Sylvester was doing his tough kitty act, but the crumbs from the kitty treats on his chin kind of spoiled the effect.

Don’t mess with me. I’m already messy enough.

Chloe didn’t want her picture taken. We tried to get one when she was sitting behind the couch, but she ran away and hid under the entertainment center. She figured she couldn’t be seen under there, what with that big, old cat figurine in the way.

Pay no attention to the cat behind the cat

Last week we talked about how the cats sleep. Now we’ll see where they sleep. For our inside cats, the house offers a world of opportunities for places to sleep. Here are a few.

One of Zoe’s favorite places is in his carrier. It’s kind of strange since the only place he ever goes in his carrier is to the vet, and he usually ends up getting a shot there. He usually cries all the way to the vet’s.

Zoe with his head upside down in his carrier

In the winter Chloe usually spends all day outside and then comes in at night. She usually sleeps on the end of the bed right next to my feet.

Chloe getting ready for bed

Sometimes when something spooks her, or Zoe is chasing her around, she’ll get between the headboard and the wall.

We found her

Smokey usually stays outside at night, but during the day he likes to go down into the basement and sleep on an old piece of carpet lying on an unfinished door. You can’t quite see here that we have a fire in the stove in the upper left corner. That’s what he likes.

Smokey amid all the clutter in our unfinished basement

I think Sylvester is the champion. He has a bunch of favorite places. Here he is in a dog bed near the kitty scratching post/playhouse.

At rest in the dog bed

Sometimes he likes to squeeze into the tube to sleep.

Sly in the tube

Other times he likes to get high.

Sly on top of his playhouse

Smokey, Sylvester and Zoe spend the night outside now, even in the cold weather. They all have several choices for warm shelter, but we aren’t sure what they use . Rusty and Dusty are strictly outside cats. The only time they have ever come in, it was just long enough to find another door to get back outside. We think they sleep in a two-story cathouse Mark built, but sometimes we think Dusty may sleep in a culvert.

Cats have lots of ways to sleep. Some like to stretch out, like Zoe.

Zoe catching some Z’s

Some like to find tight spots that they barely fit into, like Sylvester.

Sylvester’s stern

He’s sleeping in the cat playhouse a neighbor was throwing away. Can you imagine? A perfectly good cat playhouse. Just in case you don’t believe that fuzzy black thing is Sylvester, here he is from the front.

Sylvester, tucked away

It’s really too small for him, but that’s the way some cats like it.

Zzzzz-zzzzz-zzzzz

OK, so I overslept. I’m late. Next week I’ll set my alarm clock.