FOR THE ROYAL WEEKEND, A DOG MOVES AND THE REASON IS ..... YES..... IT'S A CAT!

For our Royal Weekend May 6-7, 2023, edition of Let Sleeping Dogs Lie & Napping Cats Nap, we present animals slumbering out of place. 
Readlarrypowell.com enjoys demonstrating the tranquility of household companions.
And, for this edition, we'd like to point out that we have no dog or cat with a royal name, unless, of course, “Porche Noel” qualifies in some former French colonial property near the North Pole.

That dog on the carpet is Dudley the Angel, the fellow who inspired this edition because he was, indeed, out of place. (Appropriately, he’s named after the angel played by Born-in-Britain Actor Cary Grant in The Bishop’s Wife (1947). And, yes, the toes of my shoes crept into the frame on the lower left.)
FYI: At our house, these days, you won't find a dog named King or Prince or a cat named Queen or Duchess. Certainly no cat named Consort, though we suspect that may become a popular handle here in The Colonies. How about this name for a rock band? Chuck King & The Consorts? Well, that exhausts my suggestions.
[LARRY ASIDE: By the way, we offer this sincerely: God save the King. And the rest of the royal family, too. A Lord who owns a newspaper only knows how much money reporters and photographers have made off the royal family since the invention of the printing press!]
Thus, we turn to a practically profit-free living room in a town in Texas, a state and former nation, neither of which has ever been property of the British Empire.
Their loss.
 What inspired this edition occurred one recent evening as my AnglophilicSpouse Martha watched British antique auction shows on cable. We watch those with the “Closed Caption” on so we can understand what they’re saying. [LARRY NOTE: I’m pretty sure that our wonderful late British friends Jane and Della would appreciate that and laugh at us justifiably. They have a good vantage point these days. I need to point out that Martha speaks splendid and fluid English, even, on occasion, she can demonstrate royally “the Queen’s English.” Once stopped all proceedings in an East Texas Dairy Queen by ordering in a British accent. The cook came out of the kitchen to get a look.
Moving along, I was reading when, just over the top of the right-side page (an actual hand-held paper product) I saw a big ol’ dog on the carpet where he usually isn’t. 
“Why isn’t he in the dog bed?” I asked, then told myself, “I know he likes to sleep in the bed.” [LARRY FYI: That's Wendy after taking over the bed later in the day!]
As I examined the room, I realized neither of the other two dogs — Porche Noel or wonderful Wendy Louise Wagstaff Arden -- was in the dog bed. Nope, the bed was occupied by our Apprentice Office Cat Stevie Ray Treeboy (found on the flimsy limb of a mimosa tree not far from Stevie Ray Vaughan’s old neighborhood in Dallas).
[LARRY NOTE: That white "blob" on the couch is Porche sleeping on her back with her front paws up and her back paws comfortably positions. Free dog, you know. Very entertaining.]
Our Stevie Ray the Kitten was loud, young and adorable. He holds onto those credentials as a "really loveable cat." And, clearly, he’ll sleep in a dog bed. Not all cats will do that. Many a person has bought a dog bed for the cat after the cat has nixed the idea of sleeping in a cat bed. Ask around. Cats have their standards. They won't tell you what they are, but they have 'em.
Stevie Ray brought into our home the absolute soul of goodness and the entertaining charm of all black-and-white cats. Yes, based on experience, we believe black and white cats to be the most adventurous,, exciting, affectionate, household cats. He’s our third black and white cat and the descrip- tion of enter- taining rowdiness fit his predecessors Cyril and Poirot, now gone to add entertainment value to the Hereafter.
[DEAR READERS: I couldn't get all of Dudley into one sideways photo, so I took a shot of his white-tipped tail and back paws in one picture and his white-tipped nose and front-paws in the other. He looks black in the photos, but when the sun shines on this Border Collie mix, his Chocolate Lab ancestry glows! Please tell us about the animals you love and send photo of them sleeping and awake to [email protected] We’ll give them the weekend spotlight of readlarrypowell.com. It’s a public service to remind people that their lives will be better with a loyal dog or an entertaining cat. Or a sleeping dog and a napping cat. Honest. And you’ll help insomniacs realize they, too can get some sleep if they can just find the right-size dog bed.]
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