My glorious little goofball

[Siwsan]

He's keeping me company, today, while I recuperate.

[SheltieLover]

1. Awwwwww

What a handsom kitty!

[Siwsan]

2. He's also keeping me entertained

[SheltieLover]

3. Where's Gryff?

Off plotting revenge for dracula attack?

[Siwsan]

5. He's snoozing behind me, on the recliner

He joined Madoc on my lap for a while but he prefers no competition for space.

[SheltieLover]

6. Well maybe they have made peace then.

[Siwsan]

7. Yes - I didn't see a single vampire death grip, today

I think they've been inspired by my lack of activity.

[SheltieLover]

9. Haha - great news!

Well, you know, it's a cat's life: eat, sleep, rnse, repeat.

[wnylib]

19. A neutrality agreement. Spheres of influence

on the home front.

[SheltieLover]

23. Perfect!

[wnylib]

24. Cats have their ways of working out

territory sharing and attention seeking as well as their own games and relationships with each other. I love to watch how they do it. Animal behavior fascinates me. They have their own "rules" among themselves, like we humans have our own customs, traditions, and laws.

[SheltieLover]

25. They sure do!

And, I agree, it is fascinating to study & observe.

[wnylib]

26. I benefited from learning how cats use

eye blinking to communicate. I read from an animal behaviorist that, In cat language, eye blinking is a signal of friendship, agreement, no hostility, and even of affection.

Ember is very sweet, caring, and affectionate. But she is also very self assertive, partly due to her genetic background and partly to the home that I got her from, where she was left to fend for herself and became very self-defensive, to the point of aggression sometimes.

So Ember and I sometimes got locked into power struggles over house rules. I tried the eye blinking to show her that I was a friend, not an adversary. After a while, she started blinking back at me. She still has her feline, self-assertive independence, but is more cooperative and we have fewer power struggles now. In fact, sometimes she cracks me up with her own use of the eye blinking signal. When she does something that she knows I don't like and senses that I am unhappy over it, she blinks at me. "Sorry I messed up, mom, but we're friends, right?"

It works because I can't help laughing when she does that.

Animals are so much smarter than we usually give them credit for.

[CousinIT]

4. Awwwww. I love the little jellybean toes!

Adorable.

[ShazzieB]

10. Black jellybeans at that! 🥰

An so nice and shiny!

Now I'm wondering if all his beans are black. I wonder about weird stuff sometimes.

[Rebl2]

13. Look like

black beans!

[bluboid]

14. He is soooo cute - thanks for sharing these photos!

[Guilded Lilly]

8. They save us! 🙏🏼💕😽

[niyad]

11. Dr. Madoc on the job, seeing to your complete recovery.

[left-of-center2012]

12. What a beautiful kitty

[calimary]

15. Love in black, white, and purr.

[wendyb-NC]

16. He's beautiful

He looks so laid back and all sweetness and calm.

[mrsadm]

17. The cutest company!

[DeeDeeNY]

18. He is beautiful and cute at the same time

[wnylib]

20. A true charmer. Wonder if Gryff feels

overshadowed. He seems to be more laid back than Madoc.

[Siwsan]

21. He is a bit less comical and slightly more subdued

Gryff likes to lounge on the back of the recliner, occasionally grooming my hair and then crawling across me for face nuzzles. He will only nap on my lap if Madoc isn't already there.

He is finally starting to instigate some of the wrestling matches, with Madoc, and he is the chief groomer. One of his biggest charms is, when I walk into what ever room he's in, he comes running up to me. He's still pretty quiet, though. I only get an occasional 'coo'. Madoc isn't very vocal, either, until it's time to eat. Then he's a regular little chatter box.

[wnylib]

22. Aww, Gryff is a sweetie, too. It's like

having a couple kids around. They each have their own distinct personalities.