Living amongst two cats as a singular human, I can attest to the fact that my world is run by cats.
Waking up to being ‘gently swatted’ across the cheek, to attempts at having a paw shoved up my right nostril, to a cat’s behind swiftly backing up towards my face, or to a real life close-up of a savagely slaughtered moth plastered across a feline snout in a sickening homage to silence of the lambs, has become the norm.
Add to that, a fine selection of cat toys strewn across the floor of every room, scratched furniture, a vacuum choking on cat hair, and the occasional brutally murdered and dismembered spider thoughtlessly discarded on the floor, and you have the perfect ‘bachelorcat’ pad.
And I wouldn’t have it any other way.
I have always perceived myself as someone whose life is defined by a constant craving for change, detachment, lack of long-term responsibilities and a refusal to settle; someone who is at home neither here nor there.
Over the years my feline rascals have become the one constant in my life. People came and went; several house moves, jobs and career changes later, the cats are still with me.
They have become part of who I am. And it seems that wherever we go, they immediately make themselves at home. It is as if though they have settled, before we even reach our destination. It is as if though, my mere presence is ‘home’ to them. And it appears that they have made me, albeit reluctantly, settle too…. in a cat’s world.
Photo description: This is the first photo I’ve taken with my new mijia mi sphere 360 camera, modified into a tiny planet using RollWorld IOS app to make it ‘steepshot friendly’… and heavily edited in snapseed IOS app (necessary due to lacking photography skills 😆).
Steepshot