Autumn

It's finally autumn in Philly, though the colors this year are pretty drab. There are a few trees here and there with some red and orange, and if I carried my camera with me more often I probably could have gotten a few pictures of them. But for the most part, the leaves are either turning yellow or just going straight to some hue of brown.

I went out with my camera this afternoon and this is the best I could come back with. But it was overcast and drizzling, so maybe this isn't quite so bad.

Taking pictures was only one of the reasons I made a trip outside today. I also needed to go to the grocery store to pick up some wet cat food since we've been out for the past two days. We've always fed the cats a little bit of wet food in the morning (they each get half of one of those tiny Fancy Feast cans) and they love it with all their hearts. But as much as they love the food, I think they also need the routine.

This morning, although I'd set the alarm, I didn't really intend to actually get up when it went off. But Tako didn't know that so he jumped on the bed and patted at my arms, and actually stuck one paw under my arm and pulled, as if he could tug me out of bed to give him some food. I just ignored him, knowing that any response I gave him would be too encouraging if I actually wanted to keep sleeping.

Eventually I got up and had to figure out what to give them to eat, since otherwise they would be all over me thinking I'd simply forgotten to feed them. Fortunately, they are so attached to this routine that as long as I put something out for them, they are satisfied. Yesterday morning I gave them some different dry food than what I normally give them, hoping they would think it was a special treat. They just sniffed at it and walked away, not fooled at all. But they stopped asking for food, so they were convinced that breakfast had indeed happened.

This morning I decided to give them some plain yogurt. Koji did what he usually does with surprising food - he stuck his (probably dirty) paw in it and licked it off his paw. Then they both licked at it a little, but left most of it behind in their bowls. But as usual, it did the trick and they decided they'd had breakfast and moved on to their rest of their days: chase each other around the apartment and then sleep for hours.

This afternoon I felt badly about their unsatisfying breakfasts and I figured it wouldn't kill me to get out of the house to go get them some more food. So I paired it with a walk around my neighborhood with my camera, and ended up with a few photos to post here and a few for my photoblog, so my work for the week is done!

Next up, I might, if I feel like it, tell you the sex of our baby. :) I'm considering putting up the video we took at our last ultrasound appointment, but so far I've been having technical (compatibility) issues.