, and her head propped against her Mom, looking like a very small and dignified human person
enjoys using the computer keyboard as a pillow, especially the function keys, with interesting results. She generally smiles while doing this.
Before she even had a name yet, Serious slept stretched out beside her new Mom, her head pillowed against her Mom's elbow, and her "arm" flung possessively across her Mom's chest -- as if to say "I belong here, and you're mine now. You do see that, don't you?"
After Serious received her name, and realized she was Safe, and truly Adopted, Sleeping with Serious began to include vigorous intervals of Bathtub Hockey, Lid and Paper. Her Mom (unaccountably) doesn't really mind, even at 2 a.m. -- except for Paper!
The Cereal Box
A perfect "Serious-Cozy," a box lined with warm fleecy pillows,
and a tunnel doorway in the side. Specially made for Serious by
her Grandmother, for winter hideaways.
Specially ignored by Serious, in a rare show of feline
perversity.
