Oni

To say that my cat has a peculiar personality is putting it mildly.  She is a creature of comforts and she likes her routine. But some of her routines.....

Oni likes her food bowl to be full of food or she meows like there is no kitty tomorrow. Since she was a stray, she did not get regular meals and although she has been fed daily for almost four years, she still has some food anxiety issues. Her food bowl is in the laundry room so every time I go to do laundry I am greeted by a yowling cat who weaves around my legs pleading her case for food.  It doesn't matter if it has been 10 minutes past her last meal, she will beg.

If I am standing by my kitchen sink, my sliding doors or my front door Oni demands to be held. She will meow, attempt to climb up my leg and try her best to get on my shoulder. She loves being draped over my shoulder....

Which leads me to one of her other favorite things to do. She LOVES to be held as soon as I get out of the shower. She will wait patiently in the bathroom, usually right beside the shower, and as soon as I turn off the water she begins her approach. meow meow MEOW MEOW MEOW  She waves her little jazz paws and poises herself on the sink ledge, all the while staring at me to see if I will give her the hand signal to come. The moment I put the towel over my shoulder she leaps on the towel and immediately starts purring. This is something she has done since she was a kitten and I have no idea why she likes it, but she does. I always hold her for a minute or two and when I put her down she protests before slinking away. So I figured I might as well add a post-shower pic for posterity.

And Martha Stewart has nothing on me....except a better decorator's budget. The plant is Bee Balm and it is supposed to attract hummingbirds.

Chillaxin on my deck.