Hide and seek

The first clue we had that Natalie liked to hide was the day the kitchen fitters came to finish off their work. The cats were indoor cats at that point, and confined to the kitchen, to reduce the likelihood of hiding. We put them in the living room while the fitters came. And when they left, we couldn't find Natalie.

Eventually, we found her here:



Then we discovered she likes drawers:


One night, people on the council estate did fireworks, for no reason we could discern, and she hid on a bookshelf. I couldn't get any pictures of that.

She does seem to like our two pieces of inherited antique furniture. She got in the piano again last night, and a couple of days before that, had a little nestle under the music table:


I think she gets sick of being papped. But what's the point of having cats, if not to take pictures of them being stupid?

They also like overhangs:




I've seen a big bully cat in the garden and I think he scares our cats into hiding inside. He walked past Nathan the other day, when I happened to be watching. The piloerection (fur standing on end) was so freaky! The two cats sniffed noses, then bullycat sprayed on my plants and sauntered off. Cheeky furry bastard! My poor kitties are being intimidated in their own back garden. Will have to try to find a way to get rid of him. He is very large, and they are very small though. Poor kitties. At least our messy house has plenty of hidey holes and overhangs!