Fluffy now down to eight lives....

My landlord was our yesterday trimming the hedges. Apparantly the noise and the sight of him so entranced our cat, Fluffy that she was temporarily unaware of her immediate surroundings. She has a little perch near a window where she likes to sit and sleep and keep an eye on the squirrels and birds and things.

She was totally focused on the landlord that when I came in to pet her she did not hear or see my approach. When I touched her she jumped straight up in the air and landed 180 degrees from where she started. I quickly calmed her down but she had to go hide under the bed for a while to get her bearings back.

Given that she's a life-long housecat I don't think she's had any other serious scares in her life, so we'll assume she's down to eight lives now.

This is a picture of Fluffy in her window nest: