cat in a box... and a poll

First I'll begin with some pictures of the cat and her new favourite hangout, an empty chocolate box. (No, we don't buy normally buy chocolates by the crate - it was a wedding-related purchase.)

This box is just the right size for her, and happens to be located in a nice spot next to the bed which gets morning sun, i.e. perfect for the cat. On this particular morning I was getting ready and came over to say hello to her and she started purring and rolling around in the box - and around and around. She'd already made one 360 by the time I got the camera out, and she kept ecstatically rolling around and making happy cat noises. It reminded me of chinchillas that my mom's friend used to have, and how they'd flip themselves around in a jar full of ashes to clean themselves. If you've ever kept chinchillas perhaps you'll know what I'm talking about.

I took far too many pictures, and when scanned through quickly they're like a little cartoon flip-book animation of a cat going in circles. Here is but a subsample, in chronological order, but it gives the idea.





One downside of all this cuteness is that she liked to play in the box at night as well, rubbing her face against the pointy corners (which made a little noise), and chewing pieces off one of the corrugated cardboard flaps on the inside (which made a lot of noise). This was a new one - she's always liked to chew on the corner of newspapers or even regular paper, but never cardboard. I swear she learned it from Oscar as Jer and I were watching An Engineer's Guide to Cats.

And now for the poll! We don't often actively ask for comments, but this is an exception. As many of you know, I'm working like a crazy woman at the moment, sewing clothes for the whole wedding party. Should I blog about my progress, or is it better to keep it a surprise? Majority opinion will decide.