Tonight I returned home from work and instead of the usual greeting there was silence. Nothing. I wondered why because usually I'd be greeted by two little bundles of joy, however tonight... A conspicuous silence. I dropped my keys, phone and Macbook on the counter and went to search them out.
It wasn't long before I came across them...Sleeping in the theatre room.
They didn't even wake up and I felt a little cheated of my usual friendly greeting, cuddles and then demands for dinner but it didn't last long. I can't be mad at these two for very long at all however. I managed to grab my camera and snap this picture before they woke up and realised their source of food was home. Cats huh?
In the picture you will see Merlin on the left, a stray that arrived at our back door one day many years ago. He is 20 years old. On the right is Cleo (Cleopatra). We rescued her at the age of 5 weeks from a couple of lads who were up to no good. She is 6 years old now. From the moment we brought Cleo into the house these two have been inseparable. They do everything together and, as you can see, don't mind a bit of head-to-head sleeping action. Quite often they can be found sleeping side by side, Merlin with his front paw around Cleo in a protective hug. Here's the two of them on our bed...Their bed more accurately! :)
My wife and I are a childless couple and as such put a lot of love into our two cats. My wife calls them her fur babies and she is going to be devastated when we lose Merlin. At 20 that can't be too far away I guess. We are also concerned about how Cleo will cope once Merlin is no longer with us. It's amazing how easily these little things endeared themselves to us and how much pleasure they bring to our lives; And yet how much sorrow we will feel when they leave us. The dichotomy of pet ownership I guess.
I recall saying to my brother that I wouldn't post endless images and videos of my cats on steemit and I've been true to my word in the main only having posted twice before. I wanted to share them with you tonight though. If my cat post offends you in any way that's completely cool, just click through and look at something else. Ok, so right now it's time to go and play with Merlin an Cleo...
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