Cats are Creative: I scanned this just recently, but I took this picture in 2004. We had moved into this house a year earlier and were doing some work on it, when our then-one-year-old...

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

I scanned this just recently, but I took this picture in 2004. We had moved into this house a year earlier and were doing some work on it, when our then-one-year-old cat Velcro decided the ladder we had left out was going to be her shortcut to the second floor {I don't think she ever figured out how to go down the ladder steps, however}

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and our latest addition, my buddy Leila, really likes to get high {she is on valence over window}

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Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.

Nice capture. If you need a friend get a dog. If you need a great friend get a cat.

Annie-Get-Your-Gun Loc: Byron Center, Mi

rehess wrote:

I scanned this just recently, but I took this picture in 2004. We had moved into this house a year earlier and were doing some work on it, when our then-one-year-old cat Velcro decided the ladder we had left out was going to be her shortcut to the second floor {I don't think she ever figured out how to go down the ladder steps, however}

Thanks for posting these humorous 🐈images, rehess!

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Annie-Get-Your-Gun wrote:

Thanks for posting these humorous 🐈images, rehess!

You're very welcome - Leila's adventure is much more amusing now than when I had to figure out how to get her down.

BTW - in recent years I've had the rule "take a picture before yelling" ... it gives me time to see the situation in a larger context.

photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA

Hal81 wrote:

Nice capture. If you need a friend get a dog. If you need a great friend get a cat.

photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA

rehess wrote:

I scanned this just recently, but I took this picture in 2004. We had moved into this house a year earlier and were doing some work on it, when our then-one-year-old cat Velcro decided the ladder we had left out was going to be her shortcut to the second floor {I don't think she ever figured out how to go down the ladder steps, however}

We had a cat that would get on top of open doors, they like high places from which to gaze upon their domain.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

photophile wrote:

We had a cat that would get on top of open doors, they like high places from which to gaze upon their domain.

Leila is especially like that. She figured out a way to this picture by jumping furniture-to-furniture-to-furniture. In our current home, she ruined a set of draperies by climbing them to get to a similar place.

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

Cats evolved as arboreal hunters living in trees, before they came down to the forest, or savannah floor. Being up high makes them feel safe.

sailorsmom Loc: Souderton, PA

Love these, rehess! Yes, cats are really cute and funny! We so enjoy our Oreo!