Two Wishes

If We Truly Loved Our Cats...

We'd make them something like this:

The bottom level is a cardboard scratching post, with a secret entrance and ramp to the apartment above.  Love the thick sheepskin rug and little paintings.  From Leo Kempf Design, via Industrial Design Asia.

(And if we really, really loved them?  Maybe we'd also buy them cameras -- check out this amazing set of cat photography on Bliss!)

52 Seconds of Cuteness

Our dog has fans.  Recently, in our local park late at night, Luke Wilson** paused while jogging past to say, "Hey, I caught your act the other night -- your dog is awesome." 

** (Or a close approximation thereof.)

And the "act" he mentioned was just Zoe Come Here, a lazy way (on our part) to run off energy (on her part), in which we walk in different directions and she runs between us at top speed.  For sheer entertainment value, Zoe Come Here doesn't come close to her favorite game: Sheltie Soccer.  Give the girl a soccer ball, and she's in heaven.

Today, we finally got around to videotaping a game of Sheltie Soccer for posterity: