My cats are so flipping cute. I think this is hardly worth writing about but I'm currently home during the day - something I used to do too much of and now I can't GET enough of - and I am really enjoying watching Pam and Hala go about their little routines of chasing each other and flopping around on the laundry (they both love to sleep on something we have worn or used. Last night Pam crawled all over Joshua's shoes, turned herself around a few times and then snuggled her face INSIDE THE SHOE. Which, ok, gross, but also - adorable.)

Our neighbor is out on the back porch shining his shoes, and both cats are up in the windowsill like, "who is that? why he is sitting on an antique chair? what is that horrible smell? is he going to hurt himself with all that vigorous shining? because he is approximately 100 years old!" These may actually be my questions, but I am assuming the cats share my line of thinking. His shoes are actually so shiny that it's a little disturbing. They make him look like a very quiet and unassuming man with an unfortunate taste for Hot Topic footwear.

Fancy Feet just went inside and left his antique chair and shoeshining kit (which includes multiple tins of black goop and rags and a LARGE bristle brush) outside and the cats are totally confused. They keep looking at the chair, his back door, and me as if there is some answer for what we have all just experienced. No. I found it as interesting as you both did. I'd like to ask him about the whole Old World setup (and some other questions too, like why he lives alone and does he have any family and does he need a pie or something) but I'm kind of nervous because he seems sort of intimidating. Our back porch is small, and where I am sitting in the dining cannot be more than 8 feet from his chair. I think if I opened my mouth I might startle him excessively. If he was still outside, of course.