How does my cat nap?
Let me count the ways.
He naps in a chair.
He naps on a table.
He naps on a counter.
He naps on a bed.
He naps on a rug.
He even naps on me.
Where else could a lap cat nap? How about on a laptop?
For this weekend's “Let Sleeping Dogs Lie & Napping Cats Nap” here’s a two-piece photo-essay of The Senator anappin'.
This caught my attention for two reasons.
First, he has his head resting on the edge of my desk. How can that be comfortable enough to nod off?
Second, he’s a lap cat on a lap top.
I keep a lap top on a TV tray next to my desk in case something happens and I need a second computer in a hurry. Every now and then there's a glitch. You know how it is when you get a message from a tech somewhere that "we're making improvements to your computer." Chilling, eh?
This time the Senator said, “I’ll stretch out here. Try not to bother me.”
I can’t guarantee a laptop as a good place to sleep, but it works for The Senator. And, as a practicing insomniac, don’t think I haven’t swapped a suddenly, inexplicably uncomfortable pillow for a flat board or a desk top or table top or car window. Anything for some sleep.
That dog photo?
That’s me and Wendy watching the Best-in-Show competition at Westminster.
I had just tried to ask her who she was supporting and she said, “Don’t talk to me. I’m concentrating on my cousins in the show. Look at 'em stack.”
Wendy could win Miss Congeniality -- she’d would be a shoo-in. Only problem we have is we don’t know what breed she would represent. They’re picky about that at Westminster. Nobody’s gonna buy the breed “Texas Tickless River Spaniel.”
Though, this year among the new breeds was a Lagotto Romagnolo which sounds like something you’d find made up by marketing geniuses at Olive Garden for the Saturday night date special. “Join us for our Lagotto Romagnolo, the perfect
mixture of old Italia and bold American culinary pioneering.”
The Lagotto Romagnolo has been around since the 1400s and is just now getting into Westminster. The name means “lake dog from Romagna," or something close to that.
Even more bizarre, the Lagotto Romagnolo is a dog famous for it’s big nostrils and its ability to hunt truffles.
I’d put Wendy’s ability to sniff out a treat up against any dog allegedly from Europe. Heck, my cat The Senator, or Il Senatore, has a set of nostrils big enough to hunt for truffles. But he doesn’t have to hunt. He has a manservant.
[To nominate your slumbering, dog, cat, parrot, gecko, pig or unicorn for Let Sleeping Dogs Lie & Napping Cats Nap, email photos and info to [email protected]. Remember, insomniacs gain courage and inspiration when we see how easy it is to nod off if you’re wearing the right amount of fur and have a place to clunk down your head.]
