We took advantage of the animals in the countdown to supper this afternoon, taunting them with "Want your . . ." leaving off the keyword "supper" in a shameless attempt to capture the Decisive Moment with our camera, above, a slightly out-of-focus image that perhaps surrealistically expresses the feline state of mind when food is in the offing. 
Cat, thy name is focus.
Update: "OMIGOD!!! You have outdone yourself!!!" writes our imail correspondent:
The unfocused one looks like, "do you love me?" The focused one looks like, "You don't love me? TAKE A HIKE!"
PLUS, your laundry basket looks worse than mine.
And yet it's not a problem.
Update II: More decisive moments at Modulator's Friday Ark #189.
Update III: All things bright and beautiful -- plus lots of totally awesome pix -- at Momma Grace & Company's Carnival of the Cats #216.
I think this is my favorite picture of any cat in a long, long time - even my own li'l precious cherubs! This is PERFECT!!
Posted by: Marilynn | May 04, 2008 at 09:47 PM
GREAT pictures of two surpassingly beautiful kitties!
EVERYONE has or has had a laundry basket at least as bad as yours, and most of us have had one a whole lot worse!
Posted by: Gayle Miller | May 05, 2008 at 11:28 AM
Laundry baskets. The great leveler. :-)
Posted by: Sissy Willis | May 05, 2008 at 11:31 AM