Freebird

Since the weather warmed, I have been sleeping with the windows open. I love the sound of the day awakening, the birds chirping to one another and the woodpecker in the tree next door getting to work each day.

But those sounds seem like a bit of torture for Lucy the kitten. She sleeps at the foot of my bed each night and as the morning breaks, she goes to the windowsill to have a look. And then she tries to bust out. This morning I awoke to the sound of her clawing at the screen. I put a stop to her efforts because somehow the morning would be far less enjoyable if Lucy caught herself a snack.

But the neighborhood wildlife should consider itself warned.