Music and Cats

To celebrate the one-year anniversary of Weekend Cat Blogging, Clare at eatstuff asked folks to share photos of their cats’ favorite toys. The current fave Chez McKitten is the ribbon toy; it’s a short wand with a number of narrow, multi-colored ribbons attached. Cats’ color perception is limited, so I know that they don’t see all the colors, but they sure do love the motion of all those ribbons.

It seems to me that Lyra’s mood varies greatly in these three shots, taken only seconds apart. I recognize that my perception may have little to do with how Lyra was really feeling, and more to do with the emotions that I ascribe to minute changes in her face.
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