You know, I really like you, but I really don't want to fall into a seven-foot deposit of snow

[sovay]

On being transplanted with her brother to the summer kitchen of my parents' house, Hestia almost immediately swarmed up the chimney and was only located by her small batlike mew. This was sub-optimal for several reasons, including the amount of time required for my father to make sure that the screen at the top of the chimney was secure. On the other hand, the resulting picture of our hearth-goddess peeping out like a Puritan familiar may have been the best part of the day.

Comments

[pameladean]

Oh, her little judgemental face!

Long ago I moved my white cat Sukey Tawdry from Minneapolis to Hudson, Massachusetts, and the first day David went back to work after I moved in, she disappeared for some time and then began wailing and meowing from the inside of the furnace. I turned down the thermostat all the way -- it was November -- and called David, who was very dubious, but came home from work, no doubt wondering if this moving in together with cats was a great idea; removed the door from the furnace with some difficulty, and leapt back as a gray cat erupted out of the furnace and ran behind the water heater.

We had a gray cat for a couple of weeks. Fortunately we found the gap in the ducting where she had gotten in and secured it.

P.

[asakiyume]

YIKES. Good job you!

[pameladean]

I would have expected her companion cat, a vocal and opinionated Siamese, to do something like that, but he did not.

P.

[radiantfracture]

Good heavens. I'm glad the cat was all right!

[sovay]

Oh, her little judgemental face!

She's watching!

(We are very dubious that we will grill in the summer kitchen for this year's Fourth.)

I turned down the thermostat all the way -- it was November -- and called David, who was very dubious, but came home from work, no doubt wondering if this moving in together with cats was a great idea; removed the door from the furnace with some difficulty, and leapt back as a gray cat erupted out of the furnace and ran behind the water heater.

I related this story to my mother, who was reminded of the time her father found a cat on the engine block of the car when he got in to start it. Since the cats are unharmed, the stories are epic, but also aaaaaaaaah.

(I love her name.)