Aren't cats too adaptable for words! I have a photo somewhere of mine asleep on a ceramic dough bowl...I'll have to see if I can find it! Thanks for the chuckle! Ruth
How sweet!!! As I write this, our cat is also snuggled in a basket that I added a towel in. How do they fit in there and manage to walk afterwards? I know I couldn't! :-)
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21 comments:
Aren't cats too adaptable for words! I have a photo somewhere of mine asleep on a ceramic dough bowl...I'll have to see if I can find it! Thanks for the chuckle!
Ruth
Oh, Oliver! You are such a... cat! :-)
Quite fills his basket home, doesn't he ;-) He appears very contented!
What a cutie pie!
I love to watch a cat wiggle its' body into a basket obviously too small. It is amazing how they always succeed.
This is too funny! Our Petunia likes to snooze inside the tea cozy...
Oliver is so cute! Cats can fit themselves into the most unlikely spaces.
It doesn''t look too comfortable, but it definitely is a cute picture.
That is so Beautiful!
Now that's what I call a basket full of cat! Wish we could be so lucky to have such wonderful places to take a nap!
Don't think you can remove that from her anymore!
Cute, Jo... Cats love boxes and baskets like that... Oliver looks so AT HONE and peaceful.. It's like that basket is there JUST for him.
Hugs,
Betsy
Oliver- I think you are soooo wise!
You look so beauitful- napping!
love
tweedles
Oh I just love him!! He is so adorable!!
Oliver has found a cosy place trust a cat.
Dear Oliver ~ what a cutie!
Hugs,
Susan and Bentley
This is such a cute photo,I have had chicken in a basket and duck in a basket with a side salad,cat in a basket is so funny.!!
this is tooo funny for words. so adorable and he packed himself in there perfectly. cats are so cute and funny and do such wonderful things.
How sweet!!! As I write this, our cat is also snuggled in a basket that I added a towel in. How do they fit in there and manage to walk afterwards? I know I couldn't! :-)
That Oliver--- he's no dummy! What a perfect spot he found! Love this cute picture--
Vicki
That basket is barely big enough for Oliver!
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