15_the_circle | 2001: ah, but a [cat]'s reach should exceed his grasp ...

... or what's a heaven for?

[OT from cottage renovations]

while trolling through old images for yesterday's blessing of the animals over at the Grove's church I ran across this December 2001 image of Peake on fly patrol in the back window upstairs.

(click through this thumbnail for higher resolution image)

if he spotted one buzzing against the glass he would sit on the window ledge and sing to it, trying to get it to come on down to play. if that didn't work -- it never did -- after a while he would climb up to its level to renew the offer in person.