Photo by Srgjan Spasik
As you may have read me mention before, we’re moving. This has posed a variety of problems, from getting the pets out of the picture to showing issues.
But it’s also generating some happy excitement as well. We haven’t even sold our current house yet, but that’s not stopping us from dreaming about all we hope for our new one. And when I say “we,” I do mean the entire Team Pryor clan.
Murphy Dreams Of…
A large fenced-in backyard. One with trees full of lots of squirrels (and maybe an opossum or two) for chasing, a patch of soft ground for digging when the mood strikes and for burying treasure bones, and a nice lawn to sunbake on.
We have a backyard now, but it’s not fenced-in so I have to monitor him when we’re outside. He sunbakes regularly when we check the mail and such, but I know he wouldn’t mind being left out a bit longer sometimes. (And I’d like to not have to sit out there with him for twenty and thirty minute stretches.)
Mr. Meow Dreams Of…
As long as he has his leather chair, he’s content. However, if we also found another house that had low windows with wide sills like we have in this house for perching, he’d like that. He discovered the windows immediately and likes nothing better than to keep watch on the happenings outside as frequently as possible.
He’d also like either another sunroom or a screened-in porch. Somewhere that lets him feel as if he’s outside since he’s not allowed to enjoy the real thing.
Tabby Dreams Of…
She dittos her brother Meow’s sentiments on the windows and sunroom/screened in porch request. But her thing isn’t so much to perch in the windows as it is to sprawl out on the floor in front of them absorbing as much sunshine as she possibly can. So a house that gets lots of light is on her agenda. (That’s why I call her my little sunshine girl!)
She also thinks having stairs to play on again would be pretty cool. (She has no concept that stairs are there to take you from one level to the next. Oh no, their practical nature is lost on her. Stairs are for darting up and down on as fast as possible and beating everyone else to either the top or bottom, where you must then crouch in wait for whoever to come by so you can spring out at them and attack!)
And a garage is a must. Ever since she discovered ours, she’s out there as much as possible. No carports for her please!
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