This morning I was having a bit of a lie-in as it was my day off. It
was cold and wet outdoors, and I was in bed with two cats--wonderfully
cozy. Around nine, I figured I should probably get up and go do my
exercising which I'd neglected due to laziness over the weekend. But
see, there was this pretty stripey girl dozing on my hip. I started
stroking Francesca and making admiring comments about her such as "oh
what pretty golden eyes you have, and what elegant whiskers! I just
love your stripey face, and those soft little brown paws..." etc etc.
Francesca knows QUITE well when she is being admired, and finds the
experience so agreeable that she purred very hard, rubbing her cheeks
against my hands as I gave her her skritches. I kept up the hit parade
of praise, and eventually she started drooling with her pleasure.
She's been very affectionate all day today, ready for another scritch
and  praise session.  She kept me company while I talked to my sister
on the phone and I was rewarded with another slime bath. =o)

Melissa