Struggling to Stay Warm

While I disagree with some of PETA's tactics, harvesting cuddly animals for a fur coat is a bit barbaric. All of the fur in my house is fox. I mean faux. But not all residents in my household maintain such high standards. It doesn't matter they were born with theirs and try as I might, they just will NOT wear anything else. Even on Halloween when everyone simply coos over critters in little devil outfits and charlie chaplin tails, they want none of it. To quote the British, they find it bloody annoying. Bloody being the operative word. That's how I end up after attempting a kitty costume change. Annoying for them, having to pick skin out of their 12 inch talons.

Word has it fur coats are very warm, hence their popularity. It has nothing to do with having more dollar$ than sen¢e. So one would surmise that having a pre-installed coat would help cut the bitterness of a mild spring. Not so. When the temperature drops below 80°, it's as though the ice age came back around for another go. It's a veritable cold-war arms (or paws) race to find an accommodating human lap where warmth is known to persist.

All is well when the two critters know how to share the sandbox that is my lap. Meaning one at a time. Felicity is a svelte and skiddish kitty whereas Piper is...ehh...not either of those. Yesterday the temperature dropped a few degrees and all bets were off.


Piper trying to push Felicity out of the way


Both fitting onto my lap