Finding Comfort

The weather outside is frightful - howling, gale-force winds, record temps into the 90's; isn't this supposed to be January? - and even the cats are seeking comfort wherever they can find it.

AJ launched herself to the top of a bookcase in my studio and curled up with her little purple friend. She used to sleep with the fishes (sorry) routinely but this is the first time I've seen her up there in months. Snickers is in her usual spot, curled up on the couch with Dick. See the lump where her chin is resting? That's Dick's knee. He'll sit reading or watching TV like this for hours, proclaiming all the while that it's because he's comfortable this way, not because he doesn't want to disturb the cat. Whatever.