weekend cat blogging #79 featuring sheba
December 9th, 2006You’ve met Sheba before, most notoriously as Sheba the Shack, Jabba the Hut’s third cousin twice removed.
Sheba is quite a character. When she’s not meowing at the neighbors or wriggling out of some wily human’s grasp, she likes to run around outdoors.
This morning was beautifully crisp and bright, with a cool smell of winter in the air, so we took the dog out to run around the yard. Naturally, Sheba followed along. Don’t get her wrong, she goes outside or inside whenever she feels like it, and not because the human can openers are around. But it was sunny out, so out Sheba went…
Sheba loves to play.
And hide among the shrubbery near the neighbors’ basement window.
She ponders the great questions of the universe…
… until she gets bored.
Then off to another hiding place, this one with better camouflage.
She crouches in the bushes, panther-like, awaiting her prey. What will she catch? A pillbug? A spider? Perhaps a small bird? Sheba is clearly the queen of this back yard.
December 10th, 2006 at 11:47 am
Mmm, pillbugs–they stay crunchy in milk! Very beautiful cat.
December 10th, 2006 at 2:03 pm
[…] Ah, to be a queen. At Shelly’s place, Sheba shows off the breadth of her domain and demonstrates the finer art of feline camouflage. […]
December 10th, 2006 at 3:54 pm
Sheba thanks you! She’s a bit vain, as evidenced by her insistence on walking around naked. Much to my chagrin, no collar for her.
December 10th, 2006 at 4:05 pm
hey shelly! great pictures of sheba “in the wild”. i love black cats. she must love hunting wild bugs & things out there. my guy is in “lockdown” as he’s a city cat. i know he’d love to visit sheba and play in her garden!! :P
December 10th, 2006 at 7:22 pm
Thanks, burekaboy! Sheba does indeed enjoy hunting. She’s brought home four birds so far this year. Sigh. Moments like that redefine the phrase “mixed feelings” :). On the one hand you feel bad for the poor little bird, on the other… Man! You can’t help but feel a little proud. I think Sheba would enjoy playing with your cat. She’s pretty sociable.