Tuesday, March 19, 2024
bathroomblack catscalendarscat photographscompositions in black and greendaily photojelly bean

Daily Photo Reprise: Manipulative, 2012

black cat on green sink
Manipulative.

Admit it. You’d give him anything.

I admit he is very hard to resist. Way back when I had decided I could not possibly keep all these kittens I had decided to keep perhaps two, and tried to choose so that I would not become too attached to them all. I loved little Jelly Bean, or Little Guy as I called him then, but I had to consider giving him up. He looked right into my eyes, knew what I was thinking, raced me up the stairs, hopped into the bathroom sink and flopped down and purred, batting his eyelashes at me.

“I don’t know who’s going or staying, but you’re not going anywhere, Little Guy.”

He is so completely manipulative that he is the one who got me to start turning on the faucet for them every day to drink. I have never, ever allowed my cats to drink from any faucet because I was concerned they wouldn’t get enough water since I had no intention of leaving faucets on all day. I admit that everything in the bathroom leaked when they were growing up in there so they thought water was supposed to be that way, and especially after the seniors I have had bowls all over the house.

But this Little Guy charmed me with a look like this and I simply turned on the faucet. What would you do if he sat on the sink and looked at you like that? See how you do looking into those green eyes. If the look alone doesn’t work, he talks very softly, and I am under his spell.


Be further manipulated by Compositions in Black and Green

Because I wanted to be certain everyone who looked at this calendar was hooked from the very start, this photo is actually the title page image…a few calendars are still available, so click on any of the links or on the image below to flip through a slideshow of the pages.

title page of book
Title page for “Compositions in Black and Green 2013”

. . . . . . .

See more photos of the black cats cavorting in the green bathroom, and flip through a calendar of past photos, “Compositions in Black and Green”.

image of cat calendars
2013 desk and journal calendars on sale!

Browse the archive of all daily photos, just photos from the archive or vintage photos or Wordless Wednesday, or choose a cat’s name from the category list on the home page to browse an archive of photos featuring and including that cat.


Browse some rescued cats and kittens!


All images used on this site are copyrighted to Bernadette E. Kazmarski unless otherwise noted and may not be used without my written permission. Please ask if you are interested in using one in a print or internet publication. If you are interested in purchasing a print of this image or a product including this image, check my Etsy shop or Fine Art America profile to see if I have it available already. If you don’t find it there, visit Ordering Custom Artwork for more information on a custom greeting card, print or other item.

Bernadette

From health and welfare to rescue and adoption stories, advocacy and art, factual articles and fictional stories, "The Creative Cat" offers both visual and verbal education and entertainment about cats for people who love cats, pets and animals of all species.

8 thoughts on “Daily Photo Reprise: Manipulative, 2012

  • Absolutly!!!! I would cave in a heartbeat 🙂
    My cats totally control me :/
    mom Nancy and
    Tillie,Georgia,Treasure,Tiger,JJ and Julie

    Reply
    • Jelly Bean just has that special little face, and he is fully aware of this, and aware that I am aware, so he knows exactly what he’s doing and I always fall for it!

      Reply
    • Annie, some days he’s too much! I’ve never known an adult cat so cute.

      Reply
  • Our mom has gotten pretty good at ignoring our pleading stares.it takes most of us whining at the same time to get much of a response. Purrs and hugs, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Josette

    Reply
    • Janet, I don’t give in to very much, especially not something I don’t agree with, but first he does that expression, with those eyes and the puffed whiskers, and he PURRRRRS, and if that doesn’t work he meows very softly, and I’m done. Still, I could and do say “no”, but it brings be great pleasure to turn on the water and feel his happiness. After all these years it’s like being grandma and doing whatever I please.

      Reply
  • How could you possibly refuse that face? *melt*

    Reply
    • Vicki, like I said, even when I look at the photo, imagine in real life!

      Reply

Leave a Reply

%d bloggers like this:
Verified by ExactMetrics