simone…

she usually prefers the high terrain of the perimeter of the living room. but last night she actually snuggled with me here on the sofa (allergies be damned). i guess she liked it enough to try again this morning…

i am surprised by how honored i am that simone has chosen to spend part of her time with us (we share her with my father-in-love, david, who lives two doors down). a wild thing, she’s a stray that wandered up on the porch one day this july and decided we were the right fit. she transitions between our homes easily…following me like a dog when i walk down to his place to bring her back here when he travels. she’s crepuscular – mostly awake at dawn and dusk and sleeping most of the day and night. she reminds me daily to live life out loud and to ask for what i need without hesitation. she is fearless, climbing trees, and up onto steep rooftops, walking along railings two stories up, and always looking up to figure out how she can get higher. i love to watch her in her element, hiding in the bushes stalking lizards or birds and bringing them home to remind us what terrible hunters we are.

for me she embodies magic and wildness, mystery and femininity…and i am ridiculously obsessed with taking her picture.

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