Saturday, December 19, 2020

And This is Without 'nip


 Our looney ol' gal still gets a jolt of spunk in her now and then, and every once in a while she'll come whipping around the corner into the living room where her mom and I are sitting. 

Of course, now that we have hardwood floors throughout vs. the wall to wall carpet we had in Wilmington she tends to slide a bit when rounding said corner, though of course I can never grab the phone quick enough to snap a picture of this hilarious little move. 

Don't worry, she recovers quickly, and it's not like she's gonna break a hip or anything.  Anyway, we'll sit and watch her skirt behind the little table holding our Christmas Shrub and zoom for the drapes covering the picture window in the living room,

where she usually zips back and forth from one side to the other a couple times,

letting out a few meows that are more like moans and wails.  Occasionally she'll fly back out one end of the drapes and head back around the corner into the next room,

but most often she casually saunters out from behind the drapes with that "What?  What are you looking at?" expression she seems to do so well. 

And then she's back to the antique lady kitty we know and love.

18 comments:

Brian's Home Blog said...

It's so nice to get those rip n' runs going and sliding around the turns is fun! Way to go sweet Cleo!

Memories of Eric and Flynn said...

You have to show them you've still got it and keep them on their toes, Cleo.

ZOOLATRY said...

Hi Cleo ~ you are silly 'n' sweet. My Mom says I can add you to my blog ... for a long long time she was chatting about her grand-dog, now she's back to kitties since adopting me (thank heaven, cause kitties rule, right!) ... so we're upping all the kitty stuff more each day.
YAY! Nice to meet you and I'm glad you came to meet me, see you again ... and easy on the
zooming, though I've been told that Zoom is very popular these days!

My Mind's Eye said...

Cleo you are a most agile and quick Lady....keep it up. Now a days we all need a bit of indoors entertainment.
Angel Madi had a routine that tickled us. She'd be sitting under the ceiling fan (which was not on) look up at it Meow loudly then take off like a rocket up the stairs. She sounded like a rhino just as quickly she'd return to her original position under the fan. We said there must be itty bitty fan ghosts up there.
Hugs and Happy Weekend and almost Christmas week
Cecilia

Eastside Cats said...

Cleo, methinks if you'd written this post, you'd have explained that your sprightliness is a result of the need to enliven the dullness of your humans!
AmIright?!?
😹

Pam said...

She is totally beautiful. A Tortie babe. My Miss Lily is a Torbi, part Tortie and part Tabby. Love my babes. Thanks for come by the blog. All the babes, Chey, Lily and Misty love seeing comments.

Wanderingcatstudio said...

That sounds like Rupert - every evening around 10, he goes into what we call "Gingernuts" mode - runs around like a maniac and makes a lot of weird noises.

Tama-Chan, Benny, Vidock, Violette, Ollie, Heloise, Momo, Ryu said...

It's great to see you exploring your inner kitten, Cleo!

Purrs,
Tama and Genji

Saku said...

It's fun to play zoomies efurry once in a while. It gets the beans confused, MOL!

The Island Cats said...

Make sure you don't give Cleo any nip. She could get crazier! ;)

catladymac said...

Purrfect Tortitude.

pilch92 said...

Glad Cleo still has fun and gets some exercise. :)

Summer said...

I love that Cleo is so spry!

Cat and DOG Chat With Caren said...

lol! We have Pergo floors so I know what you mean! Levi slips all over the place (and usually deserves it), poor Dakota, when he was older we put a ton of throw rugs down so he wouldn't slip, do you believe he NEVER used them? Not once! Cody never slipped on the floor and so far Roary hasn't either. I DO laugh when Levi does!

Furries said...

Curtains are designed for kitty playtime.

Darla M Sands said...

You're a lady, for sure, regardless of zooming and sliding. :)

Timmy Tomcat said...

That set of Drapes looks purrfect for Cleo to be oh so inconspicuous. Love her. Thanks for showing her having such sliding fun

Katie Isabella said...

Darling girl...YOU have it all still!!!