Bunty’s two cats have been entering into the spirit of Valentine’s Day. They have been inordinately affectionate, climbing all over us and purring and rubbing their cheeks on us and coating us with fur, and trying to drool into our mouths. Bunty and I have been doggedly working around them, sitting in increasingly contorted positions in order to see our screens and use our keyboards at the same time and, with any luck, achieve something productive. Bunty is a web designer and I am a student, so access to our computers is essential. The cats do not understand this basic fact. Especially today.
Bless ‘em. They have always been lovingly inclined.
It all reminds me of when Bunty and I first started dating. We met online and lived 300 miles apart, so to give us the illusion of being together, we used webcams. At night, our webcams switched to their infra red settings and we could watch each other sleeping. This is how I discovered something that Bunty did not know about his cats.
When he’s fast asleep, Monkey (the grey one) likes to come and sit on his chest and gaze at his face, purring noisily. Then she gently leans over and gives him a lick on the mouth, and the snoozing Bunty responds with a kissy face, pursing his lips into a smooch. The first time I saw this, I nearly died laughing. Were it not for the invention of the infra-red camera, I would never have seen it.
Tags: animals, Cats, dreams, humor, love, pets, photos, Valentine, Valentine's Day
Based in Scotland, my boyfriend Bunty and I open our door to unwanted pets and try to enrich their lives with freedom and wonder. The upshot is that we are greeted every morning by butts in our faces, ripped wallpaper, and an ear-splitting cacophony of demands for breakfast. That means they love us, right?
Doggedly? *g*
I wondered if someone would mention that. I tried very hard to think of an alternative word, but couldn’t. Any suggestions?
English generally has many options for something but they all have slightly different nuances.
? determinedly, single-mindedly, persistently, assiduously, unyieldingly, conscientiously, uncompromisingly
Or you could just look in an online thesaurus …
You expect me to RTFM? For shame!
Assiduously’s pretty good, but now the silliness of “doggedly” has grown on me, so I think I’ll keep in. Unless anyone mounts a campaign against it.
…resolutely.
Not enough fraught determination.
I knew this, but it made me laugh an awful lot anyway. The idea of watching each other on webcams in the dark is quite sweet.
Gorgeous looking cats!
Thanks! We certainly think so.
Never heard of infra red webcams before but it is a pretty neat idea!
I picked mine up at a supermarket for about £15. It was excellent.
Hi! I know this is an older post, but Confessions of a CatWoman said I’d like your blog, and I do! ‘trying to drool into our mouths’ hooked me, and the long distance relationship finished the deal – I met my husband on line seven years ago.
Hey, thanks very much for popping by! Online love seems to be on the increase – my brother and Bunty’s brothers met their wives that way too. :-)