What SHALL I do with my tail?

What SHALL I do with my tail?

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This is Miezekatze, who adopted me for a most enjoyable hour last October,
at the end of a delightful day of shooting in Samedan in the Swiss Oberengadin.

I’m not sure what her humans call her, but the name seemed to fit as she
trotted over to make friends while I was enjoying the Alpine vistas from
the grounds of this very old church at the top of the village.

We cat lovers know that a tail held erect with the little “crook” at the end denotes a happy kitty.
A hanging tail, perhaps not so happy. A swishing tail, maybe one should keep his distance…

But pure horizontal? Perhaps Mieze was merely in the process of restoring her tail to
its upright “happy” stance, once she checked out the scene inside the church
and prepared to rejoin her new friend, the photographer who was attempting
to converse in Katze, but with a strange Amerikaner accent.

In any case, the unusual “tail language” had me smiling as I edited
my images from that afternoon. Hope it brings you a smile as well.

This image is available as a custom printed Photo Note Card.

For more of the story and some more photos of this cute little gal, please visit my blog at
http://thunderflakes.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-friend-miezekatzchen.html

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