Looking for the main cat, Luna Lovegood.* Couldn’t find her. Cats are like that. They hide in wonderfully difficult-to-find places, and they resist entreaties to come out, even for dinner. Luna wasn’t coming when called . . .
In the bedroom, looking around, calling, to no avail . . . 25th call (or thereabouts), a black plastic bag on the bed sorta came alive. Luna opened her eyes, and outed herself.
Hiding in plain sight: Luna Lovegood remained invisible to me, until she opened her eyes.
Do black cats know that they are black cats? I think they take advantage of their mono-color camouflage, and that they do it knowingly.
I also think they do it because they think its funny we can’t see them.
Does a black cat know she’s a black cat? Closing her eyes, she disappears.
More:
- Daily Photo: Black Cat Keyboard Rest (thecreativecat.net)
- Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day! (blogpaws.com) (Black Cat Appreciation Day? Who knew? It was August 17, 2013)
- Black Cat Appreciation Day: Do You Know Your Melanistic Cats? (newswatch.nationalgeographic.com)
- Celebrating National Black Cat Appreciation Day (tartaninkblog.wordpress.com)
- How did you celebrate [Black Cat Appreciation Day]? at Animals Deserve to Live
- Black Cat Brotherhood, at Ruth’s Artwork
- 10 Reasons to Adopt a Black Cat! with video, at Loonies for Paws
- More black cat appreciation at Ryan Conners Art & Photography, Rumpydog, My Three Moggies (with another, different 10 reasons list), Ruth’s Artwork (again)
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* We adopted her from the pound, through Pet Medical Center of Duncanville. As a black cat, she wasn’t much adoptable, and had spent six months waiting for a home. She was named by the pound, or the vet. Since she answered to the name, she kept it.
Posted by Ed Darrell 
