{"id":8062,"date":"2019-12-12T03:46:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T03:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/?p=8062"},"modified":"2019-12-12T03:52:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T03:52:00","slug":"battle-of-the-basket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2019\/12\/12\/battle-of-the-basket\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle of the Basket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Freddy has a basket:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8052\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2019\/12\/12\/battle-of-the-basket\/img_6283\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6283.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6s Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1575467851&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_6283\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6283.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6283.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8052\" src=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6283.jpg\" alt=\"img_6283\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He likes to be in a high position in the kitchen &#8211; close to the food smells and the people.\u00a0 I installed a basket on the counter to try to keep his fur and feet restrained to one spot, rather than roaming over the whole counter.\u00a0 It works well and he spends most of his naps there.<\/p>\n<p>Nimbus is more free range with her napping locations.\u00a0 Unless I have an electric blanket on me.\u00a0 She purrs so loudly when she&#8217;s sharing it with me.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8061\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2019\/12\/12\/battle-of-the-basket\/img_6306\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6306.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3024,4032\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6s Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1576067646&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.25&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_6306\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6306.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6306.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8061\" src=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6306.jpg\" alt=\"img_6306\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tonight we were dining on baked potatoes and Freddy was prowling about hoping to sneak a bit of bacon.\u00a0 While his focus was on the table, we spied Nimbus slowly settling into Freddy&#8217;s basket.\u00a0 The kids howled with laughter, we knew this was going to cause trouble.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after, Freddy noticed the egregious invasion and was MAD.<\/p>\n<p>But Nimbus was not about to yield to this plebeian.\u00a0 We had a full-on battle, pitting claims of Territory against Dominance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8055\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2019\/12\/12\/battle-of-the-basket\/img_6309\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6309.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6s Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1576087421&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_6309\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6309.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6309.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8055\" src=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6309.jpg\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8053\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2019\/12\/12\/battle-of-the-basket\/img_6310\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6310.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6s Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1576087428&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.25&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_6310\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6310.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6310.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8053\" src=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6310.jpg\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8054\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2019\/12\/12\/battle-of-the-basket\/img_6312\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6312.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6s Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1576087432&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_6312\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6312.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6312.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8054\" src=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6312.jpg\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8056\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2019\/12\/12\/battle-of-the-basket\/img_6316\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6316.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6s Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1576087461&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_6316\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6316.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6316.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8056\" src=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6316.jpg\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8057\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2019\/12\/12\/battle-of-the-basket\/img_6317\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6317.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6s 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data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6s Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1576087473&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_6320\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6320.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6320.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8060\" src=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6320.jpg\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8058\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2019\/12\/12\/battle-of-the-basket\/img_6321\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6321.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6s Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1576087474&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_6321\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6321.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6321.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8058\" src=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6321.jpg\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8059\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2019\/12\/12\/battle-of-the-basket\/img_6322\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6322.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6s Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1576087480&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_6322\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6322.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6322.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8059\" src=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6322.jpg\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They ran to the living room to finish wrestling.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure who they think won the battle.\u00a0 The basket was abandoned.\u00a0 Thirty minutes later, as I was leaving for book club, I walked by this scene:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8063\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2019\/12\/12\/battle-of-the-basket\/img_6323\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6323.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3024,4032\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6s Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1576089831&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_6323\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6323.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6323.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8063\" src=\"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_6323.jpg\" alt=\"img_6323\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hmm.\u00a0 No one looks happy.\u00a0 Perhaps this was the first skirmish of a long war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freddy has a basket: He likes to be in a high position in the kitchen &#8211; close to the food smells and the people.\u00a0 I installed a basket on the counter to try to keep his fur and feet restrained to one spot, rather than roaming over the whole counter.\u00a0 It works well and he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","post-preview"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8062"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8065,"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8062\/revisions\/8065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}