Rose is Rose by Don Wimmer and Pat Brady for December 20, 2016

Peekaboo! No! Naughty kitty!

Rose I hope you put the breakables on the top!

All cats do this, and now I’m missing my own cats who are up in kitty heaven.

We put cat-friendly ornaments on the lower third, delicate ones above that. But since my wife and I have always had cats we own no ‘fragile heirloom’ ornaments. Every few years, like this one, we have no tree because we have kittens, this year two 7 month old fosters. Anyone wanna’ adopt two wonderful kitty sisters? I’m serious! http://www.lafos.org/kittens-for-two

at my house that would be one dead cat….

My grandson (2.5 yrs) experienced his first glass ornament this year, in the most unexpected way. He got his hands on one, then tossed it, and stood there shocked for several minutes when it, detonated. His expression so interesting that though he got scolded about tossing the bulb, it was hard for us to keep from laughing at the look on his face.

Nine years of living in a house with cats, I’ve learned to either leave the bottom level empty or use unbreakable ornaments down there. This past Christmas was the first time one of my cats climbed into the tree.