Dad's upstairs coughing and sniffing with a bad cold, and here I am sitting in a patch of sunshine in my garden.
It's warm and I'm comfortable, but I can't relax altogether.
You see, out there somewhere, behind the panels of the fence... something is moving.
There's silence for a while, but then a twig will break or I'll see a quick flash of sunlight on an eyeball.
It seems like everything's quiet and peaceful - just some shrubs moving in the breeze, or a bird hopping about in the shadows.
But I know it's a cat. I know it's in there somewhere. I know it's a CAT!

(dad: here's a ping for AnnLT and her mystery sighting of a pooch lookalike in California! http://www.pbase.com/fotografztoo/image/76706067 Thanks Ann! :-) )