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Small Talk !

(Hailey, checking out baby doll newcomer)
I think I'm a Dog person , but I'm not sure yet..

Intrigued by the mysterious cat above ??

sitting in the middle of her window, every afternoon, without fail. I don't know for sure that it's every afternoon, but I like to think so. I like to think that this cat has a certain schedule. My expectation of the cat would be fulfilled that way. Cats should have their own (self-imposed) schedules, don't you think so? Dogs shouldn't.

Perhaps the cat waits there in anticipation of my arrival, even though it looks quite uninterested and unaffected when I finaly do arrive. But that's cats for you, never lose their cool.

With dogs, on the other hand, you know where you stand.

(introducing Ditto, the cuddly observer, hiding under the bench)


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