making muffins

I see her, I see Meowmuh! Is she gonna' scratch my tummy? Is she gonna' tell me what a good boy I am? I am a good boy, a very good boy, you know.

Meet Lucy, well, we call her Lucy-Loo. She lives with Auntie Laurell. Lucy's favorite toy is her squirrel. You can see the squirrel's tail under her right paw. Lucy, like some dogs, also kneads. When dogs knead they generally hold something (the toy squirrel in Lucy's case) in their mouths. And see that far-off expression she has? She is in another zone, so to speak.

I love to have my tummy scratched, to get attention, to be touched, to be told I'm a good boy...it just gets me kneading. Meowmuh says I "air knead" but I knead on soft things too--like her lap but I have to be careful because my claws might scratch her. It's one way of telling her I love her. I knead on Inkee-Bear & Sophee too but not Gracee. No siree.

Meet Mikey. He lives with Auntie Rika. We stayed with them during our Creek Fire evacuation in December. Watch Mikey kneading or 'making muffins.'  We don't all knead as adults but we all knead as kittens. It stimulated our mom's milk. We adults usually knead on something soft like a blanket, a pillow or a hooman. Me? Spirit?