Category: Pets

Oscar assumes sentry duty every morning, usually starting in the bedroom window so he can make sure the squirrels aren’t up to anything fishy. He takes this duty very seriously since he was taught by Stan, the ultimate guard cat. He’s even learned to growl at suspicious sounds, so we now have a fuzzy squad […]

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Oscar has been working on his loaf form, as all kittens must, and I think he’s made a lot of progress. He has the front paw tuck down for sure. He’s really starting to look like a small adult cat rather than a kitten as he gets closer to his first birthday.

I finally caught Oscar in action, and it was a total accident. Of course. He was frittering around the front door this morning after I took out the trash and spotted what he thought was a bug on the wall. Spoiler: it was not a bug. His prey was actually a bump of texture under […]

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Oscar gives me this face many times a day. It’s his Pick Me Up face, and it’s super effective. Note how he’s sitting on my foot to prevent me from moving until I pick him up. This tactic is also super effective. I’m owned by a 9-lb ball of cuteness and parkour.

Brian caught an excellent shot of Oscar enjoying the afternoon sun by the front door earlier today. All of the cats and the dog love laying there, and they tend to rotate through the sun spots so everyone gets that one at least once. It’s a never ending cute parade.

Oscar was so happy to initiate the post-chore lunch snug today that he didn’t wait for me to move the potholder I was using under my soup bowl. This very nearly turned into a dual nap, but I’ve managed to resist. For now.

He did it again this morning, you guys. I don’t really know what to call this position, but I feel like it needs a name. Note the back feet pointing in opposite directions. Maybe the Jack Rabbit?

As I was cruising through the bedroom today, I had to turn around and get my phone to capture this. He was completely gone. And then he woke up as I was going for another angle, treating me to this look. I call that one “Sleeping Surly.”

Oscar has a lot of little qualities that make him unique. One of them is the way he likes to sit, especially when he’s working on his tail. He sits like this all the time, and it’s starting to remind me of Al Bundy. I’m just waiting for him to tell me the captain has […]

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Like all cats, Oscar excels at judging things: his food, his toys, his brothers, us. I walked into the bathroom this morning to find him sitting like a tiny, straight-faced judge on top of the wall separating the toilet from the sink area. He hopped onto my shoulder and gave me kisses after that, so […]

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