Where do your cats sleep? My boys sleep on my pillows next to my head…and sometimes on my head. A pillow each for everyone! When it’s warmer, Diesel sleeps on the top shelf of the small ladder-type bookcase next to my bed, and Raven on the shelf just underneath.
Goldie is making sure the man’s head stays warm—no hat needed! I cat I had long ago used to wrap herself around my head to sleep or want to sleep on my throat! Mice bedded down a a warm slipper!
Now that I noticed the bedside tables and slippers, I realized we’re looking straight down at the head of the bed. So Goldie’s position makes more sense now (vs. when I thought we were looking along the whole bed up towards the pillows).
Right now, I’m lying in bed with my kitty lying across my knees. Last night, she was on my chest. I guess her position depends on how comfortable and warm she wants to be, but on a really cold night, we can be each other’s hot water bottle.
Love how the adorable robber ladies always make themselves right at home and are part of the family despite their sometimes despicable acts. Despicable? Or girls just wanting to have fun? Anyway, I’d buy a book celebrating their clever escapades.
OT: Could anyone else use an extra boost of optimism today?
Here’s a Neil Diamond song dedicated to all of you kind-hearted people who’ve rescued and have been rescued by critters once or twice (or more!):
When we go to bed, our black cat Lucky (my baby boy) starts off laying on my chest, then slides down into the crook of my arm, with my shoulder as his pillow under the covers. When he gets too warm, he climbs out and then resettles first between our heads on the pillows, and finally down by my legs (I make a lap for him). Missy comes up later and settles on Terri’s legs. Sometimes Lucky will get up, run downstairs to get his favorite mousy toy (his version of Buzzy Mouse without the buzz) and bring it back upstairs and go back to sleep in his spot on the bed.
Oh, I love that second panel – it took me a moment to realize it’s an overhead shot of the bed and surrounding areas … I adore the little “bed” that Alice and Natasha have found for themselves – they’re sure to sleep warm and snug too, just like the four People, four cats, and three stuffies (Buzzy Mouse, Pengo, and the little fox, who’s name I can’t recall). Good thing that’s a BIG bed.
Reminds me of a New Yorker cartoon I saw some years ago. Middle-aged couple in bed, eight cats on the bed. Wife has the punch line: “Howard, I’m still cold. Pile on two more cats.”
This is a thing that really happened in our apartment in the Big Pink House once! Only in real life, I was pregnant with the Girl and of course we didn’t have Goldie yet. In the winter of 2015 there was a series of big winter storms in Rhode Island. (They all seemed to hit on Mondays—anyone from New England remember that winter? Wild! The Girl was born on April 3 and there was still snow on the ground!)
During one of the early ones we lost all the heat to the apartment. (Kept power in real life, thank goodness! Just the heat and the stove went). We called the gas company, but there were outages everywhere, pipes and tanks were freezing up in the snow. They assured us someone could thaw the outside pipe out, but it might take a day or two because so many people were ahead of us. It was pretty late at night and with temperatures expected to hit the single digits, we brought the Boy and all the cats into our bedroom and curled up under many blankets. The next day the Man put a towel in the dryer and got some extension cords and thawed the gas pipe outside, which sure enough was packed in ice in a snow drift, using the warm towel and my hair dryer on low, haha!! (The gas company had suggested this, if we wanted to try on our own) All fixed! The rest of the Big Pink House was on oil heat, if I remember right, only our apartment was on gas, from a big tank in the back. It had been converted after the rest of the house. We had lower utilities because of this, which was great, but that storm had us checking that pipe ever after!
Can I just say that I think it’s great that we have all had stories to share about cold nights with cats and their various behaviors and favourite sleeping places? It’ll be cold again tonight in most places and I’m sure you’ll all have great stories to share tomorrow. BTW, Fred, the tux, is already on my lap as I type this at 1800 Pacific Time. Have a cozy night.
I live in the PNW, where liquid snow falls regularly in Winter… Could almost mistake the scenery outside for late Spring if you ignored what the calendar says…
Le'letha Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Where do your cats sleep? My boys sleep on my pillows next to my head…and sometimes on my head. A pillow each for everyone! When it’s warmer, Diesel sleeps on the top shelf of the small ladder-type bookcase next to my bed, and Raven on the shelf just underneath.
Sue Ellen almost 5 years ago
I spy two mice in a moccasin!
LuvyaBebe05 almost 5 years ago
Natasha and Violet found a cozy slipper to sleep in.
dmah Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Sleeping with hats on is a smart way to keep warm! Would love to see the cats in hats, if they didn’t turn it into a fight to the death first! ;)
pam Miner almost 5 years ago
This reminds me of a book I used to read to my kids, “Father foxes penny rhymes
Strob almost 5 years ago
Possibly all four mice, but 2 for sure.
pam Miner almost 5 years ago
I loved the story and the pictures!
dmah Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I don’t think the Man needs a hat … It looks like Goldie wrapped herself around his head, and is keeping his ears warm?
Strob almost 5 years ago
I hope the claws don’t knead the hot water bottles!
maggijoseph Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Goldie is making sure the man’s head stays warm—no hat needed! I cat I had long ago used to wrap herself around my head to sleep or want to sleep on my throat! Mice bedded down a a warm slipper!
saobadao almost 5 years ago
Do I see burger mice in the slipper
David 42 almost 5 years ago
Now that I noticed the bedside tables and slippers, I realized we’re looking straight down at the head of the bed. So Goldie’s position makes more sense now (vs. when I thought we were looking along the whole bed up towards the pillows).
JeanLamb almost 5 years ago
And two robber mice in a slipper!
Dirty Dragon almost 5 years ago
Pengo is very warm, too.
DennisinSeattle almost 5 years ago
Puck does not seem to be in with the crowd – is he warming his buns on that last hot water bottle?
lisav1124 almost 5 years ago
OMC… this is the sweetest!
Aspen_Bell almost 5 years ago
“A little fur coat with razor blades!”
OliveO'Sudden almost 5 years ago
Goldie’s tail appears alarmingly unstriped. Love the kids’ plushies.♥
ctlum almost 5 years ago
I know the Boy is holding Pengo, but what is the Girl holding?
Ninette almost 5 years ago
Tommy is probably having a good natured chuckle watching these amateurs.
Robin Harwood almost 5 years ago
Elvis has chosen a position where he can protect both The Woman and The Girl from blizzard-wrought doom.
WelshRat Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Aw, it’s a mousecasin.
And Goldie has chosen the Man as her House Human.
wolfiiig almost 5 years ago
My cat? Anywhere he wants.
Leanne almost 5 years ago
I spy buzzy, pengo and the fox! Nice to see all the companions get to be safe and toasty. X
bluegirl285 almost 5 years ago
Right now, I’m lying in bed with my kitty lying across my knees. Last night, she was on my chest. I guess her position depends on how comfortable and warm she wants to be, but on a really cold night, we can be each other’s hot water bottle.
I AM CARTOON LADY! almost 5 years ago
Just when you thought it could not get cuter! Ding ding ding! The cute meter, is on melt down status!
Kim Metzger Premium Member almost 5 years ago
And, again, when I’m in bed, my cat’s preferred spot is on top of me, right over my bladder.
Cassia almost 5 years ago
Love how the adorable robber ladies always make themselves right at home and are part of the family despite their sometimes despicable acts. Despicable? Or girls just wanting to have fun? Anyway, I’d buy a book celebrating their clever escapades.
OT: Could anyone else use an extra boost of optimism today?
Here’s a Neil Diamond song dedicated to all of you kind-hearted people who’ve rescued and have been rescued by critters once or twice (or more!):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qjqysU36tw
(His voice still gives me shivers. lol)
cat19632001 almost 5 years ago
Isn’t the Girl’s little elf hat adorable?
cat19632001 almost 5 years ago
You’d think the People would notice the drone camera hovering over their bed …
tricksterson almost 5 years ago
No words on the Girl’s cute little elf hat?
asrialfeeple almost 5 years ago
A good hot water bottle is a friend for life.
tatempleman almost 5 years ago
When we go to bed, our black cat Lucky (my baby boy) starts off laying on my chest, then slides down into the crook of my arm, with my shoulder as his pillow under the covers. When he gets too warm, he climbs out and then resettles first between our heads on the pillows, and finally down by my legs (I make a lap for him). Missy comes up later and settles on Terri’s legs. Sometimes Lucky will get up, run downstairs to get his favorite mousy toy (his version of Buzzy Mouse without the buzz) and bring it back upstairs and go back to sleep in his spot on the bed.
shwhite369 almost 5 years ago
In the last panel, there’s so many faces it’s hard to tell the human children from the pet children. What a lovely scene!
Michael G. almost 5 years ago
A cat is less likely to leak than a water bottle!
Nuliajuk almost 5 years ago
Wait – I’m the giant hot water bottle, am I not? I get grumbles and complaints from my 16 pound “blue point cougar” when I shift position in bed.
I think our other cat would like to sleep on top of me, but there’s little room left over after all 35" of him is sprawled out on my legs.
GSD Mom Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Oh, I love that second panel – it took me a moment to realize it’s an overhead shot of the bed and surrounding areas … I adore the little “bed” that Alice and Natasha have found for themselves – they’re sure to sleep warm and snug too, just like the four People, four cats, and three stuffies (Buzzy Mouse, Pengo, and the little fox, who’s name I can’t recall). Good thing that’s a BIG bed.
BobDrobneck almost 5 years ago
are there 2 mice snoozin’ in that slipper on the floor?
Colorado Expat almost 5 years ago
" A cat’s like a hot water bottle with claws." — Also like a hot water bottle which sheds and wants you awake at zero-dark-thirty…
Kitty Katz almost 5 years ago
No particular melody
Shadows fall as the day ends
Snowflakes fall outside the house
Say goodnight to our orb friends
Whether human, feline, toy, or mouse
…….
Nearby friends in for the night
Wild friends in their dens all stay
Outside a lovely snowy sight,
Awaits the dawn of a new day!
belgarathmth almost 5 years ago
If the power’s out, I’m wondering how they filled hot water bottles.
Bucinka almost 5 years ago
Reminds me of a New Yorker cartoon I saw some years ago. Middle-aged couple in bed, eight cats on the bed. Wife has the punch line: “Howard, I’m still cold. Pile on two more cats.”
Denny Wheeler Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Goldie looks SO happy and content. I think she knows she’s home.
willie_mctell almost 5 years ago
Humans are heated massage furniture.
Stickmaker almost 5 years ago
Sounds like a three dog night. :-^)
mistercatworks almost 5 years ago
I only had one cat I could trust to sleep under the covers.
scaeva Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Okay, you can all go fly a kite!
Why? Because it’s Kite Flying Day! In February?!? Well maybe for you antipodean types …
Seriously some of my best kite flying was done in February. But I always thought April was the traditional month for that.
scaeva Premium Member almost 5 years ago
The Robber Mice in the slipper—turbocharged cuteness!
almost 5 years ago
The second panel is simply delightful.
pchemcat almost 5 years ago
I love the mice all snuggled in the slipper!
Georgia Dunn creator almost 5 years ago
This is a thing that really happened in our apartment in the Big Pink House once! Only in real life, I was pregnant with the Girl and of course we didn’t have Goldie yet. In the winter of 2015 there was a series of big winter storms in Rhode Island. (They all seemed to hit on Mondays—anyone from New England remember that winter? Wild! The Girl was born on April 3 and there was still snow on the ground!)
During one of the early ones we lost all the heat to the apartment. (Kept power in real life, thank goodness! Just the heat and the stove went). We called the gas company, but there were outages everywhere, pipes and tanks were freezing up in the snow. They assured us someone could thaw the outside pipe out, but it might take a day or two because so many people were ahead of us. It was pretty late at night and with temperatures expected to hit the single digits, we brought the Boy and all the cats into our bedroom and curled up under many blankets. The next day the Man put a towel in the dryer and got some extension cords and thawed the gas pipe outside, which sure enough was packed in ice in a snow drift, using the warm towel and my hair dryer on low, haha!! (The gas company had suggested this, if we wanted to try on our own) All fixed! The rest of the Big Pink House was on oil heat, if I remember right, only our apartment was on gas, from a big tank in the back. It had been converted after the rest of the house. We had lower utilities because of this, which was great, but that storm had us checking that pipe ever after!
SheMc almost 5 years ago
I have been away for a while, life gets in the way sometimes, I see a lot of new people, Georgia’s strip just keeps on giving!!!
knight1192a almost 5 years ago
Poor Puck. Look atv the seperation between him and everyone else. He’s only got trusty Buzzy to keep him warm.
goodkarma.63 almost 5 years ago
I love that her slippers have cat toys in them. Mine always do when I go to put them on.
BillJackson2 almost 5 years ago
I think this entire sequence has been exceptional, and this is a great end to a great strip.
Teto85 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Can I just say that I think it’s great that we have all had stories to share about cold nights with cats and their various behaviors and favourite sleeping places? It’ll be cold again tonight in most places and I’m sure you’ll all have great stories to share tomorrow. BTW, Fred, the tux, is already on my lap as I type this at 1800 Pacific Time. Have a cozy night.
Seed_drill almost 5 years ago
We ran out of oil and can’t get the company to fill us back up and jump start our furnace. Second night with little space heaters working overtime.
kittylover.truitt almost 5 years ago
Cool story:) This is definitely added to my list of favorites:) I love the family picture
Erin Pierce almost 5 years ago
I miss the days when the kids were so small that we could all fit in the bed with the fur babies
scaeva Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Our Waffle is frequently referred to as the “Hot Waffle Bottle.”
coffeemugman almost 5 years ago
I live in the PNW, where liquid snow falls regularly in Winter… Could almost mistake the scenery outside for late Spring if you ignored what the calendar says…
bleeps pwease about 4 years ago
all cats are awesome!
LeslieAnn Premium Member over 1 year ago
mice in shoes :-)