Thankful Thursday

TBT:   Today I am thankful for moths.  Yes, moths.  Specifically the ones who settle a a few feet up on the outside of the deck door!  Binq goes crazy after them lately and I am thankful they make her happy.  

She jumps several feet up trying to get at them, not understanding they are on the outside of the door.  And she keeps trying to get them (about 15 minutes at a time and over several days so far).

Not great pictures...  It is black outside, Binq is black, and the moths are too small to be seen.  But with some better light in your imagination, you can see what she is seeing...

Loki watches what she is doing, but doesn't try to catch them himself.  

I had some pictures of Binq jumping at the moths, but they were so blurred and dark, there was nothing to see...

Like Binq and the deck mat dragging, Loki doesn't seem to understand what she is seeing.  Binq seems to have a very strong imagination.  She plays with toys many times a day and very actively.  If I make a single tongue-click, she is alerted that a toy will be tossed and is waiting to get at it!  Loki plays with the Nip-Nanner about once a day (and the Nip is all faded by now).  He wants things that move.

But he likes Binq.  So even if she is doing things he doesn't understand, he stays near her and watches.  And often in the night, they will just sit together and stare outside.

I'm not sure what they are seeing out there.  We used to have an occasional possum and sometimes an intruder cat, but I haven't seen them on the deck in a few years.  Wildlife seems to be disappearing.  I think I will post about that on my own blog soon.

But for now, whatever makes Binq and Loki feel like friends, Marley tolerant of everybody, and Lori very gradually calming down, I am thankful.