Friday, December 19, 2008

Deck the halls...or not

Given the fact that I have absolutely no confidence that Archie wouldn't destroy the Christmas tree in a heartbeat, this is the extent of my decorating this year: a reindeer I forgot to pack with the rest of the stuff last January, and two lodgepole pine cones I brought back from Lake Tahoe several years ago.

Never mind that the pine cones are on the mantel all year long, anyway. I don't have a lot of unbreakables to work with here.

Sad, I know, but I have a fairly sizeable collection of Christopher Radko ornaments, as well as a whole lot of Shiny Brites that have been in the family since the early 50's, none of which mixes very well with a psycho little beast who literally bounces off the walls when he gets hyper. It's a low-key kind of Christmas here. Almost too un-Christmas-y.

So I went looking through some pictures and found these from last year:

My best buddy Gershwin, who never bothered the tree, the ornaments, and certainly never bounced off any walls.

Best cat ever. Maybe I should have considered cloning?

3 comments:

devon lorraine ... said...

with time, with time.

maybe next christmas he will be a bit more calm.

i plugged in the ficus and hung 5 ornaments on it. i can't find our xmas box. but had a bag of ornaments and lights in the closet. the ornaments you gave us last year are, however, in the missing box. looks like i have to venture next door to storage. brr.

Stephanie D said...

Do they market Ritalin for cats? Guess you'll have to make yourself a Christmas tree quilt to hang on the wall. Very high up.

Tonya Ricucci said...

beautiful cat and christmas tree. sorry your new kittie(?) is a handful. maybe lots of quilted christmas items to decorate with? they're harder to break although a determined pet could do damage if they're in reach. happy holidays.