Random animal love

[quiregrrl]

I dropped off some papers that Ange asked me to print yesterday, and afterwards while leaning against the property wall at the bus stop, I heard a mewing sound, seemingly very close to me. I looked around and could not see a cat, and was stepping forward to have a look down the drain in the gutter in front of me when I heard it again and realised it came from... above??? me. I spun around and yes, it had come from above me, for perched on the top of the somewhat-over-6-foot wall was a rather cute black cat. Completely black, not a speck or whisker of white anywhere on her. I said hello, she chirped back at me and did the kitty flirt of dropping her head to the side and rubbing it along the tiles and then stretching down towards me, so of course I obliged and reached up to give her scritches... I am a wee bit superstitious about black cats... I don't think they're necessarily any more evil than other cats, but I also don't think it hurts to be extra nice and obliging when one so clearly indicates that she would like you to rub behind her ears.





This afternoon while sitting in Taylor Square eating my sandwich and reading my book i noticed some movement out of the corner of my eye and glanced over to find a very cheeky magpie standing just beyond an outstretched arms reach watching me intently. I'm scared of birds in general, i don't like them and they make me very nervous. Magpies are the exception, I love them and am never frightened of them. So I pulled a small bit of crust off my sandwich and reached out my arm to him, he only took a couple of steps back and watched, cocking his head and alternating his gaze between my face and the bread in my fingers. I decided not to be pushy and put the crust down for him, and as soon as my hand withdrew he stepped in and attacked it. I went back to reading, but was aware of him as he finished the bread and walked around behind me, I turned around a couple of minutes later and he was standing behind me still, a metre or so away, then he came back to the side of me and did that lovely warble, I put my book down again and offered him some more of my sandwich. He hung out, and was so confident and cocky, I managed to get a decent photo of him on my phone... we had quite the chat, me and Mr Pie.

Comments

[purplepathos.livejournal.com]

Oh that's awesome! I've never seen a magpie before. And I love it that you're so fluent in Cat.

[quiregrrl.livejournal.com]

Magpies are fabulous! I will post a sound bite of warbling if I can figure out how :)

I'm only so fluent in Cat because I am totally and completely Macy's bitch, i had no choice but to learn :)