This is Mr. Jingles. He is in my way. Notice that he is lying on top of the pile of ..... stuff..... on my work table. There are sharp pointy things in there! The whole left side of the table is open cuz that's where the piece I'm stitching goes, but he has to lie on top of the scissors, pins. rulers, paint, paper towels, paint brushes etc. Visualize me working while battling cat hair, and wiggly tails. Searching blindly under the cat for my thimble. Sigh. And yet, I wouldn't kick him out for the world. My cats keep me company and it makes me happy that they want to be with me.
He had his photo op and is taking a well deserved rest now. Slug.
This is Naja. After Jingles left, and I had added a nice crinkly sack to the table top, (cuz there wasn't enough junk on there yet), she had to get in on the action. Now, its summertime, and its been really hot, so these little monsters are shedding like mad. I constantly have to fish cat hair out of my contact lenses. I keep lint roller handy to get the cat hair off my artwork. But she was so sweet, all squirmy and purring. After a short while she left. But.....
As soon as I got to work again, Harry had to come say hi. He is a 20 pound monster of a cat and my work table is his favorite place to sleep. Whatever I'm working on was obviously designed to be his bed. Duh! But laying there quietly wasn't enough. He tromped around on the pile of stuff for a few minutes and then decided he needed a cuddle.
How could I say no? Taking a picture of him with my right hand while he is lying on my left arm was a challenge! No artist working in solitude, with pets, could ever be lonely.
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